White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-14
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ularly to White Cloud, or the upper part
Of Kansas. We have had little expe-
rience in that line, and speak knowingly.
We will suppose that you starr from .
point as far east as Cincinnati. If farther
o. no. so far. you can add too or take
from our calculation, as the case may be.
From Cincinnati to St Louis. If you are
in hurry. you can go by railroad ; but
we would advise you to make your ar
engagements so that you need not be in a
hurry, and then take a steamboat for St.
Louis. The fare, at ell times. is ten
dollars. by Railroad, between the two
cities. But you are jostled and hurried
along night and day, without chance to
rest or sleep. and We may also add. eat /;
for the railroad men seem to have entered
into a combination with the proprietors
Of the eating houses along the line, to
skin people. The passengers are inform
ed that they will have thirty minutes in
which to take refreshments. They enter
house, and sit down to right good
meal; but whea they have fairly COM
menced eating. the bell rings, and you
have to seamper or be left behind. You
will run against man at the door. who
will no: forget to hold ont his paw for
Fifty cents per head. for the pleasure Of
/ smelling Of the yictuals. If you once
enter the house, you are expected to pay
when leaving it. whether you sit down
at the table or not This was our expe-
rience at Olney, station in Illinois, on
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. To
persons with their families along, this
kind of travelling is disagreeable in the
extreme.
The steamboat fare from Cincinnati to
st. Louis, early in the Spring, and late
in the Fall, is ten dollars At other
times, it is several dollars less. Upon
reaching Cincinnati, do not stop at ho-
tel, but go direct to some good steamboat
advertised Cor St. Louis, engage your
state-room, and pay your fare. You are
then in for your board until you reach
st. Louis, no matter how long the time
may be. You have chance to sleep,
and get regular meals; and on many
boats, the fare is splendid. If the Boat
is'detained, you still get your grub. with
out any additional expense. If the cars
are detained. you are thrown upon the
mercy Of skinners. as long as you are
thus situated.
Upon arriving at St. Louis, either by
Railroad or Steamboat, go direct to q
boat bound for the Missouri River, engage
your passage, and pay your fare. as be-
fore. You will be beset by any number
Of runners, for steamboats,, hotels, omni-
buses, &c; but keep your wits about
you. and do not be dragged where you
do not want to go. Having engaged your
passage, if the boat is not ready to start,
you can look about the city, and go to
the boat for your-meals. But, above all
! things let us beseecll you not to stop at
st. Louis Hotel At table, there are
about three half-domesticated foreign
walters in blue round-a- bouts and kid
gloves, TO stand behind each person who
sits down, to ask him what he'll have,
and then be gone for about one hour, and
return with probably dish you never
callei for. When you come to settle up.
you will find a pretty steep bill before
you-not because you had any extra good
things to eat, but in order that the pro-
prietors may afford to have three walters
to stand behind you. and count every
mouthful You swallow. And here let us
give you another solemn warning. Have
as little as possible to do with hotels and
everything else along the Missouri River.
Missouri has many clever people and good
neighbors. but they are awful on skinning
people.
But we will return TO the Steamboat at
St. LOUIS. If you are bound for White
Cloud, Or any point above St. Joseph,
take a boat that has a sign ont for Oma-
ha or Council Bluffs. They will pass all
landings above St. Joseph. The fare, in
Spring and Fall. is $50 from St. Louis
to White Cloud, and about slS in the
interim. So that your fare, from Cincin-
natl to White Cloud. will be about $50.
If you patroniEs the skinners, It win be
double that amount
But we beseech you, If you do go to
st. Louis by railroad. do not venture
farther in like manner. Do not be delu-
ded into going to Jefferson City by Rail.
road. in order to take the Lightning Line
of steamers. In the first place, the
Lightning Line is a humbug. When you
reach Jefferson City, the boat that is to
leave there, may have been detained up
the river. and is not vet in or. as Is