Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-13
A JAUET TO DETROIT.
Whaf q Nashville Man Saw a<f the
fNsffo4al Educational Conversation
N0sesef western Progress.

written thereon the motto Excursion
Ticket These words were cminous, por-
tending crowded hotels, toll and trouble
generally, but when found who was to be
my company, had only the most pleasant
anticipatiOns.
cot aboard the 1910 p. NJ. train on the
Louisville road, and in a few moments
thought had secured apartments en- suite
| in Coggia's comet, and was whisking about
among the consultations. / had a little
| Joke with Saturn about the Washington
rings eclipsing his; paid my respects to
Jupiter, engaged Mars for the war between
the races, secured Ursa Major as my New
York broker, and had JUS donned my kids
| preparatory TO call on Venus, when
| was Weakened to find that we were ap-
preaching Bowling Green at the rate OF
nearly fifty miles an hour.
Upon our arrival at Louisville we were
welcomed by an enthusiastic multitude
| (Of backmen) and were escorted in a tri-
umphal (street) car to the Louisville Hvtel
The next morning we visited the
LOUISVILLE SCHOOL BOARD,
and found 1t composed Of representative men
keenly alive to the interests of their people
and devoted to their educational develop
ment, but the council had refused to levy
sufficient tax for the ensuing year and
many children will necessarily be thrown
into the street university. In the mean
time the city officers and ward politicians
stamp their brogans on velvet, Oxminster
and Brussels in the new and truly magnifi-
cent City Hall. This hall is the boast Of
the city fathers, typical heads Of whom EN-
belish the fronts. First there is bulls head
the member who bulls his measures
through; then the hogs head, representing
the hOggiSh member; next the Jacks head,
representing the irrepressible speaker, and
fourth the horses head, representing those
who attend to business.
Leaving Louisville we secured a Wood
ruff sleeper at the rear of the train (there
was another passenger aboard the car. He
had bottle of sherTy.) The Woodruff car
proved to be a luxury-every possible con-
venience, rivaling our own sumptuOus
| apartments al home. The rear end (Of the
carr rounded, regular glass front, where, re-
| Ginning Ia an Eastern nabob. we surveyed
with naughty but temporary cOmplacence
the tOiling HoOsier. But his fields are
Welding hundred fold. Vast blocks Of
corn, indicating an unusually heavy crop,
continually spread out before us; oats
looked rich and heavy in their gold OF
| ripeneSs, and immense stacks Of wheat told
of bOuntiful harvest of that State.
We were informed that the crops were
exceptionally good throughout Indiana
A proyidential cOmpensationtor the devils
/ dispsnsation which still retains Morton in
/ the noble HOOsier State. MOrtOn's
''key note" does not excite the enthusiasm
that wields the popular mind. Most Of the
Indianians heard some years ago about the
history and mission Of the Republican
party, and now that il is all history and no
mission but Civil Rights, they look kindly
enough OH il as a relic, but are disguised
with the attempt to grow toad stool on
the corpse. In this part of the narrative We
are at indianapolis, the city that woke
up four years ago and found itself
quiet village Of some 10000
souls with an opportunity. 1t had
age, a good commercial name, abundant
railroad facilities, and was the capital and
legitimate commercial centre Of a State
whose agricultural resources were being
well developed and her minerals just being
found out.
The growth Of indianapolis has been, so
far as l can learn, symmetrical and herein
lies its permanent strength. The transfers
Of real estate for the past year, have
amounted to over fifteen millions Of dol
lars. An example of the increase in value
of property is found in that Of an old
teacher of ours. He left indianapolis about
five years ago, leaving two lots in the ogteI
part of the city, Valusd at $500. To
day they are worth over $4,000, anC
that teacher is rich-building fine blocks
and residences ont of the sales of part o.
his land. Hdec docet. Nashville nov Ia:
the same opportunity that indianapolis had
in 1870, and by 1900, by the application OF
indianapolis enterprise, may be city o.
double the importance il now is.
At Detroit we found state Superintend'
ent Fleming, and Superintendent Pickett
Of the Memphis schools, in attendance on
the National Teachers Association. They
reflected so much credit on thu State a:
representative educators among the mighty
pedagOgueS there cOngregated, that We
unanimously made them honorary mem
bers of our excursion, which ramified from
Detroit for few days. One notable trip
was the chaTt6ring Of tug 10 take the
party up the river to Belle Isle. We
had Just been TO Windsor, Canada, and
found the town having a "civic" holiday,
which means among the CanuckS that the
merchants shut up shop and take a day Of
relief and jollity. What We managed 10
buy and stow away in oyercoats and the
crowns of our hats, depoDent saith not
But the tug went along with us and Oul
plumber with light conscience. The sur
had just pulled aside the gorgeous damaSE
curtains of its western bank when VT
rollicked away from the dock over the
molten green crystal of the Detroit river
and when we danced to the wooden pier Of
Belle Isle the stars were winking at oul
proceedings.
On this lone, dark isle we found party o
FORsAKEN AND FORLoRN FEMALES
half crazed with anxiety to get back tC
town. Right CALAMITY We rescued them, thu
two superintendent receiving the forsakeI
ladies with paternal dignity and suavity
that treasured them. At this juncture WI
observed that the crew were in trouble. Al
insurmOuntahle tri1e had interpOsed on
further gOing-a nut was lost, but that MI
was the plunger, and darker hours Of night
came on. At last twas found. OFF we
shot towards the city, now great bank o
uncouth shadows with thousands of giar
ing ewes that flashed ribbons of light to us
over the water. We gathered these up anC
they led US to the street lamps of the city
and the cOlOred lights Of the vessels alons
shore.