The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-11

| coach into a sleeper at that place.
The southern extremity of Illinois is
commonly called Egypt hence the
name of its chief city is geographically
appropriate. Cairo is on the west
bank of the Ohio river, just above aud
within sight of the point where the
waters of that big stream join those OF
the Mississippi, and we saw what to
us was a strange contrast as we left
| the city. The southbound trains make
a circuit that takes them from the bank
! OF the Ohio near that of the Missis-
s1ppl on their way to the long and
high bridge on which they cross the
Ohio short distance above Cairo
The Mississippi river was frozen over
| from shore to shore, and only here
and there were small patches of open
water to be seen, whereas the Ohio,
less than mile distant, was entirely
free of Ice with the exception of a little
fringe along the Kentucky shore that
looked like line of whitewash.
Our return trip was made over
the Illinois Central, of course. the
shortest and best route connecting
New Orleans and ST. Louis, and we
traversed the same territory on the
homeward journey that we had passed
through on the up-trip four days be-
fore, except the stretch between Fulton,
KY, and Grenada, Miss. Going from
New Orleans to st. Louis we made a
detour to the west after leaving
Grenada and passed through Mem
phis. but on the way back we kept to
the original or main line of the road,
which carried us through such WE'LL
known towns as Million and Jackson,
Tenn, Holly Springs, Oxford and
Water Valley, Miss. It showed lightly
as we sped through Illinois, and again
after we reached Kentucky, but we ran
out OF the regions Of snow and ice DUR
ing the night and were back in the
sunny south long before it was time TO
roll out of lower and enjoy the
aroma and invigorating strength of
cup OF genuine Louisiana coffee which
our porter procured from Col Robin
sons Understand at Hammond be-
cause the buffet stove in the sleeper
was out of order and wouldn't get up
steam. How glad we were the stove
was out Of order!
We pulled into the Union Station at
New Orleans before 10 clock Monday
morning, about an hour and half |
behind schedule time, and were glad |
to be back again, although our winter
launt had been altogether delightful |
and enjoyable. I have said nothing
OF the business that called me to ST. |
Louis, because this chronicle was in
tentlonally written sin lighter VEIN,
as a rambling. record of travel and
sightseeing that nightmare modicum
OF passing interest for some of your
readers. Though replete with pleas
ure, our outing was not planned as a
pleasure trip, but was undertaken tn at
[ might respond to a summons to at
TEND meeting.of the Knights of Honor
executive committee, which is COM
posed OF the five principal officers of
the fraternity. The committee held |
sessions Thursday and Friday, Feb.
l6 and II, at which all the business
demanding consideration was care
Ful1y gone over and satisfactorily dis
posed of. After thus Hclearing it's
docket" the committee adjourned to
meet again at Atlanta, Ca, on the
Friday before the second Tuesday of
Tune next, when the supreme lodge of
he order is to assemble in biennial
session. T.. r. r.