The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-09-16
our "Trip.

nal, 20 give our readers Il summary %
what we saw, heard, and learned dn-
ring an absence Of three weeks. There
be a few dlIigcuL readers who wiI'
jock for = ruIGlImeut Of tins promise
but we say to them ;--
"WIat wc do determine Oft wc break,
Purpose i, but the Save to memory
Besides, it hath occurred to us that
very few Of our readers would care to
hear us tell Of what we saw, heard. or
learned This is 4 practical agc-an
age wherein 20 man cares to lose t'me
in reading TRADES upon matters that 90
not ODcn up an avenue whereby he
might vcrchancc travel and find Il lew
dollars scattered thcrcalong for his
purse. This is u misfortune, but 1t IS
true. And so, to bG practical, we VIII
state that we left Winchester! This IS
an important statement, but we will let
it 20 without comment, tol we "paid
our way." From Dcchcrd to Nash
vile, and from Nashville to Milan, we
met with 40 incident orgrcat note. At
Milan we had to "s,ay over" about six
hours, during which time we had the
pleasure Of meeting with W. A, wade,
ofthc Milan Exchange, and Maj y. II.
Uallstrom, n rich bachelor, who de
lights in vineyards, flowers, chickens,
and good breeds OF all good things
Mai II. sojourned awhile in WincheS-
ter last year, and then it was we mad'
his acquaintance JIc treated Us Sc
kindly, and so did Mr. Wadc, that W.
were almost 10th to leave Milan. ia
time and steam cars wait iol no MAJ
SO on We went to the gay city OF New
Orleans. Two days %sojourn IN I'M
place found us crossing the "tat'Ier o
Waters" IN yoHtc to Ilouma, in the par
jsh of TcrrcbonHc, arriving at WfiicI
place, We were shaved, cock tailed, ano
prepared for business. This business
being Of u private nature, It would he
out of place for US to continue the sub
icct. We will merely say that we spent
two weeks in this parish, seeing all we
could see, and learning all we coult
laarn. 1t was not the first time we ha(
Travelled. Even before this we ha'
several times seen what We could sec
nil the way from the Canalas to til
Gulf which lay now so near TO II
But time, "thc tomb builder MAKE
many changes, and a man gets We
~''rusty'' indeed if he SHOULD stay
home n year or so. II Is It wondcrl
age Of this world Patents, fashion
new tangled notions, Nc, come on
such rapidity that one can scarcely b
lievcthis country was : "how!inE "
lcrncss' in 1902 If two or LhI
hundred years have wrought 81
changes, what miH the condition be
many hundred years from this date
Judging the future by the past,
shall have aerial transportation, con
munication with the planets, and, pc
haps, a new Bible.
We'll, upon getting to Now o
IcanG we found the reports about y
low fever to be groundlcss. True,
gOodly number died Of fever duri
our ~soiourn of two weeks in Louisial
but they died Of pernicious fever. III
is what they call it in Louisial
As for our part. we cared not
squabblc about names, for we would
sOon lie Of yellow Us to die Of per
rious fever. Hence our brief sojou
Hence it was hat in coming home
Pascagoula, Mobile and Montgome
We were not alarmed about yellow
YER. 1t was the "pernicious' &c
tina. alarmed us, and no one else be
alarmed about such a fever, we qnic
smoked u cigar aud kept awake
night-a sure method of keeping
disease. Make n note OF this.
Well, if we were to narrate all
saw and heard, it would Gl far m,
space than the Journal allows t
this week, for which limitation Of spt
We are indebted to DIR. p.'s long art
aud our expectancy at this time o
long circus advertisement.
"But," asks some one, "What
You secY Well, sir, We saw splcii
crops Of corn all the way from "
chester TO lIouma, Louisiana
lance Of about 800 miles. We went
Jackson, Miss, and came back via !
lille, for we wanted 10 see ns mucl
the country as possible. And we
rs good corn as the land cuull a,