Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-08-07
THAT BERKELEY dIRL
Writes EntertainingIy Of st. Louis and
Its Surroundings.
ST. Louis. July 20.

DEAR EDITOR.
| promised to send You letter from
St. Louis, while here. but have al
lowed my time to be so taken up with
the many amusements Of this great
city, that it is at late day that l am
writing these few lines. and ere
this appears in print. expect to be
back in Berkeley once again
We came down here the 23rd, and
have not had an idle moment since
our arrival, for there is so much to
see, and especially at the present sea
son, when the parks are at the height
of beauty. Our friends have been so
kind in taking us around, that we
certainly shall never forget this jolly
trip, and we feel real reluctant to re-
turn, though we are wanting to see all
of our friends. once more.
Sunday evening crowd of us went
out to Tower Grove Park, an es-
pecially beautiful resort. We went
on street car, and it was such pref
ty ride. 1t is such lovely spot.
Over 1000 people were there, and
such beautiful music was rendered by
one of the best bands of the city. On
Monday evening we were out to a
very pretty. little summer garden,
several miles distant. There are
amusements of every kind, theater,
the 'chutes, etc. We could not sum
up courage enough to shoot the
chute, but nearly every one present
took it in, and proclaimed it delight
full" Tuesday, we went down in the
business portion of the city Then
we went out to Suburban Park, and
spent the afternoon. There we took
a ride on the scenic railway. 1t is
quite nice, but most too thrilling.
After remaining few hours, here, we
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several miles out in the country. 1t
is pretty summer resort. After en-
joying the beauties of that place we
returned to our home, feeling quite
fatigued, for we had taken about IS
mile car ride that afternoon Yester-
day morning my cousin and ! started
out on another days jaunt. We went
to Shaws Garden, and took in its
wonders, spending few hours there.
This is one of the grandest botanical
gradens in the world; and was do
mated by Henry Shaw. one of st.
Louis wealthiest men. Here we find
every plant that grows in the world.
1t is simply wonderful to see what
beautiful plants are in existence.
From here we went over to Forest
Park, another handsome park of only
gas acres. OF course we did not at
tempt to take it all in. The flowers,
here are so pretty, and every nook is
attractive. We have never seen so
many pretty parks as we have since
we came to this city. Tonight, we
expect to go out to the highlands
While on our trip yesterday, we pass
ed by Lafayette Park, the one that
was entirely destroyed by the great
cyclone of 1896. The trees that are
left are branching out, and new ones
have been planted. 1t is situated on
quite high part OF the city; and
residences around it are simply grand.
1t was through these heights that the
cyclone passed, doing such great
damage. There are but few traces OF
the storms work left. We have
noticed few buildings that are yet in
ruin.
must not forget to mention the
Union Depot. 1t is simply one of
grandeur. We were told that it covers
about s blocks. 1t is quite interesting
to go all through it. The city con-
tains quite number of important
buildings, one OF which is the Century
Building, very handsome structure.
The Exposition Building is undergo
ing repairs at present, and they claim
that the Exposition of this year will
exceed all of former years. The Mis-
souri, Baptist Sanitarium is located in
this city also. 1t is building with
quite pretty surroundings. There are
too many wonders for me to think of
mentioning all.
Ihope ourreaders will not feel wearied
while perusing what have described,
and now will come to close, though
could write ever SO much more.
This evening we are going down to
the wharf to watch the steamboats,
come in. There are some handsome
boats on the river, the St Paul being
about the finest we have seen.