Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-24
A Countryma1 Abroad.
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Ed. SoUTH-KENTucKIAN:
1t is Il long ways from here to Chi
rago. guess ii must be about five
hundred miles. You leave mere AT ;
O'clock, p. M. and arrive there ut 3
m.mcXt morning. From here h. EiaIS
Vile the road is rough beyond de
scriplion. from Evansville to Chicago
It's as smooth a. Il houIG floor, and
one scarcely knows he is travelling Al
the rate of twenty-five miles Der
hour, sd noiscleSsly AMI easily do the
c,rs glide along. | do not like that
transfer at Henderson,. l think if |
e, West again | will go around ih"
OAi,. guess the Il. r. Co. do moi
care whether like il or not, but do
II t like it. am afraid they will lei
the car get into the river. | cant
swim. don't like water much any
way. | have always thought nature
could have made something stronger
nm.'thing Il little more cXh lara
ting with very small struggle. Ii
she (haiurr) should ever undertake
TO get up substitute for water, !
would suggest ''pcach AMI honey" as
being pair that do well to draw to.
1t will not do TO start to Chicago
without some snake medicine. There
are great many shows travelling
these days that have 4 gOodly num-
Der of snakes with them and some OF
them might get loose and bite you.
You taste your me licinc at Petersburg
AMI jacksonville, and by the time
you get 10 Henderson you will not
fear them. If You don't see them as
vnu -, after staying week in Chi
cago you will find plenty of them in
yOar boots when you start home.
Ohc Of the prcttiest sights you see
is the city of Evansville by gaslighl
You get there about dark, and as you
approach the city thousand gas jct>
dance and simmer in the midnight
darkness, and you sit and gaze and
gaze and dream OF the splendor of the
Golde. ,avcd C.ty whose bLilderand
maker is God. by and by the boat
that bears you along sounds her long
loud whistle and you step ashore
glad in your own heart that the
muddy Ohio is behind you. | have
never ridden on Steamboats much
| think am afraid of them; | mucl
prefer dry land. am glad the Ohio
did not conclude to come round by
this town. You leave Evansville al
nine o'clock. You take a sleeper, il
you get one, if not, you take drink
l could not get sleeper. 1t takes
two dollars TO get sleeper; alas
WITTY hCiC my wv" NOiiai -COhu an
swcrs, gone to help convert the hea
then. Yon sit up and talk until mid
night, then you lean back and try t
nol-somcbOdy nudgcs your elbow
and you muttcr, oh h-l-thcn you
remember the promise made TO tn,
Lived ones at home "tO be over S,
good" as the girls say, and you fee
real mean and turn to apologize to III,
man who nudges your elbow, and b!
this time he is at the other end of til,
car, lily aud hy you get to slccp-yOl
..s drcam uf dear ones left bchind-yol
SEQ them standing on the brink Of ru
IN, over and above them are gather
Ing storm clouds, you rush with TN
intrcpidity of a war-stained veteran
to their rcscue-your head rolls dow
against the window, you awake
stare wildly around you and muir
muir, "Thank God that was only
dream"
You don't 90 to sleep any more
About four o'clock day light come
stealing as gently over pulselcsi
world as the dew falls at nighifal
do not remember to have seen day
light come before for long, long years
think il and sun M have come to
galhar b M since | have lived nit
the glorious scenes and transtcndcn
tai splcn lors Of this glorious city
When it grows light enough to sec
you gaze upon one of the lovelies
countries your eyes ever behold. !
broad prairie stretches out before yol
carpctcd with the grcencst grass thes
eyes bchcld-you gaze away off int
the dim distance upon boundles
endless space until your vision end
where the heavens seem to stoop L
kiss the earth. Thousands of fin