St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-12
standing erect. A number Of them bear
interesting Inscriptions and the following
is sample:


is sample:
In Memory Of
Abraham Shield, Stone Cutter &
Brick Layer, A Native In the
County of Durham Old England,
who Departed This Life
Oct. 9th 1898.
aged % years.
When was young and In my prime
1t pleasd the Lord to End my Time
And took me to A place of Rest
where jesus Christ did think 1t best.
The oldest stone l noticed was that
marking the graveof Robert Rose, rector
of Abermarle parish, who died June 80,
1901, aged AZ years. We listened to the
keeper of the cemetery recte the closing
part of Patrick Henry's great speech,
but he evidently lacked some of the in
spiration that possessed Henry and we
were not able to imagine ourselves back
hundred years or more listening to the
fiery orator, though we were standing on
the same ground
Our stay in Richmond was too short
to allow us to visit Hollywood cemetery,
where the Monument to the lost cause"
is erected and where are the graves of
several famous generals and of Presi-
dents Monroe and Tyler. A brief visit
was made to the capital of the confeder-
ate state of America, the home OF Jeff
Davis during the war. 1t is an imposing
looking building and was present to
the president of the confederacy from the
city. Richmond has many other places
ofinterest but time was too brief for us
to see them.
Our party left Richmond in special
train of Pullman sleeping cars at 10
o'clock Friday evening and at 6 p. m.
the next day were in Chattanooga,
Tenn, 1853 miles from Nashville, our OBJ
jective point. Chattanooga is located
on the Tennessee river at the intersec-
ton of three great valleys and is sur
rounded by mountains. The city has had
a wonderful growth, from little village
OF 900 people at the close of the war to
a city of $4,000 people. 1t claims to be
the healthiest city in the United States,
the average mortality being about
~ per thousand per year. Wemet here Mr..
Hovey, son of the late Jacob G. Hovey of
St. Johnsbury, teller in one Of the Chat
tanooga banks. Mr.. Hovey has been in
the South for a number of years, the
last few of these spent ia this city,
where he has home presided over by
wife and several children. HIS is thor
oughly accimated Southerner, and thinks
he prefers living there to living in the
North.
Sunday morning carriages took the
party over some of the historical places
about Chattanooga. Chickamauga Ma
tional park, ten miles south of the city,
one of the largest military reservations
in the world, embraces over Is square
miles of territory. The government has
constructed over this territory SO miles
OF macadamized roads maintained at its
expense. The field has been restored to
it's condition at the time of the battles as
nearly as possible. Nearly 800 monu-
ments have been erected and hundreds OF
markers and tablets. The monuments
were erected by the II northern and II
southern states represented in the bat
ties. They appropriated amounts vary
ing from SIS, 900 to sos, 900 for this pur.
pose. Cha, tanooga National cemetery
embraces 751a acres and contains the
graves Of 3,078 Union soldiers killed in
the battles around Chattanooga. Or
chard Knob was captured by the Unions
during the first days battle and Gen
Grant had headquarters there. Mission
airy Ridge is three miles east of the city
and is where one of the big battles of the
war was fought. The government has
erected a beautiful driveway along the
crest of the ridge.
In the afternoon two special trolley
cars took the party to the base of the
Lookout mountain, and from there we
went to the top via incline No. 2. Thi:
inclined railroad is 1900 feet in length
has a rise of 1880 feet and its steepest
grade for quite distance near the top i.
6S per cent. 1t is one of the strongest
and best equipped inclined railroads il
the country, is the first in steepness ant
fourth in length. This mountain il
$500 feet above sea level and /, $50 fee
above Chattanooga. From here tn
Tennessee river is visible Tor 80 miles ant
the view is said to be one of the finest il
the world. There are three railroads tt
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clines and standard guage railroad
besides a carriage drive. Two hotel
have slightly locations near the terminal
of the inclined roads. Here we saw tn
ground where the famous Battle abov
the clouds" was fought and the poin
where the Union soldiers scaled the rock
to the top and there planted the star
and stripes.
Our special train left Chattanooga a
p. M, Sunday, and five hours later W
were in Nashville. The Tennessee Ger
tennial and International exposition
opened here May 1 and closed Octobe
80, and the managers claim for it
great success. The yellow fever scar
interiered somewhat with the attendant
during the last few weeks, costing tn
exposition over $4,000. The purpos
Of the exposition was to celebrate tn
. one hundredth anniversary of the admis
sion of Tennessee into the Federal Unto
and to show to the outside world tn
! matches resources of Tennessee and pei
haps thus lead to their greater develop
ment. The project was started durin
the widespread commercial distress, an
that thescheme of grand exposition wa
| so successfully carried through under sue
| difficulty is a sufficient tribute to TIL
, courage and energy of Nashville citizens
Business men of Nashville and her tw
leading railroads contributed owe
. 100000 for the erection OF building.
| and improvements on the grounds.
/ number of cities and states also erecte
fine buildings. The government appre
J priated $4,000 for building and e,
. hibit and this was one Of the most intel