People's voice., 1897-11-11
RY MRS. 7. d. BOTKIN.

Through the kindness OF CnErtSN-
man John Wesley Gaines OF Nashville,
Tennessee, and the great SOutberD
railway, party Of sixty or seventy
persons, consisting Of members Of the
House aad their wives, le Washing
ton, D. G. at six p. N. on Tuesi ",
May 251h, for a pilgrimage to reH-
nessee's great Exposition. Mr.. BOtkiu
and myself were fortunate enough to
be members Of the party.
Only = few miles Ouh Ne passed over
the battle field OF B., Run and
thougnC OF the Cua6:nii.g armies
that struggled so bitlrr'y for The
mastery there, Of tne mighty utere 'ts
involved in Gne contest, ant last huJ
not least, If tue imminen, peril to oar
beautiful capital city.
A little farther On is the bait
field Of B lady Station, where was
fought Jn5 ~ The m)SJ nOEaOle CIV
airy b!tF:n, II the war. Soon ai5er
pass ~ Brandy Station we came to
Culp.paer Cedar Mountain, and The
rivers r ,DidAn and R4ppAhAnnlck, all
historic names whose bare mention
awakens sad reCollecti0ns OF the awful
carnage 0: war. Tired aud sleepy We
retired ior the night.
kElLht O'Clock next morning found US
atAshtv,.e, Q. Carriages awaited
the arrival 0f the train, to take u a
mile uD -he mountain 30 hotel for
breakfast. Ar)ugh ride, aa ordi1 Try
breakfasi, Sl5O each and beautiful
mountain scenery are the chief recOl-
lectlOns o. tli4 place.
In abo IN hour we again took the
train ild gized with admiration up N
the Oeaat.fu panorama Of nature
spretd b'nfe Us as We wound slowly
around tnc mountains. TIE scenery
is grand dnd | wish | could snow to
you The picture formed upon my m.nd
and whicl / lruSG memory viii eyer
help me- TO recall, Of lofty mountains,
covered with grand old trees OF 50 may
hues Of green.
SOAetil, we Travelled for mites
along tho Olnk Of a river, its water 50
clear Lha5 we could plainly see is
}pebblY bJcUOm. | did not see aay
= fish in the streams but mistruSt t.. .ey
are there, us do others, evidently fOf |
saw smd, boys exercising with
fishing poieS, aud one boy wdS proudly
carrying Il string of fish.
The farm houses, except with
perhaps fifty miles Of Washington,
are not 10 oe compared with those of
Kansas. 1t was seldom We saw one
that had ever been numbered with
paint, although whitewaSh had been
= used quite tavishly in some places.
, Nearly all the houses are small and
old and many are made OF logs. The
old brick chimueyS, built from the
ground, seemed to be quite
fashionable.
We SAW some men plOwiGg will
oxen ani mauy others using single
plOwS. It some places, men, women
and children were cuItivating good
sized field with single hoes. When
say good sized fields l do not mean
such as would be called good sized in
Kansas, Tor those mountain patches
sink into insignldcance when com.
pared wiyh our Kansas fields.
We were particularly pleased with
the beautiful. country Of Eastern
Tenneao", We passed through Knox
vile and reached Chattanooga about
tp. m. Ne stopped here for SUPPER
and took The train again at II D. m
fog NasnYIle, reaching that city Il
I o'clock next morning. We Spent
this day Thursday n the city chiefly
at the exposition. While it is not tr
be compared with the Worlds Fair il
far eXceIs what l supposed any one
state e0md produce in this line. In
deed, maay Of its exhibits are fully III
to the similar ones Of the great ex
position at Chicago. or course quite
q number of the northern states hav,
cpntrihut to the great southern ex
hibit.
As our tine was so limited we cOulC
not remaia as long a; we desired a
the different places of interest. w
spent only one day upon the exposition
grounds We were especially inter
ested in he historical building, ar
gallery ami fisheries. We went back II
our h0tei il the evening too tired Il
see or hear anything more. We at,
our supper and retired for the night.
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