Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-13
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DEs loISEs, Jan. 18th, 1853.
Leaving Davenport for Des Moines hss
always seemed like entering upon IN ex-
tremely arduous and difficult undertaking
In fact l used 10 start out most sincerely
wishing that I was located in the middle
Of next week, q least il not the Saturday
after. But times change, and il 10 capital
thing that they do-and when these chang
es come enterprise strengthens and iron
roads stretch out in proportion so st
last the good day has come to hand when .
poor newspaper editor, or any other gentle
man, may walk up to the depot just east Of
the Burtis House, in Davenport. take .
cushioned scat in . comfortable passenger
car-wrap the drapery Of his ovsr-coM
around him and lay back to pleasant dreams
-undisturbed By any hideous reflection
that few miles Of pleasursblc riding, fe*
hours on the rail and then tho cold en-
brace OF creeping, jolting. slam banging
stage cosch. Now. a. Of yore. We don't
mark Marsngo, Brooklyn, Grinnsll or Kel-
lOgg, as the horrible places at which to stop
70 go straight upon the rack, bu.
seated in comfert We whisk By them all
barely stopping to catch brief glimpse At
their hurried improvements, and soon, roll
ing along over the O., r. l. & p, which is
blessed with q continuous rail, safe land
ing is found in East Des Moinss, where
hacks stand rsady, open -mouthed, to hasten
you on to comfortable quarters at the Savery
House.
A little too fast, perhaps. for the trip is
made in much more time than il
naturally tskss 70 write it. So to do
the subject justice, let's 60 back
little. Starting of Friday evening from
Davenport with An extra shirt. paper collar,
and instrument case, carefully slowed away
in . carpet sack, We found . comfortably
Allied eosch-sevsral lssislatoss-two news
paper editors at least yet not % heavy -
70 require any special effort 10 work the
train up the bluff. The road bed vas -
hard - the way TO Jordan. with moonshins
on both sides. sevsaling the crisp grey sur
face Of the wide rolling prairie, for some
distance. A ride over the prairies in winter
does not reveal any Of those beautiful land
scspes that we read Of. Every ything looks
cold.. sober. and improbable without, and
We look for comfort mainly TO the brakes
man Who tends the stoves, and to such sur
rounding acGuaintancss a one is ct liberty
TO pick up - the train moves on. Riding
oil night on any train not smbsllished with
. sleeping-car requires much perseverance
and II In repeatedly and con-
tinually proppine up ones drowsy
bead - the hours wear on, he
does not lose his temper, and wish that
he could lay tho aforesaid head upon some
downy pillow-then, indeed. he must be
endowed with more Christian fortitude than
We ever got credit for But there Was no
pilow-downy OF otherwiss--and 90 "
got of at Iowa City 20 hunt up one. Taking
. hack, il drove of into an atmosphere ten
degrees below xero-up to the Summit
House, mine host whereof took W
in, and put ~ to bed. Ofhis whols'life it
was his most benevolent actin fact it was
one Of the sharpsst lodges Of our life. Ris-
ing ahead Of the lark, We greeted the morn
ing sun and his two dogs. just - they
mounted the eastern sky. Breakfast, and
then . call upon our honorable friend Irish,
of the State Prsss. whom We found pack
ing bundle Of tooth picks and other ne
cessaries ready for start. Iowa City looks
much as it did ten years ago-not quite 30
busy as then, perhaps-yet like . steady
growing snd substantial place. The train,
after We took il, movcdi westward, bearing
the most Of the Dubuque dslegatiou-par
OF that Of Muscatine, Ksokuk, Scott and
Linn eounties-in fact the gathering vas
mostly legislstive-yet very respectfully
disposed We should say for all that. But
Of these delegations We shall soy more
hereafter. Forgetting that we dined heart
lily At Iowa City before leaving that point,
when we encountered the dinner table at
Brooklyn station We could not resist the
temptation-in fact We never could resist
tho appeals Of one of SINNERS dinners. -
He keeps Go good an eating house-this
sams Skinuer-as you will find from any
where to anywhere else. Skinner seems
20 know just what you want and has il oil
ready laid out stsaming hot for you. That's
Skim er. Brooklyn is . fins place-,he
principal portion Of which is yet unbuilt-
but will be.
We are all here since Saturday night,
and in fine spirits. How's D.s Aoinss |!
Chuck full Of wisdom-which 10 supposed
to be another name for men who make laws
The august body has nearly oil assembled
q the various hotels, boarding houses, res
sauranss. private lodgings, and 50 on !;
but ths body itself is comparatively
small when compared with :hs number Of
ofaes.seeksss that hang 10 choir button
holes and cost tails, e'insing TO them like
barnaslss to hall. Offices, positions, and pls-
ees Of oil kiads ere sought regardless ol
whish Of what. The members ass ell get
ting round shouldsred from the weight ol
cards that are constantly being showersd
in upon them. Every applicant hsa card
stating what he 10 begging for. and these be
forces upon msmbsrs without regard to
ago, politics, Or character. Nay, this card
nuisance not only RACES among place seek
ers. but the churches yesterday morning
sent out their cards-bsaring thereon the
name Of ths church and the texs TO b
preached from during the day, and forced
them upon the members Of the Twelfth
General Assembly regardless Of expense.
But there 10 some point in that aftss eli, ies
il The Hundred and sixteen republican mem
bsrs Of this Legislature nothing
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