The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-25
MINNESOTA EDITORS.
Nashville, Chattanooga and the At
Iantac Exposition.

The Minnesota editorial party leIt
Chicago at $40 Sunday evening, and
arrived in Nashville at 7:1O Monday
morning. Here we were met by the
entertainment committee OF the Nash.
Vile press and escorted to the Mich
olson Hotel where special breakfast
was served.
When the orders were given and the
good things in sight, Col. ii. 5 Colyar,
representing the Nashville press, well
coined the guests. II wish L mad the
language" said Col. Colyar, "to ex.
press to you the gladness feel and
the gladneSs that the press or Nash
vile feels in having you ladies and
gentlemen Of the great west with us
today. Wherever you 60 about the
city today you will find the doors wide
open; 90 in and out as you please, and
when the day is over, report to nobody
but your wives and sweethearts.
40 the ladies among you l extend
thrice hearty welcome. You have
come to land of beautiful women,
and to a land that places woman
high. No men obey women like Ten
nesseans. Command them. They are
yours to obey.
"We are always glad to see people
of the west as we are glad to see peO-
pie of the north and east. We are al
ways glad to have them come amorg
US as people of common country.
You will find Tenneseans broad mind
ed and courteous and generous and
brave to the last breath. They have
been first upon every battlefield upon
which they fought, and they have
been first in the councils of peace"
Col. Colyar then referred TO the his
tory of Tennessee, and in connection
with this spoke of Minnesota and her
stalwart people, closing With a re-
newed welcome and the very import
ant information that the town mar
shals and the sheriffs were off duty
for the day.
President Whitney, of our associa-
tion, then called upon Mr.. Henry A.
Castle, of St. Paul, to respond. This
he did in very pleasing manner. He
referred to the time when he was
there with the army in the sixties,
and assured the people Of Nashville
that we appreciated their welcome
and already had fOretaste of the
pleasures in store for US. Mr.. Castle
spoke only few minutes, and the
guests received their breakfast. Dur
Ing this time the gentlemen of the
party were presented with a sample
bottle of Tennessee whiSkey, GUS
tom considered perfectly proper by
our southern friends.
At $3.50 q committee of ladies, rep
resenting the woman's board OF the
coming Centennial Exposition which
is to be held in Nashville next year,
came in body to the hotel.
At 900 o'clock sharp, five electric
ears. were awaiting the party at the
door. We then went to The Wander
bilt University accompanied by ladies
and gentlemen Of the entertaining
committees, who explained and
pointed out every place Of interest on
the way. Upon reaching the univer-
sity we were taken through the
grounds then through the building.
In the chapel Chancellor kirkland de-
livered short address, telling the
story of the establishment of Wander
bilt and asking that the cause Of
higher education be made the theme
of the press of Tennessee and Mime
sofa. Before leaving the grounds the
Minnesota party and committees in
charge were photographed on the
front steps Of the college.
Returning by the cars we were
taken back through the city and out
to the Fisk University, where we
were met by President Cravath on
the steps of the Jubilee Hall. After
being shown through this building
and told of interesting things con-
nected with it, and seeing the pOr-
trait of the original singers, whose
effort made this institution possible,
we were escorted to the beautiful
chapel across the campus, which was
built by the donation made by the
man whose name the university bears.
Here we were delightfully."- entertained
by the Fish quartette. There were
short speeches too, by Lieut-Gov. Day
and Mr.. HI. A. Castle, of Minnesota,
and the president of the institution.
The party then started for the CAPT
toll. Here we met the governor and
visited James K. Folks tomb. The
building is situated on the highest
point of the city and affords splen-
did view of the beautiful city. We
then went to the Nicholson for lunch,
which was furnished to our party
with compliments Of the ladies of the
Centennial Exposition.
At l 80 the party took the special
train for Belle Meade, magnificent
country home of Gen. w. III. Jackson.
To Minnesota people this farm was
nothing less than revelation-think
Of it! $500 acres of beautiful Tennes-
see with all the improvements that
money and labor can give; with the
best horses, Jersey cows, deer, and
grand buildings, and you have some
idea of it.
Gen. Jackson met us at the sun dial
in front of the stately mansion and
delivered an address of welcome in
the most scholarly speech heard on
he entire journey. He then showed
Us through places of interest, among
which was the deer park, where in a
twinkling $50 deer were driven past
the party by men on race horses. We
saw the homes of the famous horses,
Iroquois, Fremont, Clarendon, Luke
Blackburn, Inspector 3d." Great Tom
and Longstreet, while Sam, the as
sistant groom, told us of the merits of
each of the great horses,to the amuse-
ment of the visitors, who enjoyed
Sans way of telling the story just as
much as the story. The dairy with
1876 cows in the stalls, and the spring
house where Jersey milk was sampled,
and last of all the elegant mansion
was seen.
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