The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-07-12

Trip 4" Mrnr!,hi-, Iru"'->r".
We lest Kansas City On the 10 Z. NJ. train
Wednesday. May 30. for Memphis, and after
living i'll the city 81 long il WIS relief To get
i'll Springfield. Missouri, IL busy thrifty town,
from appearance through II car window. And
then away, out over the Ozark Hills noun
tainS the people dc wn there call them hut
having been over the AIc-hauy aud Blue
Ridge mOuntIIHS, ] would hardly call the
OZarkS mountains. These hills are i0unh to he
the greatest fruit country i'll the United States,
if present indications 60 for ANY thiue. Every
hill seems to have either apple OF peach trees
set out on il and sometimes both. until one
wonders whether these people ever could dis
pose Of the fruit in II prosperous year. and 10y
the time one has given this Thought into words,
he is whirlcd past the Oldcn Fruit Farm, Of
5000 acres, il is sight To see nuthiuE but trees
as tar the eye can STE. Then comes the st.
Elma Fruit Farm, i'll fac! this country i bound
to be Il great fruit country, or an awful lot of
people will he disappointed, as il seems to lie
rapidly settling up. tir only drawback
could see was, Their: was no running water.
only two small streams hrtwcTn Springfield
and ThayOr, Il distance Ut l3r miles, The
farmers dam UP Il low lace and when IL rains
these low places iii! zap with water and at
serves tor the stock. do NOT know what the
people do for water.
Presently VIC came To Mammoth Springs one
of the finest springs in the world, do believe,
there must he as much as ten acres covered
with water. 1t is damned up TO ii height oil 30
feet. This spring furnishes power o two mills,
one griSt and the other Il cotton mill. The lat
ter, where all kinds OF cotton goods Hic made.
This spring Is so strong that the overflow forms
which flows along the railroad track for 80
miles. Sometimes it is quiet and peaceful,
again i'll ripple, then tiny waterfalls. 1t is
about as wide as Broad Creek, in Hartford
county. with water creSS by the million growing
in il. There is also moss growing IN the river
which cattle love to eat. Farmers for three
and four miles back from the river turn-cattlc
loose and when wanted can always be found
i'll the river. The cattle feed on this moss ard
water creSS the year round. Holly and mistle
toe grow on those grand old trees. Truly,
Mammoth spriug and Spring river, are a sight
worth going miles to see.
Along Spring river we saw our first cotton
growing. The further down toward Memphis
we got the more cotton we saw. Passing
through an old plantation there must have
cotton. | have often heard about the negroes
hoeing cotton i'll this field. There was IL group
of % or so negroes, both men and women,
hoeing away together-a strange sight to north
ern eyes.
When was small child have often heard
men, who had been in the army talk of the
SwampS of the South, but one who has never
seen Il swamp cannot imagine just what is
meant, for such a one cannot realize the holes
filled with water, some deep, some shallow.
some with green moss, some with Il sort of
water lilly growing in them. Some looks like
Il nice grassy spot where one would like to lie
down TO rest, but upon going to it only to find
a water hole with grass growing i'll il, cannot
see how anyone could get through those
swamps unless they mad pair of stills.
Some of the best saw timber have ever seen
was i'll this swampy country There were trees
that might be two feet through and from 50 to
100 feet high, straight as Il string, many of
them without n limb for 60 and 40 feet from
the ground. There are Il great many saw mills
scattered through this swampy country.
At last we reached the Mammoth Railroad
bridge which crosses the Mississippi river and
we are in Memphis and, as we have never been
there before, our first thing to do was to get
our bearings. Supper over and finding the
main part of the city lay on our north, we
ln1 Sfrn fnr N-au .,f
Square, the finest square we have ever seen. 1t
was originally donated for Il site for the county
court house but another building having been
found that would answer the purpose as well,
the ground was used for public square, and
it could not have been put to Il better purpose.
As this square now furnishes breathing place
for thousands OF her people, more people pass
through it in day then any other one place i'll
the city. 1t occupies an entire block filled
with large trees of different kinds, among
Others the Magnolia, one of the most beautiful
trees thar grows who can look on those dark
green leaves and white blossoms and not adj
mire them
u number OF pigeons, guinea pigs and II rabbit
all living in the square i'll perfect harmony.
They are all SO tame that they will eat out OF
ones hand. Ii is no uncommon thing to have
the squirrels drop from the trees to the should
crS of persons passing along the walks. We
asked the court keeper if the pets were not
hurt sometimes by persons. He said no, the
people knew better, he wont allow dog in the
square in daylight.
In the centre of the square there is Il foun-
ton / D feet high with cupids scattered about.
