Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-06-11
Beautiful Sunshine
and Splendid People
Glimpses from a Car Window by G. r.
Russom on a Trip from Kansas
City to Brownsville, Texas.
Continued from Last Week

l1Oo, u d. III, we are now lCdV-
ing this historical place, where
we have been, for about 33 hours.
Our next destination where we
will make our next short stop is
Victoria, Texas. l will have the
privilege and opportunity to take
short rest while we are travel
ing on our return trip from this
place.
But | must tell you one little
joke for fear | might forget it
and as | have been rather serious
most of the time hope you will
pardon me for 1ndulging IN the
telling of this one story. You
will remember the engagement
made by DR.. Gibson for some of
the Mexican ladies to come to
the car on last evening at Z
o'clock with an exhibit of some
of their drawn work, as the
doctor was very anxious to have
some OF their stuff. But in the
lateness and delay at the town of
Matamoros DR.. Gibson did not
show up on time. The ladies
came, as Mr.. Frary informed us
this morning, and the number as
he stated to us was no less than
80 of these Mexican women with
their display of drawn work, and
the joke was these people at the
car didn't know DR.. Gibson had
worked this game on them, and
we're unprepared to meet this
emergency of buying the enorm-
GUS amount of this drawn work,
especially intended to supply the
needs of the doctor. AS Mr..
Frary stated to us, it must have
been fright the large amount
of this drawn work they had
brought for this special occasion,
and with such eagerness of plead
ing, such determination in sell
ing that it almost caused a panic
at the car, and Mr.. Frary's strong
nervous system was taxed to its
utmost in trying to convince
these ladies that one who had
made special request for them
to come to the car was not
present and his whereabouts
could not be ascertained at this
time, and with deep humiliation
and much disappointment these
kind ladies must take back with
them the much coveted stuff that
DR.. Gibson had been so eagerly
looking for, prizing it as the
finest needle work of modern
times. | don't know how the
doctor and Mr.. Frary fixed this
matter up, as | was sitting on
the steps at the stern end of the
Car watching the sun rise up out
of the earth.
| never saw in all my life, a
more beautiful sunrise. 1t was
delightful to see this orb of day
peeplng up out of the earth, as
it were, scattering the lovely
sunbeams over the sparkling
dewdrops, kissing the earth with
its electrial glory and warming
rays so essential to the we'll fare
of all mankind. Of all the scenes
| had witnessed thus far on my
trip, nothing was more impress
sive, more grand and beautiful,
more soul inspiring than this
lovely sunrise in this great ex-
panse of territory in this far
away south land.
After a car ride of about hours
we come to the fine little
city of Victoria, Texas. Popula-
tion about 5000. But Mr.. Scott
had side trip planned for all
that cared to go and see a small
patch of 10000 acres of railroad
land north of the town of Edna,
Texas, and the whole crowd went
on this side trip except the lad 2
cooks and few of the men. We
started on this trip soon after we
landed in Victoria.
We commence the story of this
side trip now, 4 p. M, March "a.
Mr.. Scott bought and paid for
all of our tickets of this trip
and our supper and breakfast
was furnished by Mr.. Paul, who
resides at Elcampa, Texas. And
here we go for Edna, Texas.
We are passing through some
fine country, not many houses
but thousands of cattle in sight.
Our first stop is Telfeuer station
with stock yards. Here | see
cattle, horses and a few sheep
now going through some timber
and brush. This looks pretty
fat and wet but fine lookingiland.
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