Show DOWN IN ALABAMA in harmony with my promise to the popular editor of the broad ax I 1 I 1 drop a line to you in hopes that your readers may find some points of interest I 1 left lef t salt lake on the of ALu august gust to spend a couple of years in the southern states in the role of a DD instead of ed editor in other words a missionary the grand and glorious scenery which being in salt lake and is one soul inspiring panorama to denver will never pall on the average traveler being armed with the necessary passports from frank wadleigh the newspaper mans friend and a bit of pasteboard with harry Cush ings indistinguishable gui scrawl I 1 rolled contentedly tent edly into denver and hastily clambering into the luxurious cars of the burlington train which carries you to st louis in 36 hours over one of the best equipped roads i in in the united states I 1 found a hopeful spirit throughout utah colorado and nebraska the latter on account of the increased price of cereals dingley prosperity the othera other states on account of the well established impregnability of their supply of innumerable re source at st louis I 1 accepted the hospitality of the louisville and nashville railroad tendered by mr geerge B horner to nashville where the great Ceil centennial tennial exposition was being head and thousands are assembled daily to witness the phenomenal growth of nashville in years I 1 happened to strike the centennial when it was set apart for the colored people called negro emp employees loyes day when I 1 saw the greatest aggregation of negroes that I 1 have ever seen there were ugly ones pretty ones light ra and dark intelligent and cranky but as a general rule a greater proportion of intelligence than I 1 ever supposed was seen and in some cases intelligence was seen in greater evi evidence deace than is seen among as many white people A real old fashioned auntie of antebellum ante bellum days was a visitor to the sumner county room yes and time seemed to fill her with deb delight I 1 bawd if ic dis dont put me back in de days when we auz in de cotton feels feel the old woman exclaimed dont it all look jes as natchal nat chul seems to me like I 1 ought to hear ole calling rannah hannah dem waz good days and bad days but mostly good days and she went off muttering ing thank tha de bawd ise seen dat dal put me RO much in mind of carster and the old lady years of age was here in her glory she was honored by being made part of the pyrotechnic display the old colored woman was enjoying jo ying the sights but she t get aru around und fast enough to suit the grandchildren so they mammy well take you and sit you down aud and then well walk around and hunt for you pears to me like ill be losing by dat arrangement the old woman replied george D the ubiquitous fair man who knows all the ins and outs of the exposition business is omnipresent in the utah department and makes the visit of utah people a special effort in a welcome george is as popular here as he was at the new york conference as a missionary and at home as a g good oo 00 d po amlar Mo bore reanon anon if you find in any y interests D P FELT owens cross road boad ala ax |