Excerpt from A History of the North-Western Editorial Excursion to Arkansas: A Short Sketch of Its Inception and the Routes Traveled Over, the Manner in Which the Editors Were Received, the Resolutions Adopted and Speeches Made at Various Points
Crossmg'the river this hack, by invitation, to meet our guests upon 'the farther bank of the Arkansas, I stepped, while waiting, the arrivalof the shops of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, Where was being constructed a cabinet of timber grown entirely in this State. It was nearly finished, and was a most beautiful specimen of mechanical skill. It was intended, I lea1ned, for exhibition, first at the coming Fair in St. Louis,'and then at the, Centennial. The kinds of timber used were ash, beech, bois d'arc,' cherry, cedar, cypress, gum, holly, hickory, oak, poplar, pine and walnut, and certainly these woods had never taken more attractive form. The conspicuous red of the cedar, the clear White' of the holly, the rich, dark brown of the walnut rivalled the painter's art, and another trophy was borne away by nature. I felt proud of the State of my adoption. I could see m that cabinet, as any one else could see, possibilities of which we have as yet a very inadequate conception. A million times over that exquisite piece of workxnan ship could be reproduced in Arkansas, and 'yet her forests' would stand well nigh as they now stand, thick; loftyf'and umbrageous, an invitation to the capital of 'other States, and a sure reward for 'the industry of the mechanic.'
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