The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-07
Letter From Texas.


Llano, Texas, Oct. 28th, 1902.
My Dear Mr.. Kincannon:
You will please change the ad
dress Of my copy Of Tnpelo Jour
nal from Shannon, Miss, tt
Llano, Texas.
The dear old Journal, at home
or abroad, l would be lost indeed
without it, and especially so now
when | am a stranger in a strange
land. something over a thousand
miles from home, it will indeed
seem like a sweet messenger OF
love from dear old Mississippi.
On the morning Of 21st, of Oct.
a party of four Of us, Mr.. Charles
A. Roberts and wife of Nettleton,
my daughter, Ethel, and myself of
Shannon, left Nettleton over the
Frisco for this place. At Mem
phis we were met at the train by
Mr.. j. j. Goodrich, District Pas.
senger Agent, whose kindness
rendered our trip much easier.
He had made all arrangements
and had our tickets ready, so all
that we had to dc was to step from
one car to another. Mr.. f. M.
Gulfith was also kind in assisting
us. We came over the Choctaw to
South McAlister, l. T.. This line
passes through some very beauti-
full scenery. We cross the Arkan-
sas river just before entering
Little Rock. On this side of Lit
tie Rock for ever SO many miles
the road is right on the bank of
the river and it is indeed lovely,
the river flowing so placid and
smooth on one side and the Hockey
cliffs towering so high You can
scarcely see the tops on the other.
At South McAlister the Pullman
was taken up by the NJ. K. & r..
so the only change after leaving
Memphis, we made at Elgin, Tex
as where our train was again
awaiting us, from there to Llano,
a distance Of Of about one hundred
and forty miles, we rode on car,
whose engine was run with oil
from the Beaumont wells, 1T is
very nice and clean and you can
put your head out of car window
to view the lovely scenery without
fear of cinders in your eyes.
From Waco to Austin our trip
was rendered exceedingly pleasant
by the General Superintendent of
the Roads private car being at
tached to our train with Admiral
Schley as its honored guest. The
General Superintendent took the
ladies on the sleeper, tiye of us, in
and introduced us to the Admiral,
he shook hands and talked to each
one of us. tie is quite pleasant
and genial. From there to Austin
we were met at every station by
throngs of people, horses and
vehicles of every description, the
Oil mill whistles blew, the bells
rang, the bands played and the
people gave the Texas yell, which
of course made things quite lively.
The Admiral came out on the plat
form every time and made a little
talk to the crowd. At Austin the
turned out en- masse to
meet the Admiral and his Lady.
They had the military drill which
was very pretty. After leaving
Austin we 60 mp grade very rapid
ly. 1t is rocks, cactus and noun.
tains and the beautiful. rolling
prairies where the land and sky
seem to meet are left in the far
distance. We reached Llano
about eleven o'clock Wednesday
night. 1t is a town of about two
thousand inhabitants with some
very handsome buildings. The
natural scenery is very beautiful.
With the Llano river dividing the
town, spanned by a very hand
some bridge, the water falling
over rocks in the river produce
miniature falls which are very
beautiful. The people here are
the friendliest l ever met. l have
been driving every day since I
came IN other peoples carriages,
they tender you their horse and
buggy here same as we would
tender a stranger a drink of water.