Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-07

Trip TO California.

In the Joutaa, Of May 81 was the Gn
ol ituary notice
In Point kgyes, California, April 2ih Gsoaast.
years, months. good man gone home
The sickness that eliminated in the .oJ
the above few words chronicled, called ma
my home in Boston to take the journeys er..
continent, some OF whose sights and expo,.
| propose to give the readers Of our dcr
paper-the Waterman y Journal say"..
and it was 0ar paper, for since we lcarncln,
in the old brown school house on East mn
George and y have week BY week. as /,
come TO us, read it, paragraph by pany,
first In our home when We were all toscuc,
latterly, be in his home in California, AMI
mine in Massa ,husctts-thc one within l,..
Of the dash Of the Pacific upon the beacl
other within sight Of the waters Of the AM.
But though thus widely separated from each
or and our old mo-though far from the 81.
that, when the sun was setting ola ql..
evening, CamcI's Hump casts upon our
fields, yet we were possessed Of a commo,
love for our native state The swoctest..,..
word ia the English language to our e,.
" Vermont Among the last things De s
me, in a conversation hc bad with me upo,B.
sibility OF getting upon bis feet again abj
Ga see the grand and much loved Green nan.
" How proud have ltlt when asked bore i'm.
forum where ! came FROM to tell that Wal.
Montpelier. Vermont Invariably some a.
indicative OF respect for my state. h,e o,.
response % my reply" Aud so. now p,-
lelt alone to bear as 10 wcrea double t,,5
love for our native place, feel DIE GIVING ~
friends about Montpelier slme ac.sopt.f,l
saw and thought upon Tine trip overland a,r,.
continent and IL 10 may give them sgmer',
to read il, shall feel amply repaid for
and trouble of ponnins &c.
The necessity of paying short visit
me 10 choose the route ro the w. Gems
,he Grand Trunk 90 Chicago The fare
route Is g. loss than by amy other. ODE
che .sht dlSs anl seven nighis-4
from Boston at A.N. Wednesday ul.
Fuucise1 atGr. 49,, Thursday following.
stopped ONE day in Montpelier There IS d.
dining Zoo ilc why of th.s becoming tlc mos.
lar route 90 tlc West That thing is Che t-
Trunk Railroad Traveller win undergo -
deal 20 see the matches scenery % be eni0y.
Norm0nt--up the valleys Of the Connection.
White Rivers, down the valley Of the Win.
and along the shore Of the Northern Cham.
and this scenery find to have reputation
is Worldwide But they cannot endure b.
Fiction OF a days ride upon the Grand 70
OF al the rlad- passed. over going ana To-,
ing, this was incJmpamby the poore., 20
respect lt roud bel was wrctchel D..
poor iron sal terribly worn out It's cr
{ the average second class car 100 the Nt O.-
/ it4 conductor. gru1 and uuacoom1dauos
/ / would say, what am only TO- hapn
about the Nc Central 70 IS che very
% the Grand Trunk every way. 10 ecr
[ iu genial, courteous conductors, in smos
carriage &c i- on "a plr with ans road biH
tvs oceans trust, for the g,5Io teca
/ through which &c runs. and the public that
traverse il, tlnt Providence and a wise olr
ton may keep Gly Smith az the hril
/ Northern ppciic, until b shall show ih, m
of bis INA sterly hand as plainly as BE-,
Central Amid ali tbe getting of the So
tml, why can 10 not ge, this Grand Irra
way? Il may De that through travel anlr
are not profitable 10 a railroad. and 50 the
tors % the r1ads between Ogiensblrgh anl
ton do not care 90 have thing. differently
II through travel and traffic ARE profitable,
these directors are not alive {, the intercs,.
stock-holder- or else they would take some
either by forcing tbe Grand Trunk % boe
Grst-cass road. or By making connection Wit
lake Shore, % secure their proportion Of
travel, which as ! have intimard wosll
least during the spring, summer anil al.
the lion share.
Butwe will return q oar journey, and
ing that we are fairly under way, the even
the first day finds as skirting the Northern
Of lake Chnmp.aiu. Now, Oh. Picf,
bound traveller, take long, last look OF the VI
leriul landscape before y5u the Lake, omb
Ell between the Alirlndlcks and the Green %
tains, it's shores sweeping geatly zap toward
Mountain hse, lined with woodland. and iJtis
with tie white hlu-es OF the prosperous inaat
unts g1e long and iorgenly, iJr anu
have accomplished the seven thousand miles
lie between you AMI a return b that -l.ai
spot, you will not llls upon is Ike ar1
York State nni Canada niai1ng the lius
Michigan Central, $50 -.a.l see wo3llar
water anl frequent mJlluiu-, blt che
thrifty cottage, will not be Their
Illinois. from Chicago % Burlington, ther
be the grocu grass and grain, and tle
houses anl iho frequent church spires
river, lake apl mountain views % set oil Oh s
About Burlington there Is water enough
situate upon the " Father OF Waters,
are forest, and thrifty boxing dwelling.
a mountain range fixes the eye as It sws
horizon. Across the Missouri, and for fr
droi miles along the North aud South Phr
is all plain and river, mo thrifty boxing hoa.
save in the immediate neighblrh9)d Of the 81
tons no trees, much less woodlands, no M
tains But leaving the river we strike plaza
and here the Rocky Mountains begin % li
snow clad peaks ahead, but no water, no @.
houses 30 be seen. These mountains pas Z
Wasatch Range appeAr--these, also, snoft-
and still no water, no trees, no holo
thousand miles accomplished, we skirt ola
day evening the shore Of the great Sal. ll
here is water over beyond tower the beg
white heads Of the Wasatoh Range andlla.
shore arc few Mormon residences buttls
adobe, or log, or rough board houses and
woodlands but just the alknli plains tla
strike the Sierras here are woodland and
tain enough, but we miss the view Of rive
lake and thrifty homes across the Sieras,
upon the Sacramento, and gliding throlg
Almeda valley, within sight of the bay
Francisco, we have all the elements that mai
the landscape at which we have been 81
long here upon the Champlain shore, save
we look in vain for the woodland And Sd
larry here for this time upon the Vermont b.
taking ample time to drink in all the claa|
the scene that will find no rival for our
clear across the whole continent.
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, To sheldon BY Rail.