There is a number of fish in the BASIN also two
water hens, fowl something like our wild
duck. There is also drinking fountains here
and there for persons, and some of the finest
water we ever drank, pure as CRYSTAL and cold,
il is pumped from an artisan well eleven hun
dred feet deep.
There is also on this square IL monument
erected to the memory of Andrew jackson our
9TH President. One can 90 to all parts of the
city from this square, as all the car lines either
b.arn
the last pet climb tree and go in his box, we
left them for the night.
The next morning mt A. NJ. we were ready
to put in Il good day ut sight seeing and as we
were there to see the city. our first way was to
go on the street cars, which are run by electri-
city, and i'll that way we had II splendid view.
What seemed SO surprising to was to see so
many new houses going up and all on stEt
piers, they call them i'll the South. They build
their houses for summer, us their winters does
not amount to much. They build their houses
lS inches from the ground, so the air can cmcu-
late freely underneath. This is according To Il
city ordinance enacted since 1873, when they
cellars, some have cisterns but more use arti-
sian water.
We saw many grand Old houses, one could
easily imagine the southern chivalry here. A
great many mad nicely kept lawns with beauti-
III Ma&hoila ana mulberry trees, others had
and roses. After seeing Il COED
part of the city in this way we concluded to
take Il ride on the river. Leaving Court Square
we walked one square to First street to the
Custom House aud poStoiice, Il magnificent
building with beautiful park surrounding it
and from the top of which Il grand view OF the
city can be seen.
The ferry boat c. d. Bryan was laying ut her
wharf we got aboard and were agreeably sur
priSe1 when the captain came to collect fares
to have him tell us to stay on the boat us long
as we wished and it would cost us no more then
it would to go across and back. rs he was going
up to Mound City and we might go along, and
YOU may guess did not refuse. Securing
seats on the hurricane dt ok we had Il good view
Of the river and surrounding country. On our
way NJ the river we met the steamboat JOnn
X. Speed from Cincinnati on her way to New
Orleans she heavily loaded with freight We
also went down the river to Il landing below
The great Memphis bridge. This bridge was
built by the Memphis Bridge Company. 1t is
10 feet above high water. We were told that
the men who sank the caiSSon for the piers got
live dollars an hour Tor their work, but very
few could stand to work more then one hour
II time. Many lost their lives because they
;onld not stand the air pressure that it was
should he maintained.
just below the bridge the old navy yard was
pointed out, and the place where the Queen of
The West sunk the General Lowell during the
war. There is also fine park here, II Is more
ike wilderness and thousands of people take
dvantage of its cool depths during the hot
weather.
After dinner we took the trolley car for the
National Cemetery. as we wanted to see how
It would compare with the one at Gettysburg.
md while this one is very nice do not think it
equal Gettysburg. This is IL nice quiet
place with grand old forrest trees. level
grounds and all the graves marked with mar
Die head stone. The dead from different States
are kept separate. If you want to know what
or regiment, division or corps any of
The dead belong to, YOU must take the number
III the head stone and go TO the office and hunt
up the record, rs the stone only records the
name. number and State. There are 1891
soldiers buried here. The cemetery occupies 40
lcres and is miles from the city.
Having heard of the heroism of IA lady who
.ame from the North during the yellow fever
Epidemic and served tine people until she her
self took the disease and died. We returned
o The city, took another car and went TO Elm |
wood cmetery, where she and other citizens
are buried, and among the fine monuments
erected by dear friends Of departed ones laying
lcre. none were more beautiful or more appre- |
lated than this. An angel standing ut the |
lead of the grave bending over slightly with IL
;rOwn in her hand as though to crown her |
who sleeps ut her feet. The motto on the stone
hat stone and well kept grave, though she has |
Ieen dead % years, there is no grave better |
Jared for; who of us can say worthy deeds are |
Needs there be praise of the love written rec |
ord,
The name and the epitath graved on the stone |
The things we have lived for let them be our |
story,
w, yourselves, but rem emberei by what we have |
done.
Who of us can stand here at the grave of this |
leroc girl and say she does not deserve II |
.rOwn. Truly Matte Stevenson will be re- |
nembered for what she has done.
Mrs c. II. WOLF
There is more Catarrh in this section of the |
country than all other diseases put together, |
md until the last few years was supposed to be |
ncurable. For q great many years doctors
it II local disease, and prescribed |
ocal remedies, and by constantly failing to |
,ure with local treatment, pronounced il i'll
;urable. Science has proven catarrh to he IA !
constitutional disease, and therefore requires |
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure, |
by F. j. Cheney Co., Toledo,