The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-18

We take the following from series OF
very clever articles in The Westesn Rairoad
Gasctfe, understood to be from the pen Of
J J., or, as he is known among his Wiscon-
ain brethren. Shanghai Chandler:
otrrAwa Iowa. oct. s, lsn5,
I'm In otinmwa; likewise all veg ota 10 nature In
this latitude IL in An aatHna, seaE,
The flowers q spring ars isiod now,
The woods and cold
The persiMnons cheek IL nushtn
And the pawpaw shines 10 gold
But bitter nav bssr u gushing
In the dopg.iy Gross the way.
Fur Eo,d old stock and lager,
Ale not In OtomMa
Their, /. front yard On the hack aide Of thi, Ds
pot House right tarstsf my window Sh5ats ssdty
In need u -hampoons ioll,gas IN tho sun; old ond
young tom turkeys strut aud eshh IL long rod
rank old horny goats and heattng kids ganhn and
buck against each other. The prototype OF all the,s
gdadrapidS and towia, may be seen on the hotel
piallatorm, right across tho track. foui bpeis
with bresches en- cuss ani swear, md talk unKran
ma,icail, Of horssa and doea and 81 tho "booi'
they fall Il. and instead Of checking at their
horses and whistlng in their pnps, they cluck al
Tige and Bose and remark 10 tho horses "hayl's
Why don't they tell em oats :" Slui;ts " th long
red and THEFT hair rsstel heh lind, strut tur
key Ike to and fto and sometimes back up and
eohhs Heavy old cuimndsseus, rank in sn and
speculation. sport Ions sAttes, afsi open their
! mouths INTO wealthy little fpdoodes In ktjs VIII,
tr,sk about thsm. and e,,shs aud sppr; and tsss.
osa.nsi each other at Is'o ant e'hsr banks
| '"snch Il lirt" All tho world's - Dopotn Homie
barn-yAd: and the travelling mon 40 ave mere
sw,ne. goats, toa-tn,keysand the like Don't give
| mo the part OF Ds,gbarrs by writing ms down
| This Ot,nmaa the tsarent ,%ntinns q the
Burlington and Missouri Railroad. which Jsric's With
| The Des Moines Valley Road right alongside tho
! b NJ. river. Mr. J. 3. Wolf and his two brothers
/ from Cedar Rapids or Chicago or somo other village
have taken contract y build sixty miles iurther
ci the u. 4 Mo, XIV. Road, due vest r. Char iton,
| and are working small force aai calling isT
"A larger. They ARE I'D solid contractors. and the
! wmh viii 10 on with strong pull, and eventually
fetch up NJ either Nebraska City q Phttsnouth,
something mere than 30 milea away The track on
tho p.A NJ Road ia being laid ~ tho rate OF
about 45o yard Per day. north westward from Pei,
4 Ia tho pte.snt terminus. iaNaii tho capital Tho
next Hon Leg stature will on IL have 10 stage 1t
4 loot II 50 miles nom Monroe the neSt time they 4,
Ia enact laws and otha inilnit,es. fslla, "a WORD
daTtved from r~peller, OF peited,l, hss been tbs
terminus FOL several months; hut tue rosd Il now
prsded ten ~ twelve milo. beyond and right sooa
the rellaeans must tnrn .rei the roads end IT, TIE
| Morrnarer-: who III them turn must needs turn
nv or their end again ID ..thiG impatient walters.
Des MONIES river at this place ia now about from
IL to 90 rods wide on average; and Is So shallow
that this morniI saw great long string Of omi.
grant wagons fording II Just below tho ferry. Tho
bed Of the river IA HAT. solid rock. A Chippewa
Indian would call II Is caiaba kina tu lliDg atone
luarries are digred near tho shors lower down the
river Beats dii once ply ~ thi. riser, when twas
buoyant ysa, twife and many more did ulay
d. il And hstifnas wee bit 4 a craft comes
putting up. fol fun thsn Tor commercial ea.o
Aud take her all IN all, tsn nanths In the yAr III
Drs Meines river Is better adapted &c al wash Ing
thirst aueu, hing and haptMmal purposes than to
navigation. Her waters Peiincid and her banks
ara bonnie those Of the doom while those of the
skunk rfyar thirty miles east, muddy, dslk
pestiIerona and In every way a. tout as Chicago
river.
