. The Pacific tourist . must confess that after a sliceor two of the meat, as usually served at the eat-ing stations of the railroads, from which weescape with danger to our front teeth, and unsat-isfied stomachs, we can only exclaim distancelends enchantment. However tough the meat,if served on the table when first killed, yet if tb:k ^^laiFia rorj^isr. 25 kept till it grows gradually more tender, there isa wild, spicy flavor, wliich make them very agree-able eating. Buffalo meat and prairie hens arenot altogether reliahle as viands of the railroacldining stations, still every one must try fo
. The Pacific tourist . must confess that after a sliceor two of the meat, as usually served at the eat-ing stations of the railroads, from which weescape with danger to our front teeth, and unsat-isfied stomachs, we can only exclaim distancelends enchantment. However tough the meat,if served on the table when first killed, yet if tb:k ^^laiFia rorj^isr. 25 kept till it grows gradually more tender, there isa wild, spicy flavor, wliich make them very agree-able eating. Buffalo meat and prairie hens arenot altogether reliahle as viands of the railroacldining stations, still every one must try for him-self, with here and there a fhaiice of hndingsweet and tender morsels. good an illustration as any, of the rapid growthof some of the westt^rn towns and counties. Thecounty was organized in the spring of 18(59, twoyears after the railroad had passed through it,—with Schuyler its the c<»unty-«eat. In the springof the present year, 1879, it has an assessed valu-ation of nearly and a population of. 111 MlMi 1-HAlitlK Ames—At present simply a side track, from Omaha, and () feet above the was formerly called Ketchum ; but bears itspresent name from Oliver Ames, one of thebuilders of this railroad. Observe the size ofthe trees in the cotton-wood groves and hedgesnear this place—all |)laiited within the memoryof the oldest inhabitant. North lifiKl—( miles from the easternterminus of the road, and )9 feet in elevation,a little less than the preceding station. This isa thriving little town, with several stores, hotel,lumber-yard, grain elevator, etc. It has a fx>n-tf)on brid^re across the Platte River, whichwill materially increase its trade with Saundt-rsCounty on the south. The opening of many farmsin its vicinity have inaointon theUnion Pacific in thu State of Nebnuska. Thepopulation is about 300. Itoijfrs—is
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