, 1873-01-24
a Flight from the Land of Tca
Gnd Snow,
The Double Government in Lopt.
siana.
Correspondents qf The Chicago Tribune.

the farorite exclamation OF friend OF. mine, On
his Arrival ut our Office, in Chicago, every morn
| ing for week previous to last Friday, said
nothing, but thought much, and Thursdhy sur-
| prised him By announcing my determination ia
get out Of that climate that night. IS Now the,e
I il nothing SO nice" exc1aims the author Of
" Cakes and Ale " to every new proposal, and.
I though it may seem contradictory when, in ono
chapter, he adds '1as pudding with plums in it,
and, in the next, p" as visit from your mother
| in-1aw," yet putting the emphasis on notc, all
difficulties are removed. and you SEQ that ha
only means that whatever pleasure ia at hand
should rule supreme. So thought to- myself
as, last Thursday night, With. the wind bitinc
my face, walked, satchel in hand, to tbs
Illinois Central depot On Twenty second etreet
snow there is nothing 80 nico as to start of
without preparation on trip, without knowing
where you arc going. Thoreau, I believe, v1o,o
that the true WY to enjoy walk ia, to no. nake
| up your mind to 60 40 fur and return, but 90
with the world before you, md, when you hays
is filled, return. / hailed tho ticket asent with,
II want ticket" "Where to, sir? II don't
know" Where aro you going7" II don't
know. I want to
fron, this snow, leo. and wind" We finally d..
cided on the city in which this letter is dated.
On aTaEinc he ne1t morniur. looked anr.
iousIy out Of the car-window to see if no Vera
beyond the snow; but no! there it was. as cold
and white az ever. Stepping out OF the car for
which froza nv aar tha day befora- Reacba5
cairo that evening about S. and there found fha
ssme snow. ico- and wind. I began to inonira
the price Of q ticket to Havana, Cuba
on boord tho river steamer Illinois informed 1na
tbat Il was little worse at Humboldt. yhare VA
we're again to taka tho carr. than at anY other
point.
direction. or perhaps tho Biographies and gtory.
books wore ali wrong, and there we're no regions
ht1t those OF
ErEnxA1 Eow-
in r;ntar time. at anT rate. However,. aRetn,n.
ing wero as tedious as 70 o'er." The river in-
clients wcTo alI new to o. ms> md H1rhena !.
noth;np ~ nica" ns snnnar On riTer.ho.t
Aftar annrer + enioved Watching the c1or;es ~
a rad snnset: then went down among lie boilars
Ore Of thena). tie horses,-a hundred, I ahouI
tho rnree ~ ice iusf aboTa Humboldt and . Ri.
nnonf assi1v this trin. few cayg befnre sha.r1.
wodred in It three days and more. Than va
.sore IN c1aar wetar' T fe1t onconrnged,
N tha cars dreamed Of 1nonn.ains of snov.
frozen ears. noseg hands. feet, ,fc., aoateI on
;va-a ~ ;ca vnLa and 1nnt;nr ont ~ H..
Tinjo,v COW tbo haantifn1 ,earfh whita v;1h
moonlight. MOI specS OF sno# 9nywne1e*
N1tn sense OF ereat comtote, Nent 70 sleep
agaln; N me morning. nom Iouno nyseh @ sul'
rounded VIII not only warIe1 ar' oos
ANE" @ fEofLE,
anot slnce 1nAc Guy 70 tlnst uass oeen ~ y oA@e
meeting 80 muca He anu character WHICH !s ne"
70 mo, ano' sinnk' 20 5he leople @ u tne Nqs'n
Genefany, tnas nato!5 Aao" "notoes ~
assep os ~ .iaI ~ aJ rS%1a aas ~
"f1le .n sucn wy enat Io1 rGus,7 Sou.a &c.
~ nn'9 4 near aeo tm W. ,nsn Who rarasant.
aI, any = 49, 80 a1sseos ~ Faaii;,,1 ~. ~.
81 toIy "eu sno 49,, Iaass.S ~ 1pos
~ "as saa ns'oo ~ 10 the liz; nsrae 1aft IN
:o ~, a'en ~ .e1,anara- .ha-
nloaaed o W1.ont rcfsrenca nee to OF their eiyen word
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ot eoa.t. .ans ao1aiata1 ~ ~ +he
h 20 naxs ns ~ eF?p5 h 5x;n Hs 1
mercy, ne oisFoseu o1 nus properly, mosnS s tnm-
seli ana 1amn? 10 & ne. 80 uno 9oMu t.,qin pvs
Nnt 31G ~ h ttor ~ nna;nt n
no. Not one mord ~ ~ m ets " o
aager re tng e e1 r1s a1id rs,
f.n,o hs, iaha- g. ~ s,sra 1a1,or. hut
+ ihe wax a9 ~ % tho :niantatiena must be- done.
Ho 49, hsro ,ch;a1ad tI fTason and Il tter
.s1;ohtad a. n,;nda th;s seaSS to mann th9s tha7
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