Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-07-13
Excursion t, Mammoth Cave.

A party of excursiopists from
Christian and Todd counties visited
the Mammoth Cave last Wednesday.
There were AZ In the party and the
trip from first 10 last was delight
fully pleasant and enjoyable one. The
excursion was from lopkinsville, but
several other towns contributed TO
the pleasure seeking delegation.
When the party was made up it was
found TO be composed of the follow
ing ladies and gentleman:
Chas. M. Meacham, Mrs. Chas. M.
Meacham, Mrs. Sam NJ. Brown,
Misses Lizzie b. Brown, Marion Ian
der, Green Henry, Bette Robertson,
Annie Sypert and Jennie Lewis,
of lIopkinsvillc; Misses Mollie
Smithson and Ida Pickard, ofChurch
Hill; Misses Sallle and Marie OAR
nall, of Casky; Mrs. N. L. Gray, of
California; Miss Elizabeth Hart and
adopted daughter, Miss Bette Hart,
and Miss Phoebe Brent, of Licking
ton; Messrs. Jno. C.. Dickinson and
Will Dickinson, Mrs. DR.. J. S. Dick
inson, Misses Jennie Cabaniss, Will
lie Perkins, Addie McElwain, Gooch-
ic Dickinson, Mary Sims and Pearl
Sims, of Trenton; Misses Maggie
Taliaferro, Annie Minis, Sallie Minis,
Maggie Levy and Bette Levy, OF
Guthrie; Miss Lou 'Wallbridge, of
Henderson; NJ. NJ. Fuqua and Miss
Nina Oldham, of GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
Messrs. w. w. Fuqua, II. S. Wooton,
Walter Garner aud II. L. Cooper, and
Misses Hattie White, Corinne Tuck,
Emma Cooper and Sallie Tuck, OF
Lafayette.
The llopkinsville part of the party,
reinforced by the delegations from
the interior towns, took the 6 % Il ain
Wednesday morning. At Trenton
thirteen recruits were received aud
seven more at Guthrie and In half All
hour after leaving Guthrie the jolly
party began to mix around and get
acquainted with each other, prepar-
atory to enjoying themselves. The
train going up was crowded and the
party was scattered through three
coaches until Cave City was reached.
Here the lunch baskets were hauled
out and the inner man refreshed at
noon. This proved TO be wise pre-
caution as well as a pleasant feature
of the trip, as the toughest expericn.
ces of the excursion followed imme-
diately after all hands had eaten un.
Ill their appetites were satisfied. AS
the party was consolidated with an
other small lot of excursionists at
Cave City, who became a part of the
half hundred who made the rounds
together, we will digress here to
enroll their names. Mr.. S. N. Will
son, handsome and agreeable young
gentleman Of Wabash, Ind, was in
charge of the party. He had lived to
see the Scriptural propheSy verified
for in his case seven women were
clinglng to one man. The ladies
were Misses Emma Wilson and Mat.
tie Moremen, of Brooks, Ky; Miss
Lettie Taylor Worlhington, Ky.
Misses Matte and Ella Bealmear and
Mary Pope, Bardstown, Ky; and
Miss Mary Wilson, Warrensburg, Mo,
This pleasant and agreeable par
ty soon became assimilated will
the rest and from that time on the
"ups and downs Of the trip were
shared by all alike.
Although the manager of the hacl
line had been wired 10 arrange for 81
or more from Iopkinsville, ne had
only four coaches in readiness TO trans
fer the two parties. The ladies were
packed in like sardines in box and
the gentlemen and trunks piled W
OH top until 81 human beings and q
trunks and valises were crowded in.
to four hacks with a comfortable ca
pacity of eight or ten each, while TIL,
scorching rays of July sun poured
flood of caloric upon the sufferers TO
three hours and half as the We
hicles went numbering along for tel
miles over a mountainous road. Fo
fear that other would-be visitor
may be deferred by this descrip
ton, we will state tina
the crowd was the largest tina
has visited the Cave this season an,
that smaller parties are transierre,
with great deal more comfort an,
pleasure. Besides, this feature of
trip to the Cave will soon cease ell
tirely, as 200 hands are now at worl
OH railroad from Glasgow, whicI
it is expected will be completed with
in ninety days. The trip overlan,
while rough in the extreme, was no
) without some pleasant features.
The experience was novel to mos
of them and all hands tried TO be a
jolly as possible while looking tol
! ward with hopeful expectancy to III
: end Of the journey.
The Cave was reached about
o'clock and by the time the dust
: travel had been removed and the ID
l dies emerged from their rooms lool
ing as cool and fresh as one coul
imagine, supper was announced.
was no small matter to feed fifty hui
: CRY people, but the difficult feat We
performed to the entire satisfaction
of all and after having enjoyed d.
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