The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-09-17
a Business Trip Capped off With Little
Pleasure.

living for themselves and help to support
the balance of the world but they won't
do it, they had rather stay in town and
live on half rations (Which I have no
doubt great many of them do) than to be
out in the country where they would be
free.
) Our next stop was five hours in Rome.
This is beautiful city, situated in the
fork Of two rivers, one Of which Is I!avi'
gable several miles above Rome. They
have some very handsome and nagnitl-
cent buildings In Rome, but they have
hotel whare you can get the least to eat Tor
the most money of any place 1 ever stop
ped at. You get ten cents worth OF some.
thing to eat and sixty-fiYe cents worth OF
finery to look at, all for seventy five cents.
Next we go to Trion Factory, on the
Chattooga River, directly on the G. r. q
G. B. r. This is only factory town. but
il is one Of business and hustle. They
run some $4,000 spindles and about 600
looms, think, and make sheetings, shirt
inns. drills and cotton rope. These mills
are located In beautiful valley, west OF
Taylors ridge, and have for their Presi-
dent Mr.. A. S. Hamilton, Of Rome, who
is as clever business man as you might
wish to meet, and are run by our clever
and genial friend, Mr.. u. T. Mckinney,
late assistant Superintendent of Piedmont.
Under his superintendency the 1rion
Mills are making most superior quality
of goods, as we'll as handsome profit for
his employers
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Mckinney
we took a pleasure trip from this place to
and Lookout Mountain.
In company with him we left Trion at 5
O'Clock, and arrived in Chattanooga about
dark Tuesday, 9Th inst. We talk about
our little corn patches making corn, but
our corn fields hsre are no more Ehan
roasting ear patches along side OF the corn
fields Of North Georgia and around Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. We spend the night IN
the city and had the pleasure of seeing the
cyclorama-a painting OF the battle OF At
lanta-which is one of the greatest WORKS
of art that it has ever been our good ior-
tune to look at. Just think OF an OIL paint
ing which took FIVE tons Of paint (ten
thousand pounds) to paint 1t, and several
thousand square feet of canvass to paint 1t
on. and you will have some idea what
this painting is. Any old soldier will
readily recognize the different scenes here
depicted on this canvas, which looks as
natural as life and death itself.
Next morning we get on the electric csf
for Lookout Mountain, for l am anxious
to see the place where bad once been
during the struggle for Southern fndepen-
dence. At the foot Of the mountain we
mount Che car on the incline railway,
which takes US to the Lookout Hotel on
the mountain. tell yon this is riding up
hill, for we 20 nearly straight from the
foot of tine mountain to the top, and II the
rope that draWs the car up was to break ~
is uncertain when and where you would
stop. In going up we 60 by the mouse We
once went by going on picket. All Of the
jenkins brigade boys ':now this house
where they had the rock basin in the yard
for spring. the water coming through
pipes from near the top of the mountain
to it. When we get through looking
down on Chattanooga and the Tennessee
river winding through the valley below,
we continue our journey around the
mountain on the narrow-guage railroad 10
Sunset Rock and Natural Bridge. Then
we embark on the broad-guage road Tor
the valley. This road runs twice around
the mountain in making the descent On
arriving in the valley now want TO see
our old campground. ! tell my friend
Zack I know that must be the place, ior
there ia the big white oak trees we got
acorns from when Eations were short; !
KNOW LUCK 0COtt, Jo0o W Law 49, 80 N
the old Company ID, Hampton Legion
bows, remember these white oak trees. I
then 20 to the spring and get drink OF
water. and tell Zack 1t has been twenty
eight years since I drank at this spring.
You have no idea how my memory run
back to tho old war days. Here | bid
farewell to my old comrades to 60 home
on furlougfs and it was forever to some OF
them. There was Drayton Bennett, John
Mauldin, Colbert Mattieon, Tom Loving,
Thos. J. Dickson, John Warren, Berry
Williams, Duff Rogers and several more
of tbs brave boys that never saw again.
Sons OF them we're killed at Willis VAL
lev. some at Campbell's Station, some at
Knoxville and some at Dandrldge-all
before got back to the Regiment at Nor
ristowp, These were certainly sad recol-
lections to Es. There is the same old
house where Col. afterwards GEN. Gary
had his headquarters, b4t no tent IN the
yard. So to get away from these scenes
of our war history We turn our backs on
them and mount the electric car TOR the
city. Ifany of my old comrades want to
see some acorns from the big tree at the
spring Just come up end will show them
to you.
Chattanooga is live, pushing, business
CITY OF aOOuC OU,UUU 1uussD1taueSi ~dtSf 49,
spread out until it reaches all over the
Lookout Mountain fronting the river. we
now bid adieu to our friend Zack and
start for home, after spending two days
and nights most pleasantly With him and
his genial wife and family.
Corn again-I thought I saw corn on
the 9. e. y G. Road, but it was nothing
to what they hsye along the ". q "A.
Road. No wonder gill ARP. brsgs on
Georgia, for he lives right in tho heert OF
the State, so to speak. Now, William,
You are making plenty of corn, and
hope you and tito Alliance won't make US
pay 80 much for it auetasT year as you did
this year.
Mr.. Editor, Ghep yon get time to lake
another pleasure trip, don't 60 to Ashe.
Vile, 60 to Chattanooga sud LOOKOUT
Mountain and you will not regret st. 10
20 the Palace Hotel for your bed, and to
,he Ohio Restaurant. No.. 16 West Ninth
Street, A. Burkett, Proprietor, and | as
sure you that you will get the most to eat
Tor twenty-five cents that yop eyer saw
before. I reckon he Is yankee. but he
,as been there long enough to become
rood Southern man, and suppose q
Democrat. Anyhow, 10 is good, clever
nan. W. F. L.
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