The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-01-28
Texas Letter from DIR. j. s. Coleman.

Texas Letter from DIR. j. s. Coleman.
Nv people having granted me- a va
cvti.I1 tur two ntuI.tiS. ru tie oh OF
.I..lIiaIy, accompanied lay my uiu iTIend
and brrther. Rev. John Sam Taylor,
boarded the train AT Livia. on the o. Il
v. u, on u ticket which made my
first destination point New Orleans aud
the great Exposition, via Bowling
Green, Nashville, Columbia, Decatur,
Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile,
and iLeLce along the Gulf Shore To the
Crescent city
We were favored with delightful!
weather, after leaving Bowling Green
aud crossing the State line, in whic
t. make This very interesting 80 .
through lie vtrv center Of the SUNNY
Scuih, and which continued during our
stay 1T New Orleans All fO" the first
three Il ,ys after entering ;hr Lone Star
State.
At New Orleans the ievee. the ship
pii,g, Tie west end. the cemeteries, the
parkets, the lake, the stock yards, the
barracks. the battle ground and the
b ~
scenes to he taken in, and right heartily
and even greedily were they done. OF
course the Exposition was the al TRACTION
Of all the attractions !: but having at
tended the Centennial Exposition at
Philadelphia in 1876, was not so much
attracted by the great show AS I was by
many outside things, such as the grand
old live oak. oruamented with its
l.a.. al n
i.Iany INSTANCES from three To five feet
long, waving in the gulf breeZes, pre-.
sentiug the most sIngularly impressive
scenery had ever witnessed, Having
my attention called to one of these
lnonarclIs of the oak tribe, | was cur
ious enough to measure the exact
width of his wide spread limbs, and
! found the distance to be 80 Feet, and
This was by far the grandest tree ever
saw the grandeur Of which was almost
ray vt the ri-ing morning sun as they
/ Llil'rred magicaliy through the hoary
mas. This tree st 'nds in the Exposi
lion grounds. just north of horticultural
] Hal. Turning from the live oak grove
my EYE was next attracted by the i'm
mtn-e extent of the grounds the
magniticence of the Improvements and
buildings the c,stliuess of the lay out;
the number of grand buildings yet in
course % construction and the unfinish
cd appearance If almost everything
upon which the eye fell. The visitor
is at once impressed that the thing has
grown far beyond the designs Of the
managers at the beginning. lift is ever
finished to the present lay out it will
certainly eclipse anything the world
has ever seen, but do not believe that
il ever will I've completed, certainly not
in time for this Exposition unless the
time is greatly extended. OF cours.
any att-mpC on my part to describe
this monster show would be utterly
abortive, To appreciate il it must be-
seen. | passed hurriediy through the
various departments, stopping for 3
| time al the Kentucky exhibit, anC
found il like all the rest, in state O
confused unreadiness, but still promis-
ing to be something worthy of the
grand old Commonwealth when once
completed according to the designs OF
our Cnterpr!slug and Efficient CJ:n his
sioners, whom | found very busy ar
ranging the materials on hand an,
providing for much more yet to arrive
One thing that surprised me most il
connection with the Kentucky exhibit
was, that MIR. ThrustOn told me W,
have % diff-,eut kinds of oak in tn,
State, 10 Of which he then had on exbi
bitiOn. Ii j. wonderful. The govern
ment building and the live stock show
are perhaps nearer completion than any
other departments Taking all in all i
will pay any one having the time an,
motley to v:sil this great exhibition O
the worlds progress. Mexico is exert
ing h, self To excel, but she has man,
able and .qually ambitious competitors
Soon wearying Of looking aud look
i'g, without the hope of ever being able
To see sll even now on hand ~ evei
one thousandth part of it in detail,
turned my face toward the great Demo
cratic Empire of the ; nth. Taking tn,
Morgan line | am transported on boar,
a Cr1rd ste: mer, with two trains AN,
hosts of passengers for my travelin.
companions. 10 Il seat IN splendid
coach sta, ding Oh the Texas K New
Orleans II X for Houston, Texas
thence via Hampstead, where take tn,
Texas Central tn Austin, the capitol o
the State. Here | stopped over from
Saturday evening until Monday morn
I iifC Oli"PiNuuby VI
doing this beautiful little city which
promises very soon to boast of the
grandest Capitol building in the Union
My visit here was made very enj ,yable
by me citing many old friends who
learning that | was stopping at the
Avenue Hotel, visited me in force and
made me forget that | Was 1900 miles
from home. Among these old ac
quaintances | must mention my old
preceptOr in Theology, DIR, J. NJ. Pendle.
ton, Prof Wsggener. who went from
Russeliville, KY, J. b. Link, editor OF
7eros Baptist Herdid, and Drs. Howard
and Pope.
Gu Monday morning We enjoy.
ed our first ride on Narrow Guage r.
r., out forty miles to Liberty Hill,
where two of my sons are conducting
Liberty Normal and Business College,
with over two hundred pupils. But
must stop. In IN next | will give
your readers my opinion of Texas, un-
less | should reach the conclusion of our
old friend Vince Phipps.
j. >. COLEMAN.