The Osceola times., 1884-07-26


of the masculine gender; and as we
had often heard of his exploits in
that direction, and being deeply in
terestcd ourselves, we felt almost
paralyzed when we saw him begin
his great work, and knowing too the
grand success and achievment he
had had on like occasions before
according to his own statements) |
tell you it was real notifying, and
made me most awfully tired, and at
least one the other boys expressed
himself in the same style to me. But
Notwithstanding all this, the "dude"
kept up his work, and he saw how
it was annoying us, but kept right
on. Well, the manner in which he
proceeded was really horrifying.
He first started off with his bewitch-
ing smiles and captivating winks,
and kept them up for a while, when
he began to see that this plan Of at
tack was not having the desired eff
feet, and that he would have to re-
sort to some other and different mo-
dus opcrandi, and as he was an cX-
perienced hand at the business, and
started from home with the intention
to see how many "mashcs" he could
effect, he had provided himself with
all things ncedful, and was prepared
for any and every emergency. There
fore he resorted to his old standby,
one that had never before in his life's
history failed to accomplish his aims
and purposes. He ran his hand
down into his pocket and bought
forth great package of Wax, and
soliloqulzing sweetly murmured, Oh,
thou fairest among ten thousand and
altogether lovely, thou can'st not
help but surrender to my destinations
when ! so gently and gracefully
present you with this little chew of
wax; when he had thus soliloquized,
he, with beautiful, sweet delicate
smile extending from the right hand
tip of his dropping mustachc clear
around to the tip of the left, grace
fully and gently tossed his little
heart catcher, (tulu wax) across two
or three seats to the young lady. |
But alas for the poor Dude you could
scarcely imagine his feeli IS, and
words in my vocabulary are inade-
quate to express Or describe his looks
when she with frown, that would
make hero's heart tremble, threw
his little wax back to him. The
poor boy looked more like he had
been to his mother-in-law's funeral,
than having started on an excursion
to Chicago" Well he seemed to
think that ne needed rest, and he
quietly dropped back on his seat and
soon fell asleep. Just before we
arrived in Chicago, he rallied, and
was able to sit up. The excitement
was soon over and we all, with that
exception enjoyed our trip going,
splendidly.
We reached Chicago about 3 o.
clock p. NJ. on Monday the 7th inst,
and went Immediately to the "Com-
mercial Hotel" where we secured a
well furnished room sufficiently large
to accommodate all of our crowd.
There were between 400 and 800
people stopping at the Commercial,
and we visited several other Hotels
and found them all crowded to their
utmost capacity. OF course the first
thing to do was to get rid of some
OF the coal dust that had accumulat-
ed about our faces and hands, and
to get on some shirts of little light
er complexion, after we had attend
ed to this little matter we then took
a stroll over the City walking out to
the "Lakc,, where we found the har-
Dor crowded with Ships, Steamboats,,
Tugs and all kinds Of rowing and
sailing vessels, and the Lake looked
so immensely large and beautiful, we
were all anxious to take little trip
out Oh the water; we went to the
wharf and boarded little Tug very
neatly furnished and arranged for
passengers. She was going to make
a trip out to the Government Piers
and the "Clib," which are out about
miles from the wharf. We had a
delightful ride out and also had
fine view of the city. The "Crib" is
very high tower built out in the
lake and has its foundation on the
bottom of the lake and all the water
furnished the city is run through
tunnels dug 80 feet under the bottom
of the lake, and from the Crib to the
City. The water works are quite a
curiosity; entirely too much so for
me to describe, IN fact there are many
wonders in this city. shall not
attempt description, but just say
to all who may read this, that should
you ever visit "Chicago" be sure
TO take a look at the Water-works
and if you wish to see something
grand beyond description, go to the
battle of Gettysburg and the Siege
of Paris, and you will see something
that alone would pay you for the
trip. After we had spent one night
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