The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-16
EDITORIAL. CORRESPONDENCE.

EDITORIAL CbRRFSitNDENtf T..
From the Great Northwest--fhe
Editor Writes Again-.-Whefe lie
Has Been and What He Has Been
Doing.
TACOMA, Wash, June 5, 1892.
DEAR GOLD LEAF: ---Sincc leaving
Atlanta, from which point wrote my
first communication, ! have been too
much on the go 10 write letters or
anything else. Having a few hours at
my leisure here | will now take adj
vantage of the first opportunity that
! has presented itself in the last two
weeks, to jot down in general way
+. few facts for publication. | have
not been in one place long enough
and had sufficient time that could
call my own, TO do more than drop
a postal card or two to friends and
relatives from each ofthe various cities
visited. The trip from Atlanta to
San Francisco was a pleasant one, at
tended by no event of special impor-
lance in the way of mishap, breakdown
or loss of time. There had been con-
siderable rain all along the line OF
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
and at St. Louis the Mississippi river
was on the biggest kind of a ssboom.
The valleys above and below were
flooded and every road making into
the city was under water with the
single exception of the one we travelled.
From Henderson to Atlanta via the
Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway
is $50 miles From Atlanta to St.
Louis GOO, making it 1905 miles
from home the way we travelled when
we crossed TIT. great "Father ofWaters. "
Getting West of the Mississippi we be-
gan to realize that we were becoming
far removed from friends and loved
ones. Of the journey thence toward
the land Of the setting sun, through
broad and fertile valleys, far reaching
prairieS, over mountains and across
burning deserts, to San Francisco, dis
tant from St. Louis about $500 miles
Il have the exact figures in my valise
which is not near at hand while /
write) I can not now write fully. Each
days travels and observations would
make up lengthy letter. We reached
San Francisco Monday evening, May
23rd, at 8:45 O'Clock, having been
on the road exactly eight days. 1
say it was S:45 when we landed in the
Golden Gate City. That was by
Western or Pacific time. BY our time
it was 11:45, when all IIendersonites
were sleeping the sleep Of the honest
and virtuous, oblivious to all things
earthly. Staying in San Francisco
until Saturday morning we took the
train for Sacramento, the capital Of
the State. Spending the day there
taking in the sights of the city, by
special invitation of the Oregon dele
CATION we joined the special excursion
party running in two sections of twelve
and thirteen Pullman cars each, and
proceeded with them to Portland Ore
gon, IT, miles. There we were hand
somely entertained and given
delightful boat ride down the famous
Columbia river one hundred miles
or more. Leaving Portland at r.
O'Clock Tuesday night our party came
up to IOCOma, one of the most beau
tiful and flourishing cities OF the young
but vigorous and future great State
of Washington. Here again we were
wired and dined and given a ride
over the city. At O'Clock we took
passage on the City Of Seattle, one of
the elegant steamers OF the Puget Sound
line, for Seattle. A delegation Of
prominent ladies and gentlemen of
Tocoma went over with us and lunch
was served by them on the boat.
We arrived at Seattle about $50 and
there we were met by a committee
Of gentlemen representing the city
council, boards of trade, &C., together
with number of ladies and the edito-
rial party were taken in carriages and
treated to drive throughout the city.
Then boat ride on Lake Washington,
beautiful body Of fresh water from
one to three miles wide by twenty
three long, was greatly enjoyed. Re-
turning to the city a banquet was
given the visitors at the Hotel North
ern. Spending the night in Seattle
at 1915 next morning we left on the
steamer City ct livingston, for Victoria,
British Columbia. 1t was a delightful
trip, something like 100 miles down
the Puget Sound, a great inland sea
with all the advantages of the ocean
without its disadvantages.
Arriving there we were met at the
wharf by citizens and carriages and
taken for a drive around the city.
Then splendid dinner compliment
tary to the American editors was
given at the Hotel Driard by the
press, City Council and commercial
and business associations. We invaded
British soil and were captured and
captivated. Never was welcome more
cordial, entertainment more generous
and expressions of friendship and
reciprocal interests more genuine.
Our ncighbors and cousins across the
border gave us the biggest surprise of
all and our reception and treatment
at Victoria was a very happy denoue-
ment of a very enjoyable tour of the
extreme Northwest. | have a little
English flag presented to me (for gall
liant service rendered at the dinner
table | supposc,) in Victoria, and
trust | may not tie accused of being
any less loyal to the Stars and Stripes
because | am now carrying the British
colors. Bidding farewell to our friends
and .neighbors in British Columbia, and
!