The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-07-22

behind schedule time. Such running
as that engineer did A mile min
ute, much of the time, through the
darkness. with large train load of
excursionlsts, each watching the fences
and telegraph poles, which could
hardly be counted. Mack, of San
dusky, a thorough, candid, devoted
and reliable Sunday school teacher,
sat beside your own deacon, perfectly
resigned to the speed of the train and
his pending fate.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.
Said he, as he slapped Ed Stephens
on the shoulder and nudged Deacon
Dinwiddie in the short ribs: eve
are safe and / know it." This road is
part of the Central Vermont system
and is just as good, if not a little
better, than the balance.
The Ohio excursionists babe us good
mig hit at Norwood. twenty-five miles
distant from Ogdensburg. They were
there coupled to train on the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg road,
and away they went toward Niagara
Falls. where they were due
at Z o'clock the morning of July 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephens and the
writer arrived at Ogdensburg five
minutes before midnight, on time,
that engine driver having made up
the time; aud Stephens hair, which
"stood up" during the ride, was three
days in getting down, or in IFS normal
condition. We registered at the Sey-
more house and asked for rooms. The
night clerk at that hotel was the
dumbest BOBBY 1 ever met behind a
hotel counter. He knew little or
nothing about the trains or boats to
leave the next morning, and il is a
Iquestion whether "his mother knew
he was out" or not. He had thu con-
ventional red necktie, and bogus dia-
mond as large as a skillet. hope he
will improve by the time he gets as
haldheaded as | am.
THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.
The next morning we took q boat
on the st. Lawrence river and arrived
at the far famed Thousand Islands
about one o'clock p. m. This is a great
lplace. Fond and devoted mothers
have their day here, and old maids
have two afternoons and several nights.
| A perfect sea of water, a forest of
foliage and shrubbery, village ofcot-
tages, and an archipelago all in one.
We took dinner at the Crossmore house.
1t will accommodate 500 guests and is
a great resort for pleasure seekers. In
the dining room we found white help.
They had gentlemanly bearing and
intellectual faces. They are all, with
the exception of the head waiter, COL
lege students, earning the wherewith,
during vacation, to pursue their stud.
les the next term.
After dinner we boarded another
steamer and landed at Clayton, eight
miles distant, passing some beautiful
places on islands, among which was
"Castle Rest" owned BY Geo.
NJ. Pullman, of Pullman |
Palace Car Fame-one who
is a real benefactor to the travelling |
public. His two daughters of Chi
cago, and much esteemed and venera-
BILE mother, arrived here from New
York several days ago and are enjoy
ing the quiet and rest of her sons
palatial island home, where she is |
surrounded by every comfort that
wealth and loving children can sug-
gest. On August 18th, next, she will
celebrate her Sind birthday. Her
son, Rev. r. II. Pullman, of Balti- |
more, is also at the Islands.
There are hundred more cottages
on the many islands up the river, and
while not as imposing as Pullman's,
they show outward comfort and ex-
hibitions of architectural skill that |
are lovely in the extreme.
GREW WEARY OF WAITING"
Among the young men who acted
as walters in one of the hotels on the |
river was a young man from Troy, |
who came up to the Thousand Islands |
to get experience in that line. His
parents are wealthy and would GER
tainly have raised serious objections
to such proceeding, had he not in
formed them that he was head clerk |
in large hotel. But the young man !
tired in few days of the life ola
waiter and to-day neglected his duties
| tn such an eyfent &c to meet with dis |
charge. He left the dining-room,
dotted his walters garments, dressed
himself in a neat, stylish suit, regis
tered and went 10 to dine. He wined
after he diued and the wine was
charged up to him, when his identity