Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-07-20
A TRIP HALF AROUND THE
WORLD.
A Spicy Letter from DR.. Medley on His
Journey to New Zealand.

deavor to give you short account OF
my travels to this side of the world.
| shall also mention a few of the
habits and customs Of the people here
In New Zealand, with short notice
of the country and our city-Christ-
church.
Early Friday morning, March LIST,
1889, as the rain was gently beating
upon the car window, and the thun-
der rolling and rumbling in the dis
lance, l left the quiet little city of
McMinnville. Realizing the fact
that had long and wearisome trip
before me land / cannot say that
did not apprehend some danger,
away upon the briny deep, and that
/ would'after a few weeks be thou
sands of miles from home, friends and
loved ones, and that in this distance
lay the mighty ocean which treebles
the distance. | did not feel as cheer
full as / would had | looked forward
with bright anticipations of meeting
old friends and having a good time
generally but quite to the contrary
/ felt that all had been left behind
and all was to be gained in the future,
in fact l was sad indeed, with a
heavy heart.
remained in this dismal mood,
unconscious of all around me, until
we neared Nashville, about noon,
and not having eaten any breakfast,
began to feel rather hungry, so l
reused up and began to consider the
other side of the picture. thsught
of what grand trip l had started
upon and of what glorious country
| was going to, and-how hungry 1
was. Then and there / realized the
fact that | had heavy lunch basket
las we'll as a heavy hear) which had
been carefully prepared by kind
friends in McMinnvile, so ! conclud-
ed | would try and do something for
both | tackled the lunch, and after
having gotten on the outside of some
chicken, boiled ham, bread, pears,
peaches, pickles, cakes, ETC., to my
great satisfaction found that my
heart was not so bad off as | had
thought. | knew for a certainty
then that "man's heart can be
touched through his stomach" but
then my friend, it is not my business
to discuss the stomach just now. ]
got enough of that on the ship the
first five days | was on the OCEAN
and'so did my stomach, Judging from
the way it acted. About this time,
mean the time of the first attack or
the lunch, the whistle blew for Nash
vile. / got of, carried my baggage
to a hotel, and started into the city t.
attend to a lot of business. TO have
my life insured, so | would ge
through all right, was one thing
After walking myself down, tired
worn out, with Il violent headache,
returned to the hotel about 1880 p. NJ
Upon my arrival | received tele
gram from the McMinnville r. r
agent instructing me to see about m.
trunk at once. The train upon whicl
was to leave, was due to start at
O'clock, so l had only half hour
time to see about the trunk.
When / got to the depot they toll
me they had had boy hunting 70
me all the evening, so / imagine
there must be an elephant in tn
trunk, or something else terribl
wrong. They told me there was owe
50 lbs. weight above the limit in tn
trunk, and that this amount had t
be taken out and placed in anothe
box before it could leave; there ha
been mistake made in the weighin
at McMinnville. Having plenty {
time-half hour-I got a box, III
packed the trunk, took out til
amount, placed it in the box, naile
it as well as possible, paid ten dollar
more for excess baggage, and noun
ed the train for st. Louis. Arrivin
there about nine the next morning
time to make very close connectiC
with train for Kansas City, got G
the train with my valise, lunch ba
ket, blanket, UMBRELLA, buster, and
few other articles stuffed around
the corners. AS | looked around
thought there must have been a tho
sand people and fifty or hundrt
trains just ready to leave, and
thought to my soul l would new
find my train. Finally l spied cal
upon the rear ola train, labeled Ka
sas City. The train was about tif
yards away and just starting. l ma,
break for the train, punching al
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