wish trans Mississippi railroads were endowed
with better rolling sioA aud more u 1t who iiEes
IL ba snailed along In INK cid passenger
behind squealing and believing Iva STOCK NAo
likes thu oder the melody thereof IL II not bad
enough 10 he compelled IL ride i'll mix cd crowd OF
rather had smelling emernnts, aud several weeping
babes, and snndry suspicious charaotats, without
+ having 10 mix With ether cattle
Whsn have \ model II iiraaj all nv own, I'll
tell you how she'll 20. Double track, ststiraii.
stone hallsstei Three classes Of cars il each pas
senaer train second class tickets 10 b. The
rate a. first class, thirty pst cent. higher
third olass ter.ng pei cent. lower-ti II make ten
per cont. cut Of The sAaas.l know this European
system objected to as being snttien
American but like it, believe in the pioptiety
ut kerping dirty agamuiins cut 4 tbs ladies' eai
where your wife and nina N Etitor. he'd rather
riJs than in y motley, Tobacco chewing crowd. No
man puttoth new wine On II cid sarment ana
adnifeth q piese If new cloth stack In
old bottla; ard when ea;na too honest a9mon
and yeowanan all seated abound among Fiors Nc
Finssys, and bh;or II Divinity and Fhysic Habts
to shock the class and contatninats the other's
morals I can hut regard the arrangement as much
like jewel in - suffolk swine's snaut--boih4 zoos
md beautiful in themselves but exceedingly OF
, place. I'm thai model road u I.iaa, I shat Lava
.lacr avs upholstered with purple anil fna linen
H.. ,st GLASS; good family plush - guiitlro hair
far second class aud wooden seats STUFFED mN
straw for Third elSss anak.ns Ger. with spit
toons al sritr-nge shall he Ii. line tN!st second
nul third class. Those who VIII buy firstelaas
tickets Will bo opulant men shnbs dtsines and !ei
lows travelling With fheiI wives sisters o. nn-iana
del TohosoS and tho iEe-a II whom VIII he
p-ctrd to COED clothes have snska'sf9ot oil "a
their hsi1 and BE- properly smeared with the r
sweet sinking perfume Known 10 Iubin o. Bliss 8
Sharp. business men, stoies IN isau thropists. phi
!, losophers newspaper correspond ents mere ntils
guerrilla. and others Who intend to mini their
business will rice ON he second ,lass They ara
tho elias. WI o will 10 most tAeftsd strange 10
male will he detraetins Their minds from proper
channels, AMI Patrick. ner Ole. nor wooden shod
Hans VIII ever molss them make them afraid
oi catching itch III lice
In the third class may be found the ri eat I'm.
washed Of all nations; emisrant women. sueklirx
twins, hairy-toethed labarers with muddy boots
and awful foul breath low nhberly loui, " i'll
their boots of, VIII haven't washed nor changed
their slirt= Tor four " efs candidates for ottcs
fishing for vetos BY afattor and association traat
peddlers; members Of congress; detective police
men and III tact everybody else who needs watch
ing NV conductors viii say 10 htst.eisssers with
nod and bland smile "vonr ticket II you r,ea-e,s
To the next eiaa. they will assume the part oil :.
An equal and ray "t.sAe = When they get anupr
the candidates and oths low people they sill ysli,
rlckEfes loud enough to be heaId at my ,ths sup
srintendsntej ofe<'
All know what thu world i. made ii and rhst
makes IL go biologist. mat say that 1t il made
principally Of beryl, AMI philosophers may advocate
that II goes by magnetic siaritatien ana .ias tnt
know II ts made vi alJssos and goes hy coayin.
and drving--ans elsss riding and driving and swaaf-
ing At, and Preaching 10, AMI cheating end swiu
ding, and expressing and grinding as much Of the
i.at ~ the world ~ they dars to- and soft. s3apiay
The resi- ~ long ~ they Hake money BY IT, ths
letting them 90 e grass quick their influence
Is gone.
Tut me in Superintendent 81 Railroad j; y,r
would SEQ the world as III. I can beat sass d
Csrvantes at classifying humanity some old road
STEERS are trying To hit this ilsa Of nina but they
never can FULLY dot until they get tick ct graded ia
price according 10 the qua lily Of the coach
.coot hence down t. tbs Illinois Central Road
STAR FREtaal