Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-08-21
A Short Trip by Stage and Rail

chapter "n Tom ruch-' rdr To London no
longer cAist. The glossy, highbred blacks.
bays aud grals hav" Disappeared before
the iron horse. The nltty, wrll-dIrssed
driN,r, polite and quick nj rcpait,o hls
gwen place to the sooty, -bcgrInI"d
idle III stable yards, whllu the long train
OF ears goes laundering over mountains
and valleys loaded with scores of passen.
gers rejoicing that civilization affords such
wonderful means oil rapid transit Even
where the locomotive has not made It's
way, there remains upon the lines Of pub
! lie travel but FAINT resemblance to the
/ the stage coach of bygone years Rough
/ aud heavy hacks drawn by a single span
Of horses, but seldom changed, furnish the
only means OF public transportation. 1t
was with manya long drawn sigh that
VT realized oil these facts - few week,
/ ago when al hour or Two after the moon
OF the night We seated Ourselves ~ IN,
vehicle provided hy the North Louisiana
stag" Company ior the carrlaC' "f t.aNrl.
ers over ITS ROUTE. \ hIyry gllnr, AZ ia"
vayhll hrfurr the change at horses, dis
! PEELED 1ninr uf our dread. "" found there
/ the name of Col. J. 4 Snidrr, of Bellevue
aud Mc-sts. llcruiou aud Land, of ShrrNc-
port. With the first named gentleman We
had a pheasant acquaintance, and with the
reputation at the other two W. were "a
mlilr. After our journey was over We
had Reason Ia congratulate nuI~.lf upon
the prophetic thought that they would do
much ta hcguIlc the wrarlurss al the way.
liut there was annthrr factor which had
not entered into our cal, ulatI"Is, i factor
absolutely necessary To- the general sum
ming up of the iir>t Il age ui ouI journey
the driver. And such II driver. Not one
of the drinking, swearing kind; not u dan 7
dv manipulation of thu r,ins; not ut - irhu
of the driving -chuul. Int - Youth whose .
wilder passions bad been -ubdncd l., a
love at music, which had expanded with F.
The growth of his soul; yuuth vhn added .
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mrllllluou~ VOICE a,tuncd to all th" lucl"- !
dice of the day; "A N"nth wh'-r haIp not +
his sol" remaining JOY was l"rnr IN the .
,alacjou- depths nj his hrra>t pocLct,
This adnlrSrcnt. - native Of Ralt;nnrr.
the good genius who watches over the
comforts of traveller. had borne into Loui.
lNina lN easy stages and had left stranded
~ Mindrn, blessing III Disguise I" th"~"
VIII" might he driven 10 sch iLIlrsSrd
and questionable comforts offered by tho
stage between that town and Homer.
Ia" h"W~ between cut N"t AID daylight
would haNchccn long and tedious had itrot
have been i"r III" eouG> gailN tI"llrd hy ON
wonderful dIlv'r. W" may forget, bat W.
d" not now think SO ever can, that won
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