The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
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st. Louis and Ineidsnts Of . Trip 70 that
City.

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g.. Louis and Incidents Of 70 Trip to that
City.
81. Louis, No. sept. S.-Eiitor Union
tires: The resder. Of the TIsEs may not
expect letter from st Louis, but Why not
have one fr I'm here ss we'll rs from any ether
large city, / left my home Sept. for this
nj r.. accomp ,nisd nv AZ ~ r =. ....-
! ,obu OF y.ur County WHO trsveli with ms
| only 81 miles.
On nv rou'e noticed rome things that
| could not ful comprehend. Among those
| things Was Impressed with the iiea that The
| conductors Of the ,ilroad came over, l.
| sisted on my opping over in . certain CITY |
through which came Ia prefere4es e eey /
other Doubtless their object hust have
been TO help the Hotel men In ssin city, but
this /, only surmise ON my part. At any
| rate they reminded ms before Al irving ut and
.ner leaving this city that It was the p: opcr
place for one to spend the rt'p-over, which
VA, unavoi liable in aking the trip from
| Texas to st. Louis.
Ii is an excellent plan TO always take the
| frs, traio when there are two, lest the Sc
| cond should not come. In Texas anl IN
| Ark,nsss there is n law which prevents
| white and color, people f. ON riding in the
same car or slit ng togo her in waiting room
a, s ations. Brinklry. Ark. was the town
| IN which | did si"p over on the trip here'
| and while there wsiting for the train, TINS
, ,lcp,nent, toge her with another fellow, ac-
| ciiently wandered into negro waitin: ro I'M
I | At IN. station. 1t heing entirely empty we
We were uncons cious of the fact until coon
came in mud ilfcrmcd Us that VIC were in
the wrong pew, rs it were, and hnrrled us
4 | out. We thanked him Of course, moved
E quick. By-aud.byc tie ira n came and the
car "for whites" was crowded, but the car
;. | ..for ncSroes'' contaiuel ono Lonely negro
L.. In
| from the "n.gros," which was strictly COM
pliel with, notwithstanding i, wa, very un.
:. | comfor, able for the "whites," while the hap
;" nv negro occupied the whole If one coach
!, for nearly one hundred miles, until the train
t crossed the Missouri stnte line, when rush
a . was made by the uncomfortable whites, shout
!, ing nt the came time, "all aboarl for negro
> doIn," aud like expressions.
O. While at Brinkley, stopped at the Arlng
tn ton Hotel, which is kept by Dutch lady an
Is she gave us q Du:ch i nuer largely Of Dutci
:, soup, which was mostly soup without season
:. ing" Another thing peculiar to Briuklsy
Ae was this significant sign painted on the side
Id | wall Of q store: "John Gozzola and Co
Wholesale aud retail 1--we and let live" Tn.
"a is the literal re,ding Of the sign.
The Weekly Argus is a newspaper publish
Gil ed at Br nklry, and in it read this: "Or
~ the 26th August a construction train South
n
a Ga, and Cvlumbis, South Carolina, wa
wrecked 40 miles wost Of Savannah" SC
10 1t is not an uncommon thing to see just suci
&. inaccuracies in the papers, especially in th'
he press Of Texas. I would suggest that thcs
newspaper men study the maps Of TIT
country they write about.
e. st. Louis is City of considerable bust!
nd and move but Of course she is not the Cit,
that Chicago is.-iust 800 miles north. Tb,
l.tI - , ;rIs r - o. -,
ability to cope with her. but st. Louis posses
d. es many wealthy progressive men in ever.
nd | line of business.
st There are also many, very many, n:c
h. gentlemen Of the drumming fraternity re
Nv presenting st Louis all over the country
lie There are drnmmers working for st Loui
nd houses who are interes ed in one, two, three
re and in some instancesfJur, stores in diifercn
parts fthe country their salaries are base
'' upon the amount Of sales they make, henc
you can see at once that they woull like t
vn he interested i'll as many country stores n
in | possible, for two reasons, namely: for tn
profits realized out of three stores AMI large
salaries from larger sales effected thereby.
~ There is firm in this City, Mes,rs Lig
m get & Meyers, who have made an immeus
tsr!@gs S G&o 'SSsseSsSS4 sSS4andasss dassH IS tn
'N brand which has made them q name and fam Q
There are many other meu here who hav,
v. made fortunes out Of speci,l lines st Lpui.
st has many advantages III her favor to max,
her great commercial center.
To novice like myself, thcrs are great
IN many attract ons here; notably among then
ce are the st Louis Exposition, which lasts q
month. This is simply immense Tho ex.
is in ali lines are grand beyond the Ian.
" guagc with which could me lsurc and de.
y sc ibe them. 10 say the least of it, it is a
N cause for wonder.
d The Shaw's Garden is great sight FOR any
one. 1t is great farm, you might say, OF
Horticulture. | am not able t, say lust how
q many acres it Con aims, bnt it is cnorm ,us.
d | This garden is in Targrove Park, which is a
@ | resort for the denizens of this Smoky City."
This Park and Garden were donated 10
the City some years siucc by Henry Shaw,
: an Engl shman by birth. Ii is managed and
c controlled by n board Of trustees. Shaw wa.
q born in Sheffield England. in 1900, and died
!, | here in 1889. His remains lie near the CEN
ter of the garden, in finely chisclcl Marble
Sarcoph"gns. placed in great granite Tomb
some 20 feet tail.
Then, too, is the railroad bridge spanning
tho Mississippi river, which is n monument
n to the snlenIid judgment and memory of
Jas. B. Eldes.
Mr.. Editor, could write you a great denl
e | about w'a. :lv2 seen nud heard on this
: my first trip to st Louis, but time and space
I forbid. have mentioned only three of the
grand attractions that this city presents to a
| novice. JSC
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