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Show ii"" '" , m FR6M OUR EDITOR I who i.urr juiik l.Anr h.vturimv ron linCAT 1IRITT0M, Of all places upon lids green earth lloono la, is one of the last places I ev er expected to visit but I got so tired of the train, nnd found wo had taken the local Instead of tho (Ji rough passenger,.. and concluded (o venM here until 9:5ft to night for it, mid then tnako quicker tlmu to Chicago without stopping nt every villago nnd house. This is n rily ot nbout 10,000 people, nenr tho middle of tho state, nnd is n grent railroad centre. Coal mines mo loented s fow miles west nnd give imploymeiit ton grent nitmhcror men ns it is tho only coal region In the vicinity. They hnvo electric light nnd. wntcr works, nnd n one horse street railroad. AL Is also a county Beat nnd has (like Lchi two business centers. The first part of our rldo through Wyoming nnd western Nebraska was n dreary one, I enn't sco nny use for such a forsnken looking country, nnd would hale n hand -cart journey ncross It. After passing Grand Island wo r.Mnc to boiuc letter eclncry nnd n nice fanning country. Eastern Nebraska, and thlsslnta ls)nhuo'etncontInu'ou8 meadow mea-dow with farinsamhuanyprttty villages, not much unlike our Utah towns though meet of tho buildings nre ot lumber. They nil hnve nice school buildings nl-ways nl-ways occupy prominent position. Tho creeks :n Until with forests of hickory mid underneath, tho grass is gtowing green. Thu west part of this stnto recently had n hency rnln, rctnrdlng spring wotk nifd tho sensou Is now two weeks behind I.ehl. At Omnhn wo nnw tho extensive stock yard 8 filled with cnttlc, nlso tho largo packing hoiiBo nt South Omnlm. At this point we lost ono of our company, Fireman llrlunn of Luhl Junction, who will coon return to Lulii with n wife. Only three of us slop bore, Mr. English going on to Chicago, nnd well he might for we saw it nice young lady from Ohio smiling In hisdlirdtion. If she does not capture him we.Shnll meet him in tlio morning. Those In the-company ore feeling fine and having ns good n time nB possible. Wo had incctim; on tho train yestorday afternoon when pcvcral spoke but none of the I.ehl doys. Wc havo learned to sleep on tho cars ns well as nt homo If if the conductor would not ask for tickets to often nnd dlsturbotirdreamaof homo or the green limes of England. As wu Btnnd hare, In tlio post officii nt lloono, we nro not such n sorry looking setnB when tvc left Lehl, but nre going to hnve n good tlmcwvhllo weenn. In tho morning wo tflinll bo 1,505 miles from homo. Adieu for tho present. W. lloone, Iown, April 23, |