The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05


ss lie middle OF the street on one eias only |
IL other side being me impossible msSs of |
black mud, divided from the asphalt pave |
ment By the street car track. The fences, or |
brick walls, which surround residences in all |
psrts OF the city are very high; tie gates, ap-
psTsntly being kept locked by dag as well "a
by night, sre well supplied with, bell knobs |
and mail boxes. Cisterns instead OF being |
uz3sr ground are built OF wood, close beside |
the houses "a high as the roofs, and look |
like huge ohurns with lids Ike o7ersroIn
mushrooms. The eve is greeted everywhere
with a surplus of veIardas, an : the tiniest OF
cottages as well as more pTetentions dwell
ing, ere frequently built u wood with
from Is painted IN imitation of white marble.
We devoted psrt OF one morning ID visiting
Spanish Fort, another famous New Orleans
resort. II wis built during Sps nish rals. IS
6 protection for the city against assaults of
Indians, or raids OF pirates who Infested the
Gulf of Mexico and swoopsd down on de-
fenseless colonies within their Iesch. After
doing" Spanish Fort SIS we had an hO1r on
our hands before lunch, We concluded ID 60
down TO the wharf, see the vessels
from all nations and take 9
trip cut to the aaz ship Tennessee"
which lay anchored in the river, The vessel
was throDeed with visitors, who seemed 60
be much interested. in al that vas
shown to them: J ioTgot hare was fcr
moment, and fully expected the sailors TO
sing chorus from "PinsforSH l actually
caught myself licking eround~to see where
dear Little Bustercup" had hidden herself
and her wares. After lunch we decided to
90 out to Jscksob's battle ground, and the
u. S. Bsrracxs. which proved 10 hs the
hardest Afternoons work we had done wlile
In New Oflssns, and when zs found
on returnir 8 TO the city that We might have
gor 90 mach more quickly and easily by
Gamer, We felt more tired than
ever. We took a st1sst car, rode
several miles TO the end OF the line, where
we were told that the battle ground aud
Cbalmette cemetery were mile and q half
| farther on, and that we could easily walk it.
But when We surveyed the black mud which
| lay beforesus on the road along the levee,
! our aTdor began to cool, aud We had almost
decided not 20 20 any further, when the
street car driver told US OF young man with
a wagon, in the neighborhood, who fre.
| quently carried passengers to Chalm0tts. So
We held council Of war on the river bank,
and decided TO hunt up the youth with the
wsgoI, who, when found and interviewed
on the subject agreed 10 take rs for quar-
| ter apiece. I'VE learned afterwards that fl.
teen cents apiece for the round trip was the
usual rste.) We climbed into the wagon
and started Off over the worst series of mud
| holes we had yet encountered. After very
| hard and uncomfortable ride we arrived at
| Chslmette, and our Jehu drove up TO q
steam beat wharf to unload Us. The rest of
\
without much difficulty, bat l never conld
climb. and every time put my foot over
| the side of the wagon the horses would give
a wild start forward, and I'd cit down. Not
that l wanted to sit down; in fact | was aw
fully tired of sitting. Bot the horses seemed
10 want me to, and didn't like to appear
unaccommodating. especially as there were
a dozen or more loungers on the wharf look
ing on. So sat down promptly every time
the horses tcck it into their heads that
must. tried getting out Of that wagon for.
ward and sidewise, and then l trisi to climb
| out backward sitting down suddenly every
little while 10 think. The loungers seemed
to lock upon thesfiair as huge joke by this
time, and were all grinning from ear to ear,
when The sexton of the cemetery, happening
10 pass By, kindly came to the rescue
and lifted me olt, and l hurried
embarrassment among the tombstones
which mark the resting places of so many CT
our brave soldiers. The rest Of the party
soon followed and We started on hunt for
the Jacktoo monument. We learned from
other tourists whom we met that il was not
in the cemetery ct all, but half a mile bacR
on the road, on er which We had Just lahore
Nothing daunted, we determined to find that
historic spot If it took all summer. All this
time We were treading The very field on
which General Jackson fought the memora-
bic battle OF New Orleans, and defeated the
British with such slaughter, in 1914. But
we didn't find it out until afterwards, Or we
would have walked more reverently over the
sod which covers the bones OF SO many dead
heroes. After toiling on through the fields
and over the fences, we saw the half-hnished
and crumbliDg monuments towering up in
the distance. We liz gered about the spot for
little while picking Up pieces OF marbis as
mementoes and gathering Spanish moss
from the live OAK trees, and then We retraced
our steps towards the street clrs, finding it
much easier 10 wslk tie mile and q hall than
10 ride over such rough road, IN farm
wagon. After hearty dinner, aud a good
nights rest, we rose bright snd early the
next morning, with a feeling OF satisfaction
to think that We hsd I'd ,ne'' the city so thor.
oughly. aud anxious to visit the Expos ton.
We were all aSreeably disappointed in the
Exposition, having heard so many unfatter-
ing reports concerning il. It would take me
week to write about all the wonderful,
beautiful, and useful things we saw there
IL hsd seen nothing but the bronzes in the
Rus ism department., and several of the
gland picturts in the art gallery, / would
have felt well repaid for my trip to the
Sunny South" After bidding fare we'll to
the Exposition We concluded to wind up
cur visit to the Crescent City by taking a
tripdown to Esd', Jetties During my brief so
Journ in thescity, had been much struck by
the absence OF coloIed help at the hotels and
restaurants, The walters were either
French, German, or Spanish, the bell
boys. pOrters, and characteristics seemed to
be mostly importations of energetic wide
awake people from the great Northwest,
who had come down Sluth with the laud-
abe ambition OF seeing the Exposition. and
turning few honest pennies at the same
time. Even the street car drivers were
white, and began to wonder what there
was left for the colored brother to
do aside from "totiDg' wsshpgs for his bet
ter half, when the scene along the wharfs
where the vessels from all nations were be-
ing loaded ] ettled the question. The COL
ored man was relegated to the monotonous
tack of handling the cotton b .les, sugar bar
rels and filling up the coal bargey.
Our trip down the river to the Jetties and
return, took us q day and night. In COM
parisc with the wild and picturesque seen
cry Along the upper Mississippi, the land
scspe from New Orleans to the Gulf OF Mex.
leo seemed commonplace and devoid OF in
teress. the eye becoming wearisd by the ever