Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-08-19
Wasbingtonians Abroad.

the accommodating superintendent of
the C. & NJ. V. division of the P, G. d
St. Louis r. R., and the superintend-
ent eff the Indianapolis, Cincinnati,
Lafayette and Chicago, for a grand ex-
cursion for our citizens to Chicago, to
start from the depot in this place on
the noon train of Monday, the 9th
inst. As usual on such occasions there |
was great deal of hurrying prepara-
tons being made all day on Saturday /
for the grand visit to the Garden City |
of the great lakes, especially among
the ladies, who we fear are not entirely
innocent of appropriating portion of
the Lords day in the arrangement of
their wardrobes, but who, when we come
to reflect upon it, are excusable, from
the fact that in these grand excursion
parties the presence and refining influ
ence of the fair sex is necessary to
give character and secure proper de-
corum, which is not always observed
by the masculine gender when not un
der the influence and in the presence
OF lovely women.
Well, our gallant friend Stimson
was vigilant-as he is in whatever he
undertakes-in perfecting his arrange
ments for the excursion, and at the ap
pointed hour for the departure, the de
pot was thronged with as happy and
gay an assemblage as ever congregated
there. A special car had been furnish
ed by Superintendent Waite, and the
train was at the platform when the
following ladies and gentlemen, COM
posing the party, took their seats for
Cincinnati, to-wit: A. M. Sti mson
and lady, Miss May Stimson, J. R.
Rector and lady, Miss Lucy Mccoy,
DR.. W. A. Harlow and lady, Miss Tude
Persinger, Os. Smith, n. B. Woods,
Chas. Stevens and lady, Jared L. Mil
likan, Miss Melissa Millikan, Miss Sal
lie Pursell, Frank johnson, Mrs. Mary
johnson, Misses Lucy and Emma
Johnson, Miss R. Cofman, Miss Lou
Emmitt, Peter Hess and lady, VIM.
Millikan and lady, Miss E. M. Milli-
kan, j. L. Van Deman and lady, Hin
ton Irons and lady, A. Hegler, L. Heg-
Ter, George Baily and lady, Miss Clara
Grove, j. Hurlis, E. H. BendeI, W. J
Horney, George James, A. Mccoy, C.
Goddard, G. Pinkerton, D. I. Worth
ington, NJ. S. Creamer, J. R. Snyder,
DR.. S. C. Roberts, Harry Rodgers, E
| s. Fleming, Joe Steinhart.
The conductor called for "al
aboard" The command was instantly
and we may add cheerfully obeyed.-
All seated the signal given, and the
great iron horse moved off majestical-
ly with his gay and happy pleasure
seekers. Arrived all safely and in
good cheer at Cincinnati, at little
past O'Clock, and proceeded immedi-
ately in the street cars to the Craw
ford House, were our conductor, Mr.
S., had made arrangements for the en-
tertainment of the party. Supper
over, the party proceeded to the Plum
street depot, and at O'Clock p. m. Nc
were seated in the cars and on oul
way rejoicing. The principal cities
and towns through which we passed OF
this line are LaWrenceburg in Indiana
Greensburg, Shelbyville, Indianapolis
Lebanon, County seat of Boone coun
ty, Thorntown, Lafayette, and Kan ka
kee City, Illinois. Arrived at Chicago
little before s a. m, and proceedeC
in carriages to the Sherman House
where Mr.. Stimson had previously ar
ranged for the accommodation of tn
excursion party. Elegant apartment
= were furnished for all, and the yer
) best accommodations and the mos
courteo US and kind attentions give
all the members Of the party.
} After partaking of good breakfas
the gen tlemen of the party, throug
our conductor, Mr.. Stimson, were pre-
Sented with tickets to the Chicag,
Board of Trade rooms, and they spen
the time until about 1 O'clock in this
the busiest, the nOisest, and most eS
cited place we ever entered. Ever
body seemed either buying or sellin
No. 2 Chicago wheat, and this is abou
the way they were going at it 81 Sc
September wheat 81 sell Augu:
wheat, y 81 buy September wheat g
buy August wheat 81 sell at 2288,'' ''
. buyat 20,'' and so the hundreds kept u
continual noise and excitement that WIS
IL almost deafening, land it required prett
{ firm nerves to avoid being throw
, from an equilibrium. We manages
Il however, to maintain our usual gra'
F" ity and our equilibrium, whilst v
amused ourself by frequent changes
. location among the dense and excite
. thrOng of the sharpest, shrudest loo
ing class of men that ever we chance
to be thrown among. They had pre-
} ty nearly all (except a few like oursel
- who had been admitted merely as vi
itors and lockers on) come to NAL
" money, and when prices ranged hig
, every mans countenance was lit l
with smile as though visions {
. least) of wealth lay almost with
grasp, and if another cloud shou
!; shut out the light of Heaven, his higl
.0 est hopes and aspirations to the
/ tie of millionaire would witho
doubt be consummatsd, for the pri
G. A.