The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-06-22

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shortly after noon, and TeXarkana at
| night; Waco, Dallas and Fort Worth the
next morning early.
The north bound train leaves Waco
about $50 pm; Fort Worth, 10 pm. !;
Dallas. 1880 pm; Texarkana, 7:45 am. /;
Pine Bluff. ! pm, and reaches Chicago
about noon the next day.
This is the train upon which we EN-
bsrked for Shelbyvillr, beautiful inter-
mediate Illinois town Of some three or
| four Thousand Inhabitants.
The train leaves Brinkley at 1888 in the
afternoon. At Fair Oaks the Chicago cars
are transferred to the northbound train
and the remainder goes east to Memphis.
A stop of twenty minutes Is made at
Jonesboro for refreshments, and a right
good meal we had at the railroad eating
station, at the reasonable price OF fifty
cents. There was no further incident
during the night and we took comfortable
trepose until morning.
The train is modern, carrying slespers,
chair cars, coaches, smoker, etc. all ap-
pareHtly quite new, and very clean and
inviting The route through the northern
part of the state is through wheat-grow-
ing district. and the golden grain, IN many
places already cut, and the rest awaiting
the reaper, looked fine. and We would
presume plentiful harvest had been The
| result of farm labor in that section.
North Of Jonesboro cafe ears serve
meals on the Cotton Belt, and G. & E. I.
dining cars serve meals Oh that line. In
| each case the meals are served on the
European plan at reasonable prices, and
the service 10 elegant and iirst-class in
Eevery particular. In fact, my reader, IL
you are contemplating q visit TO Chicago
or intermediate points, it will be novelty
| and pleasure to you to 20 via this new
route. You will see new country which
abounds In unlimited natural resources
The entire Arkansas portion of the trip is
made In daylight.
The schedule is so arranged that pas
ssnger arriving in Chicago on this train
can, within an hour or two after his arri-
| val, catch a train on any one Of dozen
different roads and continue his journey
in any direction he may desire. 1t will be
especially convenient for persons who
| want to reach the summer resorts OF the
lake region tributary to Chicago without
any loss of time, as nearly all Of these re-
sorts can be reached the same afternoon
or evening.
We arrived in Shelbyville the next morn.
ing at 6:1s several hours earlier than wehad
expected, not having looked up the sched-
uIe, and nearly four hours earlier than we
| could have reached there by any other
route. We went at once to the lovely
home Of Hon. and Mrs. w. b. Townsend,
the latter being a sister, and is known to
quite number OF friends in Forrest City,
having visited here four years ago when
the writer was In the tolls of a serious ILL.,
| uCoos AACiC VIC l(Oi6 [AuuCttC,
James Hubert and my darling baby girl
Z 18th Lucy, and they were in robust
health, making themselves at home, and
coutented and happy. AS we approached
the house We were impressed with the
beauty Of the fruit-laden cherry trees, two
long rows OF which line the driveway and
walk to the house, which sets back about
a hundred feet from the street. The fruit,
just ripe, and being gathered for canning,
was delicious, and myself and the child.
rem spent much time among the branches
enjoying the fruit. Some sixty gallons
had already been gathered, and 1t was
estimated that this dooryard orchard
would yield very close to 100 gallons OF
chsrries-a quantity much in excess of
tho family capacity to consume-and these
were disposed Of to townsmen at zoe per
gallon.
The five succeeding days were passed
in loving intercourse with the writer's rel
atives, including most enjoyable day
spent with my niece, Mrs. Rsiss. and her
estimable husband, in their perfect dream
of lovely home. On the day before
our departure Mrs. Lambrecht, our
elder sister, known here as Mrs. Kill
ner, accompanied by her husband.
came down from Sullivan and spent
the day with US, 80. that with the ex-
ception OF brother Jim and family, who
were unable to meet with us, we had a
reunion Of the whole Vadakin family.
The loving tenderness of their sym
pathy for me in the loss of my heart s
idol was sweet and comforting, and we
left them with much regret, more than
eyer conscious of their great love.
Piles Cured Without the Knife.