Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-05

uu wl.te mans 1lgcL W4S
ever drawn ~ aUT Cf theE
tribe The Train stops AZ .
snail station An old sGuaE
Nth Ions d.saeve,el h1ir hang
5nE over req shoulders heE
soaring apparel i0025-- as i
neatuess vas held IL contempt
PASSES down the track GRAZING
excessively ali asking fol-
money. s yoaug girl accomfa
ale- her. She too. exhibits. Uy
ae- obseqcloas SMILES. heT *
peciauey Of jle coin which Is
thrown them by many generous
tourists.
TIE squaE is AT able bodied
Eonau. both q them are athlet
.c aud muscular. aud seemingly
capable Of making tie rsguis &c
pip s.c1l ezeTtiOn for sell mails.
teGalce
This evening tsc occupants
# our coach uaitc IN singing.
Jesus Lover of my Soul. and
other sacred hymusIbeiT v0ie
6 5 accord - vell as ]; they had
cen tTarnei in the sane srhoe.
We reach Yuma. a town IN
the Colorado river The train
ee.ng behind fine. does not stop
foE supper. This brings disap
p|oiu;men; 20 many. Here geo
pie sleep on the roofs Of ;heis
hoases eight months il the wear
During the night Ne enter
California. The follOS ing morn
M We travel over bread plains
surrounded BIZ mountains On
tie right are some ridges. seem
iagly quite hear, that sre cover
ell Nth snow. the train balts IN
this slid dTeary place but we
are unable 10 ascertain the
c1nse OF the delav. Yoln- men
from several ears get Cut TO see
wh&: Is 20 be seen, and perhaps
"a enjoy the cool. br1CinE air.
EmeY seem TO he taking a special
Interest Ia the vbite crested
mountains is Il sn0w OF aka
j Snow 10 lie sure answers
one. Its alksli.- replies znO,h
-. \ lively dispute essRes in
THE midst OF which. one Cf the
zlkali party exelainsI
IN GnG cut; Tor iii Tun and
see
Ran and sect Why. fellow.
that mountains FIVE miles of.
Five miles, indeed. It's not
more than twO hundred wards
al Tcn It before tie tra..
starts
~if yCu 10. you'll get left /
bet hny dollars that lis snow.
and that it's at leas: Eve milee
distant.
I'll BET fly dollars tia. it's
4lkSli, and tha. It's close BY.
Bets il this jocalar mauuer
are freely E2ic by adheEents Of
The tEo pzr;ies Of different
spsasSas- Tie young Esan who
has volunteered TO run, starts
OF q a rsPidrlge- Al watch
him intcltly. as Le dasaes away
over the plain. saI az are anus
81 20 his eeceatrieity- The eC
e1e Whistles. pulls. then moves
OF 81 wly Ile c0uTss IL the
a4VeltuFeI = suddenly regers-
g, aud lis peLes;FariSm Is
uose accelerated t1aa when L
was u0aataiawari. Tbsre :
mEel yelling. laughing. and
cheering, - he pulls for the
shore lie reaches the train
before i gets under EsaIwaY.
aud : PlGeSy enough not TO ex
aiait any si-y4S OF discontinue
a The many jokes made at his
expense
Il IS ate II the morning. aud
We have No. We. reached the
oTeakGst station \ rev con
daeioE enters, passes down the
aisle, examining our tickets
DR.. + asks; row long Se-
fore re can get breakfast r.
The conductor gEuiii
i hope y0u are hot cut CT hu
mort
What = calculates Dr.. z
with . look 81 surprise. Not
out Of Yuma. yet! I thought
&c left tEat place last nIsht
The pun Is greatly enjoyed by
the tourists. who add other To-
cOse remarks The conductor.
no dOu5s deeminS discretion
the better par. OF vaIoF; remains
silent.
We have srTirSd upon the
borders OF civilization once
aoTe- Fields. orchards. and
sasil streams Of water are seen.
Fresh looking towns come into
view, appearing very invitfUg TO
travellers Who have jus. eIserr-
81 from a deseTt The orange
Tree, the eucalyptus. and other
semi tropical productions re-
mind us o. the fact that ~ehave
reached tie Pacific slope
A. Cotton. some Of or new
friends bid rs good bye. and
leave ~ 10 90 to Riverside.
Eour hOuEs later. ne reach Los
Angeles. where re are dIsbaud.
ed From here each individual
maps out his own rOate ana
stopping points
\ peEssre feeling st=als nrsr
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