Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-27
Some Notes OF Travel.

i The Editor attended the annus
Convention of the lows Press Assc
citation, at Mt. Pleasant, Juno l ! an
12. For this purpose, be left hom
Monday morning, at 8 o'clock
Now, in practice, there il nothing
fascinating in getting up at 8 o'clocl
of the morning and riding thre
miles to reach the railroad station
Few can realize, IN that suprem
moment, the ideal of the poets, thos
lazy scanps, who lie ahead hours at
ter the sun has risen, and write Of
the charms and beauties Of early ris.
ing. The mountain declined going
to Mahomct. Mahomet, dceming dis
secretion OF greater virtue than faith
went to the mountain. Tho railroad
refused to accommodate its time
table TO the Editors convenience
The Editor, therefore, initiated Ma.
homet, and Procrusteanated his con.
veniencc TO the Mede.ani-P Persian
time table, of the railroad.
Railroads are not proof against
foods. Between Chelsea and Belle
Plaiue, on what is called Salt Greek
bottom, tho high waters Of the week
previous placed their ,antographic
sign manual in legible characters upon
the track. At ono place, west Of the
creek, for long distance the waters
had lifted the rails and ties bodily
and turned them bottom upwards be-
side the road bed. East Of the creek,
the same trick had been performed,
and in addition to this, portion Of
the ties and rails had been swung out
into the meadow . distance of sever
al rods. New rails and ties can be
laid down in shorter time than the
old could be returned to their places,
and the old thus lie where the water
left them until a more convenient
season.
AT q distance, much less than q
mile, north of the Scion depot, on
the B., c. r. & NJ. road, the waters
dug the road bed out, the distance OF
perhaps a couple OF rods. On the
night Of the storm, freight train
came up from the south. Finding
the bridge over the creek still intact,
the conductor feared nothing more.
aud drove his train over the creek
into the darkness, and into the cavi-
ty where the waters took away
the road.bed. The engine and two
cars were wrecked, an1 one Of the
men seriously injured.
The heavy rains of few weeks
ago have not been exceptionally Sc
we're in Tama County. All along
the line Of the B., G. II. & NJ. road,
the marks of great rains and "heaps
of waters" were numerous. As the
editor passed down on the 10th, the
water stood in plentiful ponds BY
the road side, and the streams were
turgid and swollen. The Misslssip
pi river at Burlington was rising,
while the water, fresh from tallow
field and plowed land, were stained
with the richness OF prairie soil. s.
In Cedar County, the s., G. r. &
NJ. road strikes point that has
peculiar historic interest. Sprung
dale is settled mostly by Friends,
whose anti-slaYery convictions have
long been well known. Here was
located one OF the Stations on the
Underground railroad, over which
many negroes, fresh from lash and
shackle, were conducted during those
troublous Kansas times, which have
become historic. and here they were
provided for, in spite Of the pains
and penalties Illuminated in the Flu
gitivc Slave Act, by men and wo.
men whose convictions were respect.
ed by all. Springdale was : noted
place, and no negro brought there
for safety ever was found or recap
,tured there BY mercenery constables
or fauatical marshals. The fame of
]. B. Grinnell and VIM. Penn Clarke
are intimately connected with this
way station on this road of liberty
q fact which is too apt to be forgot.
ton. We are glad to see Springdale
prospering, for tho cnterprising and
conscientious people there are wor-
thy Of al their spirit and energy can
achieve. ns s4ss
The city Of Burlington, as most OF