Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-01-20
For the SESTIF q
A Trip to the Pacific Slope.
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remaineu in Missouri a very
short tinc af' CT my return troEl the
lndiaE Territory, and filled up the
time with visiting in Lebanon and
Oakland, more especially. the latter.
5n tile first service that L held IN
Missouri quite an alnnsing scene
was enacted. [ had previously Ace'a
advised that persons woald be con
tinuallv going out and coming an
during the service, and prudence
wpulL distate forbearance. "All
right said [, s.Irl attend to that
part of it, We met az a school
honse, and there was but one door
to it, so after the congregation had
yathercG and all w"4-e seated | took
my station Immediately in the open
ing which completely cut Oft all
retreat. l was eninenfly -sncccss-
ful until AN Ri:bouShted step to
one side opened the way ard two
youus men availed themselves OF
the benttlt. Now was my iisne TO
n;, it IN the bud. The first one
Was too fast for me, hut l Interrupt
ed the sce<sad one, and putting my
hands on lis shoulders, L said !:
Nov my friend that other yotsslg
man is gone, but you please z"
back and sit down where yuu were.
After hesitatins and swayIng back
wards and forwards a moment he
went to his seat and kept it until
the close, anG afterwards he con-
fess.d Lis defeat. In my subsequent
ser3ices Hs trouble was experienced.
Th~dav set apart Tor taking my
final leave of Missouri friends WAS
very unlropitioas, being cool and
rainy, Tut my friend, Martin Bllck-
endcrter, who was convey me to
Lebanon, being protected by a
buffalo robe aud l donning new
rubber coat, we faced the weather
and set out. The kind friends oi
Oak land and vicinity had shown
me so many favors that it was with
great reluctance that L bade them
.sgood-bye." The fcEdest of as
scciations are doomed to separation
and 50 was onrs- The train toc ST.
Louis passed Lebanon at 10 Z. NJ, ,
and the earlier part of the evening
was spent in adding few things to
my baggage and roping my trunk.
and this having been accomplished
| was invited to splendidly pre-
pared supper at Mr.. S. c. Demurh's.
Here agait kind friends were bid
den adicu with the hope expressed
OF meeting again. 5 o'clock next
morning found me III st. Louis, on
the lookout for Rev. g. L. Rights,
but having fa:.ed to find him | pnt
oft for St. James Hotel, where !
found letter awaiting me from
! Mr. acob Blickendcrter, Chief En-
gincer w. Z. II, r, Omaha, Ne
braska, requesting me to come on
Itosee him. The letter also con-
taining an application for a pass
up and hack, and upon presentation
at the office of the Wabash, St.
Louis & Pacific r. r !, the pass Was
! directly obtained. Having twelve
hours of leisure before me, | made
a programme of visitation through
the city, directing my steps first
towards the Justly celebrated iron
wagon and Il. r bridge, across the
|. Mississippi river. Leaving the
|. Hotel | went up 5th. Street as far
Pas Washington avenue, and then
followed this until | came upon the
bridge on 3d z Street. The tram
passes over let Street and enters
the tunnel at 81 Street, and one
may readily infer that the ground
shaps very much towards the river.
A few steps brings one even with
the tops Of TIE houses, ana now tir:
toll gate Is reached, where [ paid a
nlckle for the privilege Of walking
over L Istopped just over, the
wharves to observe the motley
crowd far below me. What a
medley of voices; some singing,
others speaking to tl,eir ihols s,
others again directing "a lot of men
engaged III r'inoving bags Of corn
from the hold Of a boat. Two inen
throw the bag on deck; anG i'm
mediately it is sclzrd by two others
who put it on ariother's shoulder
and away he ltrots with it followed
right ON is'heeis by another one,
and SO on. Hardly word was
distinguishable owing to fhe height
at which 1 was: Il IIthen passed on
to the spot just over the middle OF
the river. and from this dizzy point
a .raly1 Interesting panorania was
before1ne.lA Ho7r agin3CeJ svF ~
Far below were ferry boats cross
ing and reIcrossing steHngrs ply :
ing mp and down. while just beneath
me eiron horse vas putting along