Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-07-29
Correspondence Of the Gaxet


Correspondence Of the Gazette.
F0R FRIENDS AT HOME.
I BosToN, June 10.-At p. NJ or the 9Th
left Chicago. Went to bed at 0 o'clock. Ros
at 4 o'clock next morning in Toledo. | slep
through nearly 200 miles Of it.. Stopped a
Toledo half an hour. The morning wa
beautiful And it was beautiful as we rolle
along to see trees, fields, streams, village
bcthed in the early sunlight Here and Their
could see the farmer at his breakfast. Her
and there woman standing in the door
Here and there COW boy stopping to gaze a
the train. 1t is a region of trees, stumps
stones The wood is beech, oak, maple Fv
telegraph wires follow the railway. Reache,
Cleveland, through hills of clay and sand, a
9.2OA.M NJ. Stopped half an hour and ate
good breakfast. Between Toledo and Cleve
land we stopped at Fremont, village among
| the hills. Counted six churches. Waite
power. Houses, wood and brick. Wooder
houses painted white. Norwalk Streets
lined with trees. Odd Fellows Hall. Ober
lin: Shabby so far as seen from depot. Yard.
and fences not neat Houses not painted
Sand. Main part Of village not in full sight
Leaving Cleveland, there was the lake or
the left Of us as far as the eye could reach
Keep the lake about two miles. Then stumps
and sand. Then woods. Willoughby, pref
ty village, trees, orchards, streams, hills. Ge-
neya, one and two story houses, painted
white. Trees in abundance. Conneaut,
nothing near depot. Jumped off and en-
qnired for Judge Wilder whom | knew in
Dubuque, about ten years ago, one of the
best men in the world. lie has been on the
bench these many years. lie was in Iowa
when he was nominated. always regarded
that nomination as plan to induce him to
return to Ohio. A gentleman Of that State
told me at the time that Mr. Wilder's leaving
Ohio was spoken of as "a public calamity
The Judge is now up for the bench Of the
Supreme Court, | believe. | wish to name
him to my children as man who got office
without seeking it, Erie at /. Is p. NJ. Stumps
all the way, 21l, miles from Toledo to Erie
Looking off upon tho lake, saw a bird beat
ing up against the wind. On the top of a
very sharp roof, as we were leaving Erie, a
man entertained US by dancing like harle
Quin. Westfeld Hills on two sides. Fields
of stumps. Dunkirk: Many travellers ant
much noise. As We left ID. vessels were r
sight away out on the lake. Silver Creek
did not see much Of Buffalo: Very quic
in depot Used to be perfect bedlam or worse
stro!led off to the baggage car to see The
ground and lofty tumblng. 1t is nothing t.
what it was. There is activity but not The
dash, smash, crash Of ten and fifteen years
ago. One man was unloading, ard calling
checks. Ono handing up to platform, ant
| calling checks, thus with singing emphasis
on last syllable Of last world: "St. Loui;
Boston 100 l'.' indianapolis 475 ~ "Cleve
land l73w "Dunlcith 1870 ~ Chicago
Boston 147r ~ 249 Boston Chicago :" "2G
Schenectady Chicago!' Part Of tho time
! there seemed to be seven or eight calling
checks and as many responding or echoing
the calls. Took sleeping Car at Buffalo FOL
Albany. After Buffalo, stopped at Roches
ter. Fine buildings, Good hotels near de
pot. Capital place FOR refreshments. At
a. NJ, the watch or porter Of the car came t
my berth with the word: /" Get ready 70,
! AIoany' took my spectacles from th'
hook, pat on vest and coat and was all ready
for Albany. Arrived at A, went on board tn
ferrybOat. Having few minutes to spare
went ashore again to find breakfast. Wen
into an eating house. Got bit Of stuff
called steak that no one but a man in tn
last stage Of starvation would attempt t
taste. Got tea in comparison with whicl
average swill would be nectar. (Truth an,
nothing but the truth.) Paid for the break
fast" did not cat and the very sodor 4
which nauscatcd me. Handed tcn-dolIa
/ greenback to the scoundrcl. lie sent DO,
off for change. Boat was signaling fer
|
my So, so or lose the train. Saw by mai
wagon that Uncle Sam was in no hurry
though the boat left the wharf Conclude
that would be easy, rs | could afford t
"wait for the wagon" Boy returned, wit
New York currency" The scoundrel oil
fercd me the New York currency" NJ
experience in the West had not made me
Judge Of New York currency" And tn
stuff called steak and the inferior sw!l Gale
tea had taught me that was dealing wit
a swindler. SO | declined the New Yorl
currency. Just then saw policeman. Wen
up to him, stated the facts, requested him
advise the scoundrcl to give me grcenback:
or at least paper that he (poiceman) coul
vouch for. policemen being regularly in
formed dare not vouch for worthless paper
lie presumed" that it was all right. TIL;
was sheer nothing. might have "presuu
ed' that ii was gold coin. Satisfied that th
policeman was an ignorant fellow, il not
confederate of the dealer in carbon and mea
swi!l, and deeming it possible that throug
fear of the pcnitentiary there might be n
wrong in the paper, and seeing that the ma
wagon was moving took the New Yor
currency and made for the ferry. Locke
for the captain. Did not find him. Ran u
to the pilot house Asked the pilot what til
paper was. He pronounced some Of it goo
and some Of it not so good, perhaps, y,
probably current in New York. (NoraE.-,
Avoid the eating house that faces the ferr
on the western side of the Hudson at Alb;
ny. Cd. When travelling through Stat
tina: has almost as many banks as it has mer
wamen, and children, keep well supple
with postage currency.) East Albany o
the eastern side o: the river is the place fc
refreshment. Remember that.
After Albany came PittsHcld, and I felt Q
home for the first time since leaving Chicg
60. Pitssficld is charming with its ia
spires, white houses, varied foliage, and tn
| SurrounIinp hills and thick vcods and M