The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-12-07

A TRIP TO VIRGINIA.
EDITOR !NTELLiG IN CER:-The first
OF October dawued cold and frosty in
Lafayette, but what mailcred thai to
the writer, whoG wae about TO visit
scenes sacred to the memory of other
dai :, III taG dear old Dominion and
Tennessee? In anticipation Of lovely,
golden autumn weather few suits,
lett over irOm summer, were slowed
away III the rCCessGs of our travelling
trnnE-but just here let me say, there
WAS no occasion 10 use them. How
ones hopes rise, and how rapidly the
heart beats, as visions Of glad reunions
with the friends OF our early lives come
trooping through our minds! But COM
mingled with lite'3 vine there IS, at
best, Il little of the wormwood, and this
we tasted i'll parting " ith those nearest
and dearest. They were to be lett
behind.
a splendid chair car on the Chicago
~ Alton road landed us in ST. Louis
at half past eight p III. There was
little time TO procure tickets and re-
check baggage. We realized the fact,
but the kind baggageman emphasized
it by saying "You will have to get Il
move on you il you get away from here
tonight" We did and with more haste
than dignity succeeded in getting
aboard Il car on the Louisville 81 Nash
vile road. Then came sleep, such sleep
IA one gets on 4 railroad train, smatchv
and inll OF dreams OF broken bones and
dislocated joints. At IlopkinsvilIc
there was stop tor II one O'Clock lunch
think of it'll \ lunch at midnight !
VINO invented il and what for? There
is no intention 10 criiicise the manners
OF Kentucky gcntlemGu-a after all
h. may not have been a gentleman, but
he was a resident of the place and in
COMPANY with several ladies came into
the car while few of The sleepy pas
sengers were taking this unreasonable
lanch. lie possessed a gold headed
cane and an air which seemed TO say, ,
81 am the monarch OF all survcy."
His party wished to be seated together,
and TO that end nc ordered an old,
trAvel-worn, dilapida'ed looking indi-
vidual to give up his seat. The man
grumbled but finally, oVcr.awed, he
slowly and stilllY gathered up bis bag
gage and moved TO corner seat. And
the ladies? Well they refused to occupy
IA seat thus made vacant and actually
crowded three on one seat and insisted
that they were perfectly comfortable.
They were ladies.
When Wednesday morning daWned
new scenes greeted the eye. Instead
OF the vast prairios OF Missouri with
their tceming crop loudly asserting.
Corn is king" VIC beheld tobacco
stnbble and saw that product hanging
limp and downcast in open sheds. The
aspect within had changed too. There
was sprinkiiHg of silk hats among the
Senticmen, and no one spoke OF ST..
Louis, i. was Nashville now. Gentle
tncn were running down To the city tor
a days recreation, and the ladies were
going on various prcicxts- most of them
shopping, ii must be confessed. On,
on through broken country. now in
kentucky, now in Tennessee, until, at
last, the beautiful city bursts upon our
view. The capitol building has fine
location on commanding elevation as
we enter the city by rail. Large guam
titles of the tine marble for which Ten.
nessee Is so well known, was used in
its construction. Close connection was
made with the road running to Chatia.
nOoga,sO we had little time to spend in
Nashville, where among many other
attractions is the famous Vandcrbi L
University. The hurry and scurry.
incident to a change of cIrs i'm a large
city, over, we drew breath of relief
and settled ourselves among the cush-
ions tor another run. From the ca,
window The scene was cheGkercd. corn
here, cotton there, with open bol,s ill.,
viting The pickers. Suddenly waving
line of blue, more intense than the blue
of the summer sky, reared itself high
above the few fleccy, floating clouds
The mountains !Thc mountains IGrand
Soiemnl Awe-inspiringI Through deem
cuts made in The solid rock, by lofty
cliffs, ,draped with trailing vines, tender
green moss and lovcliest OF fernsI AT
one point the peaks lowered almost out
OF sight, at otners they swept away in
grand swclIs, all clothed III the richest
of autumn tints. Splendid TO behold.
although tame in description
At the highest point on the road we
looked down lar beneath us 10 a NINA
lure valley walled in by mountains and
clin@ing to their steep sides saw pretty
cottages, built in the most modern style
of architecture. GLOW do these pcople
live?' / asked lady It behind me.
"OH oi summer b .rs,nWas the
demure reply. ! acr questioning
brought ont the MaC that the town is
summer resort, where the wealthy
people OF Chattanooga, who are SO dis
posed, fly from the heat, noise and
m"sInjtorS of that busy bustling ritv
OF i'r'y thousand Inhabitants. No won.
der tao lnhaDitants are proud ofChatta-