Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17

{ pace above that Of g snail without
turning over or running out into the
woods every hundred yards or 90, then
8 miracle must be something very Wop.
derlul indeed. Here you 20 down like
9 schooner dropping into Q trough Of
the sea; then up IS II rising upon the
crest Of q billo ", till-but for the Jerk.
ing backward aud forward and the
sudden dropping Of the wheels where
the rails unevenly join-you almost
imagine you are upon tho briDy deep
aud In danger Of becoming sea-sick.
Indeed, Master Frank did become quite
pale, and on more occasions than one
became very much interested In lo0k-
ing out at the window 10 "see the
wheels 20 round" The passengers
who attempt to 1T up are weaving TO
and fro 10 their attempts TO retain
q perpendicular attitude and those
who nod are now and then making 0
vigorous butt at the window or thrust.
ing their heads against those who eli
beside them. Ills hard TO sleep under
such difficulties ID the passenger
coaches, and as the sleeper goes no far.
Their than Little Rock, and lite occupants
bound beyond would have TO be
aroused at halE.past one, only q few
have taken 1t, while the rest twist aud
turn, and yaWn and stretch, aud count
the minutes by their watches, and
abuse the road till Of last we croSs the
bridge over the Arkansas and are soon
dumped oct at Little Rock, 10 await
the train on the Iron Mountain road,
which svOn comes tearing along, aud iS
checked up alongside the depot almost
90 suddenly az Q race horse thrown up.
on lie hAnBches. Each q Of the long
train 10 pretty well filled with passen-
gers, and those Of Us going on have
some difficulty In getting seats, which
10 only accomplished after punching up
many weary sleeperS, who regard this
proceeding and the appropriation Of Q
part of their seats as en- act OF great In.
lruslon.
Here 10 9 road for you, and here are
your neat and well. ordered cars, where
lite seems to exist and prosperity TO
reignl Aud what a crowd Of folks
coming OVer here and going down into
Texas We are all surprised to see 90
many people away out here In the
woods Of Arkansas, and could hardly
have realized II had we not seen It fol
ourselves. Aud yet Texas does moi
offer to the emigrant Inducements 81
great as those offered by Mississippi
But Mississipprs day will surely come
The very people who are now filling
the bleak Western lands further north
will, many OF them at least, seek hOmel
in the South before many years rol
round.
This Iron Mountain train carried q
over TO Malvern by half-past four In th'
morning. Barring the time of nigh
aud the fact that life was nearly exIiuc
from the miserable ride we had ALREADY
been treated TO, the run was not q dis
agreeable me-. So far as We could SO
Of the country through which We ha,
passed during the night, by the light Q
the moon aud after the dawn Of day
there appeared 10 be nothing inviting
the.RroWth after leaving the lOwland
bein- chiefly black Aok, serubby oak
and pine, with lands perhaps too poor
as q rule, 10 grow blSck-eye peas. A
Malvern we fell In with III it'll
friends OF the narrow.gauge. l am paT
tial 10 narroW-gauge roads, and espe
ciAlly where the demands upon them or
not heavy, and where expenses muS
be light in order that they may NEE
them. Ny first acquaintance will
, them was In Colorado, where the.
seemed to prosper 10 q land almost to,
poor for prairie dogs or jack rabbits
but since | rode on mi across tn
-, range dividing tie head waters o" tn
Platte and the river Fountain, whicj
I, empties into the Arkansas, tn
: Iluie fellow has pushed ava
. down toward the mines Of Sal
Juan, near the line Of New Mex
co, and has crossed the great SAngr
De Criulo mountains OF altitude Gf neA
ten thousand feet above the level of Id
sea. In that ride | had occasion 10 nc
e tice how easily the cars glided alonl
b and how little Of their motion was feI
{ by the passengers. The same thin
was experienced In the ride from Ma
I Veru over here this morning. At hal
n past Eve, and the cry "all aboard" th
( little locomotive, with its baggage CT
Q and two coaches, oil we'll laden, WhiE
9 ped around the curve and darted Int
The woods In The livelIest aud spunkieI
J. manner. Nor was II any %quSrter.horI
either, 10 make 9 spurt aud then Civ
o up, but II kept pegging away rigl
through the woOds, over spurs I
larger hills, up little valleys, over snu
iron bridges, spanning numerOJ
n creeks, and away on its course resounC
iug with the speed Of a dart ill II
II whislle, throughout this steaming r.
b gion, gave notice of the arrival OF 81
II other cargo Of crabs 10 be boiled.
!. II is u wonder how the engine,
:. VIII, laid out this road ever found b
way v e here II 10 absolutely Il
d first road | aver saw which had Q
(. land. marks by which TO build 1t. tt
t. fellow ought to be- detailed 10 q
l. company Stanley 10 bic contemplate
e expedition in search Of the North pol
e, | think II such q thing IL TO be four
n he would and II. But q greater VOL
Of der than oil is how In the world pc
he pie. lame and bed.ridden, got over he