Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21
THE SUNNY SOUTH"
A Pleasant Description Of the Hap
py Experiences Of
TIE MICHIGAN PARTY IT FORT PAYNE
Nantes Gaze and oshsr Fslnts ga later
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on somber hue, when the el0udsgrow
dssk-hsnging low az Il fFeighted with
4 burden-when the SNOW fakes scnTry
hither and thithsr IA the chilling air,
that well known term ''Ihe sunny
south possesses peculiar charm AM
brings 10 the heart 3 distinctive yearn-
ing for soj0uTn ID that land which
inauguration has 50 fanoifully painted.
IL Is but little wonder, then, that when
j. A. Wilder OF Alabama suggested al
excursion Of Michigan men a. the little
New England city of South-kt. Payne
-ihat the GENIAL and gentlemanly con
ductor OF the enterprise found but little
difficulty IA fllling every section OF
The Clangary," the palaual Wagner
sleeper, with eager and Interested occu-
pants. When the plan was nIst
broached IN Grand Rapids OF this trip
10 Fl. Payne, Il ls not surprising, per
haps. that one OF Grand Rapids prom
INERT attorneys who WAS asked 10 ac-
company the party should have lnquls-
itlyely asked "Where ia the world Is
TT. Payne but should Mr.. WOlcotl or
any other member of this excursion
party ever heSr that question pro-
pounded again, he would hasten TO ln-
form the benighted inquirer that u IS
located In zoe Alabam," and IN the
northern veInacular il Is "hustler."
On the evening of December 6, a
party left for the above named point on
a tour, the distinctive object OF winch
was beclOuded, but there was sneak
ing notion current among the excur-
slOnists that they were going TO have an
opportunity presented 10 invest what
few sheckles they might have lying
about their treasury.
The party was made up as follows:
Judge +. j. Russell, A. ". Knox,
Hart, Mich; l.. G., Maxwell. East Water
vile, Mich; VIM. Aldrich Tateum,
Geo. d. Sisson, Francis Lilly, Geo. ID.
| Long, O. X. Wllmarth. l.. W. Wolc0tt,
j. NJ. Clark, ID. A. Blodgett, c. b. Judd,
o. A. Ball, NJ. l.. Bocher, IL. +. McCor-
mick, c. +. Idema. j. r. Trout, l.. =.
Eddy. f. {. Beard, Chas. II. Cook, VIII
liam McMullen, X. ID. Swartout, c. W.
Calklns, c. q. swensberg, Grand Rapids.
j. w. GlddIngs. Cadillac; Howard Nor
! ley, Cedar Springs; ;. III. Morley, Battle
/ Creek; {. b. Shaver, kalamazoo.
! As the train rolled out of the union
/ depot of Grand Rapids, each party set
tied down with his neighbor for social
chat. or ordered the sad-eyed EthlO-
pan, who was the chambermaid of the
1 excursion, TO set out the tables for Mich
! igan's iavorlte game-double pedro.
The portly, wei. form Of j. A.
/ Wilder, whom we afterwards found the
ceremonous Southrons had laden with
I the title of Judge" was courteously
1 looking after the interests of each iudi-
/ vidual member of the party.
/ The tram of the G. X. Il /. railroad
/ steamed gradually toward Hooserdom
1 with q speed IN sharp contrast 10 that
/ which was afterward encountered on
/ the Southern road, which bore the eu-
! phoncOus name of "Queen d Crescent"
/ and winch sped around the sharp curves
I in the Tennessee mountains like q YER
/ liable demon. In the gray dawn OF a
/ Sunday morning the party rolled out OF
! their berths and looked out upon the
| little city of Hamilton, O., and realized
| that during the night they had passed
! beyond the borders of snOwlaud.
| Smoke-enveloped and dirt-begrimed
! Cincinnati appeared at breakfast Jlme,
| and "the Clangary" was shunted and
| bunted hither and thlther until the
! breakfast hour had passed by, and
/ thirty hungry stomachs called plant
1 ively for sustenance. Smiling faced
! Jimmie, whose freckles showed through
/ his yellow skin, responded 10 the cries
/ for succOr with the encouraging re-
mark: "If you viii be patient gen'lm'n
a few minutes, Ill do the best j cam"
] and indeed he did, for a short time
after the larder of the car yielded up
/ Us contents, and boiled eggs, fried
/ chicken and coffee, with beans and
/ bread and butter, made each forget
they ever had waited for a meal.
As the train sped among the rolling
/ hills of the famous Blue Grass
/ region" of Kentucky, upon which
grazed herds OF Jersey cattle and 1.-the
lmbcd horses, there seemed but little
wonder that this country had won so
widespread "a reputation.
Thro the old historic city Of LeIing
ton where the monument Of Henry
/ Clay loomed skyward in the distance,
4 past low and rambling houses with
/ their wide stone chimneys, thro' fields
( of harvested hemp, past spreading trees
laden with mlstietoc. sped an interested
and delighted party. Dinner being
+ taken at Somerset, Ky, the tram again
sped southwark thTo' that beautiful
and romantic scenery which noun
talns. with their almost invarable &C
I compartment of rapid running streams,
universally form.
Amid the gathering shadows Of night
. We shot reCklessly around the curves
ou toe mountain heights. up, crsgs
and down daies toward the little village
Of Oak5ale, there the engine changed
I drivers, much 90 the relief 81 the
( ClaugaTy's passengers, as the retiring
( driver ruthicssly remarked that be-
( proposed g. show these y anks bow
toturu snortcurvc m the mountains
and the Michigan contingent was labor
ing under vague impress GA that Dc
had done g.
After tardy supper a. Chattanooga
and short ran 0f = C9up.e 81 noufs, q
I somewhat wesr.ed party penne1 Their
autographs u1 t1e register oi soc lte-
kalh 81 otel, Ft. Payne
On fne toI9sing morning. as each
mesher of tae FaTtY stepped out uoon
( the broad F8zza. scene 81 genus re
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krown as tae ~ tte WITS valley
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from Cnaffsnooes sogtn ward. i8v t4e
Fua eant ctV nf ff. Payne r.
fro0t rose fre rloants q range
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