Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-03-03

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growing wheat In Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, must be very great.
Wherever patches. of 1t could be
seen above the receding waters. IL
looked drowned out and dead.
Well. after tiresome ride we
finally reached st. Louis without
accident. We remained over
night, and somewhat refreshed,
resumed our journey the next
morning. During the night The
weather turned suddenly cold.and
it seemed as ii a blizz sr,l had
passed that way. We TOOK the
Iron Mountain Route from st.
Louis. 1t is the only line running
TO Hot Springs, and must be TAX
en- at some point TO reach IT by
rail from any town In the United
States. We passed through Little
Rock to a station called Malvern,
where we changed cars and took
the narrow Guage for Hot Springs,
distance of about 20 miles. AZ
ter getting a hundred miles out OF
ST. Louis we found the ground
covered with about two inches OF
snow, and this continued along
the whole route until we reached
Hot Springs, where we found even
more snow and the weather lit
tie colder. Portions of Missouri,
after passing the Iron Mountain,
and also the low lands of Arkan-
sas, through which we passed,
were entirely inundated. The
only difference between the over
flow In these States and that in IL
linois and Indiana, was that in
Missouri and Arkansas the over
flowed portions of the country is
heavily timbered, and had the APP
pearance of a great dismal swamp.
We saw numbers of log cabins in
this overlooked country, entirely
surrounded by water, and women
and children looking out OF the
windows, but who could not step
outside of the door on account OF
the water. The terrible privation
and suffering that Is caused by
these floods is simply incalculable.
have given hasty account of
our trip to this place, where we
arrived, after four days Journey,
weary and worn. When we got
here we felt like exclaiming AL
ALBANIA" or some other word the
Indian meaning Of which is there
we rest"
The tiresomeness Of the journey
was greatly relieved by the pleas
ant company in which we travel
ed. Mrs. Senator Camden, al.
though something of an invalid,is
one of the most cheerful and un-
complaining of women. She pos
sesses the happy faculty Of look
ing on the bright side of every
thing, and sheds rays of sun shine
all around her. She is intelligent
and takes a common sense practi-
cal view of everything. Miss An
ME, who travels with her mother,
is the life Of the party. She Is
very intelligent and her quiet wit
and apt repartee is always enjoy
able. She doesn't come to the
Hot Springs for her health-at
least we should judge not, from
her lively disposition and rosy
complexion.
We are stopping at the Airing
ton Hotel, the best and most elig-
IDLY located House in Hot Springs.
II is finished and furnished with
all the modern conveniences of a
first-class hotel. Ii is three stories
high, one hundred and ninety
feet front, with two wings, one
over two hundred feet deep and
the other about one hundred feet
deep. 1t was erected and is kept
by Messrs. Stitt, Rugg & Co 1t
is capable OF accommodating about
800 guests. The House is kept in
the very best style. Mr.. Stitt ia
PLEASANT and urbane gentleman,
and Col. Rugg has a touch of old
Virginia hospitality about him
that makes you feel at home, and
fits him admirably for the posi-
ton which he occupies. When
you come to Hot Springs, If you
wish to be pleasantly located and
properly treated, stop at the Ar
lingt0n.
We have made several pleasant
acquaintance here already among
the number Col. Fordice, who is
one of the live men" Of Hot
Springs. He has an interest and
Is engaged in nearly all the public
enterprises in the place. He has,
and is doing more, probably, than
any other man to build up and ad-
vance the interests of Hot Springs.
We also made the acquaintance OF
Mrs. Fordice and Mrs. Rugg. both
estimable and pleasant ladies
whom it is a pleasure to know,and
whose kindness and hospitality
makes one feel less like stranger
in q strange land.
We have put ourself under the