Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-09-20
A Trip to the Old Kentucky Shore.
BY A KIRsyILLIAN. |


of Kirksville's favored citizens
boarded palatial Vestibule car
bound for Louisville, KY, over the
@ o. q X. G. line. AT each sta
tion the number increased, until
at West Quincy, the car
was filed, though not uncomfOrt-
ably crowded. Here we were
transferred to the Long Line, and
enjoyed pleasant ride along the
west bank of the Mississippi to st.
Louis. This was the first time some
of the company ever travelled that
road, and we consider it a more
pleasant route than by the way of
Mobe1ly. Right here i will say
we found everything along the way
Just as the gentlemanly agents,
Phalen, of Kirksville, and Shontze
OF Quincy, represented to us and
we were saved the Inconvenience
and discomforts often incident to
travelling on such occasions.
At st. Louis three of our COM
pany left the Kirksville car to
join the Department train going
over the Air Line. This traverses
some very rough country, passing
through four long tunnels, (the
longest one seven eights of mile
long) between st. Louis and Louis
vile.
At or near Corydon, Indiana, a
G. A. r came into the car, and
with the feeling of brotherly inter
est and intimacy always existing
between the boys who wore the
blue, began talking with the Mis-
souri, boys, when it was discovered
he was a cousin of III. F. Hays of
this county, who had served in
the army with some on the train.
At noon we crossed the Ohio
river, and stood on the "Old Ken
tuckey Shore" The soldiers were
welcomed on every hand as they
entered this gateway to the South.
The 29th National Encampment
of the G. A. r. that has just closed
and passed into the history of
Louisville, Ky, for many reasons,
is one of the most memorable in
the anals of that organization.
This was the first time they had
met in the sunny Southland since
the dark days of the war. All
thoughts of bitterness and all
sectional feeling seemed buried in
oblivion, as the Gray welcomed the
peaceful invading army of the
Blue with the grasp of cordial
hand.
Never have | seen anything to
surpass the decorations of the city.
Boston, Mass, Columbus, Ohio
or Washington, ID. c., may have
been more elaborately Illuminated,
but never before was seen such q
collection of loyal emblems or such
a display of G. A. r. banners and
our national colorS. Gen. Warner
said in his speech, "there We're
! flags enough to girt the universe, y
Why the whole city was covered
and for awhile it might have az
propriately been called 1.-THE r ed
White and Blue city," and. be
meath the starry folds of the
loved llag the old soldiers VIZ.
very much at home, besides, eve r,
Thing city could do Co enter tai
her guests was done by Louis will
the birthplace of Major And, ,rsol
e the hero of Fort Sumpter; and
! heard nothing out words Of prai
for her unbounded hospit ality.
The Grand Army men, to sho
: their appreciation for all that w.
being done for thean, forgot f,
g the time they were no longer bo,
in years and entered W ith a spir
e and inspiration nnsur passed eve
: IN their earlier mani Iood into I'll
i dlnerent exercises, and program
! mes arranged for their entertain
G ment. But Cor the appalling disa
e ter of Wednesday morning. wher
in five lives were lost, and t
n scarcely less frightful one of Thu
a day evening there would ble
l. dark spot on the Encamp1ae.nt
s 1895.
S The grand parade was omns id
ed the greatest event 0ff th e
IL campment. This marching of
J. old soldiers will be lnu he
;: among the things of the pas t.
N while we with sadness nD5et he
u timing ranks of the array of %