Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-14
8 MISS BROWN" AT ROCK ISLAND
Rock ISLAND, IT., Oct. 81, 1874.


mean when think how day after day has gone
by, leaving my promise unfulfled. But then
play spells are so rare, and / have had such q
glorious time since my arrival here, that ard
ly know how the days have flown. Moreover, [
lear that your readers will think: What! isn't
1T enough that we must be afflicted With "Miss
Brown" present, that she should torment NJ
from distance also? Which thought. together
with The worry OF the coming elections, mi ght
accidentally prove too much for some constitu -
tion-, and then what should do?
But there, I'll risk II. IN not say wor l.
though, about the scenery, &c, as almost every
body has at some time or other seen iusS a.
lovely bits or and'cape. and as beautifully
ysrit ga ed f0Tears, meet The eve. Shile rushing
thTough the different states during the m1nrn OF
October. No. sb all not gush In that direction: ::
but III tell you how got rid of
TIE WALKING CANDY AND NEWS STAND
on our train. You see, this ore was OF a sar-
ticuiarly sgeravating kind, and seemed TO tase
fendish delight in thrusting all sorts of specked
fruit, soiled novels, and deceitfni 'prize pack
ages OF plaster OF Paris cIDdy into ones lap,
arguing The while that these were the idsntic 4
things one bad all along hoped for end dreamed
Wen, 1 shook my head gently, and spoke
mildly, the first five hundred and sIxuy times;
bot after that felt ss though the monotony OF
the proceedings ought to be varied little, and
prepared for action. He came with oranges
then, delicate little things, somewhat larger
than waibuts, and only ten cents apiece. / put
n
OF hesitating way that had never been in the
habit OF accepting presents from strange young
men, but that, as his heart teemed BET upon be-
slowing his favors upon me, and I re Ally did
not like to hurt his feelings, seeing he was
young and innocent, / should make an excep-
ton In his favor and accept any and every thing
he would give me.
can generally keep my phiz pretty straight
under trying circumstances, but the look OF
olan ast0nishment, dismay and disgust which
crept over that perambulatng merchants face
duIlrg my speech was more than had bar
gained Tor, and my handkerchief bears witness
mat t me Joke was "tooth in" about that time.
he sazed at his oranges clutched them tiy ntiy,
and then made a bee-line for the door, leaving
o''r car undisturbed for as mnch a. an hou-
ard giving poor me the widest sort uf berth
when AFTER that he distributed his wares.
AT ROCK ISLAND.
But there, must not tell tales out Of school:
ana will, instead, give you a glance at Rock
Island and vicinity, if you will accompany me,
in ina gnstion, on ope OF my rides. See there
comes The two horse shay ghich is TO take
us: and In it, playing driver, is about the best
companion for trip OF that kind, you aud /,
my STAR could possibly have. It's the Senior
editor OF the Rock Island 6rgus, who, thor
ough politician and polished man OF the world
Wltbai retains all the enthusiasm and kindly
impulses OF generous boYboOt, and is. NOR over
able 10 give an interesting de rptIon aud ex-
plantation cf everything within sight or he airing
lie gives the word aud off GO; ii 81 70 the 10 w.
er eId OF the town, for a look st the 2lassworks
p!0w factory, saw mills and distillery. y mum,
Der OF qneer buildings, en- the 81 ames- twins
par, attract our attraction, and We are told
that they are ice houses, built to store q supnIy
for the ST. Louis market, aud that they furnish
employ ment during the season for at least three
huDcrSt men,
We turn around and take the biuR road.
(b!ufi il western for hIl,) take look at this
Beautifully situated, and well kept Goods
acre ChJppiannOck, and then descend into tba
valley amt approach the Rock river. A sOund
OF machinery meets our ears and our sguida
philosopher and friend" informs US that =
woolen tscfory has been built here lately, which
does fiouTishing business, and that further on
tne watch factory has also been established
Having foul above blankets, watches, and
's-ch" we pass on, UP the bluf, higher and
higher, Till the horses stop on the brow of an
almost pei eTpendiCuiarly descending hill and
one or tho lOvelest Landscapes Imaginable lies
before our delighted eyes We are on the
Watch Tower" the show place of the county
ana OF which every true Rock Islander is with
reasg n, proud. Far a. the eye can recsh the
manifold arms Of Jhe Rock river, err bracing
wooded or cultivated; islands, present fhei4
rrpling surface to the bright October sun; a
SOFT haze vei.s the whole beautiful expauss and
AZ distance wagons pass, at what 70 Us seems
sus'ls pace, across the bridges, forming
2IOtesque figures where the shadows on the
water see N to combine with the moving objects
Ana now While our senses are steeped in this
hfthe OF all the hurry ana worry OF the world
we are told that this is the spot from which
Black Hawk used TO watch the movements OF
Gen. Scott, when that redoubtable officer was
engaged in
ADMINISTERING SOOTHING SYRUP,
N his unique way, To the ''Great Fathers" red
children OF his tribe.
We feel as il we would like to stay here for
ever, I. e., if only the prairie winds would not
be quite so cutting in their attentions during
the cold weather. but glance at the sun tells
us that, like poor Joe, we must "msve oo.D
Down the bluff we 60 again, retrace 4 part of
our way, then up again for long drive along
the brow Of the hill, where some OF the finest
residences in the county are. We admire
them, and wish for ten thousand a year to en-
able Us TO 50 go and do likewise" but further ON
hamlet, inhabited by workingmen. shows us
Moline We are contented as usual. We take a
peep at tue banks, factories, &c, and then cross
island. =" '''
Here, during the war, was a prisoners, camp:
and about two thousand of the poor fellows,
whom the fortunes of war, ana the boys i'm blue,
landed here, "sleep the sleep that knows no
waxing, with nothing TO mark the spot, ex-
ceFt four large Confederate guns. with muZzles
in the ground. and a. Rebel Cemetery en-
graved on the top. Some five hundred dlef of
snall-poN, coed many Cf scurvy. and the
others, with large percentage ia favor OF
pneumonia, OF various diseases incident 70 life
Formerly fence inclcsed this SPOT, and plain
headboards told where this or that poor John
ny had found a resting place; but lately some
gallant ofcer proved nls bravery by
oBLITERATING ALL THEsR MARKS,
and having the ground powed over, sparing
friends had placed over the remains of their
dead: They are only dead rebels, it is true, vet
our hearts threb with pity, and tue indignitv
ohered their silent home seems TO usa personal
mJafy-the more 80 as We remember that loved
ones OF our own are buried in the .'sunnv
south, where-blesslngs on them foreyer-kind
hearts and willing hands planted flowers and
evergreen over their still breasts.
But regrets are vain, aud we pass on % where
the Lew arsenal buildings grow into s, apes OF
beauty. SO Tar 81 ,299 800 have beer appro-
pflated Tor these works and about / 900 OqO
more VIII be required to complete them: but BIZ
the time they are finished and the grounds put
IN good order, the Rock Island arsenal will be
inferior, In both usefulness and beauty, to none
in the world.
From the shops we pass on TO the command.
ants And officers quarters, and begin to wish
that we had been born officers also; but little
squirrei chatters at us, shakes his Dushy tail in
sort OF long may -it.wave way, then whisks of
TO tell the deer what q "queer lot" he has lust
seen, and leaves US only little less merry than
his own careless little self. Now we reach the
splendid new bridge spanning the Mississippi.
and while we leisurely al proach the Iowa s;da
there Is shrek and roar, and a long tram
side.
HAMBURG BBKFs1EAKs" AND THE LIKE
BY this time we feel an "aching void, )" and
the tempter, in shape of our friend, holds