The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-23
kENNARp HOUSE,.
CLEVELAND, August 20, 1913.

TAUNTON GOOD LORD.
Before leaving Boston we made a shor
trip out 10 Taunton good lord why thii
adjective is Away. used in connection
with Taunton we do not know, but that il
has been SO used from time immemoIial
we do know, an I that's a fact i Taunton
10 inst halfway from Boston TO Newport,
being "a miles from either place On our
way out We passed through
QUINCY.
A quiet, pleasant village, historical from
its being the home of its Adams, and
Quincys, and from its vast quarries Of
granite, which formerly was SO extensive
ly used in building in Boston. Twenty
four miles from Boston We halted for
moment at
NORTH EAsToS,
An pretending rustic town, the inhabit-
ants OF which ough to be well of, as each
man has his pile Of rocks on his prem
ices, and enough lief, to build their fences
with besides. We were shown the resi-.
dence of the late Cakes Ames, and the
place where his remains are now laid. Ar
irving at Taunton We went TO the only no.
tel In the place, the
City HOTEL,
Which We found arst-cls.s only, in il.
charges. The old adsge that man may
be very good man but cant keep a no.
tel isa proverb that ought TO DO always
written in letters of gold, and picturos Of
silver The landlord of the city hotel may
be good mar" etc, bu, his hotel is a
irhud.' 1t faces the square where, under
the shelter Of the lofty elms the sheriff
was selling out some poor devils plumber
at
RuiNousLY Low RATES.
A tine table-spread was going a. CO cent.
when some generous soul bid two cents
better. We collapsed, and will venture to
Say That II the aforesaid philantrophie
Individual had any heart II. all il was 80
small that it could waltz round on the
point Of cambria need 10 with ease. Tsun-
ton may be very pretty place, but as tho
dust was from six inches 10 q foot in
depth, we were unable to see much of it.
The hedges, trees and shrubbery were so |
covered with dust that they resemLled !
the
Moss on TIE TREES
Ia Louisiana swamp. Taunton Is noted
Tor its manufactures. We visited two
If the largest tack manufactures, and saw
snougb tacks in both Of them to cover
over st. Marys park several fee. In depth
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
The day We left Boston, we witnessed a
magnificent display Of the Knights Of
'y,hiss, It's but within the last three or
our years that charter was granted for
be lodge in Massac husetts, and this was
heir first turnout They mustered in
ne
sRAkLr THREE THOUSAND MEMBERS,
md In their new uniforms, which are
milar to the fatig . suit OF a Knight
emplsr' They made splendid appear
nee They were accompanied By twenty
x bands OF music, whose delicious strains
ERE heartily applsuded by the sidewalk
elegstion. We left New England day
two ago, with regret, and have been
on the wing ever since. cur fret stop. Y
ing place was
BATAVIA, NEW YORK.
Where the cars left us ats O'clock ons
vet, rainy morning, where we paced the
muddy platform till 6, awaiting the dep.r-
ure of train on the old Tonawanda and
)ansndsigua railroad, one Of the Oldest
aiiroads in the country, having been in
'ciive operation since
1885.
Il was finished then and we Judge has not
been touched since, II is operated by the
New York Central and any old engine
ar that Is not 1T to run anywhere else
3 is put upon this road When our train
vas made up it consisted Of an ancient
rnsthic engine, every pun Of which
VAST
HADE BETWEEN GRoAS AND A MOAN.
tumble down baggage and passenger
Or. If our esteemed Prince James
ohuson, Esq, Of !. G. r. X. fame
ould have seen the turn out, he would
Instantly have exclaimed "there is some
hing wrong about this thing" and his
'rscticed eye would have al once discoy.
red that the COW catcher was on tho
wrong end OF the train, instead of being
N the locomotive it should have been
placed on the
REAR PASSENGER CAR
10 have kept the cows from stumbling
over H. Our objective point was some
Zen miles to Caledonia and we were ip., t
N hour on the way, going AL the time
'nly making two stops, We fairly scbed
!, have smother train pass US in the on.
,osids direction 30 We could make an cr-
'sriment of trying 10 light match l,
lAcing il against tLr rgts while pss.ipr &
hen we would have bet t.u 10 one ,l,.,. ,
'ould not have been force ENOUGH IL,
Their train To- have caused 10 ignition {,
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