The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-11-09
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DEAR SIR;-I am Just remin-
ded 81 the promise made you on the
platform the evening before We. myself and
DIS. Jones, started West with q car load Of
cattle, to give you a few items by the way,
u any thing noticeable should trsnsrire
within our observation.
A quiet and retired farmer Of Kentuc;
Ky, places himself In an attitude to see and
hear great many things quite foreign to
his own rules and manner Of looking at
matters when he boards a freight-train
bound West with a car lead 81 blooded
stock. The frst new experience he has is
At Louisville, our own beautiful city, IL he
should be 81 unfortunate as to land for the
overnight at the Louisville Stock Yard.
Mr.. Pomeroy, the manager, has every ap-
pearance of a gentleman, but the Yard
hands, the men with whom drovers have to
deal more directly, are the most abusive.
profane and insulting set Of men that we
ever had to bear with in our lives. They
will curse your rights, curse your cattle,
curse you for getting in after midnight,
and damn all creation II they are not al
lowed to turn bulls and cows out loose and
together in the same pen.
II would he passable matter IL Nc were
the only parties who had received such
shabby treatment, but another drover who
passed through few days ahead Of us,
said he would drive his cattle to h-ll be-
fore he would unload again at the Louis
willie Stock Yards.
IL Is not our purpose to do this location
an injustice, the convenience and feed ac-
commodations are all that could be desired,
but the proprietor ought certainly to see
the "heauty" OF having gentlemen to deal
with gentlemen.
Now the scene changes deli.iously. The
run from Louisville to indianapolis, is
short and sweet, owing to the kind and
genial treatment Of the Conductor and
clever crew. While you "slumber and
sleep on the cory cushion" your stock or
freight is cared for as certainly as IL it he
longed to the President Of the road. Even
the brakesmen, whose humble calling pla-
ces them below the consideration Of an
aristocratic public, are men Of manners
and gentlemanly department.
The most monotonous and iresome road
human ever travelled is from indianapolis
to st. Louis. A vast and continuous plain
for run Of twenty. four hours. reaching
in every direction a. far as the eve can
compass, Is the characteristic scenery Of the
"live long day." A huge cabbage patch, a
farmers wagon mired in the field with six
bushels Of corn, or patent hen-house, are
about the most noticeable changes in the
picture. Wheat and meadow, meadow and
wheat, occasionally interpreted with a
thousand acre corn field, constitute the sur
face variety Of the fsmous Esliaoi.s. A
beautiful country to look upon, bat just
now, a soft one to walk upon. II would
puzzle the ingenuity Of well-bred goose
to decide the better way of travelling over
those beautiful farms, walk or swim. Mis-
souri, alike, being insuffcienlly nndulating
to drain of the heavy rains is a thriving
mud-puddle, and from reasonable stand
points this characteristic will likely grow
with the country. Macon county Missouri,
where We are now located, is a splendid
boundary Of land, fertile soil, and lies we'll
for farming. We are told that thousands
OF acres IN this county are yet unsettled
and unienced. and could he bought very
cheap. Here is valuable territory unseen
and unsought by the poor and laboring
class Of men in the Fast and South, but
who should emigrate?
Our own judgment for what il is worth,
but Central Kentuckians who have grown
up with all the convneiences Of life, and
who have reasonable hope Of respecta-
BILE income in the future had better content
themselves with their present surroundings
and let Others prosper in the lucky West.
II can only be rare occurrence that a citi-
zen, even Of our own county, used to turn
pixies; used TO pleasure vehicles; used TO
bluegrass pastures; used to educated soci-
ETY., &c, can adapt himself to this milk.
and-honey ~ country.
Our object in making this trim. was in
the main, to hunt out A desirable legation
and emigrate, and Of course We harbor M
prejudice against the Country. But in all
Justice TO Macon, and other parts which ".
have seen, we must be plain tina, the pr,s.
poets and modu operand; of Attain, here
abouts, differ very widely from our notions
Of success and happiness in life. Macon
has the name of being one IF the best
counties in the State of Missouri. and now
We give a concise and impartial descrin.
ton Of il.
There is not a substantial wagon road in
| II $500. IN, $500.