The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-06-30
a KANsAN ON TEE FLY.
WASHINGTON. LUNG D

To TIE Editor Of tie Eagle:
Having e minutes leisure, conclude 10
give vent to pent-up feelings produced by a
| too rapid transit OF the Alleghcnics on a fly
ing steam carriage of the Baltimore a. Ohio
Railroad.
preface by saying that wife, boy and PEN
ell manipulation adiOscd the vale Of beauty
and plenty. to wit: the Arkansas Valley en-
vironing and adjacent TO the city of Wichita,
the 9th ult.. with feeling Of pride in our
residence where Nature l.,yishes her products
with such bounty. and especially was con-
frmcd in the aforesaid feeling as noticed
the sparsely covered wheat and corn fields Of
Missouri and Illinois.
Reaching Central Illinois sojourDcd Tor a
week amid the friends and scenes OF my in
fantile past and more specifically rcvelled
with collegiate alumni and associations.
Now, the morning Of the Goth, hastily ey-
boy, | am fonnd whr.ng toward the Attain
tic, but after a brief s;iooZe awaken within
the corporate limits of the "Iioosier" capt.
tai. Again, daylight exhibited the insight
ly clay at the roots Of very rusty and thinly
standing wheat fields, and repeated the view
in the fields of Ohio, although the rapidity
with which sped over the 5. c. a. l.. for
Cincinnati likencd telegraph poles unto fine
comb teeth tNIr. Editor say to the EAGLES
reader, not to attempt the analogy in the
fruits OF the usage of the poles and tecth.)
In fact, besides those mentioned, Kentucky.
Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia, West Vir-
yn:a and Maryland have very little, if
any hopes for more than Il two-thirds crop Of
wheat.
Passing the Buckeye metropolis with the
compliment of a Commercial maelstrom," l
HE away OH the oriental ..fast line" y. & o.
II. r.
Once more Sleep holds me unconscious Of
passing objects, till, climbing the western
slope of Cheat Mountain. spur Of the Ale
yhcnics, wake with the early dawn, (Which
beats my home waking. muchlyl, aud am
soon los, in contemplation of Natures splen-
dor, as her objective points and beauty spots
blush in the roseate hues Of the suns rays as
they fail from the heights TO the east and
and above us. One sense of pleasure in
mountain sccncry-the hcaring-was, Of
by the sullen roar and click-ity-clack, click
ity-clack, of the rushing train. But my OPP
tics, being Of fair size. were fully occupied.
Up rise mid gorges, rocks, hills and cooling
air, till the summit tunnel wraps me in mid.
night darkness. OH the beauties passing
unseen. unheard. lIark. in the gloomy
darkness and hollow roar, report is heard;
Il - e..
fast-revolying journal, the crash Of falling
rock; but, well. some charming young mar
red folks were in the ear. Down glide TO-
ward the Allcghcnies proper, tae speed max.
ing the passing rpples o: the Cheat river
seem as >ilycry flashes.
Thus muse till, passing the summit at
400 feet, wind swiftly down Wise creek
and halt Cumberland for breakfast. There
barren hills CLEAN in the sunlight, denuded
by Nature, sylvan growth by troops during
the rebellion. Meeting an old-timer Of the
vicinity in my after-breakfast run, many rem
inscences of the armed trouble were related
and several redoubts os the contcnding forces
pointed out. The screaming locomotive
warns the approach ot village, and none 9TH
er than the eNer-Niii-oe historic Nltiage oi
Harpcr's Ferry is in view, sequcstercd to the
outside world by the rising rocks and banks
of the equally as well known Potomac river.
The little brick fort with time-worn walls
aud shattered windows. in which the true,
bat over-ardent. patriot, John Brown, was
captured, is ornameuted with the proud in
scription. John Browns Fort,'' painted in
bold white letters on the Forth side. Again.
as meditatcd on the past and the results of
the great war OF liberty started there, the
National capitol came to view, AMI the popu |
lar and oiten-repeatod countersign Of more
dangerous times of that vicinity, "All's quiz |
ct on the Potomac" was repeated as the con- |
duc.or sang out Washington.
EoDOLrH HATFIELD.