Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-01-20
Our Agents.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN
DIEGO.

SARA
DIEGO.
EDITOR INTELLIGENcER: :-"Al
aboard!" cried genial and bustlinl
hotel coacher to the many inmates of ,
popular hotel on Kearney ST., Sal
Francisco. "All aboard, tho coach TO
Broadway Wharf, :" and as the wheels o
the rocking vehicle Numbered over th'
rugged cobble-stone3. 1t told to thu
many passengers about to embark FOL
the south that the ship on which theil
anxious minds were resting, woulc
very soon make her exit for more
genial cline, far down the coast OF oul
lengthy state OF California. Soon an
other bus Was seen moving 10 take the
place of its predecessor aud upon this
mass of carriage material sat another
perplexed passenger warner" who
seemed almost frantic for fear the
steamer would push off before he could
land his crowd of exiles on "the rest
less cradle OF the Deep" At the hotel
steps were old and young, modern and
historic forms. quaint and funny ones,
sober and jolly ones, all Of whom
seemed TO strive for q seat in The coach
ready to depart. Some were so excited
that they could not tell which ship was
for San Diego, or which one was for
Oregon. since the porter was contInu-
ally heard shouting "Here, you fellow
there, here" get out OF that coach, or
you will be pushed of for Oregon.
f'Here, San Diego, here madame!
Here's your coach for the San Diego
steamer; and while the obsequious
runners were busily engaged in their
er go loud and shrill, told the news
that fifteen minutes yet to spare was
the maximum time for dllatorY passen-
gers. So just at the moment we step
ped into the last coach for Broadway
Wharf (for we were enraptured all the
previous while at the comicalities of the
their respective places of destiny,
and had almost forgotten that it was
our intention to gain the steamer bound
for San Diego. Such is the case in our
every day life. Some one or some.
thing will so divert the attention from |
ones individual business as to almost
cause the mind to forget the things that |
need immediate attention. But We
rolled on in the rocking vehicle enjoy
Ing what had transplred but few mo.
ments since, and thinking that those
scenes had surpassed the winning las
cinations of Haverly's stage, or the
comic theatricals of the Bella Union.
As we were making headway at consid-
cradle speed, behind Us We heard the
noise OF huge engines and hose wagons
Of the fire department, which gave the
alarm to passers by that some ones
chattels had fallen prey to fire, and
right here let US say that it was with
great difficulty that the coachman pre-
vented one wide awake cousin from the
''rural districts from leaping from the
coach IN order that he might 60 down
the street to assist in quenchIng the fire
which the driver perslstently Informed
him was OH street nearly two miles
distant. After great persuasion and
greater threats the perplexed driver
heaved sigh OF great relief, at finding
the 'scity fly" who called himself one
from En-dy-an-ny. (Indiana). suppose
he was striking at, content TO remain in
his seat and be conveyed to the wharf.
In few minutes we were vending our
way beneath the mighty roofs and awu-
1ngs OF Broadway Wharf, soon to leave
our careful and very watchiul COACH
man and cast our lots among the many
passengers who were seen crowdiug
the decks of the "Ancon." "AlI aboard
that steamsr!' shouted the meek and
very polite mate whose cap and tn.
scription thereupon told that lie was {
No. III his order, and that when he {
spoke multitudes must heed thereunto 6
"Otear that stage; board every anqel
of You and draw In the "headliue"
theren' And as these words were break.
ing the solemn stiffness on deck. what
could be seen on the. wharf but pair of {
China's offspring loudly impioring the
sailors to let them jump the fast reclln-
ing stsgeboard which appeared to the {
''bronze tinted orieutals'' to be tray I
cling toward the deck at the rate of 80 .
miles an hour. lift yourselves out Of |
those internal foOt-clubs and got on
here" shouted the officer, and such
a scrambling as those brothers resorted
to, was never seen since the time
Noah's pet monkey attempted to climb
from the storage to the fourth story of
the ark, that he might eat with the
cabin passengers; Nor that monkey,
like great many others who have be.
come Darwinized. prepared to dine at
least once day outside the steerage.
Now we were all on board and the
command was given to draw in the
cables, to blow the whistle, to sound the
dead and dull bell below. and lastly
to steer from our dock to the smooth
and shining channel that lies so near
by. All the calm and Silly air Of
short time since, was fast being broken
by the shouts from the passengers to
some friend or friends gazing from the
docks; and in the air foated number
less 'kerchiefs bespeaking to each in
turn happy voyage, and fond re-
membrance. Sad was the scene as we