North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-11-10
THE SHOEMAKER.

This happy old man was 20 wise ana knoWinS'
The worth Of his time he knew;
he bristlsd his ends and kept them going;
And he felt each mNment stitch was owing.
Until he get round the shoe.
OF every deed that his wax was sealing,
The closing was firm and fast;
The prick Of his awl never caused feeling
or pain to the toe, and his skill In healing
Was perfect and true to the last.
Wheueyer he ravs him foot TO measure
with gentle and skillful hand
He took his proportion, with looks Of pleasure.
As you were giving the costlisst treasure,
Or clubbing him Lord Of tho land.
And many one did he save from getting
A fever OF cold or cough.
When whether In water or snow twas sittng,
His shoing would keep them on.
wAau he had done with makiag and msnding,
With hope and = peaceful heart,
Hssienlne his awI, as his thread ending
lie passed from his bench to the grave desc cending
A. high ~ the king TO rest.
Across the Continent.
We are, favored by Mrs. B. II. FoRBEs,
lady most highly esteemed in this Coun-
ty. and one who is not too fastidious to he
called an "early settler" with letter
from her daughter, embodying:
JOURNAL OF TRIP TO The PAcTFTc.
Sunday. Sept. 18th, 1869.
Left Omaha this morning at 10 o'clock |;
quite number Of Passengers all look
happy. It is raining very hard one side
Of the car is leaking and there is : gsner-
al scattering.
Monday, 18th. A bright and beau
tifuls nerniHg. hardly thought it
would - after such a storm. It rained
al night. | think it one Of the widest
storms ever saw. We took breakfast at
Cheyenne. regaled ourselves with Antelope
steaks. They were elegant. All meals on
this route arc Sl25. have seen several
herds Of Antelope but they were at such a
distance did not have good view Of
them. Have seen no Indians yet.
Now l suppose Is description Of our
travelling would be interesting and will
try TO describe it. We have a''ssction',
in the Pall,nan Palace Cars. A Section is
two berths; each Section has two seats o.
sofas, and at night they are converted into
comfortable bed, large enough for two
persons. Above our heads is what ap>
pears to be sloping pauncl, fancifully
decorated; touch spring and down flies
another bed the same size Of the one be-
low. Curtains are hung around each
''section" at night. making cozy little
bedroom in which one can sleep as com
fortably as there is any need of. Each
compartment has two windows about "a
inches square, with heavy damask curtains
hung before them. B,tween the windo ws
is mirror, at the bottom is slide raise
this and lamp is zen, so if one wants to
real after going to bed they can have a
light to themselves. Below this glass are
three holes. What they are for is soon
apparent. Here comes the porter with a
what looks like table leaf with rod
underneath, he hooks on the end hy in
serting these into the holes; a good sized
table is formed. In the section front of
us party Of gentlemen are enjoying a
game Of cards. In another see prepara'
ton. Cor dinner; 80 win get out our
lunoh .hasket and take An inventory Of its
c,ntent.. H,rs itis: Rolls. Dried Beef,
Sausage, Oysters, Crackers, Pickles, Sug.
ar aat Wine. nas spo,a, one cup, a little
tin bucket, no fork for Pickles! Wha
am I to do? All! here is that tSandie with
very good fork maGe from piece o.
wood picked up on the route. shall keeE
it rs a memento Of our trip. have di
gressed considerably from my description
Of our car. To continue. At each enc
Of the car there is Saloon for Ladies ant
one for Gentlemen. where we can Wast
and comb; there is plenty of soap ant
clean towels. There is a stove in th'
Ladies' room for those having babies. A
number Of lamps are hung al along th'
center Of the Car. All the seats are ele
gsntiy cushioned and the floor carpeted
spittoon at every seat. A porter soe
round every night, collects and blacks tn
boots. For this car we pay SIG to Prom
ontory. This is called halfway, l,57'
miles from Chicago. 1t is now half pas
IL and we are ut Sherman, l,O43 mile
from Chicago. It is the highest point OF
the route, being 5,424 feet above the leve
Of the Sea. ''Sandie' has just banded M
big snow ball. There is just littl
sn-w a. this place, lying up against tn
houses. The mountains ON either sid
loom up, their tops covered with g|itterin
snow. Oh how cold it looks! The seen
cry is beautiful. One minute we are glid
ing over vast plains. at another shut in b.
huge boulders and flying over deep chasm'
that makes ones blood run cold to loo
down. 1t is bed time.
Tuesday. Sept 18th. We have passe
another night in safety. Took our break
fast in the car; it consisted Of Antelop
steak, Hot Waff,es, Bread and Butt
Coffee, Jelly. Corn Bread and Pickles.
think we did very we'll. We are no.
riding through sEcbo Canyon" It
J. perfsetly grand. On one side are gigant
laouatsips, narrow buteswifs streau
rushing It their foot On the other side
perpendicular wall Of rock that towe,
$50 feet above the track. 1t makes m
shudder. It almost seems as if it woul
Eopple over and crush the train. III
whistle is sounding for Echo station. Wi
stop few minutes. We are going out
reat Ourselves. Again on the way. Th
station.is not much Of place, six or Sc
on houses scattered around, most Of the