The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-04-09
OMAHA TO CHICAGO.
A Few Broken Paragraphs Caught
Above the RumbIinR OF Wheels.


In passing out of Omaha eastward
over the Chicago, Burlington &c Quincy
road, the broken character of the land
scape makes the journey quite pleasant
when compared with the monotonous
prairie lands of some portions Of Iowa;
and in the midst of an uninteresting
crowd Of Sunday travellers upon an ex-
ceedlngly warm day, it is quite a relief
to have once in a while a hill and occa-
sionally a wooded dale through which a
pretty stream Of water may wander
perchance, to make looking out of the
car window an entertaining pastime.
We know that looking out of a car
window isn't business like. 1t betrays
a green traveller, to be looking for bits
of fresh color and green outside the car.
The experienced traveller never looks
out of the window. He nnds all that
he wishes that's green and fresh within
the coach, and when this verdancy has
satisfied him he slides down behind the
latest paper and reads up on the latest
congressional scandal, yawns occasion
ally, repairs to the smoking car and fills
his clothes with stale tobacco, growls
at the porter, and has a generally pleas
ant time Of it. He las Travelled, that
man has, and shows his experience by
making himself as unpleasant as he
pronouuces the business. But we green
travellers, who have spent more
than our lives upon the cars, manage
and cigar less. Say what you will, in
All attractive country. broken and set
in good color, there are many fine pic
lures set in the square of a car window,
aud the ignorant traveller fluids bliss In
his ignorance, who will take advan-
tage of them TO break the monotonous
whIrr and jar of the train.
AT Pacific Junction, where the B. &
M. and the q. b. u Q. come together
and separate, has been erected u fine
hotel, depot, ETC., and eventually th.rs
will be u pretty little village there,
judging from the start made. Farther.
east the grass begins to show bright
and green, the trees are budding and
the early touch of spring was plainly
seen. Then followed a succession Of
small villages, most of them clothed in
the quiet Of the Sabbath and, with few
exceptions, with but small delegations
from the branches of Cheyenne's famous
| t,lu form altth m do hnnnra fn tho uuga-
ing train. Anon, as the night drew
apace, the lights shining from the win
dUws of the churches, reminded US Of
another journey in which there is no
Pullman car passage and all are through
passengers.
Monday morning say us a few miles
west Of Burlington, and we saw the new
and extensive shops this enterprising
company is erecting outside that city.
There were some six large buildings in
all. built substantially of brick aud
planned for the various branches whicn
they are intended to accommodate.
Burlington is, as a city, set upon a
hill, and it can't be hid. Yes, it is set
upon seven bills, as Rome was, and is
more roaming in its nature. Up hill
and down, from the rivers brink to the
crest of the bluffs, stretch a heteroge-
ueous mass OF hit or miss buildings
thrown together with anything but
attention to design, and kept up with
an utter contempt for diet.
We ate our breakfast as we passed
over the Missouri, superbly full 1.-THE
river we mean). The dining cars run
by the q. B. Il Q. are the best of the
kind, and the system is a good one
The meals were complete to the finish,
and ours was completely finished when
we had done with it. There is some
thing in these dining cars which whets
a mans appetite to a keen edge. The
gentle continuous jar has a continual
tendency to settle the morsels already
taken, and make room for one more
you know. The swayipg of the car
makes a fine art of safely plotting a
fork to a mans mouth without pune
turing his chin or penetrating his cheek.
We didn't suffer from this latter to a
very great extent, no, not much. The
tidal waves of soup which rush up and
nver the sides of the bowl before you,
is if as anxious to reach your mouth as
you are to get it there, remind you of
he swash of waves upon the sea shore.
The dining car is a fine thing, however.
rhe Inconvenience experienced is com
paratively small, the cooking and quail
lty VI the items cooked are excellent,
aud the passenger has the blessed priv
Ilege Of taking his time, and getting
some enjoyment out of a meal which
otherwise he would gulp down In a very
few moments, and enjoy an attack Of
indigestion for hours forwards.
There are n number of hne business
towns on the q. b. & Q. out of Chi
cago, and milling establishments are
numerous, as are manufactures Of ar.
ticles naturally expected in the heart
of a great farming county; but the bare
glimpse of them from the passing cars
is not sufficient to warrant an attempt
at description. CLARK.
Rheumatic Relief.
Omaha, Neb., May "a, 1881.