Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-23
CATCHING 4 TRAIN.

Il wca my Grat day on tho whca,
 prairie of North Dakota. I had left Far
 @ at o'clock ia tho morning oa one of
 tAc two d2iiy t-ain3 westward a,id he'd
 stopped ai Castlcton, 90 miles from
 the 'Phciz City of tho Northwest !"
 Thence ] had tiamPcd back across the
 prairie two niles to rec tho Dalryraplc
 farm, the greatest in the world, 90. eco
 acres under cultivation Ey 0oclock ia
 tho morning l had seen rll thero was to
 ba seen in the process cf thrasking and
 % rctEaecl l..y sters to Castlctoa.
 At the station was informed that tho rcxt ilcals Of getting back to Fargo vas by freight train leaving at about
 o'clock.
 Thcro gro no art galleries or cathe.
 drals i'll Castioton. There arc . do1ou CT two stores md hotel entered the hotel with t.lc air of abandon and gen. eral srpcrintcndcneo uaually accribcd to commercial travellers, sat down in the office and picked up day before yostar- days St. Paul paper An old man with white whislsers st iu the sun reading the dcy bcforc that's paper. He was evidently pioneer who had so long been away from the moro civilized re- gicns that ho Jagged little in the his tory of tho world. However was Clad to see onc guest at loact in tho hotel among tho whcatEclds.
 By way Of introducing myself to the old Ccntleln.n cracked Q few jokes on tho nlccIdposa of the town aud tho dint.i- rcss of the hotel, bu; little later real ized that ny remarks were i'll directed ly finding that ho was proprietor of tho establishment. Never mind, " thought l, it will be all right if I take dinner here. :" The old gentleman 8 face showed en animated interest a5 he informed mo, in response to a question, that dinner would bo served Gt half past l2.
 wSs LOW weS1icd of reading stalo rowe, so went out and took five min. utc5' walk to tae end of tho main street ard beck. Next bought q Eovol and vert out upon tho prairie and spent couFlo of hours reading. Killing timo ill Dakota town found rot to bo 90 exciting Gs tho Gan,c occupation in Chi. ccGo CT London. About noon wondered bac.; to town and got stranded on SOHO California iIr.t Gt stcrc. filled my self so completely with grapes ard peaches that Ineyer once thought of GiiiEer ct tho hotel Tho old landlord mrst have lccn Grievously disappointed, but cid Tot sec him again.
 talked with tho clerk i'll tho store, i read some Elore and cursed tko Northern | Pacific until nearly 2 o'clock. Then I s&untered over to the station, and after waiting half kour for the train in- quirod of tho station agent as to what tiIao could get away i
 Ec replied, Not until tho o'clock through freight comes. Tho 2 o'clock was way freight and had been do- lGyed, Lc explained.
 ] rogali2cd on tho inconvenience of travel in 9 TOW section Of the country ord ccb about using up another two hours. I found 'tiat had somehow got scrce epots cf wheel grease oii' my clothes and ncnagcd CD spend 2 comparatively pleasant hour serubbiEg out tho spots with napLtha ct tho tova t.rug etorc. Then read some moro.
 At o'clock went over to the station Rgain and finally plucl,cd up courage to aali tho rather irritable agent about tho train. He Geigncd to tell TIC, as if tired of seeing ITO around, that tic train be along until $. Now had q in my misery, for lady,