The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-08-06
THEGREAT WEST.
EDITOR CALDWELL ON HIS TRAV-
ELS
A Readable Account of the Trip to st.
Paul and the Way the Delegates
to the National Editorial Con-
ventiOn We're Treated.

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IN July 2Srd, EditorJ.
>f - nm P. Caldwell, of the
I'm M 5Sf'Ze Statesville Land
~, 'a,s,I k5Sss.t, mark, who is the
IE: ~ fsp honored President
,sc- E4Er.AA " OF the North Caro-
W I W lima Press Associa-
V Il, tion, publishes the
~ ~ following account
B of his trip through
the great North
west in attendance upon the National
Editorial Convention in St. Paul, Mimi:
The partiality of my brethren made
me president of the North Carolina
Press Association last year, and this
position gave me title to attend the
National Editorial Associa ton which
met last week at St. Paul, MINI. The
North Carolina contingent agreed to
go 0ia Washington City, and at Sails
bury on the evening of the 10th 1 met
met Messrs. w. X. Coley, of the Davie
Times, J. B. Sheriff., of the Concord
Times, and w. w. McDiarmid, of the
Lumberton Robesoniau. Mr.. w. F.
Tomlinson, Of Country Homes, of
Asheville, was also aboard, and Mr..
H. A. London. of the Chatham Record,
and his wife, were added to the party
at Washington the next day. Trans
ferring across Washington City from
the Baltimore & Potomac depot to
that of the Baltimore & Ohio, the del
egation boarded the limited vestibuled
train of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road and began the second stage of
most interesting journey. The distance
from Washington to Chicago by the
line last named is S13 miles, and the
time by this limited vestibuled train
just "a hours. Its course from Wash
ington is with the Potomac river and
across the Allegheny mountains. The
mountains are invaded at Harper's
Ferry, the most picturesque of towns
built on rugged mountain side, one
house above another. AT the foot Of
this mountain stands John Browns
fort. The name of John Brown is in
separably linked with Harper's Ferry
and this old fort divides with the lofty
mountains and the houses stuck upon
their sides, the attention of the trav-
eler. The river and the railroad run
side by side for 60 miles, then separate,
come together again and run together
IS miles further. The line is strikingly
like that of the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad from Asheville to Hot
Springs-river on one side, towering
mountains on the other. The scenery
is wild and beautiful and for hours the
eye feasts on all ever-changing pano-
rama of river and mountains-a pan
Drama which makes the Baltimore &
Ohio one of the most picturesque and
interesting railway lines east of the
Rocky mountains. The route is past
Cumberland, Md, Deer Park, where
President and Mrs. Cleveland spent
their honeymoon and which is a
favorite resort for all the Presidents
a lovely spot it is, too-past Oakland,
another most attractive summer resort,
and Grafton, w. Va, where a stop is
made for supper. Now the mountains
of West Virginia are dotted with blazing
lamps which overland the drills with
which the people are boring for oil.
The lights look weird upon the noun
tain sides and the atmosphere is heavy
with the odor Of oil, At 11:o5 p. M,
Wheeling has just been passed and
Benwood, on the Ohio river, is reached.
Crossing the Ohio, the change Is made
from Eastern to Central time; watches
are turned back one hour and the
train leaves Bellaire, on the Ohio side
of the river at 1913 p. m. But sleep
has fallen on the passengers by this
time, and when they wake the mex,
morning at 8 O'Clock by the time ol
the day before, they turned back to !
and are speeding across Indiana.
There are no mountains now. The
earth is as level as a floor Shocks oi
wheat stand thick upon the field, and
the tall grass mods to the breeze which
the fast train brings along with it
, Ohio has been crossed during the night
. The train ,,as passed through Mans
: field, the home of Senator Sherman
, and through Fostoria, the home o
, Mr.. Charles Foster, the Secretary o.
the Treasury. Across Indiana and
into Illinois, and ere long the water!
; of Lake Michigan are in view. Chicago
is reached Men and boys sit on th>
levees and breakwaters fishing under Z
hot Sunday morning sun, and excursion
steamers, weighted with humanity
plow the placid waters of the lake
r The B. & o. had promised to land it!
passengers in Chicago at 1890 a. m.
and the train was in the station on th'
, minute.
: Sunday afternoon and night were
e spent in Chicago. Perhaps 800 dele
t gates to the convention were il
S Chicago by Sunday noon, many o
r them accompanied by their wives ant
| daughters. The Chicago Press Clu'
! had arranged for drive for the visi
tors in the afternoon, and they wer
taken in carriages and tally-ho coache
p through Michigan Avenue, the mos
c magnificent residence street on tn
! continent, through the grand boule
: ward, through the beautiful Washing
y ton park to Jackson park where tn