The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-12-13
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ISSUED FRIDAY MORNING.
IA WARDwsLL. CO. TRonPson
.WARDWELL & THOMPSON.
TERMS. $500 PER ANNUM
$500 PER ANNuM
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1895.
THE EDITORIAL EXCURSION.

paid for going.
The benefit obtained from such a
trip is not in the recreation alone;
information about a section If coun-
try, and people we come In contact
with, IN a commercial and social
way, is worth more. Anannual excur-
sion Of this kind, to different parts of
the United States, bv farmers, mer-
chants, and others. would result in
lots OF good. Winter excursions to
the old home in the east, arc charac-
teristic of western people, but this
does not develop the bump Of curio.
sity and sightseeing that would be
more beneficial In the end. We hope
to live the day when we Gun say. with
Il majority, that We have visited all
parts Of the American continent.
SYNOPSIS OF THE TRIP.
AS per arrangements, the delega-
tion met at the Merchants hotel, st.
Paul, Friday the 2sth ult., and on the
following morning the two Burlington
sleepers left the Union depot for the
south, over the G. b. s. @. railroad.
At rOll-call eighteen Of the party, who
had paid their sleeping car transpor-
tatlon. were missing. 1t was after.
wards learned that all, save two, had
missed train connections getting to-
st. Paul.
The Minnesota Type Foundry Co.
remembered the fraternity by a bou.
quet of cut flowers for the ladies and
Il case containing rich cigars for
the gentlemen. The scenery along
the Mississippi occupied the att entlon
of the excurs,onists, with little inter.
ruption, until darkness overlook them
Oh the level prairles Of western Illlno.
is. The following morning we were
In St. Louis, amidst drizzling rain,
thai lasted all day. The day was
spent in q miscellaneous way. the ma
jority being contented to stay Indoors.
st. Louis is u city Of $50, 900 aud is u
busy place.
We left St. Louis In the evening via
the L. s. N. aud arrived at Nashville
at eight o'clock the following morn.
ing. A delegation of six leading citi.
zen were at the depot to escort the
party to the Nicholson, where they
were royalty entertained. During the
day the Fisk and Vanderbilt univer.
stiles, Peabody and Belmont normal
schools, and the Tennessee Manufact-
uring Co.'S factory, one Of the largest
Of the kind in the south, and many
other places Of interest were visited.
Here, at the cotton factory, the
cotton, as returned from'the field was
being manufactured step BY step. uu.
til 1T was rolled up into bolts for the
et,.andsto nearly all, it was some.
thing entirely new. Nashville is pre-
pairing for centennial celebration
for 1895 that promises to surpass any.
thing Of the kind ever held In this
country, save the worlds fair, and
1t has enterprise aud push to do 1t.
Nashville is considered the gateway
to the south and the city of educa-
tion; 1t has sixty-elght school struct-
ures with seating capacity Of nearly
fifty Thousand. The population of
the city Is about one hundred thou.
sand.
We left Nashville ut ten O'Clock Ia
the evening and awoke In Chattanoo-
ga the next morning. After break.
fast, tallyho and several carriages
were boarded that took the party
over the battlefelds of Missionary
Ridge, Chickamauga, Lookout Noun.
tain, aud the National cemetery,
where 1856 federal and 1000 confed.
crate soldiers rest. Fifty-six hundred
acres OF the center of Cnickamauga
battle ground have been purchased by
the government and made into . "a.
tional park, and already q million dol.
lars have been expended In improve.
ments. Different states haye erected
monuments where their regiments
were stationed during the great.
est struggle. bearing descriptions Of
the same. Some Of the confederate
states have followed only on smaller
scale. Illinois shows up more regl.
ments In the battle of Chickamauga
than any other state. This park will
be. very attractive 10 course of time.
In the afternoon the party went up
Lookout Mountain on the incline rail.
way, and took 10 the city generally.
We left Chattanooga at II In the
evening and arrived at Atlanta 10
O'Clock in the morning, two hours
late. Atlanta is located In the cotton
belt Of the south. It Is ancient In
appearance as well as history. The
exposition is q master effort for . city
like Atlanta. The interior Of exhibi-
tion buildings bore strong resem.
blance Of the worlds fair, and many
Of the European countries we're repre-
sented. Midway lacked more 10 gen.
uineness than any thing about the
grounds.
At Atlanta the crowd got petty
we'll scattered. some going farther
south, while Others dropped on along
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the way coming back, 70 visit rela-
tlyes and friends.