The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1885-01-08
On The Wing.

PAMPA, WHITMAN Co,
w. ny.
READERS Or TINES:
Through tho kindness of your ed
itors l give you brief description
OF my trip West, also general des-
cription of the country.
Left Maryville LIST day of March,
1854; bought tickets at Knoxville
to San Francisco-3rd class, 5000.
Left Knoxville 2:40 p. M, and ar
rived Mt Memphis next day at l2 M.
West Of Memphis not much could
be seen but food Of water and
tops of trees. Took the steamer at
5P. NJ, went about 80 miles down
the Mississippi and about SO miles
up the st. Florence River to Madi-
son which is only 10 miles from
Memphis by r. R.--almost entire
track being covered with water.
Took the train ut 8 A. NJ, passed
through Little Rock, arrived at Tex
arkana 7:15 p. NJ. Saturday the 3rd.
Left Texarkana 8 A. NJ. on the 4th.
Split the big state in two the long
way-86S miles by the schedule.
Arrived ut Elpaso 4 A. NJ. on the 6.
Southwestern Texas presents o
! very dry appearance andi is unset
tied. Animal curiositics, antelope
and prairie dogs. Near Colorado
City, Texas, we narrowly escaped
. serious accident. Passing an un-
locked side-switch, the switch be-
come misplaced, let the two hinder
most cars off and turned them
| upon their sides. The two over
turned cars contained about
% persons, some women and child
rem. Our car cid not run off At
Elpaso we saw the first Adobe
houses. These are made Of earth
and straw, or grass worked into q
mortar and cut rs bricks and sun
dried. OF these are made walls,
roofs and all-&lort need to turn
much rain. Often saw them
through New Mexico and Arizona.
Since The completion of the r. r.
many neat villages have sprung up
all along the line from Elpaso to
Frisco, prominent among which
are Deming in New Mexico, Benson
and Tuckson in Arizona and many
others in California. los Angeles
is beautiful city of about 10000 in
habitarts, about II miles from the
Pacific ocean. Here, the 9Th day
of March, were oranges on the trees,
some ripe and some green and bios
SONS for new ones. Between Los
Angeles and Frisco is some fine
country; but along the r. II. its
greater part is dry and mountain
GUS, in many places irrigation is
necessary to successful farming.
Reached San Francisco on the 18th
at 10 A. M. OF course it wouldn't
be expected that ! describe city;
but suffice to say it is a big one,
about 100000 inhabitants; stayed
there three days, visited the Cliff
, House on the seashOre. 1t present.
+ ed a grand view Of the ocean and q
large cliff several hundred feet from
the shore. Hundreds of sea lions
were climbing these rocks and
, tumbling off into the water, and
continuously putting up their pitt
full howl. Many other attractions
too tedious to mention. Bought
tickets to Portland, second class
. $1,000, boarded the steam ship We'd
nesday l4th, at 10 A. NJ, and soon
! was out of sight of land. In short,
was sick, sicker, sickest, and for SO
hours was very sick. On the ocean
l three days and two nights In the
{ mouth of the Columbia river IL .
sand bar which can be crossed with
safety only during high tide. We
I fioated outside the bar about an
d hour and and half waiting for the
tide. On the bar could be seen part
4 of the Great Republic which was
wrecked in 1878; think John A. Nc
:. Reynolds went out on this ship only
II a few trips before It was wrecked.
K We crossed the bar just at sun
r. down; stopped at Astoria, then
= pulled out for Portland at o'clock,
Z A. NJ, the 18th; didn't see much Of
. the city, but II ranks prominent
. among the leading commercial
7 cities in the United States. Bought
e tickets to Walla Walla, w. T., fof
n $136O. NOreduced rates on these
roads. Reached Walla Walla
about $50 p. II. on the 18th.
Respectfully.
II. T, Glen ENe ;