Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-02-13
Old Times.

count of Nelly Bav's trip around the world
the places she visited, what she saw, how
she Jared, and how she was treated-all il
the short time of OF = days, s hours and II
minutes. AS I read the W0rtPs account OF
1t, the Worlds traveller, it seemed so Won
derfuI that [ should live 10 see the time
when such a feat could be accomplish
Ell IN such i short time, having lived at
time when it was calculated to take, at the
least calculation, three whole years to make
the voyage around the world.
In nv bovhnod DAYS, there were no steam
Ships-all were sailing vessels-when It took
is many weeks 10 cross the the Atlantic
Ocean as it does days now with steam. A.
lay awake last night and thought of the
changes that have taken place in the world in
these few short wears Of my life, could hard
ly realize, that 1t be so. can remember when
the people were beginning 70 emigrafe from
Connecticut to the States Of New York and
Ohio Al that time it was considered i vast
Undertaking to make such i journey, over
such country: succession OF vast, I'M
broken forests, no roads, no conveyan ces
but the slow, tiresome OK teams. Often
they to blaze their own way through the al
most impenetrable forest, and at as late 4
day as when we came ID this country it took
team from two or three months hard trave
to make the tip.
And As late as the memorable year Of 1919,
when all the world was shaken from cfrcum-
ferance Co center as the news went from
mouth TO mouth, that on the coasts of the
TIls in oil Ec
had by the working of the sand. such a
craze came over the world rs was never
seen or heard Of before. Old men with one
foot almost in the grave, middle aged and
young, were, all alike affected. Some SO
thirsty for gold they took no thought of
how or when they would reach the gold
fields; some with OK teams. some with
with hand carts some with wheelbarrows,
loaded with their effects. The watchword
Vas always, onward onward to the gold
fields. And, on how many, many, were left
in shallow graves by the waysde, with no
stone 10 mark the place; and how many suf-
fered untold neutrality-suspicious. food or
water for days, until they would nave gladly
>oid their birthriEhC for mes. Of pottage or
FOR Il cup cold water. How few If the present
generation can realize, or how little they
know Of, he hardship that those men en-
dUred. In contrast let Us quote few ines
from the Wor5d:
All the world was in league with the
World, II >eemed, against Mr.. Phineus Fagg,
and the mn>ty oIf slow going era in which
ne WIS supposed to live and travel. There
vas fearful dash over the Atchisou. Topeka
ana Santa Fa-250 miles in 250 minutes-and
many another ran even faster In one
7reathiess dash Of many miles, Nellie BLY,
rode in the engine ami held the throttle and
helped herself. The story Of the journey
round the world can best be told bv her own
pen. Mr.. jules Verne said it could not be
done. [ have done it. He told M when he
met me ut AmjeUs hat If the tour was made
IF the weird in seventy nine days he would
applaud with both hands. It has been
made III seventy two days and Mr. Verne
may now applaud and two hands will not
10, he must Use four.
1t was only sixty eight days from the time
left American soil until [ touched it again.
Turing that lime | was in many different
;IlmeS, but only here in Gods own country
nave [ passed amid fruit and flowers, in
valleys and over mountain tops, amfd snow
md frost all within the space of sixteen
hours. In no country save America is the
passage from orange groves to snow crested
Mountains passed in the same space of time.
have roasted and [ have frozen since eav-
NJ home, have dined on Indian curry, on
JhInese chow and Japanese eel and rice,
nave Travelled on French and English trains.
N English boats. on burros, in bullock carts,
n catamaTans, sam pans, gherrys, and half
dozen other couvevaDces peculiar to east
,rn countries, III my trip around the world"
And now, after reading with intense in
crest. the whole history of her trip around |
he world, and al the countries she passed
" and through, 1t carries me way back to !
he history of Columbus and Of the other |
ariy naFjgatOrs, such as Capt. Cook among |
he Sandwich Islands. How different, and |
What a change few years has made! Yes, |
made If possible "a 90 around the world in /
= days and 10 hours, with loss Of five days |
Il one place and five days in another; so
haf, had she made no breaks, she would |
'HF@ h4i''N II AL u I'hYS' lust ~ LAlItIh III /
raYeling mile in 4 minute for hours at |
tretch. 1t seems like fairy story, but one
Who has lived in the old stage-coach day,
when that was the only means Of land con-
ayance, can see more fully the progress the
World mas made and what OF those that
nay 1--we To see the end of the next hundred |
ears? What wonderful changes will take I
tace between now and that time, no man
an form any idea. It IS wonderful. oh, the
unan mind. Who can fathom it, II is
ast finding out what wonderful things the |
mind il capable of. 7. z. II.
60 to Payton Martins Livery for Stable /
.uggIes, Hacks, and for accommodations
Or Picuic excursions. New rigs and good /
nrse@.