The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-16
CINCINNATI TO AURORA.
Sights Along the River-Lawrenceburgi in a
Dreadful Plight. -.

Sights Along the Neutrality-suspicious. in a
Dreadful Plight. sbt7
When the reporter boarded the steamer at
Storrs Station, about a mile and half below
the principal part of the city, a spectacle
similar to what may be seen on an emigrant
vessel or railway train met the eyes of the
Commercial Gazette's young mariner. In
the cabin of the steamer we're about one hun
bred weary and worn Travellers the most OF
whom had arrived by the train of the night
before and were taken to the steamer for
transportation TO Aurora that night but on
account of the dense fog it was deemed mad
visable and dangerous to attempt the voyage.
The sleeping accommodations such as they
were, had been exhausted, and the less for
tunate travellers were compelled to seek COM
fort (?) and repose on the soft side of the
cabin floor, over which was laid an alleged
carpet. There were no facilities whereby the
people could get so much as place to battle
their faces unless they did so from the river
which, though better than nothing, was quite
inconyenient for the lady passengers. There
were all classes of travellers, representing
both first and second-class railway passengers,
but no distinction was made-the rich and
the poor lay side by side upon the cabin
floor. The usual amount of kicking was
done by them all. Even a number OF the
ladies were by no means mild in their re-
marks about the ticket agents who had sold
them tickets by that line.
One old lady with wart on her nose and
an arm like a hired man, from up in western
New York, on her way to ST. Louis grew
black in the face when she referred to that
contemplate puppy" meaning the person
who sold her the ticket
The reporter petitioned her to be calm;
that perhaps, the agent didn't know of the
great floods when she laid her glittering gold
at the ticket window. Reason had fed and
nothing short of a damage suit would soothe
her enraged mind.
The most pitiable spectacle was a bride and
groom from the interior of Kentucky, on
their way to Sedalia, Mo-, the bluegrass re-
gion of the West, which they had selected as
the fittest place to spend their honeymoon.
The bride, beautiful bluegrass blonde, had
Jared no better than the rough mountaineer
and Russian refugee; while the newly made
wife had slept upon the cabin floor, the
chivalric husband snoozed and snored vocifer-
ously from the top of table, about three
feet square, with his legs dangling between
the top and floor. In addition to the sleepy
state of affairs hunger now making itself
prominent a general demand for some-
thing to eat was made Commodore Pea
body the general commanding the vessel
sent aboard ten-bushel basket of bread and
meat and three wash-boilers filled with
among the passengers. Let it be
said to the credit of the experienced
travelling man that he was the first
to catch on" When an hour after the re-
porter had traversed the decks of the steamer
and made himself acquainted with the bar
keeper, who appeared to be member of the
family of the great unwashed, Captain Jones
directed the vessel to the opposite side of the
river, where coal was taken sufficient to make
the trip. BY $50 O'Clock the sun shone forth
from behind the clouds, and its rays danced
and skinned upon the bosom of its waters
rendering an excellent opportunity to view
the scenes on either side of the river at
some places between here and North Bend
where the banks on the Ohio side are the
lowest, the river is four to six miles wide.
AN OCEAN OF WATER.
On reaching the mouth of the Great Miami
river, where the water is at the least calcu-
lation, fifteen miles wide, scarcely vestige
of the work of civilization is to be seen; the
houses scattered through the valley between
the railroad and river bank are completely