Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-10
/ EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
EN- ROUTE TO THE
GOLDEN SHORE.
Observations and Impressions BY
the Way Peculiar Coincidence.
KANSAS Cry, Mo, Sept. 5.

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DEAR HERALD. - Having to wait
here an hour and a half, instead o.
seeing the sights" / have concluded
to write you few lines to let you
know that / arrived here safe and
sound after trip across the Noun
tain, Buckeye, Hoosier, Sucker anc
Puke States, en- route to the Golden
Shore"
Leaving Martinsburg 6 p. m, Sat.
urday, the journey over the "Pictur-
esque B. & O., was really delightful
The train was crowded, but as the air
was cool and pleasant there was but
little, if any, complaining. At Park
ersburg we overlook section No. and
thence to Cincinnati it was long
train Of about dozen coaches.
There was quite a large crowd Of
Martinsburgeis aboard and it affords
US pleasure to record the fact that not
single one OF them was train sick.
Martinsburg people, you know, are
good travellers. An exploring expe-
dition discovered Judge Romeo Freer,
of Richie. He was bound for the
Mecca, this year, of all G.. A. r. S,
Cincinnati, where the Grand Eucamp-
ment is now in session. Col. Freer
was looking first rate and is not at all
dismamed at the sprinting possibili-
ties of his distinguished opponent, "
Elk Mayor George I. Neal, of Hunt
ington, in the race for Congressional
honors. He, however, has the hardest
fight ahead of him of any of our peo-
pie, for the reason that the Spencer
convention which nominated Neal did
not indulge in any I6.to-1 nonsence.
In that particular they put themselves
outside the pale of "pure and undefiled
Democracy" but all the same strength
ened their party and gave George a
fighting chance had he less invinci-
BILE foe than Col. Freer.
At Cincinnati there were crowds
and crowds. The city was gorgeous
ly decorated with RED, White, and
Blue" and the throngs in and about
the depot we're almost impenetrable.
l managed to get breakfast and was
soon speeding across Indiana. The
section through which the B. & o.
runs is quite billy and decidedly I'M
inviting. There are few good farms
and fewer respectable farmhouses visi-
BILE. There is a rundown, careless, in
different aspect. 1t is a malarial re-
gion and the miasma seems to per
wade everything Even the towns
have an aged, superannuated look. At
many places l saw men playing cards
and pitching quoits, Sunday as 1t
was. Everything is so different from
the northern portion of the State
which visited few weeks since.
asked a gentleman the cause and he
said he did not know unless it is be-
cause that section of the state isDemo-
cratic while the other is Republican.
He went on to state, and my observa-
ton confirms his opinion, that Democ-
racy is a blight. He spoke of the
great difference between the North
and South, between the different sec
tons of the same States, northern and
southern Indiana aud Illinois, between
West Virginia and Virginia, between
Ohio and Kentucky, between Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina, between
Iowa and Arkansas.
Great portions of southern Illinois
are covered with yellow daisies Qittle
sunhowers). In many places as iai
as the eye can reach there is one con
tiuuous stretch of golden yellow. The
saffron odor is strong. This may
account for the great number o.
healthy looking infants everywhere
visible. 1 never saw so many babies
on train in my life. They were as
thick as locusts in Egypt.
We reached St. Louis about dark
and at 9 o'clock started across Mis-
souri. 1t was pleasant ride, rains
having settled the dust. The only
misery" experienced was from the
mosquitoes, at Moberly, where we
loafed an hour and half until the
1870 train from St. Louis overlook
and carried us onward
leave here at 1910 via Union Pa
cifc; will reach Denver at 4:o5 tomor'
row morning, Ogden a. M, Wednes
day, and San Francisco e4:5 a. m