Iron County register., 1883-08-23
En- Route For Colorado.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18th, 1888.
Ed. Re0tster-1t Is not often one gets whil
he does not ask for, yet this will reach yO'
unsolicited on your part-.he privilege un
| asked on mine.
suppose heed ought to be had to tn
| maxim that one should not speak unless on
has something to say worthy Of being heard
| A decent observance of this rule would keel
| me silent nOw-and I would observe it bu
for the fact that l can say well meritel
happiness to say kind words in this badt.
mixed up cXistence-in this goOd-bad-
world, where SO few kind words are spoken
l find myself seated in Il Kansas Pacifi.
car, ready to pull out in fifteen or twent,
minutes toward the Rocky Mountains; ou
through the new towns and active cities, thl
fresh, broad stretching farms Of wide-awakt
Kansas.
And rs I must write, seal and throw thi,
lcttor into box before starting, you mus
not expect more than you will receive, either
in quantity, matter or polish.
I was going to observe shat 1t was q little
singular how every Irontonian, when ht
strays from home, turns with increasing
love and admiration to the home he left be-
hind-the Arcadian shades and the sylvan
de!ls, the emerald Wales and the mountain
slopes, which are the sweet surroundings Of
our Ozark Mountain Paradise.
But it Is not tsingular-it's not bit strange
Strange, indeed, would it be were 1t not SO
1t would indicate II want of taste, an absence
Of the love of the beautiful, which would be
impossible in anyone long used to such sur
rOundings.
Inever leave my home on Journey, whith
crsoever it may be-however important the
business, without day or two of real sad.
ness.
Oh, mytery of myteries, the human heart
When shall we comprehend our psychological
existence? Ever. In life. In deatht In
eternity:
Nay, but when we become gods! Before,
never! Twelve minutes more to
write, and here I have already run OF into
transcendental speculation! If / was not
from the Hub" would say had no sense
but dare not say that about any IrontOnian.
No, that you'd never do!
On my way to st. Louis saw the worst
railroad wreck that ever occurred on our
road. Two freight trains, under full steam,
came in collision on u curve in a deep cut.
THE locomotives were literally smashed into
shapeiess fragments, and so were the entire
the entire trains. Our train CARED the dead
into CarOndelet.
had the pleasure of the company of Prof.
VandiYer, Of the Collegiate Institute, into the
city.
At the ticket office In ST. Louis unexpect-
edly met a former old bachelor acquaintance,
Capt. c., of Harrisburg, Pa, who had tWcl-
ty-four hours before married a most charm
ing little widow, and they were on their way
to California by way of the Southern Pacific.
But ] persuaded him to 20 by Denver and
over the narrow gllage railway through the
mountains to Salt Lake City, and thence
through the Sierra Mountains to San Fran
cisco.
He concluded that he and his new wife
would feel better to rest over, and they
could have my company to Denver, rs neither
OF them had ever travelled out of their own
State before, tho he WAS fifty years old and
q very wealthy man. got him Il room con-
and returned down town to COM
piete my own arrangements.
The next morning found him in a state
Of conformation in the depot when enter
ed, having just missed bis pocket-book con-
tanning several hundred dollars i'm money.
He had left his wife in their room TO follow
him in few minutes while he got his bag
gage checked; but he could not get this done
without tickets, and ne could not get tickets
without his money! The perspiration ooZed
put OF every pore Of his face.
my God" said he, Colonel, what shall
10! BY the great EDeneezer, my mind and
olans are etcrnalsy coutiamcrgated. What
bail dotT
'nh, mats nothing,"I l answered; "I'!l buy