Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-03
CHAMPAGNE.

1lOSe VINO were SO unfortunate as TO
have to wait for their dinner until or 4
O'Clock, did not, apprehend, relish the
repast quite as well as those who were
seated at the first table, for a tremendous
rate of speed was put on the dining car,
and which, being at the end of the train,
was switched about something after the
fashion of dogs tail. The tea, coffee
and other liquids were soon lying loose
on the floor, and owing to the peculiar
motion of train at speed of a mile a
minute, all the glass ware on the table
was in a crushed condition, and lying
| loose on the floor as we'll. Such a smash
up of glassware we never saw before
The way we sailed through the air from
Glasgow to Kansas City caused the hair
to stand straight on the head of many a
surprised Ohio editor. One of our party
timed the train and reports a speed of IL
miles in ten minutes. This is a little faster
than we desire to pass through this world,
and am pretty sure that no member of
the Association desires to repeat the ride,
at the same rate of speed.
The road is a most splendid one, the
cars are good and the track is laid with
steel rails. The bridge across the Mis-
souri, is also of steel.
The country between this and Glasgow
is as rich for agricultural purposes as L
have ever seen. The soil is deep, and the
corn crop growing in it indicates supe-
rior soil for this class of the cereals. Much
of the corn is three feet high, and the
acreage is very large. The corn is of a
healthy, dark-green color, and glistens
so brightly in the sun as to dazzle the eye.
The wheat crop in Missouri is not good
it stands thin on the ground, the heads
are short and look very light, at least
those that had an opportunity to exam
inc were.
1 have not yet had time to investigate
matters in this city. 1 met DIR. Case, the
P. M. of this city, formerly citizen OF
Columbus, and who has resided here for
/ twenty-five years. He informed me, that
at the time the war broke out, Kansas
City had population of 5000, and at the
end of the war, it had, owing to peculiar
unpleasantnesses been reduced to 5000 !;
but, since that time, it has taken a vigo=-
Gus growth, and now contains popula-
| IIOn Ol 0A3OOUs GuOuSlG GLtb lII all area
of 100 miles around the city it could not
be surpassed in beauty and fertility Ot
soil. The grounds on which the city is
located is not quite level plain, but the
! surface is quite uneven and requires the
leveling process to make it as smooth a
| the plate-glass that ornaments some o.
the palatial business houses of our owr
modest and unpretentious little city.
Ofthe elegant dinner on the cars, abovt
mentioned, should have stated was
free entertainment by the gentleman VIII,
conducts that department, for the com
fort of the travelling public. He gave Il
another bill of fare, showing what i
furnished on the train every day; but, OIL
this occasion, as the guests were gentle
men of distinction, and high-toned, too
the bill of fare was also high-toned.
Tomorrow morning our party will b,
provided with carriages and an escort
and will, till 10 O'Clock, spend thei
time in taking in the city and the sur
roundings, at which hour they will plac
themselves on the cars and face towar
Denver, where we expect to arrive afte
ride of 80 hours.
In my next may be able to say some
thing in reference to Kansas City.
Good night. WIN. WILLIAM.