The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-05-22

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YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
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EXPERIENCE 0x a xAsAEE IN skw
~ sa.r .a, NEW ORLEANS, April Is, ;5S.
Dear Doctor--I am here at last. You
know have given you full account Of nv
trip from Boston to St. Louis Every let.
ler have sent you before this has cost r,n
three cents. Remember that. Since 4 A.
rived in this village, have made as arrange
ment with L. X. 4 Co., to send you NV
letters free. Besides saving me three cents
every time write, thus manage to deprive
the Government Of my postage, which, as |
am opposed to Buchanan, is q gratifcstiou
to me. Bot you will be surprised to eco
how little, people in this region caro- sbout
three cents. Why, they don't seem to think
i've cents is great deal Of money. sPica-
yunish' here is term Of reproacb. 7'aA52
But l am getting on too fast. ] shan't
tell You much about New Orlesns in this let
ter, but rather my experience in getting
here from st. Louis. took the ears one
afternoon from 81. Louis for Cairo. We
reached Ssndoyal about dark. - At this In
teresting spot We were compelled to wait
until O'Clock next morning, for the Cairo
train. was thus unexpectedly favored with
an opportunity Of examising this city. I
found it consisted OF half dozen long woed-
on two-story hotels, and an enormous nile
Of wood. II seemed TO me that il must be
capital place for business, if it were not
for the tri6ing objection that there was no
business there to do. At any nate, I felt,
while waiting for my train, that ! had no bu-
siness there. You wouldn't have thought il
was city, to look at it. But was sssur.
ed that it was laid out for one. And come
to think of it, coulda't help acinovleds-
ing that it did seem like city laid ont and
cold at that. .--:z-s - -
was informed that the Hotel bssiness
paid finely at this point. don't know how
that may be, but am sure it must be pret-
ty well patronized here. Al any rate the
passengers don't find anything atsoy Of the
dinner houses through the West, before they
get to this one, that gluts them 20 much bat
what they can get out here to take bite
But at Sandoval all previous tables were
out done. Talk about rsre living! tell
you fare here was of the rarest and scarcest
kind. Why even the biscuit at supper was
scarce. After they had boen sonce round,s
(there were six of us at the table,) ven
tured like Oliver Twist to ask for more. I
was told that there wasn't any. But then
you ought to have seen the promptncss and
complacency with which the proprietor
launched on to the table two large concoc-
tions of pastry, as much as to say: You
may have me on biscuit, but I'll be id If
you catch me on pie.' / was satisfied If my
hunger wasn't, and rose from the table,
leaving the 'pie' unprobed, calling to mind
an old story had heard somewhere Of
person asking for bread and getting .
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Not having slept for two or three nights,
my companion Ga gentleman of six feet,
thick in proportion, and ferocious whiskers)
and myself, encouraged by our unprece-
dented success at the supper table, couclud-
ed, after o conference on the subject, to ne
gotiate3for Q lodging. have described the
dimensions of my friend simply to give you
. sample of the style Of the people l always
travel with. 4 never fight, though often
quarrel. In case of a row coufine myself
to the jawing and assign the cutting and
slashing to my friends, Just rs at dinner
invariably decline to carve, but prove my
self pumpkins at schawing.' therefore
dislike to. travel with any but able bodied
men. Encouraged by the presence of suck
a companion, took my candle and follow
ed our conductor np d creaky stair case and
along veDy narrow and dark passage-way
above, to the apartments as D.ca Swiye-
ler would say, set apart for our occupation.
Upon entering the room the enterprise Of
the establishment was again thrust before
our eyes. We felt quite confident on exam
lining the sheets, that they had not been
slept on more than two or three nights, and
that their occupants had been genslemen Of
extreme personal cleanliness, fnct which
was fully attested by the oil stains which the
plilow-cases had absorbed from their heads.
We threw ourselves upon these sdowny' beds
$50 called from an indiscribable sensation
we felt, when we tried to tuy2 Ia them, Of
coming do,cn) and sought f0ysslesp. hut
We soon felt pursuaded, like thGman in the
farce, that, when the feathers ws.e put into
those beds they forgot to leave the geese
out.' If could have got to sleep l have
no doubt the sleep would have been dream
less. had not enjoyed that surfeit at tho
supper table usually deemed essential to
nightmare. But unfortunately, the upper
half Of the window at the head Of INV bed
being ont, would no sooner get into a com.
Portable dozy condition, just into the porch
OF the mansion of sleep, with my hand on
the door knob, than some whizzins, horny,
winged bug Of the air would dash against
my nose, producing the sensation of being
hit with chip, and wake me up. When
finally the bugs got tired of the fun, and I
had yawn ID myself into the delicious idea
that they were beating retreat, their ad.
vance beat the DEVIL and by considerable
twisting and turning, had crowded tho
geese in the bed to either side, and had pos
sessed myself of the comparatively comforta-
bic hollow between them, and in short had
actually opened the door of the mansion Of
sleep above alluded to, and had thrown my,
self on to a softly yielding lounge in the
most luxurious saloon Of that magnificent
edi6ce, was hastily seized BY the collar
and kicked out Of doors, or what was equiva-
lent to it. sThe cars are coming was yell-
ed out at the door Of my room, and in less
than minute, was on my feet and blind.
ly feeling for my clothes. We got down
stairs in season to find that the train for
by which means we had abundant time 20
walk out on the platform and take view Of
Sandoval by midnight, good fortune which
We had not ventured to hope for. The in
distinctness of the wood pile, the outline of
which could just be distinguished on the
other side Of the track, added, immense
ly to the picturesque character Of the scene,
as it left great room for the imagination and
might be regarded as q wood pile or any
other object according to the taste Of the OBJ
server. Indeed, Sandoval is ono Of those
places that look quite as well at midnightas
at any other time, particularly if there hap
pens to be no moon.
When ut last the train arrived, didn't find
the cars crowded, and so getting whole
seat to myself stretched myself, l beg par
don, mean l doubled myself up, to sleep.
q 4 Al