Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-22
Correspondence
Beyond the Mississippi"
THE TRIP--I.

dust are not only plenty but quite unco
Portable. Taking an old and we'll ests
lished route for the West VT. Centri
Ogdeusburgh & Lake Champlain. Ora
Trunk. Michigan Central, Q. Il. & {
Burlington & Missouri, DesMOines, al
the Iowa Div. Of the LII. Central railroad
we left Georgia at 6 P. NJ, and eDjoyC
a cool aud pleasant ride over the two fir
named roads, arriving at Ogdeasburgh I
about midnight. The large depot whic
for many years served the public at tn
point was destroyed by fire short tim
since, and has not been rebuilt. WltLou
delay the ferry-boat conveyed us over th
st. Lawrence, and We stood on the sand
soil Of the Dominion. The night was
beautiful one, the full moon pouring it
respondent light over the waters magnifi
Gently, and the merry voices and laughte
of party of ladies and gentlemen,-Pres
colt people, returning from the other side
we judged, lone of them playing the cor
net in a skillful manner; all made the pas
sage, which occupied some twenty minutes,
Interesting if not Indeed romantic. There
was delay here of two hours, the train
from Montreal being that much late. The
time was occupied by the passengers in
stroling around the wharf. watching the
branch train move backwards and forwards
which it did about one hundred times more
or less, while some interest and amuse.
ment was created BY quintette of young
boods who were going to Ottawa to cole.
bratc Dominion Day. All of them were
navigating under full SAIL" and as the
cars started one, in the exuberance of his
ardent patriotism, opened window, his
mouth and stomach simultaneously. Re-
lieving himself of halfpint of patriotic
ardent, (staggerJuice, they term 1t, farth.
err West he made statement of his case,
briefly, saying, by way of explanation to
his fellow.passengers, "Gem'men, I'm
si-sick." With reference to his asser-
ton there was not doubling Thomas in
the car. At Prescott Junction we found
the train Of ten cars crowded to their en-.
tire capacity, and until Brockvile was
reached, standing room was deemed lucky
luxury to be obtained. At this place the
conductor said five hundred people got off.
The day was observed there in gala style /;
among other features there was balloon
ascension by Prof Squircs of New York,
who came near being killed, Lis balloon
being thrown by the wind against the
church, and his car being caught and sus.
pended from the spro for some time by
single rope eighty feet from the ground.
The Grand Trunk Railway runs through
country highly diversified. In some
places the landscape is interesting in 9th.
ars, less inviting. Here the farms are un.
der high end profitable state of cultiva-
lion, then a long stretch of primeval forest,
with an occasional log hut to break the
solitude /; for miles we skip along the shores
IT Lake Ontario; then thread our way
through barren swamp. On the line are {
many fine cities among them, Brookville, Q
Kingston. BellvilIe, Port Hope, Port Co. s
bury, Toronto, and Guelph, may DO men.
Toned, The road is now under competent
management, fully equipped, good time is (
generally made. and the conductors and i
rain attaches are civil and obliging-an t
Improvement over the earlier history of '
his great thoroughfare. 10 travelling ov. /
r the road in 1867 we came across bur. i
y Scotch conductor who figured so promi- a
emily and Extensively, that we are pleased |
ole the contrast now existing. All along I
he line were signs Of loyalty to the Do il
llnlon, and varied were the ways of OK. p
resslns it. In five or six places there |,
'ere match.games Of baseball being {
layed; in others there were professions, a
'usic, oratory, fireworks, etc. From i,
oles, masts, towers and other available n
ositons were displayed strcamers, pen. i,
ants enslgns' union jacks, little flags, big t,
ags, flags Of all kinds, sizes and materi. e
Is Every little cabin had its bunting b
ang to the breeze, though the cloth might :,
'arcely contain square foot in Its dlmen. r,
on.
Arriving at Port Huron at 8 P. NJ. We II
nde adieu to Canada, willing to be on A
.merican soil again. From the dock at q,
lis point one has fine view of Lake HUI. nj
IN, royal body o. water. The entire 6,
am, engines, cars, and all, was trans. T,
'rted across the St. Clair river on a ferry. u
Dat, which, as it does not necessitate a >,
range, is agreeable to the traveller From I,
'e port to Detroit, sixty miles, is almost a,
. unbroken pine wilderness, only three 4
ations being passed in going the entire III
stance. AT Detroit Junction there was N
delay OF an hour, during which some W
llroad hands got into lively quarrel, "