The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-06-28

| thou wouldst travel over portion OF thy
own native state, cross the mighty Misss
sppi ut S. Louis, see some of the mag
niticent results of the industry energy and
wealth expended in that Future Great
wouldst pass over the great conn onweath
Of Missouri to Kansas City, a rapidly i'm
| proving place, where the inhabitants build
| their hslsGs regardless of expense or taste {;
| then across the state Of Kansas, the settled
portions of which show every evidence Of
wealth, enterprise, prosperity, and refine
mcnt, whether the result Of prohibition, or
| of the grasshopper plague VIC will give thee
an opportunity of forming An unbiased
opinion by not expressing our own. After
leaving Kansas, thou wilt be upon the
soil of the centennial state, where, along
the railway prairie, tracts of which, as far
as the eye can take in, are enclosed 10y iron
fences, forming ranges for great numbers of
cattle and sheep In the southern part Of
the state, ON the line of railway, 10 situated
Trinidad, busting, thriving town about
ten miles south Of that town thou wilt be.
gin toclimb the Ration mountains, up, up,
up, until il wilt become impossible tor one
locomotive to ascend farther with thee,
when another blowing, snorting, pliling
one will place itself at the rear Of the train,
then up again thou wilt go, the iron horses
pulling and pushing and winding around
through the cuts in the mountain sides, I'M
til the ascent is made, when the rear engine
will be detached, then away
thou wilt go again, plunging light
into the midnight darkness Of the
interior Of the mountains, soon to emerge,
and behold. thou wilt be upon the sacred
soil of the Land of the Mrntczumas, the
land OF the Mexican and adobe, the land
of ruine, 50 ancient that they were ancient
when tradition first graspcd them so we
have read, then on again thou wilt 60 IN.
til Ration pronounced as though written
Ratoon) wilt be reached, and, #, whilst
taking q survey of it from the train, OBJ
serving the number Of the buildings and
the push and hustle of It's people, some one
were to tell thee that that town is not quite
two years old, thou woudst DC astonished,
yet IT'S the truth, incredible rs it may
seem. After leaving Ration, thou wilt pass
more ranches Of cattle aud sheep, more
adobe houses, some of them tastctuly fin.
ishcl. PcrchanCG, thou wilt also sec an
animal, somewhat larger than great, big
Newfoundland dog, with ears, oh, over 50
long, Of mlcn most grave and dignified,
Except when it tries to stand on its ears
and possessed of avOice more remarkable
for it's sonorosity and vouminosity than for
its musicability; it is patient under diff.
culties, and it is very frequently called
upon to labor under very serious difficulties
such as carrying two or three riders at
once, or about half cord of wood, in.
gcniously strapped 50 as to form half a cir
Gle about its sides aud back here, il is
commonly called the burrs; some POLITICALLY
denominatc it the Aztec war-horse
Thou mayst now begin to rejoice, for thy
Journey wilt coon be ended; soon arriving
at Tas Vegas, where thou wilt be most
cordially welcomed We know the way
wilt be lonely and dreary, but the more we
think Of thee, the more anxious we are to
receive thee, SO we bid thee come. Come,
speedily, aud bring with thee tidings from
Cairo, from Alexander county, from "Old
Trim, IRON "Mrs. d. Green" and others.
Come, aud mayst thou be able to tell us
that the temperance wave is still rolling
over Cairo, tina, the few devoted men and
women, who have laborcd 50 long and
faithfully to keep it moving, have not
laborod in vain. Mrs. Z.
Las Vegas, New Mexico, June 90, 1882.