The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-23
FROM NEW GRAND CHAIN AND
VICINITY.
DRIVE TO CAIRO, AND "A DRIVE" AT CAIRO
MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MIN.
BY RusTICIA.

We country people have watched the con-
troversy between Beatrice" and Practical
with some interest, hoping that we might
be persuaded to wear our old dresses and
bonnets. not only this year, but every other
year which must come and go before the
wise men of our country shall provide
roads on which We may safely drive to
Cairo, and so make our own selections of
goods IT'S true, the merchants of st.
Louis and other large cities, send US cata.
logues and samples which afford opportuni
ties for shopping with pen and paper, thus
avoiding the fatigue of going from store to
store, and looking at endless piles Of goods
which We do not want or have not the abil.
ity to purchase. But in escaping the weari
ness, we also lose the pleasures incident
to shopping.
What true woman ever enjoyed wearing
a hat she did not like, and how can one be
sure that hers is the most becoming style
for her, unless she has gone to the millin.
er's and tried on all the other shapes worn
THE Bazaar says there are only 900 styles
this spring
Some ladies drawer and more anxious TO
be in the fashion than myself, ventured to
drive to Cairo last week, thinking
that bridge which allowed some
people to cross Cache in safety, might also
carry them through. On reaching that
abomination below Mound City they found
a placard warning travellers of its insecure.
ty. Here was predicament-mi miles from
home and in sight of the milliner's chimney
tops! The ladies who wanted new hats
we're in the majority, so, after considering
the pros and cons, the heavy women walked
across, one at time, the light weights fol-
lowing, leading the horses. AS the last
one stepped on terra tirma, each drew q
sigh OF relief at the escape from the danger
threatened by the creaking timbers which
seemed toibe loose at every joint The Ru.
bicon passed, they were soon rolling along
quite checrtully, when all at once they
found the sandy road so close to the surg.
ing water Of the Ohio that mis.stcp of
their horses might throw them into the
muddy torrent. To avoid this fate they
turned into wood road, which, by a very
circuitous route, brought them to the tres
tie OF the c. and V. railroad. Surely, now
their troubles were at an end. Untortu-
natcy for them this illusion was soon dis
PEELED. A heavy train of cars running on
a track 20 or 80 feet over head proved to
be rather serious trial for the nerves of
both ladies and horses, when they attempt
ed to pass the round house, the more so, as
the train ran backward and forward many
those women stood on the ground
clinging to the birdie bits, the engineer,
coolly looking down on them as
he came and went Finally, after what
seemed to them an hour Of switching he
stayed down the incline long enough to
allow them to get away. BY this time
,very one OF those six women had a nervous
headache and their horses were so excited
hat they SHE'D at every unusual sight and
ound on the way, When they did get into
own they wanted to blow somebody up,
md not knowsng who deserved this most,
hey gave vent to their feelings by asking
he merchants why the new road and bridge
we're not finished. One gentleman didn't
Know there was any road or bridge either -
bought everybody travelled en- tho cars.
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