The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-31
TO THE ATLANTIC.
After Looking at the Blood in Our
Ego. Capt. Slower Concludes He
had Better Keep His Promise.
And so Gives rs tho First
Chapter of His Trip to
Portland.

Editor Register II well remember
the promise made to you before / went
away, to give you an account of our
trip to attend the National Encamp-
ment of the G. A. r., but found that
it was easier to make promises of this
kind than to keep them. found my
time occupied by matters SO foreign to
letter writing that could find no suit
able time to give to the subject. Be-
lieving that even at this late day it
might be of interest to some of your
readers, will as best 1 can give you a
few notes as remember them. Hav-
ing kept no memoranda / shall be
compelled to depend on memory.
/ took the night train for Kansas
City on Wednesday, June IL, and at
that place met for the first time Com
mander Stewart, of Department of
Kansas, who had preceded the Wichi-
Ia party to that city. Col. Stewart
had given much time and labor to the
arrangements for the trip, and much of
its success is due to his efforts. He is
anexcellent gentleman and theKansas
boys need have no regret for having
done hhm honor. During the day l
was Joined by "Mc," the other pilgrim
from McCook Post, who came from st.
Joe. On the arrival of the trains from
the south and west the Kansas G.. A.
r. arrived in squads and crowds and
it took but a glance for one to see that
the company we were to be with would
make an effort to get about all the en-
joyment there was out of the proposed
VOYAGE might mention right here
that our judgment of that party was
not misplaced. The time having ar
rived for the start out, o'clock p. M,
we were off, having a special train of
Pullman cars over the c. r. /. & p.
II. r.
As we wound our way among
the woods and hills of Missouri the
rather crooked road soon convinced us
liist6 VIC mtlS VII llC olu bSu vi tht II.
& st. Joe; his road being built in the
early days for so much mile think
the builders made as many miles as
possible without running across their
own track. The name of "Winston ~
Gallatin, and others of unpleasant
memery told us that we were in the
land of the James and Younger boys
and many conjectures were made as to
the probable result of a raid by peacea-
BILE citizens of this class upon that train.
Upon one thing we all agreed, and
that was if they would raid that
same crowd on its return the net
results would not be worth the effort.
Late in the evening the porter shook
down the beds, and ii would be impos-
sible to describe the racket that can be
made by fifIy-three people all trying
to go to bed at one time in a mar
row and unsteady room like that.
But we all got in after while and
had a good nights rest, and morning
found US away up on the banks of the
Mississippiriv and soon went scream
ing into Davenport. Iowa. This seems
10 he a smart, lively city. Here we |
made stop of about 80 minutes for
breakfast. A short stay like this in |
Davenport is not calculated to impress
the fact upon the mind of stranger
that the new liquor law il TO any con-
siderable extent enforced. | saw the !
old-fashioned beer wagon delivering
beer kegs at the saloons and the signs
looked like regular saloon signs, and
at one little Deutches Cast Hdus.
where we went in search Of sandwich
es. the smell of sour beer was strong
enough for the back door of brewery.
esM our return trip our stay at this
Cssaee was longer and in the evening
CONCENTRATIONS were strengthened that
prohibition Soss pot prohibit ia Da-