Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-03-14

rive remarked, Your desire will be gratilied
in less than ten minutes, so let us pass to
That small eminence yonder, and we will have
q Hctscr view as they heaye in sight. They
moved On and gained the emmence when the
Doctor pointed out a small dark looking OBJ
Ject Oh Tue Track which in the distance seem
ed stationary The cars are in sight said
he.
What do you mean Aat dark looking
objectwhich appears Stationary? enouired our
Cavalier
The same they only seem stationary he.
cause they are travelling directly towards Us
they are coming at the rate Of a miie in two
minutes, answered the Doctor. BY this tine
the iudistlnct object began to increase in
size and the columns Of smoke could be seen
curling above. Nearer and nearer it approa-
ched, until the eye could take in the long
train Of cars as the locomotive came pulling
and dashing up. When they came in full
view they reminded our Cavalier Of the iabu.
lous aecountol IXioh madly driving the car Of
PhoebuS Nthwart the face VI the heavens. 1t
was iueXprySSiby grand and magnificent US
the IRON horse haracSSed III steam dashed by
him with Lightning speed, and in moment
more stoOd pulling AZ the end Of its journey.
Completely overwhelmed at the magnlhcence
Of L, movement lie dashed after the train to
witness every motion Of the structure HAY.
ug studied The structure Of this machine da
ring TIE morning from the Treatise, it reouIr-
ed but short time to understand the prnc
pies Of It's motive power yet still whenever
It moved 1t seemed more thing of life than
the work OF art. Doctor, Swift, who had wat
ched with attention, TO witness what impress
sion the arrival Of the train wouldproduce Of
him, with view to satisfy his own mind Il,
to its effects in restoring to action that par
OF the brain upon which he believed the paro
NIsn had acted and obtcrated his memory
was contounded and puzzled at the unal
tecteu surprise and wonder which our Caya
| ,ler manifested
My deag sig said jbc Doctor, it really doe.
| 'lpeaf as il t'5 was the FIRST Railroad anl
locomotive that you ever saw.
ID really *, Sir, replied our Cavalier. an,
10 is spectacle that d,ls me with awe in be
holding ,ue wondrous achievements Of art
Stand amazed at thsstupeudoas triumph 0
tRc human intellect ii yokmg fire aud waite
! IN an non harness to draw wheeled chariot
wtL lightning speed at its will Oh Sir, th
igfainius Vf Egypt, The hanging gardens {
Babylon, the Cretan Labyrinth and the c,
Iossus Of Rhodes, dwndle into nSignicanc
when compared with this master productio
OF human genius
These outbursts Of uufeigned aimirotio
and astonishmcnt falling from the lips Of on
Cavalier, left the Doctor in state Of con
plete pcrplexity concerning his theory of th
,paroxsm on his brain, and finding himself i
this puzzled state ofmind he proposed It
turn to the hotel as the hour was CROWN,
late.
On their return to the hotel the Doctor,
satisfy his own mind concerning that pecuIiI
rty Of our Cavaliers ignorance Of the world
history subsequent to the year 1899, spoke
l the great heroes, orators and writers whoha
IlourlShed since that period Of the grea
Napoleon Washington, the Duke of Wei
Z ingtou, of Fox, Sheridan, Burke, Clay an
Webster he had never heard. Byron an
d. the great Of the last and present centur,
( were names unknown to him, aud ali hStor
Y Of those two centuries were to him scale
book, But when the Doctor touched upo
the great who lived before the year 1899, h
found our Cavalier tar more ctnyerSant wit
S them than himself, and discovered iamil
! ority with ancient history at once the mo.
/ cAtgnslye0n accurate.
lo conversations Of lhiskmd they continue
0 until the hack stopped at The hotel when I'll
+. Doctor parted from our Cavalier and he el
B tered into his room.