The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-06-14

ana aitnough there was two long hours of
detention at Utica, why nobody knew, since
that pretty town has no exemption from, the
ordinary lot of being invisible in the dark
yet with all these annoyances the night
train was popular with a large class of our
fellow citizens who bargain away health for
time.
But no night train could run in winter
the snow, the ice, thousand insuperabe
difficulties existed, and there would be no
passengers-the nights were too long
Such were the reasons gwen, and honestly
given, for lying over at night in the win
ter, and having only day train. So we
Stald at Syracuse or Auburn, and reloiced
in the good things which the landlord set
before US.
But this began to be annoying. It made
a journey of two days out of that for which
one might suffice, and the railroad wheel Of
progress took another turn, and with much
hesitation as to its success, night train was
arranged for winter as well as summer. Ii
came-it ran--it conquered. The SHOWS
threw aside the frost-king's efforts to delay
II the nights were dark, the hours might
better be employed in the journey than in
keeping uneasey vigil between watching and
sleeping at some inn. True it was, the at
tempts at sleep in the cars were melan-
chOly mlngllng of the ludcrous and pain
tul. There was so much Of affection in the
manner III which "partners for lige'' sought
each others shOulder-so much of the lu-
dlcrous in witnessing the vain attempts in
a crowded car, when the plability of the
bones OF the neck was proven in a manner
eXcelihg, for satisfactory variety, all the
anatomical demonstrations of Il Cooper Or
! a Mot; and then there was the unmitigated
sefshness which sought its own ease with
out regard to the wants of others, and
wrested by insolence from the timid or un-
! protected that to which their right was
equal. Such were the concomitants Of the
might train. Every sensible man, about
three O'Clock in the morning, made dis
tiuct resolution never again 10 travel by
night--a personal pledge forgotten when
next mornings delightful breakfast gave its
consolation and its coffee.
! Improvement cured all these troubles
! Seats in which sleep could be woed succesg-
! fully, and where an insulation allowed each
passenger 10 find out /" natures sweet re-
storer'' in the way peculiar to himself--and
/ by which we can travel from Albany to
Auburn and not know who his next seat
nei ghbor is--were contrived so high that the
weary head--heavy with intellect or dows-
ness, can be supported, and curved so that
the back need not have the night through,
the upright conduct which ought TO distin-
guish the life of man.
ind noac zee have the fast irain-we leave
our friends at Buffalo by the light of the
morning sun--such Of our friends at least, as
are sufficiently devoted in their friendship to
manifest it, by rising when the usual ten
denotes Of civilized man are to the pillow
Breakfast is taken as best we may
''Off-ofi' aoih the stranger
and the city Of Rochester is reached before
the Commercial Advertiser and the Courier
have been read. The fast train abides no
delay, but rusheS past series of depots al
which its more deliberate follower, the ac-
lcommOdation train, viii carefully stop. II
halts at Geneva, for the Seneca Lake is &c
give and take for the great companion road
the Erie, and it halts at the Cayuga-fol
we who dwell on its lovely borders balance
between the northern and southern route.
to the metropolis, and the improved speed
and arrangements Of the northern road il,
4 this train may determine the choice.
Auburn is seen and admired and left, an(
at Syracuse a hasty dinner, but a good one
is despatched at rate of trituration, which
invites dyspepsia, and on from city TO cir
the train flies-no unnecessary stoppage--
no uncauscd delay--and as the old Mort!
Dutch clock rings out the chime OF nine, III,
train rolls along Montgomery street to tn,
Depot, and here the fast train and its narra
tor leave the traveller. He has his choic,
of many comforts, and will soon learn t
discern between the tinsel and the gold.
Thus within the same day--in summe
almost in the same sunlit day, the traveIle
Il. \.
son. Time is gained--money is saved
health is guarded. The weary Journey o
delay--the more weary night travel is owe
and. while the day is spent in action
rapid, thorough efficient, to the night is as
signed the delightful destiny Of sleep;
most excellent thing iii its way--as has beer
phiIosophicalIy remarked
The rate Of progress by which all this j
accomplished is fast but not ultra fast. TIL,
distance being 323 miles, and the time six
teen hours-a little over 90 miles the hour
including all stoppages. The Hudson Riv
err Road, if I'll, its promises are TO be kept
will consider this as being rather tedious =
But the fast train is an Improvement o
too many vivid benefits, to allow word o
adverse comment. 1t is part of the rea
progress of the age--mhking ~ all neigh
bors--a determination knoWLAs 20 revolu
ton but those of the wheel
} SENTINEL.
Interesting Letter from John @. Adams
The New York Day Book publishes tn
following remarkable letter from JOHN q