The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-30

AACNhONi VA May Il, 1888.
DEAR CLARION A few notes of a trim
to this part Of the Old Dominion NAV possi.
bly, interest your readers; but it has been
SO long since l INDUCED in newspaper cor.
respondenee, feel somewhat 'rusty'' in
the business.
A telegram causing my hurried departure
from Jackson oil Thursday night, Eth. l
took the
'BIG j" ROUTE.
The solid road-bed, the great speed, and the
comfortable, well appointed cars and cour-
teous officials, are all the outcome of ample
capital dashing enterprise, and manage.
ment that has placed this great road among
the first in the land It was lucky day
for our section when Col J. c. Clarke as
sumed direction Of the New Orleans, jack
son and Great Nor hern Railroad, and a live.
| ly appreciation OF this was manifested in the
regrets and protests expressed by the press
and people year ago when it was feared
he would resign his connection with the
road. The completion Of the road to YaGoo
| City, the erection of union depot at jack
son, and the scheduling of freights 50 as to
! justify an enlargement of our compress
and the shipment of cotton direct to the
eastern or foreign spinners, are among the
things that must soon be realized by
our community. And then if the capital
lists OF Jackson do not concentrate some of
their spare cash on big cotton factory,
outsiders doubtless will, aRd will profit by
the venture. The tide of immigration and
capital is tending southwark, ana there will
be few places more eligible or accessible
than Jackson, or that has better surround.
ings.
A SUGGESTION.
The sudden, but not serious illness of two
ladies on the train, from Galena, ILL.,, who
had been visiting the family of Col w. II.
4 Gibbs, prompts the suggestion that every
passenger train should be provided with a
medicine chest. There is not drug store
convenient to the train at any station be.
tween jackson and Milan, and unless pas
sengers carry an apothecary shop along
with them, they will sometimes suffer from
change of diet or water
At jackson, Tenn, l had the pleasure of
meeting Capt. Jno A. Webb, who for sever.
al years was the acceptable railroad agent
at jackson, Miss. He is now the efficient
SOLICITING FREIGHT AGENT
of the Illinois Central For the last few
weeks he has been working up the straw
berry interest, and when we saw him he had
on his book memoranda OF twenty-five
car loads Of berries that he had shipped from
points between jackson, Tenn. and Milan,
the aggregate freighis being $2,666O0. He
got them TO market in good time and IN hne
condition--the growers realizing a handsome
! profit Some appreciatve shipper, at a
point south of Milan, handed him com
plimenta, basket of the Sharpless variety,
\ and that they were of excellent flavor can
| testify.
! Passengers who come to Louisville by the
Illinois Central route, reach
MILAN, TENN,
at about one o'clock, and have Just time to
get a good dinner, when the train comes
along for Louisville. On arriving at Clarks.
Vile at six o'clock, | had the pleasure of
meeting at the depot Mr.. John II. Boyd,
and MIR. Jos W. Power, students of the
Southw estern Presbyterian University, who
rode with me to Guthrie, the supper station,
and returned by the passing train. Mr..
/ BOYD will graduate at the University next
week, and will next fall enter upon the
prescribed course at the Theological Semi
nary at Princeton--a full scholarship having
been rendered him. If life ard health are
spared him, he will make his mark in the
ministry, and the ladies of our Presbyterian
church in jackson will have no cause to
regret the substantial help they are giving
him to acquire his education.
1t is a ride Of twelve hours from
MILAN TO LOUISVILLE,
via Bowling Green. The cars were crowded
but all strange faces. The only creature
who seemed disposed to strike up an &C
, auaintance with your correspondent, was q
Door female lunatic who was being carried
to one of the Asylums in Kentucky She
repeatedly charged the person who had hel
! in custody with having told her story, and
! appealed to me to take her back to hei
, mother. / confessed to an inward desire
| to pratify her for though evidently demen
+ ted she seemed harmless. Itmust be sac
alternative, TO consign dear relative OF
friend to a Lunatic Asylum AS rule
those institutions are noted for their com
; forts. and for the skill and kindness of thost
! in charge, but nevertheless it must have
the senblanee of "burying alive" those
we love when we transfer them to the dor
mitories and iron-barred rooms OF Lunatit
I Asylum.
! At TWO o'clock on Friday morning, founC
myself at
THE GAIT HOUSE, LOUISVILLE,
! an immense and stately establishment
, that for the next half century must con
! tinue to be too big for the place. The hote
! continues to be well kept, but as an invest
: ment for the owners is not very profitable
g was partaking Of railroad breakfast, pre-
| paratory to trip over the Chesapeake anC
Ohio route, when seeing knight Templar
. shoulder-strapped and iewelled, inquire'
; the cause of such gay and festive costume
: He informed me that the
, GRAND CoMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEN
LAR
: was in session, and extended courteous in
/ yitation to pay that body visit. "A fellow
! feeling makes us wondrous kind, and so
: resolved to stay over and make the person
z al acquaintance of some gallant Knight
u whose names were very familiar, sach a
t Cronniger, Bassett, Thomas, Grant Morris
d Burrows ct al The Grand Commander
v did me the honor of sending an escort 10 m
. quarters A cordial, Kentucky welcom
4 was extended the weary pilgrim from Mis-
= sissippi. vino responded as best he coulC
/ Here had the great pleasure OF meetin
o DR. Rob Morris, the distinguished traveller
% lecturer. poet and writer on Masonic SUI
: iects generally. He was made a Mason
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