St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-07
John Paul takes a Trip.

NORTH NMIIb\. Miss. sept. "a. NJ
though conscious of the fact that there
l. no place worth dating Il letter from
except Saratoga. and that there i moth
iug worth writing about except the pan
ic. Vet make bold I" approach Nou
m"dr>rll tnr Il moment. t" whisper
that last night ! caught one,
This l. how it happened: Inspired
with noble emulation 10y the example
of journalists VIII" have lnavrd the h"r-
r"I> of >tccI'tgc passages across the
ocean and spent nights in iLil> aud
mad houses that they might hc rua-
bleed /" inform the pnhlic Just how
these particular things worked. en-
harkcd on Il regular passenger ear Of
the New York Central y Hudson River
Railroad. instead ot taking Il draWiug-
room coach. Accordingly To all report.
dirt aud discomfort lay before rs. but
the distance to Albany WAS not great.
and the interests of humanity hcck"ucd
me ON. :" stepped up t" the ticket
office and paid my fare like Il man. and
then stepped aboard the caI. pIcpacd
To hc treated like Il dog. An old tlaN-
cll,r. like my self. does NOT mimd this
thin" mach. being used To il. hut one
docs like to hc treated like It decent
dog. Il dog that j. accustomed tu - toll
rrahl, lean kennel aud i not :" en-
Enthusiastically fond of the chase ~ +"
>uiti with DELIGHT at finding himself in
the Vicinity # all sorts of small game.
Well. Pauliua soon complained of he
iug sleepy. :" We made up Il bed tor
her ON a vacant >cat. impI"Ni>iu" Il pill
low from the cushion. and the child
Wa~ presently >lumhcIin~ in hli>>tUl
mcou>ci"u>uc>> HAT the hrd>tcad hHd
not been cleaned once since the cai WAS
built. i'll the early Iart at the present
century. and that all the surroundings
generally were suspicious.
The contrast WAS noticeable when We
switched OH ON the lbn>tom \ Albany
road we'll lighted aud we'll ventilated
ears awaited u>. smelling ~wcctlN. IL
/ though every cushion WIS stuffed with
1 the hair of some creature fed ON clnvcl
hay there WAS no >mrll of train oiI
about the train The chief draw back
to human happiness found in travelling
ell the Boston y Albany road l. having
to pay Noul fare: but. aS the "ood mii.
lister remarked. last sunday. if ON,
cuuid travel tmough Na>~achu>r1t>tir free
thcrr'd hr very little to look torWlr,
to in another world. Again. after mai,
ing Il landing. the trains go on without
whi>tlimg. hut H> they are equally Ger
tain never 10 whistle without going on
one omission compcu>Itc> tur the other
And Il beautiful country this road take
Won through beautiful to the poet
eve. | mean: less 81. probably. tn tn,
practical farmers. as the picturr>qH,
rocks and inaccessible hills 10y no mean
furnish what the hucolic mind mi"h
consider and call "a right smart chanr,
for crops" One naturally comcludc
that the pastures are principally fence,
around to keep cattle from getting il
and starving to death. The Brrl>hiI,
hills are particularly picturesque. hu
even Il Second Adventist would scarce
ly dare to gI3lzr thereon. 1t is anon.
these hills that the celebrated breed q
Bcrk shire pigs originated pigs of iron
mctaphorically speaking. bred 10y the
Brs>cmcr process. >t"el-pointrd. "a
|piwS must he where the sterile Iocl
forhidS anything Ia take root. and We
life resolves itself into simply IL qucS
ton of root or die. suppose hi.
chunks of iron are called pigs he
CAUSE lHtN - llllVIlSII 81 I''I'l'lh.
If requested to pronounce upon Mass
achuSctt> gcologicallN, should SiIl
that the soil is chiefly remarkable fu
the pIotuSinn of cohhlr->tnncS and thu
scarcity OF anything to drink along h
road The thirsty traveller looks f"
his glass OF ale at the waNSidc inn il
vain. The Massachusetts people
among themselves. however, were no
drinking much water this >Ilmmcr-"l
account of the failure of the stream
and the needs of the mills. ! suppose
Calling on the great wonlcn manntar
turerS in and around Williamsburg.
found it next to impossible to get
glass of water tn cool ones parchc,
tongue. On the first hint of thirst
YOU were requested to come along an'
hold il candle, while the host wen
stumbling on ahead into an inr"mprc
hrnSiblc cellar. whence he woul'
emerge with dcmij"hn of applc-.iacI
under his arms and soft persraSions i
his eye. As for getting il glass of wa
ter out of that mill proprietor, yo
, might aS well seek blood of IL turmip
he never gives anything to his guest
|. that he does not drink himself: he say
. water is utilized in this State. Where
ever stream of running water eau l.