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Beneath a friendly and liospitable roof vro slaked our tliirst with 

 cool and delicious orangeade — a drink differing from lemonade 

 in that it is made of the juice of the sour orange instead of the 

 lemon. We were regaled at lunch with oranges such as only 

 Florida can produce, and with strawberries of large size and de- 

 licious flavor, taken from vines which were said to yield fruit 

 continuously from January to June. From an orange orchard 

 near by we were informed that 70,000 oranges had been taken 

 within a few weeks. Before the crop was gathered, the trees, 

 loaded with golden fruit, v/ere said to have been marvelously 

 beautiful. After a few hours of very great enjoyment, we 

 steamed back to the city, where during the evening, in the saloon 

 of the Texas, we were honored by a call from Gov. Brown, of 

 Georgia, an old friend and Yale Law School classmate, some 

 members of his family, and his brother. Col. Brown. The Gov- 

 ernor, not only by his eminent success in political life, but more 

 especially by the judicial laurels he has won and worn (having 

 filled with distinguished ability the office of Chief Justice of the 

 State of Georgia), has reflected honor upon the institution in 

 which in part he received his education for the bar.* Col. Brown 

 also studied law at Yale, and both gentlemen will be pleasantly 

 remembered by all those who then enjoyed their acquaintance 

 and friendship. Having introduced the Governor to our honor- 

 ed and venerable ex-Chief Justice Seymour, to whom by reputa- 

 tion he was well known, it was pleasant to witness the play and 

 mingling of the intellectual light of these two justly distin- 

 guished men. As a young man, the author saw in Gov. Brown 

 the promise which has been fulfilled in the golden maturity of 

 later years. 



After another night spent at the wharf on shijo board, we con- 



*Thc author hasli-atnccl withplcafuru pinco t'.iis v.-a? written, that Gov. Crown has been 

 appoiutcd by the present Governor of Goor;;ia, to liil a vacajcy, a United States Senator. 



