. The Pacific tourist . 4SIE. POXY EXPRESS SALUTING THE TELEGRAPH. troublesom ] that the route was changed to thatof tin- Pony Express, ami soon afterwards a dailymail was established at an expense of $1,000,000annually. The incidents of overland stage lifehave been repeated over and over again in booksof Western adventure. Here and there werelonely post-offices away out on the distant prairiesor plains. No passengers to set down or take up,the driver throws .ait, his mail-hag, catches theone thrown to him, and whirls on without stop-ping, or scarcely checking the speed of his , no
. The Pacific tourist . 4SIE. POXY EXPRESS SALUTING THE TELEGRAPH. troublesom ] that the route was changed to thatof tin- Pony Express, ami soon afterwards a dailymail was established at an expense of $1,000,000annually. The incidents of overland stage lifehave been repeated over and over again in booksof Western adventure. Here and there werelonely post-offices away out on the distant prairiesor plains. No passengers to set down or take up,the driver throws .ait, his mail-hag, catches theone thrown to him, and whirls on without stop-ping, or scarcely checking the speed of his , noon or night comes the inevitable refreshment station such as it is, where theweary passengers, well shaken up, were glad toregale themselves on pork and beans, corn bread,and slumgullion —the Far Western name fortea. Toward the middle of the night, perhaps, kind friends, and plenty of care—to die aloneami among strangers. With this last class themain trouble is, they wait too long in the Eastbefore starting. The disease,
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