Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-17
MAJOR MURPHY
Makes a Few Remarks to the Mozart
Society at Its Closing Rehearsal
About the Golden
Northwest and His Experiences as n
Member of the Memorable Ex-
cursion Party from
Memphis to Kansas City-His Graphic
WOrd.Picture of People, Country
and Railroad.

The Mozart Society held its last re-
hearsal of the season last night at the
hall and turned it into a real love feast
and sort OF mutual admorition assccis-
ton. There were about 100 young ladies
bers present, besides about 100 associate
members. Prof. Downs took the baton
and after leading the chorus through a
couple of ringing numbers formally an
nounced that he had been to Kansas City
and that his friend, Maj. j. j. Murphy,
who was also one of the excursionists,
was present and could tell them all about
the great Northwest. Whereupon Maj.
Murphy rose even paler than usual,
and sprang valiantly at his subject.
"wE LEFT MEMPHIS
Just week ago" the major said, sat Z
o'clock in the morning. There were
seventy-five in the party and we were di
vided of into pairs, every couple having
sleeper exclusively to themselves. The
insides of the sleepers were solid mirrors,
with eighteen karat gold mounting. Every
sleeper was furnished with two porters, a
conductor, two suits of black broadcloth
and case of cham-congress water.
Whenever we wanted a glass all we had to
do was to touch knob connected by a
wire with an electric bell and we were in
stantly served
'But the country was what pleased us
most. All the way from Kansas City the
country is one immense rolling pasture as
far as the eye can reach. Nearly all OF it
is sea of waving golden grain, and the
part that is not waving golden grain is
filed with immense herds OF
FAT, SLEEK CATTLE,
all the same size and color, and standing
so thick that when one turns all of them
have to turn. At Springfield, which is a
place of about 81 500 inhabitants, we found
ninety y-nine four-horse carriages waiting
for US at the depot, and all the coachmen
wore knee breeches, spurs, tall beaver
hats and large punches OF cape jessamines
and sunfowers and things in their button
holes. After driving about for six hours
we sat down to breakfast, and were pleas
antly surprised to find each mans mono
gram worked in gold on the corner of his
napkin, with his name in full ON the nap
kin. You can see for yourselves" contin-
ued the major, who reached for his coat
tail pocket, remembered where he was in
the nick of time, and after humming and
having himself into a profuse perspira-
ton, continued, "At Fort Scott we opened
new hotel, and as that was the first
Kansas town we struck, of course they
of meat. Every man had
WHOLE BARBECUED BEEF
with an ear of corn in its mouth in front
of his plate. tried a quarter and found
it excellent" "Tell us about the cham
pagne?' said some one in the audience.
"We didn't have any champagne" the
major continued, syou see it is a prohibi-
ton State, but we hinted at lemonade; SO
they sent out and got six boxes of lemons
and three barrels of something that looked
like Wolf river water, and made some
Kansas lemonade" Here the mai un-
consciously wiped bis lips and went on,
"When we arrived at Kansas City they had
six brass bands, two string bands and
detachment of nice police to meet US.
They played Ham fat Man and other fine
classic tunes, and the carriages drove up.
The first one had eight white horses in it,
the next six black ones, the third six gray
high-steppers, the fourth six piebald
horses, and then came the white ones
again< Anothertrain that stopped at the
depot at the same time we did had IL, 900
hogs in it, but we didn't mind that, YOU
know. At the hotel door we found all the
people of Kansas City assembled to meet
us. | counted sc, 900, but l think there is
Ia, 900 in the city counting the suburbs.
AFTER THE RECEPTION
they turned us loose in the rotunda of the
hotel, and when we wanted to ride all we
had to do was to call the first carriage or
horse or street-car we saw. 1t didn't make
any difference what direction they were
going in, they would turn right around
and take MS along. Well, but the banquet.
They had thirty-six different kinds of
wine, and you know we didn't want to be
impolite, SO we tasted little of every
kind. l haven't been feeling exactly right
in my mind since, and if have made any
statements that appeared little funny to
you just set 'em down to the banquet,
please
The major took his seat amid blaze Of
glory.