Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-08-09
From the "Splrlt OF UNInotrucy.
MY TEsEP WEST.
BY YoRICK YAwNCE.


Well, Mr.. Editor, I've been so much
bothered since l got back by people
wantin' to know my adventures, that
thot I'd list write EN- out, and then they
could all read 'em at once and stop troub-
ling me alb nut it. ..
Well, to commence, sent my trunk on
the wagon in the morning and walked to
town in the evening Then took the
stage and landed at Mt. Jackson that night,
but | didn't see much on the road fur II
was dark and WIS all Tired sleepy. Next
fmorning | gotup and looked around to see
what the town looked like since the rale-
rode had cum in, and don't you think, it's 1
the same old town exactly. lasked man
how he liked the ralerode:
"Well, " says he, ''it duz purity well fur
as now, but when it goes ahead it will kill
the town." Then, thinks |, the Alexan-
dria Manassas crowd didn't always tell the
truth.
list tlen heard scream; and, Jeru-
salem, what scream it was too! 1t most
lifted me out Of my shoes, aud l felt for
my pocket-book and started fur the middle
NV the street. Says L:
"WhaL in the name NV all creations $
that?" .....
"Thats the lngine," F." says lie.
"Ingine! Lord" says l, "they amt got
1ngins here now-are they tame?''
"Ow says he, "that's a steam Engine
it pulls the cars along"
"Well'' says l, and felt rather bad.
He told me then that the cars wus goin
to start directly, and that I'd better get
aboard.
"Well," says I, ''I'ye often heard about
men carryin' rails along to prize stages
out, but what in the nation do the cars
want with 6oardsS"
"O,' says he, and lie kinder laffed, II
ment go and get a seat in the cars" And
SO off 1 started.
Well, got down to the depo, and there
was the old thing putin and BLOWN
the steam about like 40. [ wus afeard to
60 close TO i! fur awhile, but dreckly l
saw a man go and git on top of II, and
then | sorter SHE'D up to it, and Says ! to
him:
"Who drives these cars?'' ..
II do" says he.
"Well, I want to CO." says |.
"Git in, them" says he.
Then l begun to climb up on the thing,
when he bawled out: ..-,
"Git in the cars, fool!' Then l begun
to git my Dutch rp-says /:
Stranger" aud looked orful mad,
but he only laffed at me, and SO did the
crowd, and then | went back to git in the
cars. The next one | cum to | made
long step up. and jst as my head got in
side NV the cars, the man what was in it
growled out:
"This ANITA passenger carl'
"Well," says [, where must go?"
He got out then and took me in car
aud sot me down. got close up to the
front part; fur, thinks |, the driver will be
safe, sure, and III git as close TO him as !
kin.
Well, dreckly, she hollered agiu, and off
we went bilin. | held my brelh. and
sorter sed my prayers, and then looked
out the wlnder, and everything was turuin'
round, till [ jist shut my eyes, and fore |
knowd it L was fast asleep. When | got
awake agin l was in Alexandra, where
they tried to buy the British in the "Late
War" Well, when got out of the cars,
there was such internal yelIin and hollerin'
all about, that l thought there must be
big fite goin' on, and SO l slipped back a
leetle, to look out but everything was
lookin' peaceable like, and out went agin.
Said to man with big piece OF sheet
iron with letters on it on his cap:
"What's the matter here, sir?"
"Baggage for Newton tIoteln' says he.
Thinks |, "Newton's S Hotels sensible
place to take care of its baggage; and
then, O Jerusalem, the thot hit me, I'd
left my baggage in Mt. jackson, and there
| was, a tetotal stranger, on my way to
the West, without any close but them on
my back. Well, thinks |, it can't be men
ded now, and | started out lill [ found
hotel; it was four stories high, fur
counted the winders. [ got my dinner,
and went out to look at the town--but it
looked old, and when l got down to the
ships, thinhsI. I'll go over to Washing |
ton, that ANITA Revolushanary town, and
there can see the Congressman. Says
I to a man standiu on ship.
"Where's that ship going to?'
"Down the river'' says he.
"Well," says |, II want to go to Wash
ington."
"The boat will go in ten minutes, says
he.
Well. I hunted about little and found
boat and got in and set down, when here
cum man stormin'; says he:
"What are you doin' there in my skiff?''
"I'm goin' to Washington" says I,
sand thought that would make it, all
straight" Says he:
'lf you don't come out of there in two
minits III have the poleece after you'll
Says l:
ga gentleman told me the boat was
goin' to leave in ten minutes, and so l tho,
I'd git in"
'Well," says he, "you are green fur
certain, there's the boat" and he pointed
to thing like house open at both ends.
l went and got on the thing, and dreckly
off it went. When we got out in the river
l recollected / hadn't paid for my dinner
but thinks /, that's nothin' anyhow, if.
the ieller would cum up our way, I'll give
him his dinner for nuthin'.
DrncElu hara 'cun, nm fallar fur ma tn