Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
A VISIT TO MEXICO.
Some GIimpseS of the People and
Scenery Along the Road.
THE TALKATIVE MAN FROM IOWA.
Railroads Have Quickly Superseded the
Lively Cow Trails.
INTENSITY OF THE LONE STAR STATE
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH

twRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.l
The trip by rail between Denver and Fort
Worth is always attractive. This morning,
with the Deacon by my side, something is
promised to relieve any possible monotony.
He possesses a reverence for the grand
mountains at our right. The main range is
resplendent in its immaculate mantle Of
white, with rolling foreground of dead
grass color, the brown OF the foothills and
the deep blue of the gorges 20 vary the spot
less covering above and beyond. And we
NAV have 800 or more miles of these noun
tains, ever changing in appearance and al
wavs beautiful Should they become weari-
some. a very unlikely event, look off east
over the vast stretch of the plains, little
lacking in variety of color now, in the cold
embrace of the dying winter. But you will
anticipate when the soft breath of the early
summer has wooed the brown into green and
with exquisite taste and dainty touch the
emerald carpet is tricked out with the hues
of mvriads of wild flowers, then you will
love these broad lands for the lovelineSs
they promise.
ON the Divide ''the man from Iowa"
boards the train and announces himself
harshlv, with his hat on the back OF his
head
"Yas, yas! This sile's no gOOdl now in
Iowa"
This mani suppose he was a man-we
had with us two days and night. His
'tvas, vas" was ierked out convulsively; it
preiaced every remark he made and was
his method of approval, disapproval or
doubt of anything addressed to him. That
f'yas, vas, became monotonous, tedious, in
suferable torture. Think of yourself bound
and water lppiug on your head drop by
drop; and yet this man from Iowa was hap
DIV, we'll satisfied that he was doing more
good in the world than any other man In it.
ONE GOOD POINT.
Perhaps he was, for such as he make the
burdens of life bearable. We think of our
encounter with him in our Affections and
enioy the rheumatism and the toothache
when he is remembered. He took fancy
TO the Deacon and demanded his name, but
ignored the name, and in moment after
called nv friend the Deacon, as kindly and
Familiarity as if they had been cherished at
the same breast.
'Now, this land amt no good-all sand.
Now, in Iowa We have sile-and them
mountains-you can't use them for moth
in'''
THAT sand, as ycu call it, will produce
wheat as fine as can be raised in the world,
and as bountifully," ;" demonstrated the Dea-
con.
"Yas-yas-when you make me believe
1t let me know. Now, in Iowa"
And so, during the forenoon, the passen-
gers smiled at first and the man from Iowa
laughed, a stridulous cackle. The passen-
gers became sedate as mutes at a funeral.
but the laugh of the man from Iowa went
on, while he at last looked in vain for sp-
proval. The Deacon managed to rid US of
the enchautment for an hour by introducing
him to a cowboy OF his acquaintance in the
forward car. But he returned with a
blanched face.
''Yas-vas-some bad citizens in this coun-
try, Deacon-that friend o yourn-is he a
jedge, sure and sartin? He threatened to
I'LL me full o lead-yas-yas %
Dinner time arrived and the man from
Iowa lunehed on the cars rather than take
his chances with the bad citizen at the sta
tion table
On the wing again the afternoon was un-
relieved; the gray clouds lowering over
Fishers Peak put on tints of amber and
crimson; away to the east the clear sky was
Vi dAOuS SAiS INT Va bAC hOAAAOh,
fading into gray, and then blue toward the
zenith the Spanish Peaks, snow covered,
were set in pale gold and away in the dis
tance the grandest pile IN the range loomed
up through delicate veil of blue.
ALWAYS WITH Us.
But intermingled ever with ones thoughts
came that interminable "Yas-yas" Would
the man never cease talking? We couldn't
kill him nor put him of the train. 1 sought
the Deacon's friend, the cowboy, and in
duced him into the sleeper. The man from
Iowa became dumb in the cowboys presence.
In the morning the Deacon was taking an
early cup of coffee and enjoying the sunrise.
A hint of green in the broad, brown carpet
that seemed to reach out unbroken for miles
touched rift of clear sky below lowering
cloud On the horizon, and our faithful dailv
friend in deep crimson looked in shape like
a huge bakers loaf that had failed to sue
cumb to the virtue of yeast.
"Yas, vas, havIn' breakfast amt vel aigs
an coffee, an toast! The Deacon's havin'
breakfast Vas, vas, and the man from
Iowa walked down the aisle announcing the
fact with satisfaction that it seemed pity
to interrupt But near the end of the car he
reached berth, the curtains of which re-
mained drawn, and suddenly he encountered
the face of the cowboy looking out at him.
L
cubus, and, without finishing the word on
his lips, turned and retreated. Having dis
covered the charm, every passenger made it
agreeable for the cowboy. The ladies en-
gagged him in conversation and the men
furnished him with cigars. that he might re-
treat to the smoking room at intervals and
lose no enjoyment. The stridulous vas, vas,
was resolved into a murmur in the smoking
room; when it arose in the car the cowboy
put aside his cigar and the man from Iowa
returned to the saloon. Finally, the only
place in which he found rest was at the door,
where he stood staring at the uninteresting
end of the forward car, or entertained him
self with unsatisfactory glimpses of the
country.
RAILROADS SUPERsEDE COW TRAILS.
Fort Worth looks brilliant under the
glare of the electric lights. Twelve years
ago it was a terminal point of COW trails,
now of dozen railroads, and doing a whole
sale business alone close to SO, 900, GOO per
annum. 1t is a live Southern town with a
little Northern blood infused, and is already
filled with beautiful ihopes Its we'll paved
streets present a panorama in motley
- ~broadclotk, the leather chapperajoes of the
cowboy and the rags of the negro. Sur
rounded by farming country unsurpassed,
it promises to be a city for which have
weakness, for the simple reason that it is
the outgrowth of American enterprise.
Along the lines of the Missouri, Kansas
and Pacific and the International and Great
Northern railways, from Fort Worth to San