The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-18
For tho TINES.
81. Louis and Incidents Of q Trip to that

For tho TINES.
81. Louis and Incidents Of . Trip to that
City.
ST. Louis. Mo. Sept. 8.-Elitor Union
Times: The reader. Of the TINss may not
expect letter from st Louis, but why not
have one from here as well rs from Any ether
large c'tyf left my home Sept. 2 for this
pl &c, accomp ,ni,d by Mr. ". 7. Ii tle-'
john Of y"ur County who trsvelri with ms
only 81 milcs.
On my rou.e noticed fome things that
could not full Y comprehend. Among those
things was impressed with the idea that the
conductors Of tie y.ilrosd cane over, y
sisted on my coping over In certain city /
through which ! came Ia prefercqee . ~ 7
been to help the n I6tel mon in ssin city, hut |
this i. only surmise ON my part At any |,
rate they reminded ms before Al irving at and
af,er leaving this city that it WAS the p;opcr
place for one to spend the st'p-over, which
| wa, unavoidable in making tho trip from
Texas to st. Louis.
1t is an excellent plan to always take the
| 6rs, traiu WHOM there arc two, lest tho Sc
| cond should not come. In Texas anl in
| Arkansas there is n law which prevents
| white and color, i people f,om riding in the
same car or sitting togo her in a waiting room
| at ations. Brinkley, ark, was the town
| IN which did stop over on the trip here,
and while there wsitiug for the train, this
| dcp,neat, together with another fellow, nc
ciiently wandered into n negro waiting ro I'm
| At the station. 1t being entirely empty We
we were uncons cious Of the fact until coon
| came in aud Informed Us that VIC were 10
the wrong pew, ms il were, and hurried us
| out. We thanked him Of course, moved
| quick By-and.bye tie tra n came and the
Gar "for whites" was crowded, but the car
"for negroes" ccntaiuel ono lonely negro,
but the laws say. whites must go separate
from the "ncgros," which was strictly COM
pliel with, notwithstanding il was very un.
l comfortable for the "whites," while the hap
! py negro occupied tho whole If one coach
for nearly one hundred miles, until the train
crossed the Missouri state line, when rush
, was made by the uncomfortable whites, shout
| ing at the sune time, "all aboard for 9sSro.
dom," aud like expressions. ~
) while at Brinkey, stopped at the Airing.
1 ton Hotel, which is kept by Dutch lady and
| she gave us Dutch nuer largely Of Dutch
soup, which was mostly soup without season
: ing. Another thing peculiar to Briuklsy
was this significant sign painted on the side
wall Of q store: 'John Gozzola and Co
Wholesale and retail 1--we and let live" Th4i
, | 10 the literal re>ding Of the sign.
The Weekly Argus is . newspaper publish
ed at Br nklry, and in it read this: "Or
J the 26th August a construction train South
> bound, on the railroad between Savannah
, Ga, and Columbia, South Carolina, wa.
wrecked 40 miles wost Of Savannah" SC
II is not an uncommon thing to see just such
. inaccuracies in the papers, especially in tn,
. press Of Texas. would suggest that thes,
newspaper men study the maps Of the
country they write about.
st. Louis is o City of considerable bustI,
d and move; but of course she is not the Cit,
that Chicago is.-just 800 miles north. Tb,
latter 10 constant reminder o! St Louis in
ability to cope with her, but st. Louis posses
: es many wealthy progressive men in every
d line Of business.
4 There are also many, very many, mic,
gentlemen of the drumming fraternity re
presenting st Louis all over the coun untry
There are drnmmers working for st Louis
houses who are interss ed in one, two, three
q and in some instancesfour, stores in differen
parts of the country; their salaries are base
upon tho amount Of sales they make, henc,
you can see ut once that they woull like I,
n he interested in as many country stores a
n | possible, for two reasons, namely: for tn,
profits realized out of three stores and large
salaries from larger sales effected thereby.
There is q firm in this City, Mes,rs Lig
n get Meyers, who have made an immens,
fsr!sss ast a& ulSSRaass8la Ia'' Star !. tn,
brand which has made them q pame and fams
There are many other mea here who hay,
made fortunes out Of speci i'll lines st Louis
1 has many advantages IN her favor to max,
her great commercial center.
To I" novice like myself there are a great
many attract ons here; notably among them
0 are the st Louis Exposition, which lasts 4
mouth. This is simply immense Tho ex.
+ hiots In all line, are grand beyond the Ian.
guage with which could me ,sure and de.
scibe them. 10 say the least of it, il is a
, ! cause for wonder
The Shaws Garden is great sight for anv
one. 1t is great farm, you might say, OF
Horticulture. am not able to say lust how
many acres ii CON aims, but it is enorm ,u,
This garden is in Targrove Park, which is n
resort for the denizens of this '.Smoky City."
This Park and Garden were donated 70
the City somo years siucc by Heury Shaw.
an Engl shman by birth. IL is managed and
controlled by board Of trustees. Shaw was
born in Sheffield England. in 1900, and died
here 10 1889. His remaios lie near the CEN
ter of the garden, in a finely chiseled Marble
Saroophagus. placed in gre,t granite Tomb
some 20 feet toll.
Then. too, is the railroad bridge spanning
the Mississippi river, which is n monument
to the splendid judgment aud memory Of
Jas. b. Esdes.
Mr.. Editor, could write you great deal
about what have seen and heard on this
my first trip to st Louis, but time and space
forbid. have mentioned only three Of the
grand attractions that this city presents to q
novice. .J.SC
Lead Pencils, Scts dozen. Hooks and