Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-21
EDITORIAL coaatsponoencE.
OK BOARD SrBAAnR AnAssAs,
January lAth. lssO.

Of the Morgan line. Why Arsnsas l can't
say. The name 10 . singular one, and {
presume means nothing except that . X
~ss left out In the attempt to name the
steamer after the state that bounds Loui-
siana on the north. At any rate the "we'
Of the Guardian Is here. In company with
Mr. Kortum and two ia, gsth-r-rs from
Louisiana, to.wit: Nessrs simpson Of
Caddo aud Douglas Of DrSoto. aud the
various other. who 70 to make MP the
passenger list Of 4 steamer. We are ont
Of sight Of land. The gulf i. compara-
lively calm. A. vet no one II sick save q
theatrical manager from Galveston, who
in 0 mannrr, natural for once, cndcaSOrrd
to throw up the heels Of his boots, aud
now on made down" bed near the man
at the wheel casts his pitruus eyes Heaven
ward ~ prayer, We trust. korinm il
rather shaky IN the pegs aud has she
look Of = man who fears the wrath To
come The tax gathcrrrs are hopeful Of
better thugs, for has not Peter, the chief
Of the cabin boys, been consulted and
promised to furnish enough brandy and
water to mitigate the ngouirs Of those
who suffer from sea sickness. For myself
do not know what the future will bring.
am sitting forward on pile Of stage
planks or something similar Ia that
effect" Us Moses VI. Davis would say.
don't feel bad yet, although We have been
from Galveston more than four hours.
ind nothing To complain Of 80 far, save
that the motion Of the vessel makes IL
difficult To write trgibfe hand. One
party on board apprrhends danger The
thin visited gentleman assigned to the
berth under me- looks upon me every once
and occasionally with nrrvou. apprrhrn.
sion. His fears grow stronger a. he sees
more "f me. Before | Was ush-red into
his -tat--ronm with the modest statement
of the porter, "ihls gentleman will occupy
the upper berth" | was to HIM only
moderately large man. Now he looks AT
IN" as II | weighed four hundred. He is
miserable. | can offer HIM no relief
Many passengers have to sleep on the
cabin sofas. If fall, IA fall full we'll
may, that poor stranger IL doum-d.
would like to be able to write YOU %
full description of one Of the Morgan
steamers. This, however, is the smallest
If the line, and 81 far have discovered
nothing remarkable about it except its
capacity for rocking on a seemingly smooth
sea. shall make complete tour Of the
vessel before the sun goes down, and
likely may report anything that ~onld
interest those Of the readers Of the Guar
dian who like myself are new 10 travelling
on an ocean steamer.
We left Shreveport on the morning Of
the 18th, made connection at 2:3O a. III.
with the tram To Fort Worth. At Long
view We took the International road to
Houston, aud from Houston came to Gal
weston direct, and here We are.
The aspect Of the country through
which we pn.s-d in the daylight of the
day we left Shreveport squite familiar to
many readers Of the Guardian. To those
who have never seen the country We
would say that 1t /. very like the pine
hills of Claiborne.
From Iougvi-w to Palestine the scenery
ia comparatively uninterr-ting, and the
same may he said of the country to Hous-
ton. We passed through it in the night
aud whatever may have been it's beauties
to the writer they were not visible.
OF all the Texas roads that We have
travelled over one thing certainly may I've
written, whether to their credit or not it
tlmc-rarely ever more than fifteen miles
ar hour. Charity iucinrs us to believe
that this ia done for the safety Of passen-
gers and To avoid alarming the children
BE all this a. II may, IT i. quite annoying
to creep along as We have done for twenty
four hours
On the steamer we travel with greater
rapidity, aud as vet with far more comfort
There are, however, wonderful improve
ments in railway travelling, a. many Of
the reader. Of the Guardian know. The
Pullman palace drawing ruom aud sleep
ing cars are "a the school gitls would say.
perfectly splendid. TN what is known as
the Sunset route to san Antonio the draw
ing room cars ar" palatial if such term
can he applied only to their equipments.
The car windows are wide. The large
cushioned arm chairs ARE So arranged that
one can turn in every direction, thus -na-