Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-20
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ruRpAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1858

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sh air, nothing can be more pleasant than
run up to Bowling-Green, Ky, on the |
shville and Louisville Railroad The road
!, most excellent one, its equipments are
cxceptionable. and the Conductor, Mr.. ALI
aTLE, is one of the most polite, careful and
,ommodating you will meet anywhere
Distance to Bowlin g-Green from Nashville
,antv miles Thus far did our Reporter
'natr,te into the bowels OF the land day be-
e Yesterday. A gran pleasure excursion
a. annoipted for that day, and an immense
owd. consisting of Tom H. GLENN oil the
uab.rn Homestead; JIM 7. BELL, OF the DAILY
1zette and our Reporter, put the trip through
a manner highly creditable to the enter
Use and public spirit of the parties They
lied one first-class passenger car, and could
ave filled three just as easily, but did MT
ish to fatigue the locomotive.
Left the Depot in Edge6eld at hall past
clock, A. NJ, and made quiet run to eal-
tin by morning moonlight. Paused twenty
NO minutes (and probably bal) in the
utskirts of that village, to breakfast. Inc
,st carried to the table by the Local. OF 'ne
.ozsre was one OF long standing, and was
erv hard to break. Had been 10 FRANK
in on business' the day before, and had n I
aten ANYTHING for twenty-four hours. Lett
no GaIIatin landlord good deal poorer than
"a found him. Conductor looked anxious.
md wanted to charge him frei2htage on Inc
immense quantity Of provisions he had
,rought off under the name OF breakfast, out
inding he didn't have the money, turned him
alto the baggage car, and said no more about
I. Serious loss to the company-we mean
he Railroad Company, ofc0urSe.
Short distance beyond Gallatin, pas
through the tunnel. People now a-days,
,aid our Reporter, ''are carrying railroad en-
.e prise too far, here, you see, they have run
he thing into the ground" This NIL
remarked the Southern Homestead, without
smile, .'is like man who has been stricken
with a great sorrow: the iron has pierced II
to the heart" "You mean simply to say
.ail the Gazette, THAT its heart il full OF
ear(e)s.u Just then the train dashed once
more into daylight, and the CONVERSE
ion was changed.
Saw quite u novel sight at a way station
called Sprucevilc. About dozen Shaking
Quakers, or Quaking Shakers, we could Mt
learn which. had come over from Shakertown,
eight miles distant. TO see the cars. Most Gf
them were girls, ranging from ten to twenty
five wears Of age, all dressed pretty much
alike, with not che ghost of hoop or crinoline
in the crowd and all wore ~nUn bonnet"
n the children used to call them. or scoops"
as they call them now. Poor things"
sighed a little miss on the cars to her com
panion as we rolled on, ''they can't haveany
swcethearts, and no sweethearts can have
them. | would Mt b. a Shaker for the
world - "Pve an ALFRED notion to shake
her hand on that" whispered the Gdzete.
Everybody in hearing cried "shame" and
the Gazeae retired, greatly abashed.
Our excursionsts reached BOwling-Green
in due time, aud Immediately drove to the
Morehead House, situated on the corner oil
Main and Nashville streets, and kept 10y Mr..
A. DELoNG, one of the few men of the coun-
try towns who "know how to keep tavern"
Having made their toilets, (Which consisted
in washing the dust and cinders from their
eves.) they walked over to the Standard Office,
and we're lucky enough to find the editors,
Messrs. HUGH B. FRAYsER and SAM'L l.. GAN
NAwAY, at home.
Both were hard at work, as editors gene
rally are; but they instantly dropped every
hing. aud prepared to entertain their visit
ors with that genial, free-heartcd and gene
reus hospitality which prevails everywhere
in Kentucky. and nowhere to greater ex-
tent than in the beautiful town of Bowling
Green. After a rafting conversation OF hall
an hour or so, sundry packages made their
appearance upon the sanctum table, and we
soon found that somebody had been dis
tatched on a foraging expedition, and bad
met with the most brilliant success, having
returned with wines, cakes, con!ectionercs,
etc, and watermelon something less in
size than the Pilot Knob. When the spark
ling wine had ceased to flow, and ample JUS
ice had been done TO the rest OF the board,
Mr.. GANNAwAY ordered hack, and invited
his fri nds to take a drive with him through
the city. They drove first to the
Railroad bridge which is being built over
Barren River. This bridge is to be OF iron,
and will lie splendid structure.
The pillars are of white limestone, some
thing like that of which our Capitol is built,
though whittier and softer. The next place
visited was the Fair Grounds. Here the
Southern Homestead, being in the agricultural
line was delighted. He pronounced the mr.
rangement of the grounds, the amphitheatre,
NC, decidedly more convenient and tasteful
than anything OF the kind he had seen in
Tennessee, and he has attended nearly all the
fairs in the Middle and Western divisions of
the State.
Having visited all the lions of the town,
and driven through the principal streets, all
of which are lined with elegant private resi-
dences, many of them displaying fne archi-
tectural taste, the party returned to the
Standard office, where they had an hour in
pleasant conversation. and then adjourned TO
the Morehead House at the summons of the
b, IL. and sat down TO sumptuous dinner e.
Had we time, we would pause here to pay
a tribute to the excellency of this hotel, but
we write at an hour whose going out will
witness the birth of new day-in short, it
is nearly midnight-and we must finish our
hasty sketch, and let the printer retire to his
virtuous couch. We will Say, however. IL it
takes us all night to say it, that the travcl'r
who stops at the Morehead House will be
more than satisfied with the 'accomnoda-
tions for man and beast"
In the afternoon, the excursionists called
upon Messrs. X. T. McNEAL and G. c. Cook
sEY, of the Bowling Green GGzote. whom they
had never before met, and speat pleasant
hour in their hospitable sanctum. Feeling
fatigued from the travel and rambles of the