The Opelousas courier., 1888-08-18
The Veterans.
Shreveport Times.

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The members of the Beneyo.
lent Association of Confederate
Veterans Of Shreveport who at
tended the reunion of the Veter,
ans, Association of Central Loui.
siana, held at Robeline on Wed.
nesday, report that it. was the
grandest demonstration ever
witnessed in that section of the
nate, and that there were not
le, ) than 5000 people present.
The l2-pound howitzer shipped
from here for the occasion belch-
ed glorious tidings of f~raternal
greetings, which re-echoed
through the forest for miles
around. It was a day of jollif-
cation and good cheer, and will
be recalled with pleasure by
those who were there. The vet
Grams from Shreveport request
the Times to tender to the kind
and generous hearted people of
Robeline and to Col. A. V. Car
ter and tho veterans generally,
their heartfelt appreciation for
c%ourtesies and attention which
they hope to reciprocate in the
future. i
The gathering of men whose
deeds on hundreds of glorious
fields fill the brightest pages in
American history never fails to
enlist the cordial encouragement
and hearty support of the
people of the South. The
braves are growing old,
their numbers decrease annual
ly, and in time all will be
mustered from active service in
the busy stages of life, all will
be called to rest beneath the
shade of the trees forever.
While they live these reunions
of veterans should be encour-
aged, not for the sake of rekin-
ding the bitter memories of the
past but to renew and perpe-
tuate the friendships and ties
that bind the true and the brave.
All honor to the gallant veter-
ans.
Railways compete in England,
not by cutting rates but by cut
ting time. "For years past"
says the New York Times COR
respondent, sthe Flying Scotch
maf,' the Great Northern train
from London to Edinburg, has
been the fastest train in England
and the fastest in the world.
They used to cover the 594
miles in nine hours. The Lon
don and Northwestern Com
pany, whose route is six miles
longer, is an active competitor
Cor Edinburg travel, and in view
of the competition, the Great
Northern recently cut it's time
down to eight hours and a half.
The northwestern at first paid
no attention to this, content with
its superior reputation for COM
fort and safety. There is a
great exodus from London
northward at this SEASON of the
year, and the Great Northern
commenced on Aug. 1 to send
its express through in eight
hours. Now the Northwestern
has walked up, and Monday be-
gan making the trip in the same
time. The Great Northern runs
from Kings Gross to Petersbo-
rough, 124 miles, without
stopping, but the North
western will rsn from Lon
ldon to Grew, 15S miles,
without q halt, in ethree hours
and five minutes. This beats
the Pennsylvania run from Fort
Wayne to Chicago by twelve
miles in distance, and an hour
and five minutes in time. The
train will have to run 1Ol miles
lin los minutes over two water
sheds between Carlisle and Ed
Iinburgh, of 1919 and $40 feet
elevation Respectively It is an
nounced on pretty good authori-
ty that the Great Northern will
now cut to seven hours and q
halt, allowing for stoppages.
This will exceed a running aver
age of sixty miles per hour
And now comes to light
another monopoly combine, the
afonr trust a secret circular
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