Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-10
TOWARD THE OCCIDBNT.
THE "GLOBE" EMMISARY,S OBSER-
VATIONs ON THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC.
The Sights Witnessed by the Willard Party
on Their Trip to the Pacific-A Cowboy
Canard Upset--Noyel Features of From
tier Life.
Especial Correspondence of the Globe. !


last night-delayed the train six hours,
and it was not till o'clock this morning
we reached the Little Missouri, and all the
guests were abed and in happy state of
Inconsistencies, with the exception, of
course, of the GLOBE correspondents a
GLOBE man never sleeps, only as do the
fowls, resting one leg at time and with
one eye open. The COW boys had got up
quite little entertainment for our diver
sion, but the lateness of the hour pre-
vented anything of a demonstration be-
yond the lighting of bonfres. A shout
from the lusty lungs of the hardy SONS of
the plains welcomed US, bat when they
found the cars in darkness and were IN
formed that the guests were all
asleep, they desisted and toned down
their hilarity, and when the train moved
off they spoke their farewell in pantomime
and simply waved their hands.
There was tale started, and no doubt
it will get in some of the daily papers
that the
COW BOYS ATTEMPTED TO BOARD THE TRAIN
and force their way into the dining cars
with the war cry of "a ham bone," but the
nerve of those in charge of the train was
equal to the emergency, and the baffled
cow boys were driven off at the muzzle of
the pistol. The whole tale is canard. It
| is perhaps very pretty; sounds romantic
| and shadows forth what might have been
thrilling adventure, but I assure the
readers of the GLOBE that there is not one
word of truth in it. I am sorry to spoil q
pretty little story, but my natural love
of veracity, and innate habit of
getting at bottom facts compels me to
contradict the whole story. The only man
who boaraed-or attempted to board-ths
train was one who had large petrifaction
of cedar wood which he wanted to sell, but
when he was told by the GLOBE cor
respondent that all the gentlemen and Ia
dies were asleep excepting himself and that
| he abhorred fossils of every kind, human
or others, the man quietly withdrew and
told the other fellows who were shouting
around the bonfres how the situation was,
and the shouting at once ceased.
Referring back to
THE ACCIDENT
I have ascertained that the first person
who noticed something wrong was one of
the porters, who Immediately hauled away
at the pneumatic brake. The name of the
man is Oscar E. Lewis. A nearer ap-
proach to caIamitous occurrence
can hardly be imagined, and had not
every one done his duty it is
probable that section three of the Willard
enterprise would never have carried out
the programme. The promptness, cool
ness and matter of fact way in handling
the critical position is the general theme
of conversation. We have on board
complete telegraphic force ready for any
and every emergency, as was so strikingly
shown yesterday, and there is like staff
on each of tbs four trains which make up
the whole party. Let me here just add
word or two about the completeness of
the arrangements for the comfort of the
guests.
THE PULLMAN CARS,
in which we travel, are some of the best
and most complete in the world, quite
new, and are perfect travelling houses and
of immense weight. Our larder contains
all the dellcacies of the season. Our wines
are of the choicest vintage, and ales,
porters and beers, liquors OF the best
brands, andsthe cigars, smokers tell me,
are of rare flavor. The service of our
dining car in its perfection is quite con-
| trast to the disgraceful service at the ban
quet at Lafayette. The dining car is IN.
der the superintendent of Mr.. Libby who
succeeds in making the most fastidiouf
thoroughly satisfied. Nor are we without
the news. Although we do lot get the
morning papers we have all the impotant
news of the day by telegram. have just
been reading the foreign news of yester
dav from Germany, Roumania, Japan
China and London. The home news from
New York, Frisco, even to the failure il
Boston and the decision of the supreme
court against the railroad company. Oul
telegraphic news just received tells III
that two steamers the "Queen and Colum-
bia" containing the Pacific division of th'
Willard guests, are ashore so that the travel
ers by water are not without their littl,
mishaps.
What subject of wonder this excursion
is to the foreign gentlemen taking part il
it. I am asked a thousand questions a
day by them, and they never tire in ex-
pressing their astonishment that they can
be speeding away over this vast continent
at a rate ofithirty and forty miles an houl
anu 0VGu ldSIoT, IuOuSduuS VI llloS away
from what they have always considered
the center of civilization, and yet en-
joying every comfort and every luxury of
life with society of highest culture and
refinement. The country, too, is new to
them, and they take special interest il
all they see. 1t is spity we passed. the
bad lands at night but we are
promised stay over on the eastern trip
THE COUNTRY
through which we have passed hitherto fol
the most part is tillable and all afford
pastorage for cattle. Away out here 83i
miles west of st. Paul there are farms anG
fine ranches-one ranehman's house ",
Just past is a large brick building as larg,
as Third street store in St. Paul. Ques
tioning the settlers where opportunit,
offers l am told by them that the winter
are extremely mild. A man at Rosebut
stated that he had resided there five winter
and he walked about each winter in hi
J shirt sleeves without any in
convenience from the cold. Our Englisl
guests say what a delightful country
: it must be to live In. The stock of our
larder was increased this morning by som,
twenty brace of duck, principally mallards
I have just seen buffalo away across th,
level plain that stretches out to the Yellow
stone as fiat as billiard table, and no
: unlike q vast billiard table whose greer