The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-12-08
Hope, Idaho, Nov, %, 1910.

Hope, Idaho, Nov. .25, 1910. .
Lear Readers of The Reporter:
BY the consent of our kind editor
/ will write few words through
the Leon Reporter. l was asked by
80 many of my friends this last sum-
mer while was visiting there among
old friends and relatives, to write
them of my trip on my return
home, in the far west, and by the
editors consent I will proceed.
The Leon Reporter is welcome
weekly visitor in our western home.
1t has been a little over a month
ago since l started home, and here
1T is after Thanksgiving. Some
times I wonder where the time has
gone.
left Leon October IA at 6 a. m.
got to St. Louis, Mo. at 11:4O a:
m. and took train Al west bound
at 1910 p. m. I was quite a little
amused at an old man while board
ing the train there, the porter be-
ing kind to him, helping him, so he
was tempted to open his heart, so
he said to porter, II never did tip
a porter, but am going to tip you
night now" The porter said as you
like, and he handed the porter a
five cent piece. The porter laughed
at so large hearted man and putting
the five cent piece in his hat band,
saying that he would see what 1t
would bring him.
We got started out on time and
we passed over quite a stretch OF
country, everything telling so plain
ly that autumn was here, but it was
not long $50. the shadows of night
shut from our eyes the works OF
God and man. Soon our suppere
were eaten and we all were settled
for our nights rest. I went to
sleep early and slept very soundly
till I awakened at 2:15 in the morn
ing, and we were standing perfect
ly still, and such an unfavorable
silence. Everything quiet, only the
great engine ahead, and it seemed
IT was fairly groaning, and such a
low mourning, wheeling sound ii
made; and not light in the car,
sonly three little oil candle-like
lamps. One was near me, so / could
ssee by my watch what time it was
Not one in the car had awakened yet
.only me, and it seemed to me the
stiffness of the night, and the dark
mess was almost unbearable. And
while I was thinking of myself and
wondering where we could be. also
what had happened, the conductor
came in the car. I asked him what
was the matter. He said little
wreck a little way ahead. I asked
il there was anything killed. He
said yes, one or two cattle and one
or two sheep. Then asked him
why we couldn't have lights. He
had got orders to put all lights out
and it was the same in all the cars
Finally he said that maybe the pas
sengers would sleep better. Soon
they were all awakened. We had
gotten to this little place Senecia,
Neb., at 1850 a. M. and here we
stood until TAO a. m. Mullen, the
first station ahead, was where the
wreck was. We were Is or 20
minutes late at Mullen SO they had
run a through freight train in on
our time, and they had sidetracked
the local, but had not pulled in far
. enough, SO the caboose was still on
the main track, and the through
freight crashed into the caboose,
Everybody jumped, but nobody was
hit. The fireman was scratched up
some.
Well, when we started from Sene-
cha, Neb., at TAO asked the con.
ducter if he would show us the
wreck, and he said that we would
all know when we reached the
wreck. It 40 only about 10 or 20
minutes ride until we were in sight