Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-10-05
Kansas and Way Stations.
BUFFAI.O. n. Y. Ssnt. 30

BUFFALO. N. Y, Sept. 80.
Leaving Rutland on he night train, we
awoke about five o'c'ock in the morning
in the Union depot at Troy After short
stroll and light breakfast, (which is all
we care to eat in Troy,) we started west
ward. ...
At Schenectady we changed cars and
got on the Through express" train. 1t is
a pleasant day, and many are travelling !;
the cars are crowded, az, indeed, the cars
on the New York Central railroad always
are, the management calculating SO eco.
nomically that there are usually ten more
passengers in each car than can be seated
We happily found a good seat and being
the fortunate possessor of good cigars and
a readable book, we bear with calm resig-
nation the troubles of others. We have a
theory that reading for railroad travellers
should possess only a moderate amount of
interest, that the reader may not become
so much absorbed as to neglect all the
surroundings, but it should be sufficient
ly attractive to interest when other occu-
pations become tiresome. The book we
are now reading belongs to this class-it
is "a Daughter of Hetb," William Blacks
new novel; sparkling and entertain
ing without having plot SO complicated
as to require the close attention of the
reader.
At about ten o'clock we passed Little
Falls, where all books should surely be
laid aside, and the traveller should, if pos
sible, get position on the platform of
the car, for the view is exceedingly fue.
Abrupt and high cliffs are upon each side,
which at this season of the year are
beautifully variegated with the autumnal
foliage of vines and shrubs which have
found foothold in the almost .perpendicu-
lar rocks. Far below are the river and
canal winding through the valley.
AT Utica we had twenty minutes for
dinner, and got very good meal. We
then pass rapidly through the ancient and
aboriginal cities of Rome and Oneida, and
are soon at Syracuse, where the salt
works are an interesting sight. We saw
here for the first time meadows tof grass
colored brilliant crimson and scarlet with
the frost
We are soon in Jordan, whose barren
look seems to confirm the tina once popu-
lar song that "it is a hard road to travel"
Then at Rochester we have time for
supper, and here we bid farewell to the
numerous bridal couples who are all going
to Niagara Falls
1t is, we believe, an ancient idea that
after harveat is the appropriate time for
marriage. If not an ancient, it certainly
seems to be q modern custom, end at al
most every station the newly married
couple W ere found ready land anxious }
Couples from the country, noisy and con-
spicuous, with their undisguised happi-
ness; the bride with her jewelry "by the
pound" and the groom with his first new
tall hat carefully placed on his well oiled
hair, curled for the occasion. Couples
from the !city, with faultless attire, who
are extremely modest and quiet, and en-
deavor to make others think they have
been marriedsa long time.
Going into Rochester our train consist
ed of fourteen we'll loaded care, but we
leave with only eight, the balance going
to the Falls with their loads CT happiness
The unimt roved condition of the country
as seen from the railroad, is remarked by
shrubbery covering fields which would be
ii cleared. We reach Buffalo at
nine in the evening, where, to use a
Western phrase, we "rein in our roaming
valise for the present" G.