The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-06-12
The HuStling West.
NOTES OF MY TRIP
TO ST. LOUIS.
The General Conference. &c. &c.
BI u. II. NICHOLSON.

IN II. II. NICHOLSON.
Ga the 5th ult., Joined at
Salisbury, n. G., party of dele
gates and visitors 10 the Geneal
Conference of the VI. +. Church
South, To convene at st. Louis,
Mo-, on the 7th. There were
some twenty of Us, preachers,
lawyers. ladies and children.
We had every prospect of q
pleasant trip, which was to be
fully realized. We left Sails
bury at ll:25 a. m. on time
sharp,with Capt. Arther Frazier,
aCollege mate of the writer's as
conductor. Our journey that
afternoon lay through "the land
of the sky" The weather was
charming and we were all in a
happy frame of wind to enjoy
to the full, the grandest and
sublimest scenery which this
continent affords. The noun
tains of Western North Carolina; /;
Who can discribe them? |
shall not attempt it. They
must be seen 10 be appreciated.
On this occasion they were at
their prettiest. The foliage of
the oaks, chestnut, laurels,
spruces, pines and balsoms was
just at that stage OF growth to
present in harmonious contrast
every conceivable shade of YER
dure. The dog wood, the noun
tain honey-suckle and a tEous-
and wind flowers were in bloom,
and call nature looked gay"
indeed. By the kindness of the
conductor | went up and down
the ridge in baggage car, from
the open door of which the
finest views could be had. The
engineering of the Western
North Carolina Railroad from
Old Forb to Blacks Mountain Is
certainly a wonderful achieve
ment. One cannot get an ade-
quate conception of the crooked
ness of the track as it winds
around ravines, and through
cuts and tunnels, at times al
most over tapping itself. In
gaining distance of three
miles just before reaching the
top of the ridge the cars travel
a distance of nine miles, and
may be seen by all observer
standing at the same point per.
haps half a dozen times.
Beyond Asheville the railroad
runs Though the far famed
French Broad Valley, skirting
the river first on one side and
then on the other for distance
: of some seventy miles. Here
the scenery, if not 50 grand, i:
more beautiful than in the Blue
> Ridge. The valley is narrow
and is bounded on either side
by mountain bluffs who's
: beauty challenges the artestt
l skill and the poets imagination
Twenty miles beyond Ashevill'
J.. i'll this valley lies the little
+. town of Marhall. 1t is hemme(
, in on one side by the mountain
2 and on the other by the river
The level land upon which
stands cannot not tie more tha1
:, 100 Yards Wild. The inimitabi,
: Bill Nye saw it once and des
l cribed It as "the ribon Iown-
e all long and no wide" Tha
description is so exact that
would be folly to try TO im
prove upon it.
We reached knoxv lie, Tenn
/ about 8 pm. ,and passed throug
the Cumberland Mountain
e which Miss Murphrey has )
t lately made famous as tn
:. scenes of her charming stor;ei
p IN tie night. This was a MATE
o of regret, but we felt somewhi
E compensated for the diSappnin
il ment when morning dawne
It upon us i'll the midst Of tn
It Blue Grass country OF kentuck.
II Here we saw "the cattle upon
q thousand hills " vast herds {
e fine sheep, ami ho ses and muls
IT al most innur cradle. This
j. the best country n:i our entiI
e route, | think. R.'aching Gil
It cinnati about 8 d. H., On the g..
l. We changed cars and startled
I. ohce 10 81. Louis Owe. ine OH
Is and Mississippi ltaiir. al. Tb,
Ie part IF Ohio Though VIII cli u
passed is almost one con inu u
is town devoted 10 manufacture
e. nf one kind and another, 80 tn
;h we had no opportunity OF jud
y ing of Ohin as al agsicultur
e. State. One experience at CT
iciuna.i, however, | was abo
C. to forget. 1t WIS. the conspic
er Gus absence of the negro. ii
IN very first distinct impres; ion
We received after arriving TIL.
lie was that we had left the neg
IL behind us, and the first thuua
eff TO arise in my mind wa, tho
ne can these people who do II
n have the negro contend viii
Z teach US how to solve the IA
of problem But that ie the w
es with the world. Everybo,
lie knows better how to mana
LII other peoples affairs than the
rr- own. White men were drivi
teams, shoveliBg cool and 3