The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-09-26
THE TRIP TO DENYER.
An Interesting letter from
One Of the ExcuFsiOnists.

EDifOB citizen mixing Oul
friends at home would like to hear
something of this country and oul
journey, from one of our party, and
since many friends having request
ed me to write to them, and it be-
ing impossible for me, at present, 70
ute to them, take 1: is means Oi
addressing them and answering
some Of their inquiries through the
columns Of the CITIzEE.
will give you q short account Of
our trip, and wish / could give q
more detailed report hut the jour
ney fatigHed me 50 that I was un.
able to take Is many notes as I In
tended.
Our party numbered fifteen, CON-
posed OF the following persons
John RaistoD, Z. G. B. Lee, W. T.
Keeling, Joseph Edwards, Jonas
Marks, J. A. P. SkiIleru, Joseph
Farmer, DIR. N. McCarty, lobe
FIautt, w. +. Bumpass, of Lawrence
burg, Col Thomas 6. Paine, John
Simmons, w. H. Mcdonald, J. II.
Kirk and your humble servant.
Seven of them are farmers, one
printer, one jack-of-all-trades, one
fan maker, one carpenter, one ma
chinist one dentist, one patent
medicine man. and one surveyor.
So you see We are all useful men in
a new country.
After bidding a fearful farewell
to our dear ones at home, we ss-
sembIed at the depot and found a
large host Of friends waiting to bid
US farewell and God speed on our
long journey. At 5:33 we were
aboard the north bound train un-
der the command Of the popular
Tom Moore. Some OF us felt sad
as we gazed, the last time it may be,
upon the land Of our birth. We
were under the good auspices of
Maj. Y. S. Patton, Passenger Agent
of the Northwestern Railroad, and
Mr. J. F. Thomson, Agent of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad. can
not speak too highly Of the kind
ness of these gentlemen. They
seemed all the time to be thinking
of some way to make as pleasant
and comfortable. We arrived in
the City of Rocks on time. Here
Maj Potion had car ready to con-
vey US to the Nashville and ChatCa
nooga depot.
From Nashville to st. Louis we
we're under the protection of Mr.:
Thompson. He did everything to
make our inyalids comfortable and
make us enjoy the trip. Each
one having a seat to himself,
''spooned," as the boys say, and
to the Land Of Nod, ex-
cepting myself l did not sleep a
wink the first night. Daylight
found us next morning at Gillem,
80 miles from Nashville, in a very
poor country, something like Law
renee. Nothing interesting was
seen until we arrived at johnson
rille, on the Tennessee river, Is
niles from Nashville. We arrive
1t Union City, which we find to be
/ thriving business place. Here we
cave the Northwestern, and our car
S attached to a train on the Mobile
md Ohio r. r., which takes us to
Paducah, KY. We arrive at CoIum
ous, KY, SO miles from Union City,
md to my eyes find it to be the ug-
lest place in existence; the houses
ire set to every point Of the com
pass and scattered all over creation,
md with its ugly, bare clay hills
-ou could not imagine a place
more hOrrid. Here we cross the
Father Of Waters" in a huge steam
'erry- boat. Three passenger coach
3 are run on a track into the boat
without any trouble, and you would
lot know it if you did not look out
IF the car. Our car was between
,he boilers, ard it was a little too
rot, and / was afIaid the thing might
bust so I went out on deck and
lad fine view of the river and
surroundings. We were fifteen
in crossing and were de-
aged some time on the opposite
)ank, occasioned by not getting the
racks to meet. A little engine
pulls US up a heavy grade to the de
rot and hotel, where We have TWEEN
y minutes for dinner. We now
axe the Iron Mountain road, run
hing on the west bank of the Mis-
ssippi through a fertile country,
waving with luxuriant corn. The
lust was very bad along these river
bottoms, and our invalids, myself
lmong the number, suffer ed much |
rom it. In the rear Of our car was
me OF Blood's Patent Day Coaches. |
Ar Thompson telegraphed to the
agent at st. Louis to know whether
he could not get this car for his ]
,arty. The agent replied in the az 1
irmative, and We were transferred /
o it This patent car is a kind of
concern, and by paying |
10 cents extra you can get two |
eats, which make a very comforta-
lie bed. Our party appreciated the |
of Mr.. Thompson, espe-
Dr.. McCarty and myself, who we're
cry much fatigued by the dust and
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