The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-07-14
on THE WING.
The Tennessee Editors Fighting Mos
quitOes and Eating Tropical Fruits
In the Lone Star State.
Aus11s, Texas, July 6, 1883.


excursion party of the Tennessee
Press Association, left Nashville last
Saturday evening on a special car,
bound for Texas and Mexico. Ar
rived at Columbus. KY, early next
morning and took special train on
the Iron Mountain road for St. Lou>
is, making remarkably quick and
pleasant run through a broken coun-
try, The party stopped in that city
until Monday night, scattering and
enjoying themselves in various ways,
but principally in hunting cooling
drinks, The weather was fearfully
hot and oppressive, the water was as
bad, and the pleasures of the city
we're well paid for. The St. Louis
Type Foundry was visited by several
of the party, and we're received very
pleasantly Col. Bright, the affable
manager, complimented the Aasocia-
ton with set of handsomely printed
badges, for which he has the thanks
of the body. 0'eh he ha t6s H
Among the ex'Milan people we
met there were Messrs. John Shop
herd, Ed. Sharp and Buck Taliaferc
70, all Of whom are prospering. The
Lindell Hotel, one of the best in the
city, entertained us right royalty, at
reduced rates. RIGHT ar
About nine p. M, under the es-
cort of Mr. L. e. Drake, Southern
Passenger Agent of the Missouri Pa.
cifc Railway, we took a Pullman
sleeper for a ten days run. Awak-
log Monday morning, we found our
selves on the prairies of Western
Missouri, among some of the beat
farms we ever saw. From there on
through Kansas the crops were thrifty
and promising. 1t seemed to US that
enough wheat, corn and oats viii be
procured in that section to feed the
world. 1t was a revelation to most
of US. We saw no forests for many
hundred miles--in fact, we have not
yet seen anything but prairies. The
line between civilization and barba.
rism is very marked at the Kansas
line. Every acre almost to that
point is under cultivation. There it
suddenly stops, and for hundreds of
miles the eye sees little esle than the
boundless, rolling prairies--a nagnifi>
cent stretch of grass and flowers, dot.
ted at long intervals by herds of cat.
tie and an occasional cabin. Very
few Indians were seen, and they were
a sorry, lazy looking lot. This ter,
ritory comprises some of the best
farming lands in America, and it is a
pity that it cannot be owned by peo-
pie who will develope its resources.
We arrived at Fort Worth on the
morning of the 4th, in time to take
part in the celebration of the day.
An immense crowd collected here
and marched 10 procession to the
speaking and barbecue grounds,
where the declaration of indepen.
dence was read by a lady and speeches
were made by Senator Maxey and
Col. Giddings. Through the kind>
ness of Mr.. l.. p. Myers, Fl. Worth
correspondent of the Galveston
News, who is remembered as the
former editor of the Humboldt
Journal, we were furnished with om~
nibusses for the procession and with
special seats Gu the grounds. His
attentions to us were untiring, and
he has the unanimous thanks of the
party. Miss Amanda Turner, a
charming young lady, represented
Tennessee in the galaxy of states
and was especially taken under our
wing the remainder Of the day. Some
Of the younger men. as we'll as the
older ones, of our party almost lost
their hearts. Fort Worth is a live,