The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-24
POLK MILLER'S VIEWS
HE GIVES MS IMPRESSION, ~,
THE GREAT WORLDS ram
Libby Prison Ono OF the Most Pan,
Attractions--Someth About tia
Little Woman From Texas.

a description OF the Worlds Fair AZ .,
convey an intelligent idea OF lts Qr,,,.'-
to people whose only KNOWLEDGE o, a.. D.
what they've CLEANED from the news r..'-
accounts. t'F
Words are inadequate 20 give The e.,..
est conception u IT'S spiendor Z o...
only carried away with everyIhln, r...''
but feel that the people Of Cblr.e, ~
serve the highest praise Tor toe man..
which they have done their work r., -
~ IN making Il the "grandes, sbosy
earth" but for the way IN who's ., 7"
have arranged every detail conluo.,.
the health and comfort OF the sfrr......
mass OF humanity. For the bor.r, i.
those who may be contemplating A fr....
the Fair I would say. that while egs,.
thing in the grounds IN the way DO i.
aDles is sold at exorbitaut figures ar..-
thing on the outside is cheap ] grt r.-,
meals at p cents, scrambled eggs sau.,'
coffee and bread and butter and Caff.-,
MIA pears (such as we get I'm Rirhr.-t
for p centD six for ten cents. while tt.
most delicious California grapes coa4 p.
bought for 90 10 cents per pound. r,.
price depending entirely upon The rror-.
ity to the grounds.
4 nc ANAANfNNl kuAIN1 on iNH Ef"Hn.s
and In the buildings are exceedingly r.H,
and never seem 20 tire Of giving Inform.
ton 90 strangers. This was parfir..t..
gratifying 20 me. FOR / often got bavUf..
ed, aud once when 1 had an ergaeer.-.
20 be at a certain building 40 a r.,.,
time. and had thirty minutes 60 90 a pa,
hundred yards, I got so mixed uD f..-t
myself coming ont OF the door u a lsr,,
building I'm which ] had gone THROUGH ~.
same door fifteen minutes before 4 r.-.
cluded % take the "intramur1i rauws,r
which runs on the inside ~ The rrol-t,
entirely. and by mistake took the "rIae,.
ted Road" which runs into the clty. a-,
suffered 30 the tune OF half dollar ,o
get back into the grounds.
I visited Libby Prison" ana tho d.
building. surrounded by a hlch stone wall
was as natural 90 me as 10 WAS when .
stood on Cary street IN Richmond s
NAMED there about six hours. looking sf
the curiositles. and had / seen u1,h.-,
else. l should have felt repaid nr r.
expense OF a visit 90 Chicago. + saw tts
best collection Of portraits ~ COME.
crate Generals / have ever seen. ana
thousands OF other things which Interested
me very much. There was tha 0nera
letter Of Genl "Jeb" Stuart. dated CaiD
Illinois. May. 1851. and addressed 10 Cen.
eral $. Cooper az Montgomery telling tn
that he had This day forwarded my r.s.
ignation 90 the war department a4 cap.
tain I'm the First q. $. Cavalry. arI ~.
fer my services 10 my native Stats-E.r.
ginia-and trust that you win nnl me
position In the Southern Army W.h
rank equal 10 the one which I have h.l
here Address me az Richmond, care Cos.
ernor John Letcher"
There were hundreds 81 things - ths
sort. and + became So much interested
that my companion. who was too young
20 have known anything about me Elr
and had waited Tor me six hours b.H1
me 10 come away Crowds on people aas
coming IN every minute. and before thN
were permitted 90 scatter around ln 90.
building. they were invited 60 llstea GO
short lecture delivered by an ex union
soldier who had been an inmate NJ ta
prison and who had made his escape
with the famous band OF "t09" le1 fr
Colonel Rose through the tunnel ms
with knives and forks. The lecturer spoke
OF us as "Confederates" and not as "R.t.
els" and nothing was said or done whoa
could offend the most genuine Southeur
1t has proven To be- n gold mine 90 Bee
owners. for IL was being visited by rrea
hundred 20 two thousand people daiE a-
hfty cents n head The priuciNH 1W1nr
is an old "COnfed" and as the President
OF the Company. be said that fe hal
spared neither time nor money 90 mak-
Ing IL the greatest War Museum in 10
world.
The original letter or General stuart
mentioned above, cost him 5000 soms
lady I'm Virginia sold 70 ''reuc hunter
for so. and the museum people bought
from a party I'm Switzerland
The table on which We're written rs
terms ofsurTender" al App0mau0K vas
Exhibited I'm a glass case. one ofperH.
al Grants stan paid Mclean $50 ODD 4
Tor e.. and the museum owners pu.cahi
81 for several thousand dollars.
The only thing j saw there thar Ns
calculated % stir up the blood 0f .II'n.
ern man was the cartoon from PRANK L.t
lie. published M the spring on lfa snIai
jefferson Davis On w0mans clothes r.t-
ming from the Michigan cavalrymeu H ne
time OF his capture. Z asked tFe oHnf
why he, = Southern soldier. allowed max 20
adorn those wallis when be knew 'ft
was lie. lie said that ne had 0n the -trt
walls a great many cartoons. beginning
at the time when the wa cloud Was game
were used 20 show tile spirit or ne
times" lie also said that tne mlh
whom jefferson Davis surrcudorai Il
within n short distance OF Chicago. .i
that he had told him often thai it Was
lie ana that Mr. Davis had bus "H.s
waterproof thrown over his head aa
shoulders 10 protect himself nom Do
effects OF cold. damp m1rf
told him that n he would ger tn1f n.'
affidavit and put Il iu a frame ani fas
IL along side Of the cartoon a. mistt i'
sibly have the effect OF making ~
Northern people believe that Sc was f
representation. l asked sc0rce NJ tp-e
men I'm the building that day lf il'} '
licved the falsch00d. and AN OF them n.
pouded that 1t was taught them iA ID
tory" and Of course they beliei ia
There were some OF Billy Nairs "a"
toOns there too, published iu hl.H'
during the war, and they were l.E
tough on the Yankees. but as tHf 49,,
dent said they too showed the
the times" and must 80 along NilA "'
rest.
A visit 20 the stock Yards. where VIZ
" thousand head OF cattle are solo, A'
and packed f0r shipment in % dhl'
one OF the most interesting fetl.
my visit a hog. sheep 81 oAl Pa
caught up BY machinery from i".
and travels along n sort of railway
its head down. and I'm passing ATOMS
workmen. each one OF them gets d l'.
Il. and IL comes 10 the end OF me it""
in the shape in which We rec Do lA '-
meat markets.
on Haiti day all the leading r
sentatiyes in the State buiid.a-s
d |
20 pay their respects. 4 lady from
the Northern States accompanied .'-
ToDin. the charming little lady
TeNaa who. By hnr nntn nNnrIL-u- r--