The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-11-25
We were entertained here made ]

We were entertained here made To
peka lovers Of all The tourists. We
left this city.on the evening q the
18th and arrived in Kansas City in
good time for the evening train for
St. Louis, hoping to arrive at the lat
ter place, and make connection with
the morning tram for Indianapolis,
but in this We were Disappointed
A freight train on the track impeded
cur progress 50 much that our arri-
val at St. Louis was an hour late,
necessitating our stay in the city I'M
til evening. This of course disap-
pointed many of US who were anS-
ious to get home, but under the cir
We could do nothing, but
stake our medicine and look pleas
ant"
From the depot We betook our
selves to the Planters House, and
after checking our baggage, spentthe
day in a more thorough inspection of
the city, than our time would permit
when westward bound. The day
seemed q long one, and early in the
evening the excursionists were at
the deg in full array. AT ! o'clock
the wheels of the Iron Horse began
revolving, and sooIi We were journey
ing homeward, at a lively speed, but
owing to an accident on the road, We
failed to make connection at Indian
apolis as intended, which would have
necessitatei our stay over Sunday in
Columbus, Ohio, and rather than do
that cur friend Howard and myself
bid the jovial excursionists kind
goodbye at New Richmond, and
stepped aboard the Dayton bound
train and arrived at the latter place
in Intervening, just in good time to
be too late for the outgoing train for
Cincinnati. Our religious prcten-
sions would not allow us toswcar and
after discussing the matter fully, as
it was a matter of choice, We conclu-
ded to Grin and bear IT," BY and
by 8 o'clock came and with it the
shrill whistle of the train, peculiar
strain Of which seemed to tell us it
was high time to pay our hotel bill
and be ready to travel, which we
reluctantly did, and took our depart
ure for the Queen City, and arrived
there at II o'clock P. NJ. After max
ing inquiry VIC fosnd that our boat
had left the wharf about FIVE hours
previous to our arrival, but that We
were not so far behind time; but what
we could wait for the Granite State,
(which our informant told us would
leave for Huntington the next even
ing. at4 o'clock.
Having dispensed with sleep some
ten days previous to our arrival here
we, concluded that We would have
time TO "try it on" again, and
accordingly saantcred towards the
Crawford House for that purpose
Arriving at the hotel and registering
our names, we were shown to our
room. In short time thcrcafterour
jolly friend began in a plaintivc and
mounful manner his admission that
aDrowsy sleep had wcoed and Won
him The day following, we passed
loungins around the hotel, until the
welcome hour of our boats departure
arrived, VIC then took fresh courage
and dcnleancd ourselves as become
good hearted pedestrians having
conscientious scruplcs about carriage
under certain ciycum-
stances, and soon found ourselves
aboard the Steamer Granite State,
and as sooa as We had placed our old
clothes in safety, VIC might have been
seen walking up and down that good
old boat "as happy as boys in town
with pockets full of rocks"
We soon, however, were swcctly
snoozins in our hunks, the very pic
lures Of "Innocence abroad"
On the evening of the LIST of Nov
cmber, We arrived at one of West
virsinia's fast towns, Huntington,
at which place We remained until
u ". of the %, our frs: opportunity
to leave this quiet, but entcrprisins
place was per Steamer Crossley, and
gladly we awaited ourselves of it, and
touched the city wharf of this place
early on the morning Of the Sd, long
after our eSeat had expired, and glad