The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-09-28
Nebraska.
Corre.nondenee of the Free Trader.


OMAHA, Neb, Sept 18th, 1878.
Il has appeared for the last few months as
though all who possibly could get away were
bound west, and so gathering small! party of
ten, also started in that direction to see what
it all meant
On boarding the cars at the Il. l. depot, the
indications cf "the western fcvcr' grew strong.
er, for nearly every seat in the long train OF
cars was occupied, and not unity had passed
several stations could all Of our party get seats.
There was Uncle Philip and son, Allen the
lengthy and his brother, John the musician,
Miner the quiet Hockey the vigorous, Steph-
en- the sedatc, John the silent, John the
thoughtful, also Abel; as fine party of good,
see; hard to beat anywhere.
Of course our party laugiIed and talked
and visited from seat to seat and then lips
and ihroats getting dry we "wet our whistles"
with strong tc"-Rcd r. folks will please n
3. that it was TEA We took--and then we look.
ed around I'm one part of our ear was n man,
his wife and several children, all going to Ne
braska, Paterfamilas had been out, bought
land, built house and was now taking his
family from their city hone to learn what a
farmers life means Il new location and new
life The wife discovered "A wind mill at some
distance and inquired what it was. pater look
ed, seemed puzzled, but gravely answered,
All -ycs--why that is Il churn," Mad
ame seemed 10 doubt the accuracy of this state
men, and pater will doubtless have to bribe
her with new dress before he hears the last
Of this churn, If he ever does
Our attention isnow attracted by a card bear
lng this legend This train does not stop for
meals, but has Il hotel car attached" And
concluded to investigate. Entering the car
take seat at "A small table, aud am served
with great variety Of well-cooked food, equal
To that obtained at the best hotels | eat leis
urely; no unsecmly haste, fearing that may
hear the conductors startling "All aboardm
before have even swallowed cup Of coffee;
no fastening SO Is TO be off to business, and it
Is not even necessary to go out 30 "sce man."
for he, in fact several of him, is in one end of
the car with only a thin partition between.
take meal, twenty or thirty miles long, enjoy
ING ii hugely and the price % cents is not
eyorbitant for what one gets. one meal Il
day on the car and two from the lunch basket
/, make the average expense moderate, and fully
Satisfy me.
But you may think this slow travelling to-
gytqis Nolg.u 10 LIE D..
y been getting along 1t The rate Of from % TO
20 miles per hour, I will make big jump
and stop in the new [. p. depot at Council
BIniis, by courtesy, but really somewhere be.
tween that city and Omaha, on the Iowa side
The depot, situate rs aforesaid is a fine three
story brick building similar in shape TO the
X. |. depot in Chicago; the front being say 300
by 20 feet, and the two extensions $50 feet each,
furnishing ample room, with all the modern
convenience for II. r. purposes.
presume there were good and sufficient
reasons for locating this depot where it is, but
for the life Of me can't see them II is neither
in Council Bluffs nor in Omaha and as the
latter city is the natural terminus of the road,
the starting point for western travellers, they
will 60 to Omaha in any event and this trans
fer is simply a nuisance. The r. r. Co does
all il can 10 facilitate getting across, and yet
there must be some delay, and impatient tray
eiers will grumble
On arriving at Omaha we stop at the St
Charles, house of moderate size, where we