Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-13
For the Waterman
4 Trip 10 California. No. ~.

| have already said that We have passed. enough
days and nights now To- appreciate description
of the life this particular day and night bring
1t is indeed life ou the road, and q curious kind of
Lille it is different from any thing one can expe-
ricnce by any other mode of travel or on any 9TH
cr road. In those long ocean voyages, life can
not seem So very much different from life on the
land everything seems 90 bee moving with one
and on nn other railway can one ride so continuous
~ as to learn how 10 scems 10 live going on.
There one enrus 10 to perfection. One gets up,
dresses, combs hi. hair brushes his clothes,
cat. bis breakfast, and Is going ON he settles
himself 60 bis book or piper, or 20 writing, or TO
musng, and sin he IS going on he takes ont hi. ]
watch 10 10 E. noon out comes the lunch-baskct
"a hearty meal cusucs. and all the while he IS
going ON now he turns to the surrounding coun-
try he sean. It's prominent features he notes
the pe,ulautic- in ITS soil and products he quos-
lions it-richc-, it- atmosphere, It's arching ky
even he rises up and paces up and down the aisle,
or joins converse vita the occupant of o. ncgholr-
ing section until che hour of ton comes, and then
Che eycnirl hour aud tae hour OF retiring. but
still Whatever be- g doing be is kcenly CON
sciou- that he is going, going, going on ON, on. /
This eternal onward movement, SO rapid, So
uuccrcmouous in los dealings with one, as one
tries 90 eat. drusuud Doe merry. D.. what makes the
Whole Affair l strange and exceptional in one
experience uue hos 90 occn~t7m himself at ias'
to doing. in thc midst OF the confusion and
umb.ing incident to thc most rapid motion, all
those things which have associated themselves IN
Obs thought with perfect quiet audohsolutc rcpose
a4 uru- amy outside force is concerned, for iu-
lance, sleeping. eating. drinking studying chat
| ting making ono toilet. cic.
And 81, y5u wi-I, DO know bow al. thi. is done
latter tlc a,,u-,0uia. process. il. been going on
three OF four day- 3 Nc.l ve will t.!l YOU 90. best
we can. letmc -oc Sleeping comes first on the
above Ii.t. hut evil intend ,o chat where it
/ belongs, BOO our ulk alout the night, and,
taking BE- i9r granted .imt we ore up and dressed,
We will at once proceed to eating and drinking
/ We are oil the wAJ amay. carry au abuud-
ancc OF luuch There IS always Dot to eat about
our house, whether .or tac time being t is ia the
city, mp among the mountains. or 0ut on the Pa.
cide railroad Wclo pot believe in depending
/ upon city restaurant. upon tp-top house, or
upon ailroad saloon Tor supplies. nor viii We
/ Willingly ho limited to any wenty-minutes-l
refreshments arrangement 90 dispose ol the sup
: ple- &C. So. Sir Poster. please bring o. our cotton
I hble Here 20 comes and see now nicely t fits
I into the space between our seats. lust hirh and
! bruad enough and not am inch % room 20 spare
/ We will lst thnt table remain a ltlle while after
We are through our eating it j.. just the thing
/ 20 rest the checker board ou while we redeem
our reputation lor skill. very badly Damaged last
night bya series OF humiatnr defeats incurred
/ ly III. at The hanIsoI n Californian. who IS travel.
| ling with perhaps some gold from the Sierra
mines but certainly with much fever and chill.
! picked OPP hy tIe Sacramento Then when we are
through with our -lmc, John and Mary and FL
len and Frank may use it .or marriage race p
| Now ior the lunch basket. viii ret TO- What
/ is 10 it i' d" hole of four days growth j.. the
reply " Anything clset oh. yes. 10 Is quite
a ways from the bottom of Che hole % the bottom
OF the basket yet So glad but what hive
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