Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-12-07

the waters top: now rolling past Ike
monstrous bo1ies, their tangled rootl
showing like :. aztec hair. nov xlancina
singly by like giant ieee hes and now
writh.ng round aud round In the vor-
tex of some small whirlpool like wounded|
snakes The banks low, the trees dwarf.
ish. the .4arshes swarminy with frogs.
the Wletched cabins few and far apart.
their Inmate hollow checked and pale.
the Weather very hot, mosquitoes pence
tratlns INTO every crack and crevice OF the
boat; mud and slime on everything. Moth
ing pleasant in It's aspect but the harm
less Lightning which i.ickers every night
upon the dark horizon.
No man ever admits the unhealth.nesa
OF the pace he uWeils in (unless he Is
going away from ~. and 1 shall there
fore. l have nc doubt. be at issue with the
inhabitants of st. Louis in questioning the
perfect s%alubrity of their climate and in
hint that l th.nk 1t must rather dis
pose to fever in the summer and autumn
al seasons. Just AIDING that 1t Is very
not. lies among great rivers and has vast
tracts of swampy and around 1t, l leave
the reader TO form his W opinion.
OF his trip in a stage coach across
Ohio, Dickens wrote:
Occasionally. when we stop to change.
some two or three half drunken loafers
will come lettering ont with their hands
ntheir pockets, or will be seen kicking
their heels in rocking chairs, or Longing
on the window sill. or sitting on a rail
within the c~olonnade; they have not often
anything to say though. either to us or to
each other, but sit there. .dly staring at
the coach and horses. The landlord Of the
inn Is usually among them, and seems.
of all the party, to be tie least connected
with the business of the house. Indeed
he is with reference to the tavern what
the driver is in relation to the coach and
the passengers: whatever happens in his
sphere of action. he is quite Indifferent.
and perfectly easy in his mind. We dine
soon afterward with the boarders in the
house, and lave nothing to drink but tea
and coffee. AS they are both very bad
and the water is worse, l ask for brandy.
but it Is a temperance hotel, and spirits
are not to be had for love or money. This
preposterous forcing of unpleasant drinks
down the Threats of travellers is not at all
uncommon in America, but I never dis
covered that the scruples of such wincing
landlords induced them to preserve any
unusually nice balance between the quail
ity Of their fare and their scale of
charges; on the contrary, / rather sus-
pected them of diminishing the one and
eNalting the other, by way Of r~ecompense
for the loss of their profit ON the sale of
spirituous liquors.
The following is a description Of the
country approaching Columbus, Ohio:
On we go. all night, and by and by tn.
day begins to break, and presently the
full rays of the warm sun come slantilig
on us brightly. 1t sheds it's Light upon a
miserable waste of sodden grass, and dull
trees, and squalid huts. whose aspect Is
forlorn and grievous to the last degree.
A very desert in the wood. whose growth
of green is dank and noxfous like that
upon the top of standing water; where
poisonous fungus grows in the rare foot
print in the oozy ground, and sprouts like
witches coral from the crevices in the
cabin wall and floor; it Is a hideous thing
to lie upon the very threshold Of a city.
Our host, who was very attentive and
anxious to make mt comfortable, con
stantly walked in and out of our room
with his hat on; and stopped to converse
In the same free-and-easy state: and
lay down On our sofa, n pulled his
newspaper out of his pocket, and read 1t
as characteristic of the country: not at all
as being q matter Of complaint. or as
having been disagreeable to me. I should
undoubtedly be offended at such proceed
ings at home, because there they are not
the custom, and where they are not they
would be lm~pertinences: but In America
! had no more right. and I can truly say,
no more disposition to measure his con-
duct by our English rule and standard
han / had to quarrel with him for not
being of the exact stature which would
qualify him for admission into the
Queens Grenadier guards. As little In
clination had l to n fault with Q funny
| old lady who was an ppe domestic In
this establishment, and who. when she
came to wait upon us at any meal. sat
herself down comfortably In the most
convenient chair and producing q large
pin to pick her teeth with, remained per-
forming that ceremony n steadfastiy
regarding us meanwhile with much grav-
ity and composure.
One great blemish in the popular mind
Of America, and the prolific parent Of an
innumerable brood of wis Is universal
distrust.
Another prominent feature is the love
Of Smart dealing" which gtlds over
many q swindle and gross breach OF
trust; many q defalcation. public and
private; and enables many q knave to
hold his head up with the best, who well
deserves q halter.
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