Richland beacon., 1880-07-24
Notes of Travel in Trip TO Texas.
4 Sketch.

Stopping on board the car at Til
place. .iunc 18th, went 10 Monro'
t. meet a travelling companion, wh'
proposed to 70 in company with me l.
Texas. We drove hack AND tW'
mules. In Laiourchr swamp he hrok'
II tongue. which caused Il delay til! l.
o'cIork 4. VI of 18th al whIrh bon,
We started cat for i;iiic Carr :. SON,
80 miics distant, taking the Ncraaf
road. wr found ourselves ~cv"ra. NH,
To the left ot the intended rput. VI,
obtained some dircr' ION AMI irrn",
in TO the right, over Li.!,, gUi!ica ~.
across what is known II the 'Lpna
straw road. "un. ladv directing us 10 =,
"Spr,cr arros~" The road. " hen ia fact
sc came in ab1lt - dcgr' - angle
and took rishl hand end. Next place
w. .trucn for in.Jrma ion a lady APP
reared a. .Lc door. Mo said she was
u bad land 10 Civ directions. and We
discovered the di'iru,,v. She wa
hair-Iippcd We managed though To-
get sufficient Information 10 get 10 lie
"Tray.lrr's road, An. 4 very amusing
incident occurred her, arriving a She
Grst house on travellers road nay friend
cnuuirch Il, this the traveller, road, -
Of a small co!orrd cir! and the reply
wa, "SOmc,:nes it is soIac"hat
ruZHlcI, my fricnl remarked, "and
somriimc, il ain t. Next was the
proror placc to turn out Tor Mr.. Garr :.
We ctnluircd Of Young man and my
friend and the young man ha' some
difference of opinion ao - whether
We turned out to right before or ai.e.
passing Il church CT school h"u-e We
arrived at III" place about . o'clock l..
NJ. where Nc mere kindly received by
Mr.. e.. and his r,jlmaLic laty.
lStb-Icft Mr. Cars in The morn
iu-. arrived at Mindcn about dark,
sweat he night with Mr.. Reynolds,
nolel keeper.
I9th-Lcll Mindcn, passed through
Shreveport at i. NJ, went out &
miles and stopped all night with Mr..
Simpson, good place,
2Oth-Lcit Mr. Simpsons and went
by place Oh State line Dethany( Lick
s>kilIct) The next place WAS EIycian-
fields, then Sunny Point. and next to
Grand EiulT, west Of the Sabine river,
80 miles south west Of Shreveport.
Mex, place was HARMONY Hill and We
stopped all night at Mahon's.
2lst-Arrivcd at Henderson about
4 L NJ, We here met Mr. Moss, an
cn,erprising merchant on south street,
and more aosp;table. generous !
hearted, clever man we never cxpcci
to meet with. and his lady and inter
es,ing family of eight or nine children
were all as agreeable as Mr. Moss, if |
possible We wc;c very favoraby |
Impressed with this interesting family, |
especially the babe, little May, who
is about four and half years old. and /
Sammic who is about - or II year
old. SamGic is one of those useful,
industrious and accomm0d boys
who will make friends and admirers
wherever he goes. cannot drop this
part of my sketch without rendering
10 this good family the thanks and
gratitude of myself 4 friend they were
un,iring in their efforts 10 make u
pleasant aud tccl at hone Our talented
young District Attorney married Miss
UOllie Ness, Il member OF this inter
eslins family, AMI if he hld pickcdihc
world over he could a0I have married
into a more clever family. We re-
GREETED that the sickness Of Mr. itnd-
son prevented him and his beautiful I
wife from being travelling companions
Of ours; they arrived in Henderson
two or three days after we dill.
Mr.. Mcdonald left Henderson for
/, oco, after stopping one night. The
remained until the 9ith, then
'''s ,.,, ~ Jacksonville, and met Nose
Inrris DR. Lloyd, George Nicely aud
,T.r tIob.n efrlends.
a,,h-N,t C., II. M.rri, an old time
lend which rem.'3ed me of the
afrcsh 70 my nina old
a. lac was NY friend III
b,se DAYS. his face still has that same
.xpression aud although he Is SOME
nv senior has held his own much bet
or and looks much younger. weighs
,boui $50 pounds. 1t was really
re,t to meet those old Alabama
'ri,nds aud to share their hospitality.
,cksonyilie is place Of 500 or COO
on the lntcrnationaI&G \.
3. H.. and the surveying party were
ere Surveying the line OF Great Trunk
little which is to cross the lnterna-
6nding SlacksJnville. }
quarten en-