West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-12-30
TRAVELLING N TEXAS.
A PFeStOlian At Large In th3 Lol8
Star State.
Mr. James L.. Mckenzie of Houor
Vile, Writes an Entertaining
Letter from the Beautiful
City OF san NntOnio.

Some OF the friends requested tbatI
send them some notes from tais State.
as saw them. As it wouli take too
long To write To each in iiv dual. ! s,.nd
them 20 YOU. II Won think they are
OF General interest, YOU can insert them
in your paper.
got aboard with Charles Carroll on
the morning Of the i4th and was car
red swiftly to Tunne'ton Is miles In 40
m'nutes). Taking the y. & O a, Tuu-
Melton, had To stop off "A, Parl<ersburg
to buy tourist ticket. which detained
me hours there, but / was agreeablv
entertained by a couple Of prestouinns
the MattinCly Brothers. The trip over
the -. * O. :. w. has been made bv so
many of your readers that they are
familiar with it, Arriving at st. Louis.
l took the NJ. X. & + r. r.. and the
morning of the 10th / see the FIRST
heavy snow OF the season at Sedalia.
Mo" where there was IL inches OF il.
From there TO Fort Scott il was cold
aud showing There we struck nv
first western blizzard In walking 10
and from the car for dinner got move
cold air between my teeth than any Of
your readers in Preston are likely, to
take in the same length OF time this
winter. This route goes through the
Indian Reservation and at Muscopee
the first Noble Red Man boarded the
train There were about tAirtv of
them | turned, expecting TO see Ell
Messenger ready 20 solicit their pat
ronage at the coming election, they
put me so much in mind OF home tai
emit. but as they have quit taking
scalps and it's a capital offense to give
one of them any fire water / settled
down to sleep Waking up next morn
ing was in the land OF. cotton. Tom
Ocheltree, and other great men of
truth and verbosity. II there ever was
patriotic people, Texas has them
There is nothing il the Heavens, above
or the earth beneath, nor the waters
under the earth. that is good for man
TO have. that a Texan does not. claim
belongs 70 Texas, and Won can't help
but admire them for it. If Prestonians
AID all West Yirginians would boom
their county aud state as Tcxln
knows how to boom Texas, there wo lid
not be enough land in Preston To make
e"cn EN- grant a garden spot.
Bat contidentiL!ly, II mad ten acres
OF this atmosphere hung on To one Of
my TOWNSVILLE hills. | would not trade
1T for county down here; but their
climate is delightful AMI tile people, as
far as can see in my three " stav
mere, are the same. It's not worth nv
while TO try TO describe the town. that
was done some time ago by J. Siiell
BROWN. in q far clearer manner than I
could do it but it's well worth a ZOO
mile trip TO see, not only this town but
the whole OF the country from Preston
here.
If Harry Potter could go along to the
Mexican Muzeun here and see the
curl IS he would 5e happy tile balance
OF his days 1t will take me a whole
day TO describe them to him when /
get back TIe flower girl has just
been around with a tray Of boquetS fo1.
sale, picked from glrden that is in
full bloom in sight as I write
Well, as I've promised to get the ears
OF jack rabbit for Tom Rhodes and
the season for hunting only lasts ten
days. | must get ready to move in the
morning. Yours,
j. /, NCKENzrR