Wabash express., 1859-10-05


pared with clean shirt collar. carefully /
deposited 10 my hat. aud bottle Of wh's- /
Il mean sgue med dieine-just sufficient 10
see Us safely over the great American Bot /
tom-carefully deposited ia a side pocket.
We (the aforesaid senior and my humble
self jumped upon the $50 y. ~ train, al
the magnificent Union Depot. IN your city.
aud placed ourselves under the care Of that
Prince Of good fellows. Capt. Sherwood
OF course. Prince Of good fellows" is 3
pleasant hyP~rbole Of my own ,tsention.
and has never before appeared in print
The Captain. however. IS good fellow
but am sorry TO say. a very poor condue-
tor. for on Supplying the test, (handing him
my bollle.l found him a non conductor OF
the faid. lie entreaied me. however. 10
ave lis portion till We should arrive at the
eod of the road but as his share was OF
top. | Was compelled TO get the eomatose
Senior to remove it. carefully. that might
get al mine.
Now. by the glorious drive Of Pbeton--
the whizxng comes and the falling stars,
this 10 pleasant
.'Riding ON rail-"
-eeing the sparks fall thick around us. a.
~e dash "over the hills and far away"
going" as a gentleman 10 gray coat and
green speetacles remarked. =" Ike grease :"
,nd from the remark he made" ! placed
him in the chanJlery line. 0 for thy pen
aud Thy wit. thou a>tute das dreamer on
night trains. that might pant ia Thy
trili.anf p style the scene that surrounded
ne. But ne was there. nv dear Silver, on
the train. knew him by the neck Of the
bottle that prolruded from his pocket-by
The wreck of red herring that surrou ndrd
him-and by the paper Of srackers-bsdly
done up lying by his side and thou
halt surely have his dream. for the Grun.
dies and The Smiths were there, aud. 10
+ give hlm large field upon which TO
+ pread himself, fortune sent the Muggins
f family on our train-and the man that
carries his dinner in his hat-snd the man
that owns town in Kansas, and the snob
who occupIe. four seats and pretends he
j. asleep while Others are standing. With
all this material, be assurrd-to use a vul-
gar phrase that has crcpt into orr vocsbu
lary-he will "let hiuself out" and your
readers may look for rare treat in has
next Jresm;-published only in the Wabash
Express. NO irony intended
The gilt domes and lofty spire. of Paris
are behind u, sDd on We speed over The
prairie. passing embryo cities with their
Brosdways and long Avenues covered with
promising corn crop. till at length we
arrived at the city Of the plsin-Msttoon
or Mudtoon, as its enemies facetiously call
II. Here was gaddened with sight OF
the ever benign couutensnce OF my friend
Shirley who, in the kindest manner posi-
BILE, invited me 10 take drink. Too mo
dest To refuse, and too temperate TO accept,
compromised the matter by taking a
glass of water with just enough sod corn
IN il to take the chill off The chief topic
of conversation in this city Of truly vast as
we'll a. magnificent distances is thor late
Fair. which was told was a complete sue
cess-the steam plow being the principal
feature. ! peered into the darkness to see
it, mark. but could see nothing. but look
ing into the future with my minds eye
could see the farmer of this Prairie sitting
in his back porch. smoking his pipe
while steam plows are tearing up the -od
and steam men are gathering corn. thrash
ing wheat, tskisg it to the mill. and doing
up the farm work generally.
On leaving Msttoon | curled myself uE
for snooze--hsd good long sleep. anC
on awaking found ''ihe rosy fingers Of Au
rora" had "unlocke 4 the golden doors 0
The east" and the bright sunlight wal
glistening among the dew-drops Of th'
prairie At the jpuction We were joine,
by Sam. and Billy Mex. aud Dsvy r
They had started on the morning tram
and had run up to Alton and spent tn
night. AtabDut so'clock We cane in sigh
+. Of the Mississippi. aud never having see
Z the great Father Of Waters. stood up il
i. the car and took q good look al II, bu
must sly was disappointed. muddy
/. turbulent stream. with no banks 10 spesl
I Of. and not near as wide a. the Delswsr
= at Philadelphia or the Hudson r,ver q
Z New York. And that smoke-stsinsd pill
> of hrick and mortar il ST Louis Com
pared to our town-sli glisiening wit
!. fresh white pAint-thi- city j. a. black a
< driven charcoal. Stepping on the fsrr
= bost-the air being strongly imprrgnsie'
I with sulphurous SMELL thought {
= Dante crossing the Acheroa-
n To ssve hack hire. and see the city. ~
party on landing FORMED IN Indian file. an
walked to the Planter" with "solem sts
: and slow" The 6rst thing observed vs.
u that III. lower part OF this city il badly
- vat Of large fire. after receiving ih
: prerequisite 1t can begin 10 assume re-
y pectAbIe appearance. But more shout u
ci,y in my next. after have taken loo
att This forenoon I visited the F.I
but a. he Senior will doubtless write yo
= sail account Of H.. shall content myse
by merely saying that il surpas>ss al IT
- expectations. and a 81 ht OF IT'S we'll wor
= iournsy Of hundred MILES left Il
;, senior there half hour ago. stretchs
on The broad q his back under The shas
> lamsnting the scarcity Of h.od--me "
men. snd deelsnns that Tsrrs HsuIe cou
turn out more preuy vemsn than all AI
sour and The region round about Pfospe'
for lodging are gloomy. all the chairs a.
door steps having been engaged by Tel
graph two weeks ago; but one OF o
e parry has j0si reported The joyful inl'
- hxsnee that he had succeeded 10 sser
ing az empty sugar hogshesd, aud cons
- Quently wevill fare very we'll. eompAi
uvsly Mere anon from
- Yoars. fsithfullv.
be QUISBY QUIRK.
&C sharp Practice