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H'isting Sail On A Hand Car

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
February
Year
1876
Copyright
Public Domain
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On Tuesday last L. J. Kusk, of Li Crosse, Wis. ; Father Genin, Catholic missionary along the line of the Northern Pacific Bailroad ; Charles A. Morris, of La Crosse ; H. Sprague, of Standing Bock, and H. Dodge of Bismarck, wished to get east from Bismarck. The stage had left on Monday, and ■would not go again for a week, which would delay them too long to meet engagements in the States. They thought of a handcar, and then shudderingly considered the job of pumping two hundred miles. They finally concluded it could anA must be done, and, after getting permission to take the car, they bade adieu to the good people of Bismarck and started on their journey, with full stomachs and light hearts, happy with the thonght that in three days they could bring up at Headquarters Hotel, Fargo, a distance of two hundred miles, where they could rest a day bof ore seating themselves in the comfortable coaches of the Northern Pacific and be whirled along their journey. After being on a few hours and getging pretty tired, an idö& suggested itself which proved a blessing during the rest of the journey. Mr. Busk had an "A" tent, and with it they made a sail. which relieved them from the hard work of "pumping" and gave them leisure to view the objects of interest along the route. Oíd Bóreas proved to have a better supply of wind than they did themselves, and they bowled along at a speed that sometimes made their hair stand on end, making the distance from Bismarck to Fargo in seventeen and a half hours - an average of nearly twelve miles an hour. Mr. Walker, the operator here, informed the operator at Bismarck of the time of their arrival, and the quick trip excited general asonishment among those who are posted on the beauties of handcar traveling generally.

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Old News
Michigan Argus