Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-01
WESTW ARD BOUND

It was with eager interest we set
forth on February q, westward bound.
The snow of the north west, combined
with the stories of q cline where sun
shine and roses are present three hun
dred days out of every year, FASTENED
our preparations, and away we sped to-
ward the fair promise of sudden spring.
Old Boreas gave lis hard time of it.
The snow fall which for some days had
been moderate finally united to make it
up, and after a journey of thirty-tive
miles an hour or SO we suspended our
flight waiting for the beautiful mantle
to be cleared from the track. We
waited two hours, then accepted the
situat ion and went to hotel securing
board and lodging until, until we could
escape. 1t was night,-late when we
reached there and sleep had so worked
upon memory as to drown the petty
vexation and pleasant dreams were
with us when our landlord called
"Breakfast! train due in half an hour!'
It was but q few minutes before, | was
sure that | closed my eyes; it was night
then, it was morning now and few
pale streaks of sunlight were streaming
across the floor. Breakfast in haste
and away to the station where fuel was
for that train with the same anxiety
and inpatience that must be practised
over and over again to be met and hero
ically borne; like many another as the
hours of grace wore away, we doubt
it's fultillment of the promise, but there
on the buIlitin board it was written, in
plain English and we waited some long
er. AS the last stock of patience was
worn threadbare, a whistle in the dis
lance and with rush and Il whirl we
dashed away toward the great central
metropolis of the United States which
we reached just after rain storm ar
rived. The heavy mists could not hide
the view of Jackson Park and the
White City seemed wonder in itself
surrounded as it is and built up for the
general education of the people OF the
entire civilized earth. Towers, domes,
and arches passed SO swiftly that there
was but Il faint recollection of mass and
matter as we entered the train Tor The
mysterious beyond, the great Gateway
of the west. Across the Mississippi at
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dark stream, we saw little OF the great
Father of Matters and q dark morning
succeeding gave promise OF Il gloomy
dav. Through Missouri we dashed ut
thirty-iive miles an hour, passing small
frame houses and straw matched barns
in rapid succession, into the coal RECON
and out again just having time to note
the fact, passing village and towns
with the speed aud promptnoss of the
Atkinson. Topeka u Santa Fe. On we
vert over the Missouri. the wide mud
DIV Missouri in fog; even tho ice Is cot
fee color cd and the bridge apparent
ly highenough for the ship OF State to
pass under as the water dushes slowly on
toward the gulf a batch of trees around
it, a little seven by nine house Nesting
beside it, a few chickens scratching in
the dead oak leaves and Missouri Is left
behind. We saw oak and elm and cot
ten wood in the western part OF the
state. School houses and churches cot
the plain, and civilization is making
the same advancement and improve
ments us in the north. Leaving the
fast train, 1T left us,-we steam IN
ease and comfort much more enjoyable
than the crowded Pullman of our fast
advancing contemporary
On through Kansas 10 the fair capt.
tai city where SO much controversy has
so recently taken place; far too beautl-
full structure to shelter warning politi
clans. The first prairie schooner was
sighted due southeast from Topeka
bound west under the slow motive power
of Il mule team. Six young olive bran
ches and the fathe4 and mother and
household goods were therein embar-
ked; happy as could be from all appear
ances as they slowly logged along, a
box of chickens strapped high up on
the rear of their wagon, forlorn look
inc cow tied to the reach, while yell
low dog trotted along behind them.
Happiness is something which money
cannot buy" remarked the Captain
whom you will know henceforth as an
ex-army officer seeking rest and recrea-
! ton from active labor upon the fron-
tier. More anon. Neither rock nor
/ tree to interfere with agricultural pur-
suits, and the farmer has q beautiful
vale outspread before him on which
to exercise his own theories and ingen-
uity. A vein of coal in one section furn-
ishes fuel in country where trees are
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