Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-02
PHILADELPHIA TO BATON ROUGE.
BEING THE ACCOUNT or AN INNO-
CENT AND LONELY YOUNG
MANS TRIP BETWEEN
THE TWO NAM
ED CITIES

asked by dozen or so of his friends to
write them all about his trip, etc. He
promised. Having some knowledge of
the art prCseryative, he has made use of
printers ink to carry out the above
agreement.)
Left Philadelphia Saturday night,
October Is, for Baltimore, accompanied
by the parting good wishes of friends
and the cheering presence of genial
representative of King Gambrinus, who
enlivened the journey to the Monumen-
tai City by shouting at the top of his
voice "'Rah for Hancock" whenever he
took recess in the intervals of mani
pulating a suspiciouslooking bottle.
Found Baltimore to be an enterprising
city, gaily and handsomely decorated
for its l5Oth Anniversary; every house
seemed to be set off more or less with
bunting The designs were both novel
and ingenious. never saw such an at
tractive display-not even excepting
Centennial Philadelphia. Baltimore has
large oyster and fruit packing trade,
and does large general business with
the Southern States.
From Baltimore, went over the B. &
o. through Washington, where | had a
faint glimpse of the Capitol, through
ha2y rain, and then over the Climber
land Valley ronte via Harper's Ferry
and Grafton to Cincinnati. The scenery
was beautiful, especially in the neigh
borhood of the town of Cumberland,
W. Va, memorable for the brakemen's
riots of'77. The mountains were deck
ed in their "Fall overcoats," and as u
fellow traveller remarked, presented "a
scene that alone was worth the price of
admission" The Pennsylvania r. r.
takes a back seat in comparison with
the Baltimore and Ohio.
Monday morning, October 18th, found
the writer in Cincinnati, chilly and
anxious to get son the outside of a
square meal" Found matters in Pork
opolis very lively and prosperous. Gin
cinnati is blessed with two very enter
prlslng newspapers, the Gazette and
the Inquirer, the latter being one of the
most enterprising papers in the coun-
try. In this respect being far ahead,
am sorry to say, of any Philadelphia
journal. Cincinnati contains a hand
some Permanent Exhibition Building
Institutional perfect building-hand-
some parks, geological garden, and sup
ports large manufacturing interests.
On my way to Louisville, by rail, met
with gentleman from Alabama on his
way to Philadelphia to attend the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania medical lee
lures. He spoke very highly of the
Quaker City.
Scene at Little Miami depot in Gin
Cinnati-Enter six-foot Texas ranger,
accompanied by his wife and six chill
dren, ten-acre hat and doubled barrel
rifle. Diminutive hackman cries ont to
t. R.: Here, young man, only four
bits to nearest hash foundry!' T. R.
kills hackman with look.
Arrived at Louisville Monday, Octo-
Der 18th, at midnight. On the train an
important parsonage made himself con
spicuous by unnecessary compliments.
"Vere vas de conductors ?"
"Well. sir" replied that worthy,
what can do for you ?'
"Vell, you see, pays for four tickets
ven wants four seats all togethers, not
shcattered through der cars"
"This is the best | can do for you
You will have to get on the roof if this
don't suit you"
Exeunt Fireworks.
Arrived at Nashville early the next
morning, which we found to be quite a
town. AS elsewhere throughout the
Southern country, cotton here is king.
From Nashville through Lower Ten
nessee to Decatur, Alabama, the coun-
try is rolling and fairly cultivated.
Railroad travellers have more or less
experience with train boys. The follow
ing may have been mine: The genius
on our train tried unsuccessfully to sell
me some of his wares. One time, he
said: "Now, look here, Cap, Pm agoin'
to leave you soon, and l want to sell
you a trick or two! Now, here's some
superfine Union Jack pecans, both male
and fe-" "Clear out" l replied, 81
don't want anything" "What! Now,
you can ask for anything, and I'll get it
for you" "Well, get me a stcp-ladder =,
He left the car, and in five minutes re-
turned with the article 10 question.
Boss" he said, chow many shall
wrap upW
He now sleens with his fnrefathnrs.