The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-24


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ia the Office Of Mr.. Nish, Of Walton, there
l. a map OF the county made by Jay Gould
while iii the surveyiRg business, and several
years before hs became monarch Of all he
surveyed.
IL franklin there IS an old wheelbarrow
which Mr. Gould used on his early surveying
trips. Ia this he carried his surveying in
struments. his nightsnirt and manicure set.
Connected with the wheel there Is an ar
rangement by which at night the young sur
veyor could tell at u glance, with the aid OF
piece Of red chalk and barn door, just
how far he had Travelled during the day.
This instrument was no doubt the father OF
the pelometcr and the cyclorama, just rs the
boy is frequently father to the man II was
also no doubt the avant courier Of the Dutch
clock, now used on freight cabooses, which
not only shows how far the car has Travelled,
but also the rate of speed for each mile the
average rainfall and whether the conductor
has eaten onions during the day
This instrument has worked quito change
in rairoading since my time Years ago |
can remember when used to ride in ca
boose and enjoy myself, and before good for
tune had made me tie target Of the alert and
swift flying whisli broom Of the palace car,
it was my chief JOY 10 catch a freight over
the hill from Cheyenne, on the Mountain
division. We were not due anywhere until
the following day, and so at the top Of tue
mountain we would cutoff the caboose and
let the train 90 on We would then 90 into
the glorious hills and gather sage hens and
cotton tails. In the summer we would put
iii the afternoon catching trout in Dale creek
or gathering maidenhair ferns in the bosky
delS Bosky dells were more plenty there at
that time than they are now.
1t was 4 delightful sensation to know that
we could lOll about in the glorious weather.
secure a small string ots stark, vanished
trout with chapped backs, hanging aimlessly
b. one gail to CORY willow stringer and
then beat our train home by two hours by
letting off the brakes and riding twenty miles
Ia fifteen minutes.
I saw Niagara falls on Tint rsday for the
first tine. The sight is one long to DO re-
menbercd. | did not go to the falls but
viewed them from the car window in all
their might, majesty, power and dominion
forever.
-Nte'7''i'' '0t'7 GiNhr'o AiO1 iuHt
ton by reason of It's inabiL ~ to remain on
the sharp edge Of n precirice several feet
higher than the point to VIII ch the fails are
now faliis,. This causes noise 10 make its
appearance, and a thick ist, composed Of
minute particles Of wetncssi. rises TO its full
height and comes down egain afterward.
Words are Inadequate 10 SHOW here, even
with thc aid of a large, powerful ney-tySs
the grandeur, what you 1nay Ell the VERTIGO
Of Niagara. Everry%,d from all over the
49, :. - ( =. raiItee and listen to the remarks
of this great fall How convenient and pleas
mt it is to Ice a cataract like that and have
people come III great crowds To- see and hear
YOU How much better that is than to be a
lecturer, Tor instance, and have to follow
people 10 their homes in order to attract their
attention.
Mauy people in the United States and
Canada, who were once as pure as the beau
tiful snow, have fallen, but they did not at
tract tho attention that Niagara does.
The officer said that had nothing in my
luggage that was liable to duty, but stated
that | would need heavier underwear in
Canada than the samples had with me
1OiOillp - ~ 9til iliS Wy VI iD'fvtV lS'lptf
who are justly proud Of her great prosperity.
| only regretted that could not stay there u
long time.
met a man in Cleveland, O., whose name
was Macdonald He was at the Wcddel
house, and talked freely with me about our
country, asking me Il great many questions
about myself, and where | lived and how /
was prospering While We were talking at
one time he saw something in the paper
which interested him and called him away
Altar he had gone ] noticed the paragraph
| he had been reading, and saw that 1t spoke OF
n man named Macdonald who had recently
arrived in town from New York, and who
was introducing new limo Of green goods
have often wondered what there is about
M general appearance which seems to draw
about me a cluster OF green goods men wher-
ever 90. Is il the odor of new mown hay,
or the frank, open way in which | seem TO
measure tho height Of the loftiest buildings
with M eve As penetrate the busy haunts
| OF ren and throng the crowded martS Of
tradei Or DO strangers suspect me of being
man Of means;
| Ii ClevelHsI | was rather indlspOsed,
owing - the fact that had been sitting up
Iuctil2 OF o'clock a. IL. for several pights
| ia or Ter T. miss early trains. | went 70 q
Musician. who said | was suffering from
some new and attractive disease, which lie
could cope with in u day or two. told him
to cope lie prescribed a large i!-calibre
CAPSULE, which he said contained medical
properties 1t might have contained the
atrical properties and still had room left for
| q laby grand piano. do not know why the
earrale should b. 50 peculiar. would rather
swallow porcelain egg or live turtle
| Doc,0is claim that il Is Il prevent the bad
| taste oi the medicines, hut have never yet
participated in any medicine which was
| more dSasreeable than the gluey shell of an,
adult capsule, which looks like an ovefgro~n
tott and tastes like rancid nightmare
| doubt the good taste of any one who will
turn up his nose at castor oil OF qainine and
Vet meekl, swallow "a crysalis with varnish
| OH the outside
| Everywhere go find people who seem
pleased with the manner in which have sue
ceeded in resembling the graphic pictures
made TO represent me in tho newspapers. !
can truly say that am not'a vain man, but
it is certainly pleasing and gratifying TO be
greeted by glance of recognition and yell
of genuine delight from total strangers.
MANY have seemed TO suppose that the mas
siye and undraped head shown ill these pct