Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-25
A LONG BUGGY RIDE,
All the Way From Philadelphia to
Galveston, Texas.

To Galveston all the way from Philadel-
phia in buggy. Such is the feat per-
formed by Mr.. and Mrs. George Bell, who
arrived in Galveston the other afternoon
With only lew dollars, the result of the
sale of household goods, he put his wife
and baby in a two-seat canopy top buggy
and started for Grimes county, Texas
where he had relatives.
I'VE started Oh September IL from Phila-
delphia and arrived here yesterday, you
can figure out the time yourself" said Mr..
Bell to Galveston, News representative.
What Was our route? We left over the
Lancaster turnpike and passed through
Harrisburg, Bedford Pittsburg and Wash
mgton, Pa. to Wheeling, III West Virginia.
Then we went cue west to Columbus, Ohio,
south to Cincinnati, southwest to Madison
Ind, where we crossed the ferry into Ken
lucky. We followed the river to Louis
Vile and then went south over the Louis
vile ana Nashville turnpike to Bowling
Green. We then Travelled southwest to
Guthrie, Tenn, and on TO a point tIVe miles
inns side of Humboldt, where we turned
south and went to jackson, Tenn. From
there We went west to Memphis, where we
crossed the ferry into Arkansas and went
to Little Rock. From there to Prescott and
on to TeXarkana. We then travelled on
down through New Boston, in Bowie coun-
ty, through Tyler and Palestine to Bryan
From there We went TO Houston and from
there came here.
I'VE made it point to never travel on
Sunday and stopped several days along the
way. We Were in Columbus three days,
Memphis two and one-nalf days and three
days at a Mr.. Reagan's home in Texas.
The first two days we travelled 102 miles
along the Lancaster pike. Come and let
me show you Doc. i C is the horse that
brought us safely through" and he lead
the newspaper man to the stable, where a
thin, but well built morse was contentedly
munching hay.
Docs all right aren't you, Doc?" and
Mr.. Bell threw one arm around his neck
and with the other hand rubbed his nose.
Doc nodded appreciatvely and went on
eating hay, which has been his chief OBJ
ject in life the past thirty-siX hours
"By the by, young man, If you ever go
riding over the country don't do it in a
narrow gauge buggy. It's all right in a
city on a smooth road, but when it comes
to the country and ruts you want wheels
that will fit the tracks others have made
before you.
Mrs. Sell has rather enjoyed the long
trip than otherwise, and says she is in
much better health than when she started.
Il want to say that the southern people
can teach eastern people a lesson in hoSpi-
tality said she and her husband echoed her
sentiment In the majority of places south
and west of the Ohio river those who en-
tertaincd them over night would not &C
cent money They had enough to get
to Grimes courty and offered to pay their
way everywhere.
II could tell of a hundred interesting in
cidents" said Mr.. Bell in reply to Ques-
ton. Il am quite a bicycle enthusiast and
carry a silver-plated monkey wrench in
my rear pocket. 1t several times saved us
from trouble by using 1t as a pistol. You
see it glitters, and when held just right
robodv is going to stop long enough in
front Of it to see what it is. l shut up
several DULLES and would-be hold-ups with
il. And we got lost at night and Doc fol-
lowed me for two miles by my striking
matches a little way in front Of him
searching for the road. We finally ran
plump into a farm house, and l tell you 1t
was a welcome sight. Another time we
were caught in piece of timber in storm.
A tree crashed down only few feet be-
hind rs Had we been minute slower
1t would have caught u.s.