Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-08
LLOYD BROWN IN MISSOURI.
Enjoying Best Institution In the Great
State-Fine Country.

Albert Hall, Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
Dec. 26.-Editor Keowee Courier: If
you will kindly lend me short space
| in your good paper I would like to
tell my Walhalla friends something
Of my environments in Missouri.
| left Walhalla on the 10th of De-
cember and arrived in Cape Girar-
deau on the 18th, and was indeed
glad when l got here, for was tired
and worn out. 1t seemed as though
| the railroad employees were all on
their vacation, and the connections
were bad. Our train was delayed for
several hours between Birmingham
and Memphis, and this resulted in
our having to wait in Memphis over
night, but after we got started 1t took
only few hours to land us In Cape
Girardeau. Despite delays and incon-
veniences | enjoyed the trip very
much.
| The first person | saw when / got
off the train was my brother Arthur,
who | was glad to see again. He took
me right up to the college, and next
day | was ready and anxious to be in
school. l have been so busy during
the short time l have been here that
| have not seen much of this beauti-
full country, but | am promised plenty
of excitement and good, long trips
! out on the stock ranches when the
snow clears away. The snow Is not
very deep here now--only enough to
make it look like Christmas. | do
not notice it's being any colder here
than at home. Quite a few OF the
boys from the dormitory have been
catching rabbits in the snow with
great success.
Cape Girardeau is right on the
bank OF the Mississippi, and the coll
lege is situated on the highest hill in
this vicinity, thus giving fine Wow
of the country for a radius Of eight
or ten miles by going into the dome
of the college auditorium. fire.
quently take advantage OF this to
watch the steamboats, go and come.
We have good school herein
fact, 1t Is one of the best maintained
by the State of Missouri. 1t has a
capacity Of about 500 pupils, al
though there are not that many here
at present. am delighted with both
school and country. But my brother
tells me l have not begun to see the
many things that go to make this
(Cape) county an ideal country.
Farming is done here mostly on
a large scale, and it would do those
OF YOU who are Interested In farming
good 4 o see 1t. The live stock raised
here does one good to look rt it. The
chief products Of this vicinity are
mules, cattle and corn. We are going
next week to a mule show not far
from here.
Our Christmas has been one Of ex-
ceedingly good cheer 1t hardly
seems like Christmas-everythin Is
so quiet. The boys don't celebrate
like we do; they save their fire
works until the Fourth Of July. We
have more than two weeks for our
Christmas vacation and we are going
to spend goodly portion of that
time t-amping around to see If we
can find anything new.
We are only 100 miles from st.
Louis and expect to spend few DAYS
there before we have to resume our
school work. We will go and come
by boat, and of course we expect
great time. ] wish we had some wal
halla people over here. I am sure
they would be carried away with the
country.
A happy and prosperous New Year
to all! Lloyd Brown.