The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-10-17
FROM ST CLOUD 10 SARATOGA.
what . Lady Sees by the Way and
1t the SPRINGS.
SARATOGA SPR1xas. Oct. = 1872

. SARATOGA SPRINGS, Oet :, 1872.
EDITOR JoURNAL.-Four weeks
ago We we're on the wing, flying from
our lovely city, eastward bound. As
far: IS St. Paul every wsy-m.rk is 50
familiar, every feature Of the landscape
20 monotoDoas, that an attempt to write
them up would be more oppressive
than the ride itself; asd when this
last Saint in the calendar is reached.
"chsnge cars" is welcome sound. l
gladly push forward for my passport,
which l frost will give change of scene
as we'll as change of cars. A freight
tain of the track delay ing Us, we fail
t. make connections, and do not reach
Chicago could TIL night.fall. spent
two days 10 the city, aud can hardly
realize what NY eyes beheid-that new
city had 20 so,n arisen from the ashes
OF the old, aud that over four hundred
thousand people we're within its limits,
showing that the raging elemeuts can
not stay the progress of this wonderful
city. But it is not of Chicago 1 would
write, its present and past are we'll
known to all your readers. E1sconced
10 palace car, | again take up the
line Of travel, and what can be more
enjoyable in that lioe than your Own
section by night and by day, meals
served on tables by your eide with ho-
tel appointments you eat at your leis-
ure, though the space between your
6rst aud last mouthful may be thirty
statute miles.
Where are all these multitudes 60
ing ? This question, impossible OF &C.
luton, constantly presents itself to pique
you, curiosity and stimulate your im-
sgination. Suspension Brids suspend.
our very breath, while we almost Wish
we had the strength Of nerve to eojo,
the awful scene. But alas )! I must
leave the ecstasy to those who revel in
the sublimity Of our Minnesota thun.
der showers. As We pass through the
orchards OF Central New York, csp-
not refrain from the desire, once so di, .
astrous, to "pluck and eat" aud claim
no reward of merit for resisting the
temptation. A pleasant little episode
occurred by the way, a Presidential
vote, which stood three to one for
Grant. "Good !" says passenger san
exponent of the Greeley wave." This
"wave," thought I, is surely an ,p-
propriate emblem-a rush-a dash-i,
recedes, aud is lost forever; but in
yonder ship Of state, with the Stsrs
and Stripes unfurled, which our worthy
fresldent hss saved to his country and
will ever protect aud defend, there,
firmly poised, sailing prosperously and
securely, understanding so "el| bis lat.
itude and longitude, knowing his
soupdiogs, he must ana will outride
every storm and come victorious into
port.
At four o'clock P. NJ We reach this
great watering place Of the world, Sar.
atoga As 1 step from the cars, Cen
yress Hall Union, Grand Central and
scores of other hackmen besiege me o.,
every hand, each one crying the pseu.
liar merits Of his own establ ishment.
Hesitate, deliberate and say, Where shal
60? Congress charges from thirty
five to fifty dollars per week, and tht
others in the same proportion. As
have not Stewa't's purse wnerewith to
command the hospitality of his ano
kindred houses, accept q less aristo
cratic abo le, and find myself domicilec
in an excellent New Engl.nd famll J
With all NJ cessary home comforts.
The fashionable season is past. Th'
forty thousand have come and gone, no
to return till another summer solstice
But these thirty medicinal boilin,
springs are still here, with al thei
healing properties. C'ogress aud Co
lumbar springs are celebrated through
out the world, with their acres of sur
rounding park, thick groves, dream.
aud sylvan shades and winding paths
and the marble statuarv, which thougl
not the perfection Of artistic skill, ye
standing out in strong relief from th
deep velvety green, adds to the pictur
esqueness of the lovely scene, whic1
invites the great tides of busy life t
wan Ter at will through these charmin
retreats. The properties Of these spring
are extremely varied, aud it woul
seem that among them oil must b
found remedy for every "ill flesh
heir to-" Nothing has been spared t
render Saratoga the most attractiv
spot under the sun. Money and tas,
are l.vished in profusion. Drives a,
iI every direction. The new .Boul,
ward, four miles in length to Saratce
iaks, with . row Of trees on each sid
is q familiar and much frequented +
sort.
The largest hotels in the world a,
j found in this place. I will give tt
dimensions Of one, the Grand Union
Length of piazzas, one mile; hall
two miles; carpeting, twslve acres
and every thing appert.ioiog to it {
corresl londipely grand scale (Wh.
will St. Cloud boast the hundredI
part of this hotel area! I hope Il
time is not far distant when tho +
proaeh now attaching to the name mi
{. be forever removed.) Private mansion