Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
From Tarheellna.

Fortv-eight hours of travel, including
a rest of twelve hours in Cincinnati,
have landed Us safely in this famous
health resort. We are as yet too new
to it to speak by the card of its attrac-
tions. Hence this letter shall deal
with the sights and incidents of our
travel.
In Union Station, st. Louis, we met
several familiar faces belonging to
Irontonians homeward and outward
bound: Mrs. S. w. Andrews and
daughter, Julia. returning from Chi
cago; Charles NJ. Jones, about to
strike out for the Far West; G. A.
Buckley. at work in the city; and DR..
Rob't Baird, now of DunklIn county.
There was another Vallegian-by mar
riage-whose presence in the Station
is Joy and relief to all who travel
from the Sweet Vale of Arcadia. And
Barney Frauenthal is his name. Al
ways pleasant in manner, and never at
fault as to matter, he is wonderfully
fitted to his place in the Bureau of In
formation. Long life and happiness
to him, his wife, and his baby!
After supper we boarded the Pull
man, gave the porter the usual honor
arium. had our bunk made down, re-
tired into it. and slept the sleep of the
just clean across the State of Illinois
and a goodly stretch in Ohio. We
halted in the Queen City from 1880 A.
NJ. until P. NJ, but in our stay saw
| nothing of unusual interest. Before
reaching the city that morning, being
an early riser, we were, by our glances
through the car-window, reassured
that our native heath had rolled from
beneath US, and we were in an older
land. Knobs and small mountains
whose like in Southeast Missouri
proudly retain their primeval growth
of trees, and shrubs and rocks, are
here denuded of all these. at this bare
season of the year reminding one of
nothing so much as the polished polls
of Ironton's bald-headed brigade. The
towns, too, are peculiar in their build.
Being. generally, the seats of manu-
factories, you first note the furnace,
the foundry, or the workshop; then
the sadly monotonous rows of box-like
dwellings provided for the working
men; and, finally. the residences of
1.-The better class" on the outskirts.
We have often paused amazed at the
utter inanity of the mind that con-
trives those blocks representing viii
liages for the delectation of the nurs-
cry. / wonder no more. The block
man is an Ohian, and he faithfully re-
produces the workmen's dwellings he
sees about him.
When we drove to the station at
Ironton, we found that The elegant
platform had been torn away, leaving
the edifice standing as upon stills, and
we sought ingress at the peril OF life
and limb. When the 'train pulled in
we had to walk six-inch gang-plank
down to the track. The feat was &C.
com plished in safety, and we had reas-
on to think that that sort of trouble
was done with for this trip. But at
Cincinnati we found the station in
similar state of disrepair as regarded
its approaches, and we had to climb
over piles of cobble-stones and leap
yawning pits of various dimensions,
on our way to to the hotel. This
shows that conditional disregard for
the travellers discomfort is not exclu-
sive to Irontou. The recompense will
come to those who travel after US.
The trip from st. Louis to Cincin-
natti over the B. & o. was made in
about eleven hours, with pleasure and
comfort. The vestibuled train was
provided with all the latter-day con-
veuiences and luxurious appointments.
| The roadbed is perfect and our Pull
man rolled along so smoothly that at
times the sensation of motion was
nearly lost. We supped as heartily
and slept as sweetly as though We
were at our inn and possessed of all its
aids to ease and comfort. Conductors,
brakemen and porters We'd in their
endeavors to make the lot of the trav-
eler a happy one. The ubiquitous
grumbler-the fellow who will be cer-
tain to .'kick" at the appointments OF
the New Jerusalem, if he shall have
the chance-even he was silenced for
the nonce, and went his way without
repining.
The day at Cincinnati was without
notable incident. The weather was
cold and inclement, and it was pleas
anter to remain within doors than tC
seek recreation in viewing the city.
Our hotel, The Grand, is situated
next to the Church of the Atouement
and funeral that morning reminded
US of the evanescence of all things hu
man. The hearse, the coffin, the fora
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