Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-03-21
ELI PERKINS RIDE.
HOW AND WHEN HE LOST HIS aee-
uTATIoN FOR VERAclTV


billion of a Candidate For CoDgr...
have travelled over the Alps wbe,
! we started Oh wheels in Italy. were mn
OIL runners at the monasteries of st. Ber
hard and the next day came tumblinp
down into the wheatfields of Switzer.
land and the Rhone. Then have lin.
rikishad through Japan and wheelbar.
rowed in China. But the most exoitiuu
trip OF my life was taken in our own
country, out in Iowa. IL was one OF the
roldest night Of cold winter Ileotured
Tor the oolioss at Osago City, northeast
from Cedar Rapids, one night, and the
next night | was to bo at Grinnell col.
lego, near Des Moines. had TO ride
down through tho central part Of Iowa,
on the old Iowa Central road. To do
this was compelled to drive 80 miles
across the prairie, from Usage City to
Mason City, in order to strike a o'clock
morning train for Grinnell.
Thirty miles over the prairie In a
northwest storm, with the Thermometer
10 degrees below zero, was test Of
strength, nerve and bodily oalorio. But
we made the trip. Once our sleigh tip
ped over, and our blankets and robes
blew away. 1t was hurricane, and
even our hot soapstone took to the wind.
Once we got to oircling around on that
30 mile prairie, and the driver threw up
his frozen hands and screamed:
"We's lostp'
But the stars came out, and we
whirled around toward the north star
and struggled on
In the gray Of the morning with what
JOY we saw the struggling lights of the
little station of Mason City, now place
Of 8, 900 peoplel | remember we'll how !
rolled out of the sleigh and tottered up
to the station door. 1t was all dark
within / knew the morning train hadn't
gone. We had won, but, oh, with what
costl
Knocking on the door, then pounding
louder, the agent finally opened it.
HAS the O'Clock train gone south
to Grinnell?" asked, with tremulous
voice.
"What9"
lAho bHo tiaih BOho bOubh1
He looked at me In amazement and
said:
"Gone, mani Gomez Why, she went
last September She is a summer train.
But, " and he looked kindly at me, "she
will go again in June, II you must 60
on her, you can sit around here In the
depot and wait. "
NnL.t afI 4 In2
Why, went right over TO log hotel
and went to bed, and sleep smothored
my sorrows
Sleepl Sleepi
At 10 O'Clock | crawled over 20 tho
depot and opened the wires on Presi
don't j. Is. Grinnell OF the Iowa Central
This, by the way, was tho original man
whom Greeley told 10 "go west " Grin
nell went west, and IL was he who |
founded tho oity Of GrinDell, where |
was 20 lecture. Hs built the college
there. Tho railroad, the town, the ool.
isgs aud the lecture course we're all his
And threw myself into his arms with
this telegram
please give ma an engine DOT mo
10 oIinuell tonightr
ANY engines nesdipg repairs NJ Ma
son cityi II so, send Perkins down"
came over tha wire from Grnnsll
mo wants now hTeboT," went
tho answer
80. X. Send with Perkins del
him hero ~ kill him, replied orinnsiL
IN 30 minutes We were IN, Ws went
bounding over tho Old iron rails between
Aoklsy and hArshslltogn, agd how We
Bsgl Villages becaue splotebes ~ ma
room paint TslsgTsph poles blurred like
wagon spokas Ia tbe sun
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