The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
SATLEEiS HOTEL, BUFFALO, }
n. y, June 10th,
s O'Clock in the morning.

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from New York. The railroads seen
for they bring the visitors through the
darkness, and rush the specials Intc
the great Exposition City just as tn,
million little shops ami mcat-mnrkcl>
IN the endless suburbs are letting down
their striped awnings and sweeping of
lhc front steps.
AZ the particular station where we
stopped there waited thousands OF
hungry hotel runners and hundreds ol
canoplcd wagons When the first
train wound around the curve below
ana the last car was slow in showing
| llScli, the policeman said: /" She's
hcaNy this morning." And she was
| lnder! heavy, AS the baggage car
crawlcd by, one could see that the bag
gage master had barely enough room
Tor his chair The place was packed
ceiling high with Saratogas, hair
cloths, carpct-sacks and boxes, each
with brass check hanging from its
free end. Before the car stopped a
slender young man with sleepy eyes, a
grip swung over his shou der by strap
and his best clothes protected by a
linen duslcr crimped down the back
made wild jump to the platform. He
saw the policeman.
WANTED TO FIND TIE rLAISANcE,
Say, how do you get to that Mid
way playzancc?" How like a naughty
boy! The kind officer told him that
the gates didn't open for 2 hours auA
half, ana u.at he had better 90 some
where and get good breakfast, and
get rid of his cinders, before he started
to do anything as wearing as the Mid
way.
They were simply gushing out of
every door. 1t isn't very pleasant
thing TO sleep all night in day coach
where one man always snorcs and
other men do contortion acts over the
seats. Some one drops cgg-shells on
the floor. The family party finds con-
slant use for the water cup, rnd
sleepless man puts his head out of the
window at every stop and yclls:
" Where arc we now?" Besides,
some of these people had come thous-
and miles and had put IN two nights,
considering which fact they were
rather fresh and confident. The ri,ls
were !rillc stringy and musscd up, it
Is true, and some Of the men blinkcd
IN the hot morning sunlight, but what
difference did 1t make?
AT TIE MECCA OF THEIR JOURNEY.
Hadn't they arrived? There were
the big white buildings glistcning i'm
the sunlight. AS the pilgrim to Mecca
iorgets his stone bruises and rhcuma
tlsm, and begins turning tliphops when
he sights the first dome, so did these
travellers rush their baggage madly to-
ward an exit and tell each other to
' come on"
Some were old men wearing dusty
slouch hats pulled over their eyes and
each with nervous following of wo-
men aud wraps. There were many
lat old frowsy women waddling about
like lost ducks. There were country
boys who had saved up for This trip,
and had begun by purchashinc cigars
ana guide books from the train
" butcher" Most of the people knew
where they wished to go, and had
asked the way of the policeman who
tod them to go so many blocks in this
direction and then " turn to your right
and keep on" Out from the slecpinp
cars came procession all brushed of
and happy, a mountain of trunks
began to build up on the platform and
the drivers on the wagons were shout
ing themselves hoarsc.
DISAPPEARED IN THE HOTEL.
In five minutes the one Thousand
weary men, women and children had
scattered into lan-Ameriuan byways.
l, oh
This was one train. See them come
in on this road and that road, one after
the other; watch the moving parade of
satchels and umbrellas, apd you will
begin to understand why the at,cn-
dance is jumping. Go into one of the
reviving hotels and watch the names
go on the register-Savannah Boston.
Butte City, Montreal, City of Mexico,
Joliet, Veebersburg, Red Dog, Seattle,
Cape Nome, Then you need not ask,
as some do; "Where do all these folks
come from?'
AS the Chronicle announced some
years back when the oil mill was frs,
built, The Boom Is On.n
But if you would fully appreciate
how the people arc coming, and why
thcy are coming, just ride up from
New York on a night train. Every
berth Ill the sleeper is taken. A tipsy
man from Georgia has a guide
and asks questions of a man who is
going for the second time. This man
from Georgia has read up on the Fair,
and knows more about it than some
bright people who live tight here in
Buffalo.
SCRAPS OF CONVERSATIONS.
Catch the drift OF conversation in the
car: w'm going to stay week Or
told me prices were not high if vou-
cousin on the west side expect to ride
on the wheel just to-told me tha,
dance wasn't so-engagcd Lowell,
room with nice family and-takc in
rything-interested in the gallery
they say--to Philadelphia, but s'post
it's a good deal reading about tha
: ship made of brlck-meet 'em at on,
( State building," and 80 on.
. This goes on after you have strup
Slcd INTO your berth. A nervous, nois,
woman puts her head through the cur
tain for second time and osLe tb