The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-02
From our Irving Correspondent
IRVING, Kan, Nov something,
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IRVING, Kan, Nov something,
1900 & Railroad time.
EDITOR OF B. B. UNION We are con
it" down here-i e., on the Railroad
nothing less and nothing more, don't you
hear the builgine's roar? Well, if you
don't you could have heard something else
roar if you had been at our railroad festi-
val hast Tuesday night-the roar of merry
voices, tie cheer ofsteam born hopes; the
rush of pent up gasses, as-(here ycur
correspondent breaks DOWN. The festi
val was held at the Wet.nore Institute, a
goodly institution, under The charge of
goodly man. The doors were thrown wide
open, the halls illuminated and the board
spread with luxuries on that occasion.-
And the supper was one of which the best
of cities and fairest of ladies might we'll be
proud. Lest get ahead of myself, my
pen and the occasion, let me say that all
this display was gotten up on the supposed
completion of the locating survey to the
Big Blue Union-no, not Union, but river,
Of the A. and P. P. Railroad. The festi-
val was designed, in part at least, for the
engineers, surveyors, stake drivers, chain
carriers, etc., etc., that it was supposed
were doing the surveying, but nary sur
veyors etc. were here. It was generally
believed that they had either returned to
Atchison or taken some other route Sew.
eral distinguished guests were present.
besides an ertinguished delegation from
little place called MarysvilIe. A manu-
script newspaper, prepared for the occasion
was read, to the great delight of all, ex-
cept the aforementioned ertinguished Ma
rysville delegation. In the language of
the poet
Into the wagon, and on to the hay,
Covered with robes of an autumn day;
Over the hills with their hack and four,
Came they to town, dozen or more.
With bottle of wine and plenty of glee,
They meant to be heard, to be seen and see.
But the feast that was spread on the r. Z. sheet
By the authors pen, was ''pickels'' to eat;
They began to feel small as rat or mole,
Went into the ground and stopped up the hole.
The paper that was read, contained
some very good pieces, quite creditable to
the frir authors. We're L uot afraid of
offending some of our Marysville friends,
| would quote some Of the jokes that it
contained at their expense. After the
reading Of the paper. came some speeches,
Hon. T. H. Baker taking the lead. Ba-
ker, like your especial correspondent"
always turns up on great occasions. such as
"corn-shuckings," railroad festivals,
and "county elections" He struck out as
follows: "Fellow citizens! I am glad to
meet you on this important OCCASION
This is an interesting epoch in the history
of Irving completion of the survey of
the e''Atchison and Pixies Peak railroad to
the Big Blue Union [Cheers. You must
excuse me ladies and gentlemen, l have
eaten so much turkey and been SO annoyed
by that little paper at Marysville, thar get
the Big Blue river and the Big Blue Ui,-
ion somewhat mixed, but they nre both
big things and in my opinlcn should both
be damned at Irving. [Cheers, and pro-
longed applause. congratulate the lit
tie colony that started out from Lyons years
ago, where they did not succeed in getting
a railroad, upon its success in at last loca-
ting where they have one. BY "aid" and
the sale of town lots We have lived to see
the location of the railroad completed to
Big Blue Union Cheers. and cries of
ssgood." At the close of this effort, he |
sat down, and Mr.. E. C.. Manning was
called out, and remarked that he presumed
there was great cause for rejoicing, but
thus far be had not been able to "see it,
He said that some people laughed at Sid.
CIarke's proposed railroad along the Blue
valley, but that he did not deem it at all
improbable. For when the Rail Road |
from Galveston Bay, Texas, was compile
ted to the Kaw Valley in the vicinity of
Manhattan. road from that point to Sioux
City or Omaha would be necessity. AT
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