The Lincoln County herald., 1871-03-30
OuR fRAvRLlEs.
'osslin r. Greeu In 81. Lssls.
Sc. Lours, March :

l. Dedr Herdh:L NY ride from St.
ChaIlss tothb serene city vas without
accident Or iudidebt worthy Of note.
I met on the trails the gen,lemaoly
psopr,stsf Of 70 pair Of spo,tsd hands, who
Informed ns that he was . photocrsph phist
and requested the honor Of taking my
picture, which I declined iu favor Of
George q. He insisted, saying he had
taken the picture Of every man Of note
Who had visited tbs city in the last ten
fyesrs, and that hs would have nine IL hc
hud to tsks me running. Upon reaeo-
tion," said be. yawnius . CHASTITY smile,
l"ff I could catch you on the tros don't
know bat I'd sscsrs your h.ppiest exprer.
sion und most natural position.
Our conversation was interrupted by
the approach Of . deputation consisting
Of q gentleman aud lantern, who notified
me that my visit vas expected aud a
conveyance wss 10 resdiscs to take me to
the hotel. MY profuse thsnks for the
information, I suppose. discovered to him
that was in search Of that commodity.
and he proceeded to inform me further,
that most likely the driver would be
proud to drink my heslth, and that 10
order to make my entrance into the city
in suitable style q small quantity Of tur-
pen,iue would bo necessary to induce the
horses to be gay and festive, and that q
donation Of half . dollar to . fund for
those purposes would be proper and
agreeable. l donsscd. and before l had
time to enquire how the turpentine could
be made useful he handed mo little red
card, said "tske number three" and
passed on to other expected uotables
(Note- notables here don't mean persons
who habitually ssttle their little debts by
note ,,.i..-o...,-- .,..,..
In appearance tho North Missouri depot
is by no means an imposing ed6ce. On
one side the view 10 obstruetei-by what I
took to be q huge 10 hotel, called an
elevator" "a polite teru, probably. for
dis.illery) and this is the east wall Of the
depot building; on the west, the cold
blasts Of winter are excluded by a picket
fence, string Of vehicles sad poisy team
sters, "Number three was in readiness
"a commodious coach drawn, by four
spankers. l suppose they are spankers,
for l heard a lady say so, and ladies are
usually posted on that point. The coach
was soon filed with people who had evi
IDENTIFY made q mistake. but l hadn't the
heart to turn them out.
The depot, I judge, is about seven
miles from the Planters house, and had
an opportunity to see great deal Of this
immense city by gas light before arriving
We distributed our passengers at retail.
leaving one at this hotel, another at that
aud others at private residences. until |
Va. left to drive up to the hotel alone in
my glory and the bus. A burly fellow
met me As l sscsnds ! the steps, captured
my carpet sack and handed me . brass
quarter with "Plsnters House, No. 657"
stamped on it. and an oblong hole NOR
tised in il, which he said was . check.
u was agreesbls to 6n:i the smiling face
Of Dick Mex behind the counter.
Dick is still bschelor and likely to
remain SO, having acquired the reputs
ton Of confirmed woman hstsr. You
remember thas years ago Dick wss very
lean and l.Dty; we'll, at present he 10
very the other way. is irs'sr7 'aoiias b.
Dick has laid NE under lasting ob.igs-
'ious By laying me 10 s'lit,ls bed i~we-
dis.siy under the roof, where the noiso
aud hustle ef hosss .sd the rattle Of vshi
sses- - shs strsssi 10 eos lsts'y 20 di..s.b
my msditations. Lsm .spplisd vi.h q
ladder which lead. to the only window 10
The roof, q v.ils si.hst, vhsrs. 4 esn
[eiiut- ut-Sss.sSdsSsassA = glimpse sssks'
glorious ,sua o be comes w out Of Iii
.ussteSp. catch s. csk. et perhaps catch
the internal cat that sereuadsd me last
night, ,,-,-,,. ,-,.,,,
| propose to visit the various places,
persoss. spd, ,thisgs Of interest wilhelm
shs sity, sud fSr6i.h yosa lsoss u ny
psrseriussions. Yesterday, l called at
Fillsy's ssovs works : Your rspe.'sd
sditovesl notices hsvs iodacsd the belief
that they psid literally. aud ! wsu,ed to
see u tl,ss business ju.tla.d the outlay.
I went prepared 70 sec biz thiaxs. but
v.s not prepared - liciss.lyr The tuild-
Jog covers ,hrss ssres ef rrpsad .ad i
eleven stories high. IN The pos, hess,