Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-05-09
lessness of country surroundings and
subsidino intn a fit ofhynoehondriacs

Is out n co nm0n center IL ina
country and that is the bottom.
Old settlers no longer go stroling
around hunting for tools where they
left them, but buckle on q pair Of
claws and turn themselves loose on
the side of a hill with the accepted
understanding that they will all come
together; and the man that leaves a
Murphy badge on one hill and his
bottle on the next feels assured that
he will find them lying snugly side
by side. r. a
1 heartily sympathise with the
stumps in that country because,
realizing that their heels are non-hol-
low, and earth components have no
attraction for them beyond the avow-
ed center of gravitation, I infer it
must be awful straining to them to
cling to those enormous ridges.
However, We are indebted to that
region for the excellent white oak
ties which rest on the bosom of Au-
drain and adjoining counties.
Agreeable to the example Of our
immortal ancestry after a sniff and a
sheer we retreated from the spot of
historic celebrity % in noisy disor-
der, and advanced On Fayette, (the
third town in our route, and county
seat Of Howard,) which place we
reached Sunday morning.
The weather hitherto had beer
rather Indictment, but in consequence
of a change to a bright sun and III
clouded sky in connection with the
clean quiet streets, well dressed oc-
cupants, shaded lawns and avenues,
cosy and antique little buildings. We
were quite f~avorably impressed with
the effect produced by natures hal
mony, with the artiice of that beat
tiful little town.
Fayette in the way Of buildings
contains but few samples of modem
grandeur; but represents neatness
and cleanliness to all but excess.
The male and female colleges which
stand visavis are the largest and Of
moderate proportion, but quite hanG-
some, and are both visible from tie
city's lricipal avenue.
1t is a very inviting country there,
and almost rivals Audrain in agricul-
tural excellence. We did not remain
long in Fayette and as We Numbered
off over rocky streets, and saw the
pious gentry lounging about beneath
the retresing shade, and the stupid
watch dog raised his head and yawn-
ed, we remarked our reluctance to
disturb the sweet repose Of that quiet
little city.
The next place in onr journey de-
veloped in Glasgow, the city of hills,
and great joint between Saline and
Howard counties.
We arrived at the place referred
+s,,.a.s Sunday evening, and executed
49, - -
a~.crcssing to the @sssas 4.
Missouri river on a steam ferry boat
which transferred our mammoth as
sembly in an almost incredible O
we'll az pleasing limit of time. On
animals evinced considerable uneasi
ness rs we dropped out into tn
stream, and one mule in particular
attracted IL attention by his effort
to span the river with his neck as W
approached the shore. Wclanded an,
camped beneath the branches of som
gigantic cottonwood trees which line,
the bank of the river at this point
and had a splendid view of Glasgo,
by gas light. We were quite singular
ly surprised by the sorrowful etfec
of the echo from that position, am
experimental no few times with tn
pneumonia as we timidly hreathe'
the simple inspiration ''Oh joel"
Delighted with the prospects fins
of our travels we were indEced +
proceed into the interior of a count
which by reputation claimed to b
among the richest of Missouri's sec
tons.
Our proposed destination (whic'
by the way is Sulphur Springs, if yo
please, instead of Marshall (exact,
incurred a journey of twenty miles
and proved to be the most pleasin
5 and interesting score in our migrate
not that the country was more sui
lime or picturesque, but beceuse til
wheat fields were more ~extensiv,
wealth more promising, contentmel
more prevalent, girls more industr
Gus, and absolutely more sweet an
charming.
You are not required in this couI
try to linger at the postals Of SON
= white-washed domicil, or inf1ngin
/ on the handiwork of some Brussolis
D emporium to meet what we had hit
erto considered those non-domest
: little females, but may find them
the corn field toiling along in an agre'
able, genuine, womanly n amer; N
| splitting cord-wood or binding oa
as you will too quickly inter, b.
a dropping corn with light merry tire,
managing cows with true feminir
grace, and aiding and adjoining in
s womanly degree, the, numerous tot
1 and cares which would otherwise +
vert TO their husbands or brothers..