The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
NO CHANGE IN 40 YEARS.
STERNWHEEL YOYIGE OF A VIEW
YORKER UP THE MISSOURI RITER.


Same Old Towns, Same Names OF Hotels,
Same Advertisements in newspapers
Lodging with n Jaiier Getting Out
of Town n Puzzle to the Traveller.
The towns along the Missouri River aud
the newspapers in them Jog along. or stand
still. neck and neck." said a New Yorker who
had been out West recently. Il made q trip
out there. and. finding the old river on
n sort OF boom. / took passage on a stern
wheeler and stopped OF whenever she made q
landing. Some 81 the towns haven't changed
much since l travelled up and down the river
forty years nEo. I won't mention the names
OF the towns where We landed. for business rca-
sons. At one OF them a hotel runner came
down TO the boat. lie was a darky. and
looked very much like the hotel runners forty
years ago. eSccnt that he wore an army has
and n rough rider coat. As soon a. the stag
ing was out he opened UP with n yell for his
house. As there was no CON petition I did not
zee the necessity for this. went ashore and
asked him why he was Yelling.
Oats what I'm paid tor. Car'n.' he replied.
Can't hold nah Job less l YELL
Il asked him what housc he was running for
and learned 1t was The tansion. There used
to be n Mansion House in every town 10 Mis-
souri, II 1t was n river or n stage town. So tho
old name was retained in this town. l asked
the runner who was the landlord.
d amt no landlord. only a landlady. De
Widow -
The name was familiar. A few inquiries
and | learned that the landlady' was the widow
OF a young man whose father founded the ho-
tel. The young man succeeded TO the bust
ness. married. went into the Southern Army
and was killed. That is the story. allowing for
variations. all along the Missouri River.
AT another stop / went ashore. The land
Inn f-na ,,p.lnr n -,zA ll,T M -. 49,
was there The town was beleagured. A Con-
federate Army was banging away at a Federal
force. 1t was one Of tie first battles In the
West. A few negroes lounCed about the levee.
A Few trucks stood with three or four mules
ready for freight. A boy sold me n newspaper
OF the day before. When tho sternwbeeleR
was under Roadway | looked over the publica-
ton and here and there | saw a name that
Cooked familiar. A majority OF tho names.
however. | did not recogEi2a. But / did recou-
nize the old style, The men now In business
John smith. general dealer in merchandise.
has on hand and will keep const nifty in the
enumerated. with the DISPLAY line. cheap for
cash This line was never seen in an adyer-
merchant dit not exiect cash for anything he
sold, The customer paid when he sold h,s
hemp or corn or u Niger
In the river news. under the head Port Of
as Il .aplnated forty years ,ago, with the ex.
clerk and agent. The advertisements was in.
dented. as printers would say. with Tho cut Of
yenrs ago. They have MT changed. | clIpped
the, advertisement as u reminder Of old times
the world that are under the command Of
Joshua. Listen to the reading:
er B1a me "f Eian nieE Binns EVIL HAZE nns'e sonm s,ed%:
Blank Blank clerk. VII leave this mort every
Fri for Kansas Cj'y,, L%eayenW worth, Weston
Blank. boat agents.
The ,Cqhtain. or commander Of the boat on
which / was a passenger. was his own clerk
from the forward deck. The Captain OF q
steamboat. forty years ago was an artist ocrat.
important as the CAPTAIN OF an ocean liner.
had some business ia = decnden1 town above
IE andias. c' be nn9 ! d lei5 the 10 s i nsEeG ,bs C a. 'hns
S TnGH s Know YOU'D Al r Sspen5e 5oS Sn tb Sel s,vs, Il;
the cnss i.Tty years ago steamboatine has
deteriorated more than the towns.
when l disembarked. walked up a long hilI.
N Ma Ike and G1aS the 10" sfrs sss F Eevern Vas old II m sse ; af.S
ling. white boards; looked at me as ! passed.
m mhen who ! reS w " m 'hs tor g OF s .he mn ,n H., | asked i,ss z
where could lind the hotel. He coughed and
replied IN a wheezy voice:
There nin't no hotel here. But the taller
has a STARE room occasionally, and he Kin feed
yo AHfi u hint Got no 'h beast td have y"%.' 100 ,,.,.
solri on which was the information: Enter
inner for man and beast
Following the milkman's direction l found
t iesa lai or o, fs%vr; and as sI he = hnh n ~ 6ItaFderst
was MOI what it used to he. lie had not se.a
a prisoner for six months. Last one. he had
over this fellows grave. when he is dead. sev-
era times 70 make him tnln over He L. FUR;
1 ever Tr saw - hen | tod Kim MIN in % answer iH%:t to tie
1ld Miss"Hri Vnerv ,Mhere'd9 you hail trom?'
time. / reckon ''
size ,,.nd iwnortance OF the Metropolis and
how it had become a Greater New York. Tho
Indignation dit not arouse him: He Whitfield
as before. In silence. and then said:
Ecckou il nut he h~,igger'D Kansas City
bad was in thar henighted section Of my
native state, four days. looking ,ur some Old
jf nlIe9 how ana c wnSn get ! W oa, ' Of 'oTn. I asked the
IT said / wanted 10 90 to New Y"fkI
to. Amt no stage, Ten miles tonlahest rail-
Fs"ven Ns%FH" il / m # Ha- T%" i y%" c S2%n to BACK rcE.
inriy hard work rowln' ", stream. '~srecia.ly
f"In man that mint rowed for three year,.
marked that thar would be ii good way II there
was any livery in town, hut there had been
he said, Ind n horse and buggy which he snms-
times hired out on a pinch when he had no
'"!!i." nh rR h 'f IS , %GhosG M5y got OF. o, Missouri
md under wav to New York. Hired Doc
MchunneLs's horse and buggy and a boy o
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