The Forrest City times., 1893-07-07
From Valparaiso. Ind.

EcitOrS or Inc llulecs
 The familiar face of TIE TIMES IS be- fore me. I welcomed it as friend. l es- peciaIly enjoyed MT. Rollwage's essay on Emmerson.
 After stopping one day sin Memphis l came on here. arriving June 10. AS l passed through Covington, Tenn, and other towns where have spent so many happy hours, kind of a homesckish feel ing came over me, but '.gritted my testh'' and the train bore me on. The hrst thing that struck mt on arriving here was the great difference in climate. It was very cold windy. rainy day. As l had not prepared for so great change l WAS dis- agreeably cold all day. l would rather be anything than cold 1 have always hoped that the next world will have warm climate.
 Ladies who anticipate coming to the fan would do well to provide themselves with thick dresses. light wraps and fian- nels to sleep in. June here corresponds to a cold April there. Blackberries were ripe there when left and l found them just blooming here.
 have not been into the far yet, but 1T l had would be afraid to say anything about it without special permit from MT. Landvoigt, as that is his sacred province and dare not enter in. l waited three hours in the depot in Chicago. A depot is good place for an observer to study human nature. A man about thirty years of age came in accompanied by several ladies. They had occasion to go out, leaving him alone. Now Will, said one, .'you had better sit right there until we come back and oon't let the sharpers get hold of you" He sat there, seemingly most miserable. afraid to move. To break the monotony he would now and then heave deep sigh. At last an acquain- tance entered the door, he rose half up i'll his seat whistled and moved broken umbrella over his head. The friend did not see him, so he sank back more nilsera- ble than before. l soon after went to check my baggage. When 1 came back he was gone The sharpers may have gotten him; 1 don't know. A lady, her husband and their three children came into the waiting room. The husband would go and carry out her directions about everything, such as finding out what time the train left, which were slow and which were fast, &c. Every ilttle while he would come back and report and she would give him other directions. There seemed to be perfect confidence be- tween them She would give her direc- tions in the incest way and call him dear so sweety. All this tune she was looking after her three little children and various bundles, and l thought now varied are the accomplishments of woman and how happy must be the man blessed with wife who can manage him so well and at the same time manage everything else. doing it so graciously that he Is charmed to be managed.
 This the largest normal school Tn the United States. The average yearly at tendance is 2000. We now have i'll at tendance more than 2300 and others are daily coming in. There are forty-one teachers in the faculty, and the instruc- ton is most thorough. A person can study any thing here, from pharmacy. law and telegraphy to spelling. Many are here for tine business course alone This is the cheapest place l ever saw. Board can be had at from S1 20 per week up. Room rent from thirty cent per week tip. \ tui- tion fee of $10. entities one to entrance into any class in the college except in- strumental music and high art. This is for term of ten weeks The college has largely aided in building the town. Twenty years ago there were corn fields where now stand beautiful residences and commodous boarding halls. 1t is enough to say of the fare that it is much better than we are used to at home. There are a number of students here from the South ern states. among them Prof. Brashear, who is taking a course in typewriting and photography. l understand that he ex poets to teach in TeXarkana next year. Quite number of Arkansas teachers are here. Yet. among so many, the South erners are few enough to be conspicuous, and are regarded as a species of uliosity. Several have told me that they love to hear me talk And. Mir. Editor. you know how happy it makes us to once in while get with some one who loves to hear us talk. GRAY TAYLOR.