The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-12-24
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appearance of being constructed Of
marble. or white stone Of some kind.
Standing there in a sharp, bright winter
day their magnificent beauty cannot
help but challenge the admiration Of the
most superficial visitor, and though they
contain nothing but empty space and
disorder prevails everywhere about them
they are we'll worth going q thousand
miles to see. The visitors were piloted
through the grounds and buildings by
Paul Hull, official press representative
of the worlds fair association. There
seemed to be nothing about the enter
prise that Mr.. Hull was not familiar with,
and he explained everything fully to the
tourists as they passed along from M
wonder to another.
The first building the visitors saw as
they entered the gates Of the grounds
was the South. Dakota building, now
nearly completed. and though small
potatoes compared with those of some OF
the older and Weather states, yet 1t was
with q feeling Of pride the South Dako-
tans saw that our rising YOUNG state was
to be in Uncle Sans greatest show on
earth, il only to hold one end OF the
banners.
Ats that night the tourists entered
the Dearborn street depot to start upon
their southern journey. The South Da-
kota contingent consisted Of about forty
gentlemen and ladies. while Wiscon-
sin was represented by about ninety,
fully half OF which were ladies. A
special train of four elegant Pullman
sleepers had been provided, into which
the tourists filed, not to leave them ex-
cept for sightseeing until they returned
to Chicago.
The party paid the Pullman company
$500 for the use Of the sleepers IA days.
A Pullman conductor and five colored
pOrters accompanied them. Two of the
cars were just out of the shops. and 1t
was probably the finest special train that
ever went out Of Chicago. The various
railway companies owe whose lines the
party trayeled-about a dozen in number
furnished without charge an engine,
baggage car and train crew for the
special as soon us delivered by q con-
Meeting read, and in most instances the
orders were TO give the train tie right
OF way over everything. The Oldes, and
most experienced and careful engineers
and conductors were. given in charge of
the train, and the fastest locomotives
provided. Fast mail trains were side
tracked that the special might fly across
the country as fast as st. am could draw
1t. On ali the lines either the passenger
agent or his representative accompanied
the party to the end Of the line, aud some
times the superintendent, master me-
chanic and a half dozen, all told, officials
of the road would go through to see that
no accident or mishap took place and to
explain to the tourists. the points OF
interest. They are as genial q lot Of
gentlemen as one ever meets, and the
only railroad men we ever met WHO can
compare with those ON onr northwestern
roads. They left nothing undone that
could add to the pleasure Of the journey
and entered as generally into the hillari-
ty OF the occasion as the tourists them
selves. II a venturesOme newspaper
scribe wanted to ride on the cowcatcher
and take notes at a 60-mile-an -hour-gait
he was not thwarted. II a fair one Of the
softer sex wanted a few OF "those beanti-
full wild roses" growing in such %profusion
along the track, Whit went the air
brakes and in another moment q gallant
railroader was placing in her eager out
stretched hands q beautiful bouquet of
Natures choicest handiwork; and as her
eyes looked the thanks her lips could not
speak his warm southern heart fairly
stood still as he marveled at the MASKING
qualities Of the bewitching young
creature from the breezy Northwest.
But we digress.
At exactly $40 p. m. the train, with
that almost imperceptible gliding
motion peculiar to a solid vestibule, Pull
man train, moved out Of the station at
Chicago and the journey southwark
had commenced. The party was
chaperoned frosa Chicago by Frank
]. Reed, city passenger agent OF the
Monon route, over which the train
Travelled to Cincinnati. Mr.. Reed accom-
panied the tourists the entire trip, and
Notwithstanding the fact that q trio OF
Wisconsin ladies completely m~onopoltz-
ed his large fund Of g%allantry. he proved
to BE- a most agreeable addition to the
party and made friends right and left.
As soon as the scribes and their ladies'
had been assigned their respective Sec
tions and births, luggage disposed Of,
the more jolly ones proceeded to institute
q revelry by night as q sort Of a start
er for more fun to come, and then ell
turned in for the night.
The next morning the passengers wero
all up bright and early as the train near
ed the chief city Of Ohio, and on this
their first morning out they we're
treated to q very agreeable and pretty
surprise. Each lady was presented by
Mr.. Reed with a lovely corsage bouquet
of roses and each gentleman with an ex-
quisite bu,tonnier. To each Of the
bouquets was attached acard upon which
was: bon Voyage. James Barker. Gen.
eral Passenger Agent &onou Route.
In view Of the fact that as far north rs
Cincinnati cut flowers in winter are rare
and costly the three hundred bouquets
was a very handsome remembrance by
Mr.. Barker, and nothing the tourists
received on their journey was more fully
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