Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-03-09


As the Pacific Railroad nears It's compile
ton, the papers Of the east and west are spec
ulating upon the effect il will produce on the
commerce Of the world, as well as making
pen pictures Of the scenes that will occur
when the orient aud the occidsnt shall meet
midway of the continent and exchange greet
ingg We have seen nothing better said on
the subject than the following, from the
Reno Crescent
A grand event is about to transpire at or
near ogden City. A multitude from the
East and West are to meet in the center OF
the continent TO see the last rail laid which
is to connect Two oceans, 3 900 miles apart
I But II is not Of this scene We wish TO speak.
/ II il said the train from the East will contain
/ 900 invited guests. These invited ones Will
doubtless include in their number the repre-
sentatlves Of the wealth, genius courage and
beauty OF the East When the imposing GER
emonies at Ogden are concluded, when tho
speeches are all made, the toasts drank, the
welcomes said and 7e DcIras sang, then
many. and especially those thOusa nd invited
ones. will hardly return without satisfying
that curiosity which has been increasing IN
/ intensity for years in the minds OF Eastern
people 10 see the far of Orient 70 gaze upon
the still mysterious land called California,
aud TO listen 10 the booming Of the Pacific IN
his everlasting lamentations. What will
be the impressions ofthese people, For the
sake OF effect we hope the connection will be
made by the first OF April Al that time the
East will be slowly awakening from her win
ter sleep. As the train leaves Omaha, the
chances arc the wind sweeping down from
the lakes and from Minnesota will require all
the doors to be closed and good IRE Kept
burning in the cars. To keep passengers com
Portable. The Black Hills aud Rocky Noun
tains will not yet have uncovered their
swarthy yisages from the veil OF snow lad
upon them The desert basin will be ''sere
and cold" This will not dssppoint them,
for thew have been taught TO think ours a
desert land unbearahle except for the treas
nres hid within its stony depths. But then
will come the passage of the Serras. We
can fancy the feeling Of awe that will possess
their souls as the high elevations are reached,
amidst such mountains Of snow as they may
have read Of bur never realized before, such
peaks and gorges, each hight glacier. each
deep ravine an ice iloe And then the pines
those mountain monarchs beside which the
trees Of the cast are but az shrubs Some OF
the guests will leave home with determine
tioR not to be surprised, or TO express enthu
Siasm or astOnishinent Al any OF the hohdcff
of the west We predict that notwithstand
ing this. before the train bearing them shal
have overcome the summit and left the ieldi
Of snow, on the western slope, that more thar
once there will be silence in the group and al
involuntary taking OF Of hats, as though the
presence Of some higher power was felt And
then the sweep across the fiowery plains be
, You'd until the pleasure eliminates as tn,
train stops among singing birds and bloom
ing gardens in Sacramento, we Will wage
then that men and women will leave the car
with dropping heads and quivering lips, ex
r claiming like the Queen OF old. . The hal
was not told me" Nature has been propi
$ tious thus far this season no floods, bu
a rains Just when California needed them, q
though the great neither took PRIDE in pre-
G pairing her fairest child for the visitors
speed then the day. Hurry up the chariot
Il OF fire, let the last link which Is to bind u
~ with our childhood homes be riveted lie
the curious come We can point to the Con
O stock and to White Pine as our excuses 70
staying here but California will need n
- apologies, and the ouly wonder will be tbs
r. men once seeing her ever left her.
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