Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11

The Northwestern Excursion Extended
the Columbus Board of Trade.

The Northwestern Excursion Extended 10
the CoIumbus Board of Trade.
MN. Elk. TRAIN, L B, & w. r. R.,
July 8, 1886. {
To ae Editor Of the Sunday Register.
Some half dozen innocents from West
Virginia are aboard. Not only aboard but
they have foresworn their birth rights. The
mess of pottage is cheap excursion ticket
and the duty of tying yourself up in black
and white on hotel register as member of
the Board of Trade ofthe city of Columbus.
Our ladies protest in the name of our thus
dishonored little Mountain State. But we
are merely putting little West Virginia
leayen into this lump of Ohio. These are
Jolly good fellows to be with in hot or cold
weather. We have judges, lawyers, doc
tors, preachers and all other necessary
evils. There are evils, and evils necessary
and otherwise, and some that are peculiar
to excursions. And it is often long time
between evils on day like this.
Our County Commissioner is running
the official dignity racket for the party,
hence he is in the preachers car. He wait
ed long time this morning for services
to begin and then took the floor on behalf
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
He spoke of the magnificent scenery along
that road in an eloquent and fiery manner
One scene especially was entirely too lurid
for these pages. 1t is best appreciated
when told off-hand by the Commissioner in
stormy interview around the corner.
Eight Woodruff sleepers made up this
train, which is in charge of the Passenger
Agents of the l. B. & w. and Iowa Central
Railways. They are as clever a
set of fellows as one would
wish to meet Messrs. Feierstone
and Lord, the President and Secretary I
the Board of Trade are along to see that
things pan-out properly, and are very
clever and accommodating gentlemen.
The eXcurSionistS, except some half dozen
persons and the West Virginia contingent,
are Columbusters A more gentlemanly
crowd / never saw OH a railway train OF
anywhere else, not even ut picnic.
This road is the smoothest road
on paper in the United States.
Boom the old road! The route lies through
the finest part of the Prairie State but it is
not much travelled by Eastern people be-
cause it is one of the few western roads that
has kept away from Chicago. This country
is spread out like pancake and not crum-
pied up in waffle style like West Virginia
The principle feature in the landscape
wheat. Great Scott, what is to be done
with all the wheat? We have seen enough
to-day to feed the whole United States fol
a wear, and we havn't reached the wheat
country vet. But corn has hopeless look
as if it expected the price of Bourbon
whisky to rise and spread over the coun'
try in q deluge. This is the most dis
heartening aspect of this years politics
But, by the Apostle st. John, there viii
be cakes next winter If there
is no ale. Mr.. L. has taker
great pains to make us solid with the b
Us. And we are solid. What West Vir
ginian can't make himself solid if he has
sufficient friends to do the work?
At the present we are going at the rat'
of forty miles an hour and never stopping
while our vest pockets are bullying out
with insurance tickets that protect u
from danger by causes unknown ant
; no other. But, we are happy, ant
the ancient goose is still hanging in thu
skylights. Mr.. Jerry p. Bliss, the Passen
ger and Ticket Agent of the |. b. u W., a
Columbus, is on board, and the grand sue
cess of this excursion is due in a great mea
sure to his efforts. We recommend the |
B. & w. to passengers coming West wh'
may wish to travel with their eyes wide
open and see the grand panorama of thu
great States of Illinois and Indiana as the.
rustic by. We will strike Lake Mime
tonka tomorrow at II o'clock, like cy
clone. NJ. ID.