Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-10-04

pressed forward as rapidly as their
horses could travel.
The first man to arrive in Wood
ward proper, was David Jones, one
of the good men from the Panhandle
of Tex,s, whose horse had more
wind shan an averaged newspaper
man.
The next exciting event was the
race hetwtn Robert Mosley, a cow
hoy and Conductor Morgan of the
Santa fc. who both cliim to- have
go, there first on the quarter ad.
joining the town ste on the east.
Abpu, FIVE minutes after the three
above named horsemen arrived,
nine more hard riders appeared on
the brow Of the hill south of town
and came down the home stretch
like Nancy Hanks on the quarter
turn Three minutes more passed
before the main body came in sight,
but when iAvey did come, the STAN.
pede of the bison or cyclone from
the southwest was imaginery in
comparison with it. About seven
hundred horsemen came over the
hill together and they lost no time
in tumbling from their horses TO the
convicted little lots 25xI5o.
After the excitement had some
what subsidized the festive bronco
was allowed To meander around the
domain which had but Jew mo-
ments before elevated his master
and endowed him with the title
of ''land owner while the master
CON fortaoly stretched himself up
on the green s~ard to await the
coming of the train, and for il he
had not long to wait, for around the
curve, down grade, came the iron
horse like thousand bowling de.
mons were after il. Ii ran to the
center of the towusite before it be-
gan to slow up, and here is where
the horsemen got face value for
their long ride, for the tumbling
that the passengers INDUCED in &c
reach the ground was far superior
to anything ever witnessed IN Bar.
mum q Bailey's circus.
Some fellow would make u run
for a lot, when COW boy would
let out yell, that that lot was ia
ken when he would trot on down
the line to be balllcd again until he
would reach the limit and have tC
begin over again. Cooler parties
however, would walk leisurely from
the car, carry their baggage on their
shoulder, step off the required dis
lance for lot and comfortably set
tie down to business.
A general survey around the cit,
has disclosed the fact that the popu
lation is composed ch ictly of Tex
ans, Kan, aas, Mlssourians and Col
oradian>, and II more genial, clevci
class OF people cannot be found be
tween the toaming pillows of tn,
Atlantic and the tranquil sleep,
waters Of the broad Pacific.
Ye editor had the pleasure Of be
ing the twelfth man to reach tn,
future metropolis of the great coun
| ty Of IN" and although we fee
proud of our achievement, our no
oVer-strong physical being wa
somewhat shattered in the race.
To the Texas pony must b,
awarded the credit of winning tn
best Of the race both for claims anC
town lots and the thoroughbred
must acknowledge their supremac,
in twenty mile race.
| Miss Celia McCarty, of Canadi
an, Texas, made the run in one hou
and fifteen minutes and succeeded
in getting lot on Main Street, nea
the public square.
| Vas Stickley, an old Virginian
Texan, Of Canadian, Texas, captured
a quarter.section adjoining the cit,
on the west side.
According to the Graham Head
| light tho Norfolk & Western is do