The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-13
Message FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
j d Sewanee-. .The University Of
the South.
sEwANEE, Tenn, July 10, 1879.

sEwANEE, Tenn, July 10, 1879.
!. ...o chosen the jackson route, w
ia the contradictory anomaly Of going
49, Il i railway carriage, which, but fol
ssraouent safe recurrence, would appear
. III less reckless o proceeding than tn
= rtetion of "the three men Of Gotham
Il " traditional craft. Wefound ourselves
a.,,Ie time at the train to look about u
u divine BY the significant buster ant
~. the real travellers from their more
'nr.appareled, sympathizing acquaintance
M year, ere We left, the sentence had beer
ano,,peed on New Orleans beyond hope o
,saible Communication, and the business q
,ttinp away was too serious for the obsery
80 81 the convention Of leave-taking at the
u Like many other amenities, affec-
anate adieux flourish best 10 piping
rnea If peace and quiet. was SAD Tor say
y r,od-by to the dearest on earth. Every.
,dv was sitting In the pregnant stiffness; &c
ma being precious enough for utterance IL
. brief minutes before separation, when the
n, rang out it's summons to kiss quickly
IN the peculiar sutfocating sensatiOn-and
,era remained only the waving Of dampened
onakprchiefs to the ones standing outside
know from experience how Immediately 9
ar,ot. or. as Richard Grant White would have
: aav railway station" sinks into dingy
nsirnlfcance when train has swept away
ron Il with some dear burden Of ours. The
transition III fire crackers, after explosion, is
n more marked, except that the depot re-.
eats It's catastrophe every day for some
ma with q philosophy akin to lie roi es'
poyt.. vips le ron" we gazed at the now sifted
ortnnate wheat Of our companions IN transitn
bite soon was chatting with some cheer.
Illness to the young divinity doctor who
"a been filling Ames Church to such
varaowing Our talk was OF the true trav
ler,s sort, rlvalous descriptions Of different
Alaces at which we had soiourned and re-.
pieed. which funnily enough happened II &C
Iaae To Be identical. the coincidence Of having
I'D d good time In the same spot. which Ia
lways made so much OF conversatiOnally, &c
constituting strong evidence Of some latent
onQeniality, being totally lacking. We were
ot even this time to keep for long the
anne direction, his first objective point being
he Mammoth Cave. However, there was 9
community of feeling In one respect, and |
produced my hamper OF luncheon only to
discover that "The girl had left behind me, Z
distracted with grief at my departure Of
haRrln at the discrimination Ia favor OF her
companion III domestic service had kept the
bread, with the forks and knives and herself
II home. It was breaking meat, as we car
vigorously tore apart the chicken, until came
ID the resolution ct making Scriptural ap-
beal for bread to O triend--in behalf Of the
kuest who had arrived unexpectedly, etc. /
6uppose misqnoted, by the merry sparkle In
the doctors Irish blue eyes, but people who
have not always had the benefit OF such read
(Dgs OF Scripture as his own ought not to
have required OF them absolute accuracy.
Our ear was OF the comfortable one-berth-
to-a-section pattern, and it, occupants were
representative types. The peripatetic baby
WAS OF course, present, and the small boy
who persists In trying to precipftate himself
but OF car windows, had not staid at home,
Ind with him had come his natural maternal
accessory, who was ever trying to enforce her
prohibitions, In tones sufficiently ,oud and
[tirm to intimidate and carry suggestion to
Ihis untmpTesstble young mind, and yet leave
herself some shreds OF reputation for amia-
pllity and refinement OF voice. There was
the lady who suffers from railway nausea,
fWho In this case was the SHINING mark for the
fiend; and she Of the ready
texpedieUts, who was provided with every
Thing that might be needed In the remotest
hand you delicious cup Of coffee at in
Ehe morning, with the nonchalant remark,
that she always prepared the essence and
brought it along when travelng-and when
the aforesaid small boy subsidized from over
|gustation, prescribed for him SO wisely as to
shorten materially our period Of rest.
! Inc second night was spent at the Reed
House In Chattanooga, where we had nice
supper, but the cook seemed to have been
changed before breakfast. The view OF Look
out Mountain Is the something which raises
Chattanooga above the din Of iron-factOry
1t was to me inexpressibiy de-
Eightful to see again an old Typographical
|have identified with 1t two short delightful
weeks Of my life, giving to the brief, happy
Gays some part ufitS own perfnanence forever.
The ride from Chattanooga through the Ten
nessee valley Is simply exquisite. One is re-
minded constantly Of the Green Mountains--
70 be sure some hundred feet would have to
Pc added,to reach the Vermont level, but, all
the same, the resemblance is great. Then,
TOO. as you have begun to long for q glimpse
OF water-that thirst of the eye which noun
tain scenery produces-the Tennessee river
winds In, and your soul is satisfied and re-
Ireshed. The morning meal ut the Reed
Hotel having proved rather continuance
than an interruption OF fasting, we very early
had out our lunch basket. The cakes ha3
become mashed conglomerate and our sup-
plies reduced to deviltd ham and tongue, but
al agreed that we had not before had so de-
llghtlnl repast. The panorama, which
seemed inexhaustible by the utmost labor Of
our engine, was what the old Romans could not
have dreamed ", with all their fertile expe-
clients for combining the spectacular with their
feasting.
At Cowan we changed cars for the Cumber-
land Mountain Coal Mining Company's road,
which, even in the latter-day Of railway
achievements, Is considered a marvel of en-
The Journey after that was q
winding ascent over the plumed tops OF trees
On the mountain itself, and leaving the valley
9 diminishing distance, Of which we could
catch occasional gIimpses ia the riffs In the
forest. An hour and a halt OF delightful pro-
erosion into the most delicious atmosphere
brought us to SeWanee station Of the Uniyer-
slty 81 the South. Our young lady had been
wondering if the boys" would meet US. She
ne herself was reason a praori that they would.
liner; mere they Were, and the numerous small
luggage with which our one little escort had
oeen wrestling all the way, was distributed
among many eager hands, and ourselves and
Il tenderly and calamity lifted into the
mack that generic term which includes in
the most catholic manner all vehicles, from
Y, stately clarence to the nondescript carry
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