The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-02-20
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4 The Diary Of An Overland Journey
: ---By EDGAR MOCK

Tuesday, Nov. 13-Day Still cloudy
and cold; keep the stove going all
forenoon; gets much warmer about
noon but chilly in the evening: find
good camp in hollow near straw
stack; use rain water to cook with:
country very hilly but farmers seem
to be quite prosperous from the looks
of buildings and straw stacks; roads
quite good and wind around the hills
in such shape as to made them long
and gradual.
Wednesday, Noy. Get late
start this morning: over sleep our
selves; reach Manchester but do not
stop for we see sign out that water is
scarce: we find no water until o'clock
and no more until four O'Clock; drive
to Union before watering, roads wind
ing and billy: spend some time in
Union getting feed and pay 90 cents
per bale for hay, 20 cents for corn.
both are very poor quality; meet NOV
ers every day: one family today who
came Texas; dark this evening before
leaving town but find good camp
after driving few miles: quite warm
today.
Thursday. Nov. Camp in corner
of woods last right: day dawns quite
chilly: wind in around the hills again;
break my other spring today: we now
shake every thing TO pieces humping
over the stove: have close neighbors
tonight, two men from northern H.
iinOis on their way TO Wichita, Kan
sas: pass through another station on
the Frisco line today: we water our
horses in pools today.
Friday, Nov. Sect a late start
again this morning: we reach the foot
of the Ozark's today but the roads
seem better than yesterday; pass
through Sullivan today; it is the most
trying thing l have experienced to
wait OH the clerks, / have tried two
stores today to get a piece of rope
but failed 20 get one. Media and Sis
ter Ruff do a washing: camp in the
woods again tonight:
Saturday, Nov. 9-Day quite chilly;
roads quite stony, but otherwise we
find no fault but few people live in
this part Of Missouri; the ground is
overlaid with stone; drive till quite
late to find good camping place with
plenty of drinking water; very scarce;
quite lot of complaining about max
ing such poor progress, but no one
seems to think the blame rests on
them.
Sunday, Nov. 1O-Take quite a
good sleep this morning: day nice and
warm; fine place and weather for Sun
day School and church, but some can t
get ready:have to bake and wash: the
Lord S work must walt for expenses
are high; we are 90 miles from st.
Louis.
Monday, Nov. 1.-THE day is warm
and cloudy, little showers all day: we
get up at O'Clock to wash to get an
early start, but Mr.. Rufus horse is
sick: We started at noon and drove IL
miles to st. James: We got in camp
late: it rained real hard till morning
and it was very cold; we drove down
town before camping 10 get bread,
then drove back TO the commons
where the rest camped that night: Ed
took cold: it was very late when we
camped.
Tuesday, November 1.-THE
day dawned very cold and
damp; we got late start and drove
through st. James and at noon we
camped at Rolla in feed yard; Ed
took sick and we did not leave till
late in the afternoon: we camped in a
woods about II miles from Rolla: Ed
was sick all night: Ruff had his hor-
ses shod and brake put on his
wagon.
Wednesday, Nov. 13-The Gay
was chilly but the sun shOne bright:
we got late start and drove till noon
and camped in a woods, We hal a
creek bottom road but not stony. had
a sad accident happen to Bro. Moor'S
horse by getting its leg broken; they
got some men to kill her after we
drove to Newburg; camped IN woods
along the creek: they all talk OF TAX
ing the train but cannot get rates till
we get to Richmond.
Thursday, Nov. To-day was
chilly but the sun shOne all day; we
started late and drove till noon:
camped for dinner by house and
water is scarce: feed is high: camped
at the foot of a mountains; making
poor as it is hard travelling; stone very
plenty through Missouri,
| Friday, Nov. 15-Day dawns very
cold and continues all day; we left
the Frisco road and take a mountain
road and reach Waynesville, county
seat nestled i'm AMONG the Mountains