The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-06-06
III P.rkln. Rlde.

] have Travelled ever lhe Alps bth W.
started on wheels 30 lisly. uefe pat of
runners st The manast,rits 81 81 bernsr.
sni The ucrt Day came nmbiog juau int,
' the wbeal6elds Of SSrEthni uui Sd,
lone. Thee have Iorkish'd through
Japan aud sbeclhsrroatd 10 Ctt8a. hnI
the most exciting trip at my life was t'ecr
la our own country, out ia Ioea. II was
one a. the collie I nights at cold plutof
lectufcd for the college at Oago cay,
northeast cf Cedar kapljs. oue night aud
the ueit night vas 60 g at GuuurIl col
Ifpe near Des Molnts. had to II ie dow
through the ceulral part Of lows, on the
old Iowa Central road 70 DO this | was
compelled to drive 80 miles across the
praiua, from Usage City 10 Macon City, ~
order tc strike a o o'clock morning train
Tor Crunch
Thirty miles over the rrine ia north
west storm, with tho Thermometer IL dc
pr.,s below gro, Was t..t Of strength,
nerve and bodily caiouo Bat we made the
rrp, Ouee our sleigh tipped over, aud
our blankets and robes blow away. II was
hurricane. aud even our bot sanpstoue
took to the wind, Oacc W. got to ctrolng
around on that 80 mile pralre, and the
driver threw mp his frozen hands 1ai
screamed;
We'a lost
But the stars cane ou' a.d we whrrl
Cd around toward the uor.h tt,r ana sttug
glei on.
In the gray Of the morning with what
Joy We saw the str4gsia, lights OF the
/ little station Of Mason CIry. nov place
Of 5 600 people ! remember well how
rolled out Of the sleigh aud totteted up
to the station Coor 1t was all dark
within. knew the morning train hadn't
gone We bad won, but Oh, with what
cost
knocking on the door, then pounding
londer. the sgelt finally opened II.
Has the 3 o'clock train gone south 10
Griuuell? asked, wtlb ttemuons voice.
WHAT
Has the train gone sonlh2
lie looked at me IN nma2 'meut and
said;
Gone, man Gone2 Why, she went last
September. Sac ,s ssnmmef tram. But,
and be looked kindly at M. she will 90
again in Juue II yun must 90 on her,
you can sit around here IN the depot and
wait
What did do2
Why, ! went night over to log hotel
and went TO bed, and sleep smothered
sorrows
Sleep SIeepl
At II o'clock | orawIed over to tue de
pot and opened the wires on Preslden' j,
Is. Gnnnell Of the Iowa CeutraL Ibls,by
the way, was the original man whom Gree
ley told to 'go west. Gnnntll went west,
and 1t was he VITO founded the city Of
Grinnell, where was TO lee ure. lie built
the college there Tho railroad, the town |
the college aud the lecture course wer1 oil
his, And threw myfcli into his arms |
with this telegram:
Please give me an engine. Get me to |
Grnnell tonight
ANY engines needing repairs at Mason
Cty2 If 80. send Perkins down. came
over the wire from Gnnnel
No. 6 vans new lrobox. went the
answer.
O, X. Send 6 with Perkins, Get him
here or xiii him. replIsd Grinnell.
10 30 minutes We were oi. Wo went
bonding over the old iron raIs batw, eu
AckIcy snd Marshalltown, aud how we
flaw ViIIagea became sploiches Of maroon
mint r, Ippraph poles Llnrrad like wnq,
op spokes IN the sup.
We blew the wllstlc bat the t,ain bea,
the sound int, Mar.h.I,owp. and tie
agent came oot and looked the WronV way.
Wa had passed tn, town. spl The whistle
was sull behio1
Well we cot 10 GrIpnell md qlrnck the
.n6ience an the sttnke of4 pra.Iiput
Grinpel hadn't told tbom sbanl the ride.
The audience ,bouObt came on regular
I,.ip or d,,ve over from the reYt station.
When t,ied 10 tell them abont nv trtp.