Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-02-03
EDDIE KATE CROUCH
MAKES REPORT

To the Editor of The Eagle:
1t is with great pleasure give the
description of my free trip to Chi
cage given me for the best dairy work
done in this district
On November 26, left Oxford for
A. & M. College, where the girls all
met for our trip to Chicago. Miss
Sanders with the girls from her coun-
ty and Mis- Donaldson met me at Gre
NADIA. Mrs. Alley met us at Duraat.
We arrived at A. & M. at 8-o'clock
p. M, took supper with Miss Powell,
stayed at X. M. a. that night, took
breakfast with Miss Rice, spent d
pleasant day at A. & M. visiting the
green house, poultry plant and cream
cry; left that afternoon at o'clock
with the twelve girls with Mrs, Alley
and Miss Rice our chaperons. We
changed cars at st. Louis and arrived
in Chicago at 40 p. M. Sunday. Our
trip on the train was very pleasant.
We mde headquarters at the Atlantic
Hotel tho we had many free lunches
served us. Every one seemed glad to
meet us and treated us very nice.
Monday we went to the live stock
show, had lunch out there and stayed
for the horse racing that night. We
then took street car for our hotel.
Tuesday we went to Armour & Co.'S
packing house, where we saw them
killing 1900 hogs an hour. / can't
begin to describe this. 1t certainly
was a show seeing the aogs passed
down the line from one operation to
another. From there we went to the
soap factory to see soap made, then
to the power house, near there we
were served with doughnuts and milk,
later we ate super at the hotel. After
supper some men made speeches,
which we're very interesting, we then
went into several stores before we re-
tired for the night. Wednesday we
walked over town, some crossed the
Chicago river, went to the top story
of twe2ty-Six story building, from
there we went to Wilson & Cos pack
ing house where we were served with
nice lunch and entertained with
speeches, music and singing after this
we went to q show. Thursday at the
Y. M. G. A. building a man made a
speech on Club work. After that we
went to the International Harvesting
Co. and saw the moulding iron aid
how they painted their machinery.
Each piece was let down into a pool
of paint with rope. They served us
with a nice lunch. We then paid
Sears & Robuck a visit. Their build
ing covers a SO, acre block. They gave
us souvenieT to bring home with us.
From there we went to a poultry show.
Friday we -went To Lincoln Park
where we ssv all kinds of birds and
animals. We also went to Marshall
Fields store and think there was
enough Santa Claus for every body.
The Club boys and girls seemed to be
the attractions for Chicago and oul
pictures were made every time we
turned around.
There were six states represented
twenty hoys from Mississippi. think
they all had delightful time, but
don't think the girls lost their heads
as the boys did. They were so carried
away with the sights. They retired
early one night and got up at 1880
thinking it was morning. They were
almost dressed whea their chaperons
heard them and came to see what the
excitement was about. The boys we're
quite disappointed to think they had
to 20 back to bed. At six o'clock Fri:
day afternoon we took the train fol
home. On entering the ear we wert