Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-27
DOWN THE RIVER
On the Palatial Steamer Kate Aeams to
Arkansas City aud Baek-A
May.Day Trip.
What "Mother GoOse' Saw and Learned
by the way-Her Opinion OF
Maj. John ID. Adams.

trees and book" as the oaly prerequisites
to short season OF perfect happiness; but,
az the conceptions OF perfect happi-
ness" are as various and distinct as men
themselves are, this receipt oil the ssge's for
lis attainment may not recommend itself
universally. To those who would like to
experiment il the pursuit of pleasure, with
material close at hand, let one who has tried
it, and knows whereof she speaks, recon-
mend bright May day, the breezy expanss
of the Mississippi river, and the Kate Adams,
az trinity capable of insuring the desired
end. Standing on the guards of that gem Of
the waters, one of the brightest afternoons Of
the past we.k, just as the setting Sun was
gliding the spires of the city and turning a
thousand Front street windows into plates
of FURNISHED gold, We waved our handker-
chief 10 the boys we'd left behind US, and
watched them until they became just so
many black specks among the multitude Of
other black specks shat dotted the white
cobblestones Of liz landing and the green Of
the bluffs, representative OF the interested
crowds who always collect TO see the jaunty
Kate make her graceful exit from the Mem
phis wharf. z fore We were well out OF
sight we were hidden TO supper. To say
that the
CREATURE COMFORTS ARE ROYALTY DIS.
on board this stesmer ia but to hint tsmely at
the untiring energy and enterprise OF 8
caterer who can place before his guests at
one meal fresh salmon from far Northern
waters, and luscious strawberries from other
extremes. Mr.. Matteson lowered over US
like a guardian sngel "a sort of carnAl-
minded angel, you know, making us feel
real y Apologize because We had not pro
yided ourselves with an extra set Of digestivs
organs for the nip. But we can all saw con-
ecientiously We did what we could. Every.
body knows the Mi-sissippi river has NJ
| scenery, but We can attain to q very com
| Portable degree of mental exaltation, watch
Ing 1t in Its broad msjeslic sweep, free from
the disfgurement Of The driftWood that pre-
sages its wrath, while a full moon breaks the
| waves that follow il the steamers wake into
a myriad of dancing dimples and the tender
green OF the early foliage line its shining
pathway. Very meager glimpses o
the growing crops can be Giscerned from
the boats guards. Doubtless fewer will b
seen every year until the dwellers upon tn,
Immediate banks feel more secure in sdven
turing than they can possibly do now. Al
occasional broad scred field, with its &C at
| tered pillow and hoe hauda more often
roughly cleared, stumpy piece of grouu
surrounding Stacking cabin bet0kened tn
fact that the hspless planters 10 whose breas
hope certainly must spring eternal wer
bowling their burdened shoulders in faithiu
and one ideaed allegiance to
HIS MAJESTY KING COTTON.
BY token of warehouse buried TO il
second-story in sand, By fenceless gates tbs
stood like defeuseless sentinels; by fgt
of Irrelevant looking steps tethered to pos
combined with universal raggedness and di
order along the river front, suggestive of
titanic game Of jack straws played wit
forest trees by lot of marine giants, "
could trace the swell and the subsidenc,
the late overflow. Our arrival at Arkanss
City brought out the usual number Of folk
who look with unhsgging interest upo
every incoming steamer. Arkansas City
not thing Of besuty at present, but its cit
zens confidently expsct it TO becom
Joy forever, since their hopes of bein
etfectualIy leveed in ara looming big
We were told by one who knew that Unite
States Officer Marshall has declared that
! eau be efectuslly done for $4,000, a
but $1,000 OF which, think, has alread
been raised. The railway companies inte
ested giving $1,000, and Maj. John d. Adam
$1,000, looks slightly disproportioned, bl
then there are men and-other men. A
kansas City can boast one of the handsome
: and most substantial looking oil mills tn
has been erected in the valley; snd it ia
significant fact that all of her Improvement
visible from the river, seem to be of 4 sol
and respectable character. We learned wi
delight, not unmixed with astonishment, tn
!, che boasts a roll-csll of seventy-two
SUNDAY SCHOOL SCHOLARS.
, While there is life there ia bopel At tb
. point our boat was boarded by her gala
J owner, Maj. John d. Adams, whose gent
: presence electrified both crew and psssenge
| as successfully as the Edison apparat
lighted the darkness of her unique cabiue
r like saloon. Apropos OF this public-spirit
q | citizen (who belongs almost as much TO Mel
/ phis as he does to Little Rock, scarcely al
D other man would have been willing TO put
costly boat into the trade between this poi
e and Arkansas City, and the fact of his ha
log done so is calculated 10 impress the col
, | mercial world with due sense of the il
). portance of that trade, a contamination mo
devoutly TO be wished by the citizens Of DO
; localities. May his literally backed iud
ment in this matter meet with fitting
# ward. Observing that we stopped sever
f times TO wood on the homeward trip, we ask
why it was that so little OF that sort of fl
was used nowadays, and found TO our 81
prise that its not being used is chargeable
thc pcOpic vi Tue COuutIy duu 0OI Tue DOi
men, SIS we had before iguorantly suppose
d Said our authority: sit is more desirat
every wsy. 1t is cheaper for u-, and {
money expended for fuel remains in I
country. As 1t lie, 1t all goes 10 Pittsburj
, Queer, isn't it, that lot of
l, IMPOVERISHED WHITE AND coLoRED ME,
u who scarcely know what il is TO have a d
y lar Of surplus ready cash in their peck
I n,,I
' willing 10 neglect such a source of reven
!. as This? "But the boats won't stop and b
it of U.s." whines the thriftless landsmt
3 Put it on the bank in sufficient quantity a
g. desirable quality, make yourselves Telial
, and see If they won't. We took on our /
!, wood at small clearing in which stood Q
lonely little log cabin fIHked by a chick
IL coop and tumbledown stable The fora
II grown sonber with the appro ching Ell %
II OF night, crowded close about the dreaig sp
few cords of wood, yoke of spotted OK
o and a soberbrowed man were the only oil
e signs of civilization. We pictured 10 o.
.e selves that man sitting in that darkeni
doorway presently, when we Chat is,
Kate Adams and her happy crew. shot
have flashed like meteor from the range
his vision, smoking a short black pi
and listening 10 the croaking of
d frogs, his only peighbors, content 10
the came thing for all lime TO come, cursi
his SUCK" probably, by way of expen
ing his surplus energy, never once conce
l. ing of life possibilities outside Of ii
o stumpy clearing and tumble-down cab
1t And we wondered il he really was 10 ade
the image of his Msstex We, being pa
e of feminine excursionists, did not concern OF
u selves much about the machinery who
workings, like those of Providence, are IN
II mysterious, nor cared we much what "ti "a
e we m ske, but possessed our souls in sereoi
4 peacefully content to know that Capt. Che
II ever vigilant and efficient, was to the 70
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