The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28
JASPER INDIANA FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 49, 1902.

[Crowded out OF CocRIER last week.
For the COURIER.
A Trio From Jasper Visit the Sunny
South.
We left Jasper Tuesday mpl ning,
Feb. A, when the thermometer was
several degrees below zero, but on
reaching Louisville, about noon, we
found that the temperature was
some warmer. After remaining
there until 7 O'clock that evening
We boarded the Southern again,
which carried us to Lexington, Ky
where we changed cars at midnight
Here We took the Q Qleen K Cres-
cent, a through tram fpr New Or
leans, which shoild nave put u in
that city at S:3O p. IN on Wednes
day, but being over four hours late
we did not arrive there until !
O'Clock, a. m, Thursday. A we
had met some Indiana people on
the train who we're we'll acquainted
in the city, we had no trouble, even
1t that hour Of night, to find pleas
ant rooms on St Charles street,
where we could view the Rex pa
rade f,om balcony.
AS We sped through the noun
tains we pa, sed through about &c
tunnels and over many high tres
ties. We failed to See tie scenery
|of most OF the mountains as we
went down, it being night, but be-
fore we reached Chattar ooga the
sun was shining brightly, and we
had a splendid view Of Missionary
Ridge and Lookout Mountain,
(which we visited on our return.
By this time we noticed decided
difference in temperature, we had
Inow reached the Sunny South,
|'the land OF the cotton and the
lcane."
The country homes in Tennessee,
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi,
las a general thing, did not appear
so comfortable, nor the surround
|ings were not so inviting, as the
majority of our Dubois county
homes.
4 The soil was almost as red as a
sIbrick in some parts, and stock, es'
, pecially the cattle Of an inferior
grade, seemingly almost starved
The people depend on the vegeta
'|tion feeding their stock, and as thi'
has been an ususually cold winte
> Ifor them the poor animals suffer
Ifcr their fields are as barren now al
ours in Indiana.
!, In Louisiana we found the trees
budding, and the lowlands dense
: with cypress trees and palms. Th'
: trees present a solemn spectacle
with the gray Spanish moss, which
grows on their boughs, trailing al
most to the ground. Just befor'
arriving at New Orleans we crossed
the longest railroad bridge in Amer
dIica. Ii il built across the lowland'
n and a part Of Lake Pontchartrain
:, On Thursday morning we arose
and alter partaking Of breakfast, Sc
ont to see the places Of interest il
the city Of New Orleans. 1t wa
lust a half square from our room
down st. Charles street to Cana
street, which is 200 feet wide, an
lis the main business part OF the city
Throngs Of people we're to bs foun
Ion this street at all times, and whe
Ii a number Of persons would stop I
= look in the show windows the Who'll
crowd would be compelled to stoI
|or to step out in the street to pass
i On this street we took car fc
the cemetery, which is great sigh
owing to the peculiar way in whic
they bury their dead. The city bs
ing lower than the river necessitate
the building of the tombs abov
ground. They are built mostly
marble or granite, in as variou
.',forms and designs as are the house
ID in a city, and present avery strikin
r; r; resemblance. The cemeteries theI
can be truly called "The City OF th
dead" The tombs are built alon
avenues side by side, and the COS
Of them ranges from $4,000
$12, 900 each. On q mound is
statue OF Stone wall Jackson, und'
which were tombs, one Of which II
body Of Jefferson Davis had occ!
pied previous to its removal to Klci
mond. On another mound is q
equestrian statue Of Albert Sidne
johnson, a Confederate general
the Civil war.
The next place Of interest We So
was the government barracks,
front Of which was the levee, whe1
a soldier was on duty, keepir
guard. :,
From there went to the Y.