The Russellville Democrat., 1877-06-14
EDITORIAL CORRESPOND
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Fr. SMITH, ARK, June 5, 1877.

T T. SMITH, Ahh., C uLS c, Icat. "Ali's well that ends well, ,"--so said; and 50 it is we suppose, for although we made bad art-off in our trip to Fifth Annual Meeting of the Press Association, this evening finds us after smoothe and pleas ant ride over the Ft. Smith Railroad, under the careful and attentive Buckner, safe and sound in the beautiful and hospitable young city of Ft. Smith, comfortably bestowed in our quarters, NOT IN THE "wooDi sHED," but with the excellent and kind hostess of the City Hotel. And notwithstanding the scare we got at the imminent danger of being left at Russellville, and the terrible seold- ing we got from our better half for leaving her trunk behind, (brethren of the Press. let us exhort you to never, never leave your wife's bag gage behind, for the consequences are next thing to walking the gold paved streets of Paradise) and the loss of breath we sustained in beat ing Granger's time to overtake that train, and the modification and cha grin which we experienced in find ing that, after all, we had forgotten our $500 gold chronometer and our new plug hat in which we expected to cut tall splash-notwithstanding all this, we say, we are happy; for we find we are not the only q. d. who has been laughed at on this trip. Our friend and able Association Sec retary, the genial Frolich, the lucky editor whose constituency will all soon be rich enough to give him a bag of gold dust for years sub scription to the Record; he too, we find, has been laughed at for leaving his baggage. And so having such good company in our misery we are happy.
 We found on the train after we had left Russellville the following members of the State Press:
 Mitchell, of the Gazette; Tobey, of the Grange; Espy, of the Baptist; Woodruff, Vim. E., Jr.; Burke, of the Helena World; Frolich, of the White County Record; Balding, of the Law renee County Journal; Matthews, of the Des Arc Citizen; Cobb, of the Jonesboro Times; Skinner, of the Judsonia Review; Moore, of the Fl dorado Eagle; Going, of the Forrest City Democrat; Clark and Gaulding, of the Southern Standard; Denton, of the Batesville Guard; Rousans, of the Osceola Times; Mcclure, of the Western Immigrant and Independ- ent Arkansian; Warner, of the Ar , kansas Traveller; England, of the Lonoke Democrat; Pitts, of the Prai- rie Go. Organ; Cummings and lady, of the Ozark Banner; Mann, of the Hot Springs Visitor; Trezevant, of the Augusta Bulletin; Ketchum, of the Law Journal; Webb, of Webb & . Burrows; Smithee, Association His torian.
 At Clarksville Bro. Burton of the Forum left us, promising to come on
 up to morrow. At Ozark our mum Der was swelled by the addition o1
 Brother Cummings and his accom- 3 plished lady. At Van Bursn we wer. met and joined by Messrs
 Wilcox and Thayer of the Argus
 Durham, of the Press, and Presi
 dent Sparks, of the Ft. Smith Her
 aid.
 U A short run from Van Buren and > we ldHueu ab Iuc bcIiuiHuo VI oHS road, Cherokee, and were soon trans
 ferred over the raging Arkansas and | unshipped at the wharf at the city l of our destination. We were here : met by the City Brass Band and : D sufficient number of carriages tt 2 convey us al. to our HOMES, for cer . tainly no one could feel otherwise = than that he was fully and complete f ly at home among the open hearted T hospitable people of Ft. Smith ] And thus endeth our first day. To l morrow is the day for the meeting q of the Association.
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