The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-07-10
J. Ut IutI6 -.NIII'lIIN''
JAMES p. MAG1LL. President
Kershaw County Farmers Allianre
4 TRIP TO THE GREAT NORTH.
WEST.

WEST.
So little is known of the vasncss
and variety of the territory embraced
Il this country.
Most people, Of tie Atlantic roas' ,
think ono and Missouri are West,
wien wc of Missouri hardly feel tha!
one h.s ever mai, q start West unit |
inc passes us. At St Louis or Chi-
ca.o one must make choicc Of the
route lie will take. There are the
Northern Pacific, Union Fac ic, AMI
Canadian Pacific But the best Of
all is t, ta'e the Wabash out OF
St. Louis, going over the ,owa Cen.
trail ami tllicag",at. Paul and Mil
waukce to st. Paul, thence over the
Northern Pacific
From st. Louis to st. Paul va
this line it is 500 miles. time taken
~ hours. Over this line YOU pass
throngh Central NJ ssouri. and Ger.
trail Iowa, thus getting gco:l views OF
the magnificent lands and prairics of
this great country. Besides no train
nut Of st. Louis makes any snch
time tn ST. Paul where cl"se Con.
ncction is made with the Northern
Pacific. Itis nov ver2,O0u miles to
Portland, Oregon. his roa! has on
! it, and all moving at the same time. Ii
! through passenger, besi'ics l9S !0:a!
passenger trains, ami 1880 miles ni
! track.
These tra..rs ali have elegant Prl,
man coaches that run from CnicN.
go to San Francisco. itorarates tli;'
! | rscst equipment Of dining cars of
ary rail roa,l in tho world. Just Ihink
! of it rur i moment; or these maSnifi'
cent ,liuers three meals are served
per day anA noals cqnal 10 those
served at any irSt class hotel in
New York. The passenger may
quietly enjoy a meal moving at ~
to 40 miles an hour am Il the snow.
capped peaks of the r clsics, or along
the io7cly valley of the Yellowstone.
Let us now seek, on the train ieav'
ing st. Paul at 8 :l5 q NJ, Cur berth.
In little while the monster cGgina
moves out of the Union Depot pull.
ing it's ten cars. Tn few moments
we make our first stop at NJ neapolis,
the twin sister OF st. Panl, only 10
miles distant Here are the Falls OF
the Mississippi River. and the 6 eat
Touring mills, turning ont 1900
barrels of Gour per day. Also tho
lumber NJ lis, and the River above
the FAILS is full oflogs. brought down
from the piucries of Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
From this city our train heads
Nor Invest through the flat TIM.
her lands for about 200 miles.
Fargo, Dakota, Is a Oil, the first place
of any Importance That we reach, 25l
miles from St. Paul. Here we enter
the great wheat bet. For mi IS and
miles we sec the fields cavere' with
the grain. This is . prairie land.
You can see rs Tar MS the eye can
lake in, and then the earth and sky
seem to come together. Some Of
these wheat fields arc 20 miles or
more square, anl every foot tillab.c
and in grain. All along the rail
road. now, on each SIDE, are tall
plank snow fences, some Cinos two
or three, against which The snow
drifts in winter. Johnstown. Da,
is our next stop, c ty of about l..
2UO people, in which gooa business
is done. On, on. our great TIA
moves, along a ro,d perfectly straight
for hundred miles or more, until
the capital OF North Dakota, Bis
mark, is reache |. This city is Oh the
Missouri River, which is the Missou-
ri still, turbulent and muddy. Your
scribe is now 800 mi es from home,
and vet it was only - honrs ago he
was with his family at home. Cur
g. .anltaLcrs would have laughed at
such prophecy 100 years ago.
Across tie Missouri we 90, anil
over another vast prairie, which lies
strctcLe out before US, until night
beg ms to come again. And what
privilege to lie down in a magnificent
Pullman car in q warm bel, commit.
ting ones self 70 the care of kind
Heavenly Father, slacp during the
might, taken along at rae OF 40
miles all hour. These through trains
on the Northern l'acfic do not st"p
at night, save for cunl and waller,
I.cucc in tic morning. we wi ! be Ia
away to the West.
Thursday q. IN We are now
aroused hy the cali of tic porter o.
the dining car crying, "orenkiast is
ready in the dining car. Pushing
oar curtains aside We Sec the bad
lands OF Dakota; these are curlrsi
ty. They are lar-e mounds, rough
looking. crumhling day hy day an
falling away. One feels lie has come
upon The ground where has occurred
but recently an earth Inake. This
country for miles is uninhabitable,
save Tor the mountain sheep nr goat.
We now reach G!emlivr, q lovely |
little p'ace on tho Yellowstone River.