The Lamar register., 1890-02-08

s'utnoouhu lor TueOlO. Inc Mona
ment wreck vas passed with twelve
or thirteen different kinds of shud.
ders and Pueblo, which has just be.
come the watchword of progress, was
reached without an accident or a
single drink. We. that is myself and
two varieties of grip" changed cars
from the David and Rio Grande to
the great Santa Fe route, whose
name was recently written on the
scroll of fame aud the lambs book
of life, by Nellie Bly, and the New
Y ork World. As we whirled down
the beautiful Arkansas at the rate of
forty miles an hour visions of Nellle's
lying train fitted like phantoms
across our mind. We caught n
glimpse of her blue eyes and brown
rinslsts and watt of rose JUICE and
some other perfumery, and in a
thoughtless moment uttered audibly
through the smoke and half aloud,
Dear little Nelliew The cruel gig
gle Of fellow passenger broke the
reverie. thought of wife and eight
orphan children and longed to lay
my head in the dust or a gunny sack.
We whirled on through La Junta.
the new county seat of Otero county,
and Rocky Ford. the traditional home
of watermelops and r. G. Hrrrick,
the snecdote manufacturer for the
Enterprise. Las Animas was passed
and we reached Lamar in the middle
of the night, a stranger in a strange
land. ! sought and found hospital
itY at the Alamo and after repeating
my little Now l lay me down to
sleep" in cultural tone l shut my
eyes and tussled with tbs grip and
several night mares till the breakfast
bugle rang its loud and gay tra-la.
After replenishing the inner editor
| wended my solemcholy footsteps TO
the home of Hon. c. ID. Ford, regis
ter U. S. land office at that place. the
whole hearted hospitality of whom
and his family l enjoyed the rest of
the day. The new receiver, Mr..
Goodale, Is an old Madison county.
Iowa auditor, having ut one time for
his deputy an old school mate of the
writer's, MIR. j. A. Sanford, who is
now on his way to the new Jerusalum
and eternal glory as telegraph editor
of the Chicago News. Our old Mon
ument friend, Perry NJ. Keen, is con
test clerk IN the ofhce and Miss Eta
Ford also occupies a position as clerk.
With such force the settlers of
the Lamar district are assured of fair
treatment and the government may
be congratulated upon securing the
services of such careful, painstaking
and honest officials. Mr.. Keen kind
ly strolled me, / think that is what
they call it, over town and pointed
out churches and school houses and
handsome dwellings where but few
years ago the sage brush bloomed in
the beautiful sunlight and the jack
son rabbit twittered his morning
matin.
My short, sharp and decisive visit
with brother Davis of the REGISTER,
was enjoyed by both of us, or at least
it was source of much comfort to
me and Mr.. Davis said he was glad
l called, and editors never lie. Mr..
Lee, the newly appointed postmaster.
is also an old Madison county, Iowa
boy, staunch republican, and he
will undoubtedly get to heaven if be
keeps on IN the narrow and kinkless
towpath upon which he is now jour
neying.
Evidently Lamar and the Arkansas
valley has a wonderful future before
it, and we know no place on earth
excepting the Divide, so inviting tc
homeseekers, and it was with some
reluctance that left it and returned
to the bosom of my family and Ed
Hall and ]. E. Campbell and two o.
three hundred good friends on tn,
far famed Divide.-Palmer Lake
Herald.
Commercial men are authority fo,
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