Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-09-10
interesting Letter from Mi. Fee


DEAR SIR:-I was requested by
several friends to write The PRESS
on my arrival here, how ! found
things, etc. | left Emporium with
feeling of regret and the last glimpse
had OF the town was mixed with a
palmetto picture the gallant junction
ticket seller, anxiousiy feeline of
spot On his lip where hair of future
mustache was expected to appear.
| arrived here Tuesday morninp. on
schedule time, coming in at the
magnificent new station of the Rock
Island Road which was not completed
when | left, getting down onto the
street. The rush Of cable trains. troll
ley cars and teams was bewilderino.
and to cross, loaded down with a well
worn grip in one hand and two nm.
brellas in the other, seemed hopeless.
until ! realized I must run and "duck,s
for it, succeeded fairly well. onlv call
ing down the wrath of an express
driver who shouted something with
'rnbe" mixed up iii it at me. | turned
and said few things to him in choice
Chicago ese, he laughingy admitted
his mistake and apologized. | found a
lew changes, other places and faces SO
familiar as to make me feel I had not
not been away at all; ] found the same
barber who had told he had solved the
problem OF beating the races and if
some one would only stake him for
twenty -t1yc dol!ors, he would make q
hundred thousand before Scptember as
he was still shaving people. Presume
he could not get any one to stake him.
Hunted up our fel ow towns bows.
Harry and Orlow Jurdan, Orlow had
his coat off and hair in his eyes star
ing hopelessly at q long column of
hgures and complaining that they took
his appetite away. Harry was keep.
ing things on the move in a big whole.
sale grocery house. He told me he had
generously looked after my pretty
little girl, while had been gone, and
had secured first place;that | conld play
the. gallant to her widow chaperon.
such lovely arrangement-for him.
When | went to my old time restaur-
ant for my breakfast of coffee and rolls.
| found the three large rolls had
shrunk to two small ones, which left
crying need for more, as I brought q
country appetite back with me- They
have had waiter strikes here all sum-
mer and am going to strike one to
Wnen L get club heavy enough. |
ordered whitefish, without tomato
o@lCe. got tue SduSe all rIgnt, WHICH
pored over my fish puts me in about
the same kind Of humor as does a cup
of hot coffee spilled down the back of
my neck. scraped the sauce off and
called the waiters attention to the
speckled skin, telling him it was trout.
He said it wasn't, they were only freck-
les the whitefish got from swimming
on top of the water in the sun. When
| gave the baggage man the check for
my big telescope grip, which con-
tianed my worldly possessions, l
found both ends burst out, the handle
off and big tare in the top. The bag
gage man smillingly informed me, it
might have been worse. Chicago peo-
pie are rushing, generous, optimistic
lot, who put up with things which
would set people of the east kicking.
| am glad to be back but would like
to be able to attend the socials and en-
tainments OF the Candy Kitchen Club,
The Corner Stone Club and others,
who always enter so heartily into
everything they do.
Very Truly,
S. j. FEE.
Chicapo Sent 9Th 1909