Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-08-11
A VISIT TO THE WORLDS
FAIR AT ST. LOUIS.

r Worlds Fair, a number of peopl
have asked me to write an accom-
of the trip.
l can give in brief space outline
only, with no attempt to describ
the wonders to be seen at the Fair
but 10 call attention to some thing.
that will be useful to those who will
attend the great Exposition.
We left Goldsboro by the way O.
the Coast Line train, which leaves
Goldsboro at 1880 in the morning,
and makes close connection at Rich.
mond, Virginia with the Chesapeake
and Ohio Special Worlds Fair train,
leaving Richmond daily at two
O'Clock in the afternoon, and reaches
ST. Louis the following evening at a
little after six o'clock without
change of cars between Richmond
| and st. Louis.
The trip over the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad alone is a source of
great interest and enjoyment. In a
little While after leaving Richmond.
one reaches Hanover County, the
birthplace of the greatest American
orator, Henry Clay, "the Mlll-boy of
the slashes''; the splendid train on
smooth tracks speeds rapidly along
through historic Virginia, until in a
short time there is pointed out to the
passengers Monticello, the home of
THOMAS jefferson, and close by the
railroad track the ruins ofan old null
which was owned by this great
Vlrginian, who has left such a rich
legacy to all men who love truth.
liberty and independence.
After leaving Charlottesville the
beautiful rolling country rapidly
grows more rugged, until the ascent
of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany
mountains follow in rapid succession.
unfolding to the admiring gaze of
the passengers on the train a vast |
panorama of grandeur, beauty and
subllmlty, not surpassed perhaps. in !
all the world
- A large part of the following dav
is passed in traversing Indiana and
Illinois, with their rich prairie lands.
as far as the eye can reach.
covered with most luxuriant waving
corn and golden grain.
A few minutes before six O'Clock
the great City of st. Louis, appears
in the distance, with the mighty
Mississippi flowing majesticly at her
feet, bearing upon her bosom the
rults of the great country, the Lou
siana purchase, in commemoration
If which the Worlds Fair is held.
Arriving at st. Louis, of course
he first thing to be done is hesecur-
ng of place to stop. And right
1ere, l would state that there is no
rouble in securing excellent accom-
nodatlons at most reasonable prices
10Th at hotels and in private fami-
les. In private houses excellent
ooms, without board can be obtained
or Sl.OO per day for each person.
With meals at from thirty-fve cents
0 hfty cents, each. Furthermore
ne restaurants in the City are the
most reasonable in their prices that {
have ever seen, and in the Fair
rounds the charges for lunches and
meals are just as reasonable as thev
re In Goldsboro or Raleigh. For {
Examples, at the lunch counters. an
Xcellent cup of coffee costs ten cents
ham-sandWitch Or piece of pie s
he same price, while regular meal
an be obtained in good restaurant
Or fifty cents. OF course there arc
ONE very fine restaurants On the 6
rounds where the charges are about !
ne same as the restaurants of the s
anne class in New York or Chicaoo. !
The rates at the hotels are no 8
igher than on ordinary occasions.
The next morning after arriving s
the City, and street car ride of
fteen minutes, we found ourselves
the entrance of the Fair grounds. :
The first thing to learn on the ar /
val at the grounds is that no a
ckets are used, but each grown per-
IN drops fifty cent silver coin into
ne slot at the gate through which '
e enters, the gate Immediately 7
pening to admit him. Children L
Sc quarter of a dollar. There are =
ands near the gates where officers