The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-11-30

tourists, securing their immediate and
interested attention. He said that
the war on ether fields than Gettys-
burg, two OF his brothers had been
killed in that battle, and he pointed
uut the peach orchard where they net
their death. Locking out across the
valley Of death toward that spot under
the setting sun. Col. Carson's speech
grew husky and the threats Of many
around him frightened. He was the
older generations representative in
this great good roads movement that
the united younger generation is
championing, and Col. Carson's little
Confederate fag now frayed by the
breezes that have ripped it since his
car carried it down Broadway Oct. %,
was still on the Commerce, Ga, car n
Gettysburg battle-ground. 1t bad for a
companion an ensign CT the union. 1t
is probably the only Confederate fag
that has been seer on this battle field
since Lees retreat, &c years ago.
The run Of the third day extended
from Gettysburg to Stanton Va. tiS0
miles) the lunch hour having been
spent at Winchester, Va. Forty-fve
miles from Gettysburg, the historic
ground over which the battle Of Al
tietam was fought, was encountered.
1t was approached through a lane of
towering oaks, glorious il their an
tumn garb. To the right and left
stood the monumental shafts which
commemorate to the present genera
ton the bravery OF the Regiments aad
army corps Of the North and the
South that clashed in that desperate
struggle.
The fourth days run was from
Stanton to Roanoke, Va, a distance
Of so miles ever steep mountainous
roads. This run lay through historic
territory. The tomb of General Rob-
ert E. Lee, in the ivy sbrouded chapel
of Washington and Lee University in
| Lexington, was visited by the tourists
en- route. They were also spectators
Of a special battalion drill by the ca
diets of the Virginia Military Academy
located in Lexington, the institution
where "Stonewall" Jackson was a
| professor of mathematics when he
took up arms to fight for his country;
and where one Of our own promising
youths, James P. Caffery, is making a
| creditable record as a cadet and stu
| dent.
Not long after leaving Lexington the
tourists Toasted their eyes and emo
lions upon the glories of Natural
| Bridge, where the noon halt was
| made for luncheon. There are ten OF
these natural curiosities. many of
them of great beauty, in various parts
of the United States. This n in
! Virginia is the most celebrated, hav-
ing an arch of 60 feet spring. a
depth of 200 feet and a crown 40 feet
thick. Natural bridges are tunnels
eaten through rocks by streams. etc.
The distance covered the fifth day
was 1875 miles, Roanoke to Winston
| Salem, N. c. The first IS miles out
the roads were a repetition Of those
between Staunton and Roanoke
steep grades up and sharp declines
over hills and mountains. Several
small creeks were %traversed, and in
going through one of these near Sy-
nodsville the car in which l was a
passenger (just like other cars whose
drivers, or chauffeurs, disregarded the
instructions of the official route book
became stalled in deep water and
mud, midway between the two banks
Of the creek without a name. This
meant get out and push and pull
An energetic young mule was the