The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-04-05
Il TRIP TO ST LOUIS.
Editor Morning Star:

te"ious ana annoying thing it was TWEEN
years aSo-the date of my last visit to
Lonis-thanks to the superiority of raiIro
over steamboat travelling in general. and
the jackson Railroad in particular. Then OIL
cous and much shoaled Father of Waters 81
boat and the weather. Now we treat I'll
mighty river with silent contempt, give
plying look on the Easiest boat GU the Yves
ern waters" dub it behind the times, pay 4
attention whatever To the storm signals, q,
r our tickets and sep aboard the palace car
ana In spite OF wind, water or weather, al
Landed in St. Louis in less than thirty hon,
after leaving New Orleans Then the luxuriou
trip K! for TO journey ever the Jackson Railroad
luxury. good road. direct, level, secure, th
nnest cars that the Ingenuity, skill and none
can pat together, courteous offic GERS who loo
| we'll to the comforts of the passengers q rapi,
rate of travelling the speed directed by th
most com petent engineers, and last, bat by u,
means least' comfortable meals, at comfortable,
| intefSais apart. aud plenty of time to ca
| them. Can the heart OF man desire moIe3
sG. Louis is great city in the estimation o
| us people, and 60 it strikes visitor also. MOI
Is IL q hnished city, for street is being edded II
street, and bnildpg after building in d tf.reu1
stages OF Development, is very pleasantly sup
gestIve of enterprise and Improvement
me meschants, Exchange is perhaps the
1nesG editice for the use in America snd the
business room from eleven O'Clock till two
daily, presents scene OF active barter and
exchange, buying and selling that is as truly
refreshing to u dropper-in from our city az il q
shady corner in the dog days. The MERCHANTS
mere seem to appreciate the ad vantages of So ch
an Institution and give it their hesrtiest snn-
port as indeed they, and all classes of inha-
ental citizeps give to all and everything that
tends towards the advancement of their CITY
AS to the parks and pubic squares in and
around st Louis, they the very finest that
taste IAN make item. SN1eious well laid ont
oeautlhed and Kept in peTfecC order, they are,
places of refreEhmeut and recreation to tbe
Gltlzens OF all classes, VINO resort to them in
no
rail- months, and even during mild winter
weather Hyde, Washington, OFaliom and
Lafayette parks are in he city and are prone
made resorts In the latter, which is n Derf,ct
gem of TIE kind, are grottos rustic bird oes
spanning u merry stream, and II miniature
lace, Where swans disport themselves to the
lhhhlte delight OF Tue lutte folk, and over
"h'ca boat loads of navig gators voyage delight
ed!y from shore to SHORE, :. or ale aronpd the
coast" as their pleasure or caprice directs
ne mueIcians' stand in the centre of the PARK
d peaublful psgoda with frescoed ceiling mar
bic hoor. aud blue and gold pillars Ia sur.
rounded by hundreds of handsome comfortable
benches, where visitors may SIT and epioy the
nne music proauced by q first class band every
evening during the summer at the EXPENSE Of
the CITY. In respect TO music, the other prone
naoe grounds mentioned are equally well pro.
Vloeu' rover Grove and Forest Grove are
nrlVlng parks the former con tanning 1876 acres
The latter several hundred. Both are outside
of the city limits, are beautiful by nature. inn |
proved by art, and are very successful rivals of
Central Park, New York.
When you visit st. Louis Mr. Editor yo,
nnst go To the famous Shaw Garden else Won
Will Ulss a treat not often rendered by a citi- |
Ecu 20 any ana every one who may wish to |
AVAIL themselves Of the privilege of eoipr over
" nat are said TO be the most spacious elegant
pest Kept private gardens and park in America
UT. henry Sba", The proprietor, 10 u bachelor
u great wealth. and it is said that be intends
ionatlng these splendid grounds to the city of
st. Louls. There is quite on extensive museum
~ tne place, which 10 also open, free of
n na,se, 10 an corners. Among the objects of
interest observed sample of COTTON and
otton seed from New Orleans," which, l must
sy, oid not impress me as giving q very good
n re; Oh our great staple. The COTTON was of
Inferior quality, yellow and old, the seed de. |
hdedly snriveled and poor, Won't somebody
eno ialrer and pjumper representations of our |
llky kinE' SIuce we cannot get fair play at
oihe let US show to some advantage abroad
a walk of observation through Mr. Shaw's !
atdens aud plant houses might give some of
ur prominent townsmen mint not to be
espised In all directions are trees plants
hinos or flowers from all q arters of the pIohs
resented by some ST. Loulan, not to Mr. Shaw
. An lndi> Iduai, but to him because he has
made hls domain public to all, and therefore
ordered i5 place of am bilious pride To each
nd every dWel!er in st. Louis, u place be
lizes when AT nome and for which ne seeks
when in foreign parts
The Mercantile Library, building volumes
'"0e OF mem bersulp and general working is
,orthy OF long accommodation, but Eav.
lIeany Fespasssu gu your precious space 60 j
80 -~SSA SoPS"h'bB VI bbe SUBJECT tor another |
me ~ 1
me Catholic churches numerous, come
tneH quite imposing structures among v
ne more recently built the Church of ST. a
Jphonsus, or, as it is more commonly called. T
le Rock Church." stands first in cGaste ele.
ahce. rus sacred edihce, you know be- d
'ngs to the RelndemptoristF Fathers, and has a I
rye congregation, although not the parish
1nrch OF its district. Among the other ser c
ants of the Lord who labor here ia the =
Father Meredith, SO well known :,
I'D beloved in the Fourth District of our city
# many years. He looks hearty and well. is
III as much interested in tue welfare of the
old parishiorers ss when no was amon1
lem"
As to matters political, the affairs of Iouisi (
IA are much talked of here, with about as
tlstactory conclusions as at homo. but the |
ajority go = to that our people have made
. their minds to take care of themselves and
lat they can and will do so, a belief most de.
,uLy entertained by