Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-05
THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
What Came Of Two Days in Robertson
County.

| "tishlng Excursion, wednesday, June
?, 1915. Compliments Southeastern R'y
Co"
Such was the legend printed upon the
crimson badge that futiered on the manly
bosom Of a UNION AND AMERICAN report
er as he passed into the rear car of the sos
/ P. n. train Just before it moved out from
the depot, on the day above indicated. All
the others Of the expeditiOnary corps had
arrived before him-as jolly acroWd as ever
gathered for a fishing frolic. Solid, sub
stantial business men, tOO-nOt hummer
among them. They were in for a day or
tTO's harmless recreation, and the list was
as follows:
G. H. Phillips, Phillips, Jackson & Co.
James Roger, Rhea, Smith q Co.
l. L. Rhea, Rhea, Smith & Co.
j. w. Otley, Merchants Dispatch.
L. K. Hart, Hart & Hensley.
A. @. WilkersOn, Commercial Broker.
Herman Appel, J. & L. Whorley.
John WbOrley.
Frank MoultOn, Frank MOultOn & Co.
James MOultOn, Young, Searight & Co.
A. Gennett, Gennett & Co.
A. Burton, Massengale & Co.
g. NJ. johnson, Iron and Hardware.
n. Cline, Cline & Bernheim.
w. I. Linck, Linck's European Hotel.
B. +. Parker, Ice Dealer
,. ROSenheim, Rcsenheim & Bro.
L. j. Winfrey, Winfrey * Turner.
Adolph Nelson, with Chas. Nelson.
John n. Sperry, John y. Speuy & Co.
w. n. Duncan, Duncan, Newell Il Co.
Thomas Vain, Vain & Walker.
g. K. Hillman, G. Z. Hillman & Co.
VIC. Butterield, Mechanics Nat. Bank.
+. Furman, Furman & Co.
II. +. Woods, r. +. Woods & Co.
John Demoyille, Berry, DemOville
* Co.
K.WhitwsTth, Hooper, Whitworth&CO.
l.. Valentino, Valentino & Co.
In charge of the party was Mr.. r. @.
Butler, the justly popular Agent Of the
Southeastern, who had cOurteOusly placed
a car at their disposal. Before the start, he
was here, there, eVerywhere-lOOking Wig
ilantly after the comfort and convenience
of his guests.
On the unOCcupied seats were huge piles
Of commissary stores, fishing tackle and the
general paraphenalIa for such an expe-
dition. Nothing had been left undOne that
ought 10 have been dOnei nothing forgotten
that could have in the least administered
to the enjoyment of the eXcursiOnists.
Bob Dew, a cook of cunning skill, Wesley
Bang, Of the Maxwell, and Felix Hadley,
of the Southeastern, walters, had also come
along, and it is but scant justice to say that
from first to last, they we're equal to every
emergency.
Fort Station, 4 miles from Nashville,
was reached In due time. Here the party
disembarked and were cordially welcomed
by Col. Z. A. Fort, who was unremitting
in his courtesies as long as they remained
in his dominiOns. The car was switched
off on a side-track, and the baggage trans
ferred to a wagon. After a walk Of
mile over good road
and attractive scenery, the farm
Of Sugg Fort, Esq, was reached. lie was
absent in Nashville with his family, and,
with true Robertson hospitality, had ten
dered the fishermen full possession Of his
premises, consisting Of a cosy house on the
bank Of Red river, a few yards from the
familiar Forts mill, and surrounded by
magnificent shade trees.
Supper over, each followed his own bent
until bed-time-by which it is not intend
ed to designate any given hour, some pre-
ferring A. NJ, but the majority trying to
put in little sleep earlier in
succeed better was attributed TO the fact
that chairs, four-barrels, boxes, etc, exhib-
tied a mysterious tendency to roll up and
down stairs in a bOisterOus style not par
ticularly conducive to slumber.
Soon after daylight the eager anglers
were scattered along Red river. And II
may as well be confessed right here that,
from a piscatOrial standpoint, the
The river was too muddy, the trout
were spawning-these, with dozen other
good reasons, were assigned and regarded
as satisfactory. WhiJwOrth, by the way,
carried of all the glory as to the weight and
number Of his catch, a trout weighing II
lbs. being among his trophies.
But there were innumerable ways Of
passing the time pleasantly, and no one
seemed disappointed at his want Of luck.
II was a thoroughly good humOred party
no jarring or discOrd from the start
70 the return. Appels Zirber and Nalen-
tino's guitar beguiled the hours after night
fall, the latter singing a touching little
melody, the chorus Of which ran:
Do not let your chances, like the sunbeams'
For you'll never miss the lager till the keg runs
dry.
Concerning Commissary General Nelson,
there is but space TO record briefly
the general veTdict-that his man
agemeIt CT the stores and cuisine
could not possibly have been
eXcelled. He has an aptitude for that sort
Of thing amounting to actual genius, and
his name will be ever associated with the
pleas suable recOllectiOns Of the trip.
DR.. y. T. Hurt, of Rangum Root Lini-
ment fame, and Messrs. j. W. Judd, j.
Goldmamer and J. NJ. Binkley, all Of
Springfield, Joined the party on Thursday
and were voted to be most welcome acces-
sions. Robertson county could not have
done better by herself or her visitors than
by sending them.
All were awake by A. NJ, yesterday,
and the walk to the station was soon made,
in the fres h morning air. Col. Fort was
there to give them all a hearty send-Oh,
and it can be imagined that expressions Of
gratitude for his pTofuse hospitality were
not lacking from the recipients.
At $50 the St. Louis train came thun-
dering along, and the eXpeditiOnary car
was attached thereto. En- route back
to Nashville, Mr.. c. L. Hillman was called
TO the chair, and resolutions Of thanks
to Agent Butler, who planned and so sue
cessfully "DCssed" the trip, to COmmisSaTy
General Nelson, to Sugg Fort, Esq, and 10
Col. L. a. Font (not forgetting his
South Down muttOn), were adopted
by acclamatiOn. The party reached
town at 7:30, in famOUsR spirits,
aud separated in the hope thas
Agent Butler would carry out his threat to
make the Red River excursion an annual
Institution