The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-03-05
louJ truly
Nas. A. srEn AaJ


Dear journal.
Did'st ever receive Valentine.
Ifnot be pleased to accept enc rom
thy humble servant Think not. Oh,
JoupxAL, greatly beloved, that this Is
the first time my thoughts have turned
wistfully towards thee during these
months of wandering and estrangc.
ment Nay, verify; but I solemnIy
aver that I have been the busiest wo-
man upon this planet
Aud now, where shall begin when
there is so much to tollg II seems as if
half dozen years Of common living
bad gone over my head, since the
green hills of Vermont faded from my
view on the llth of last December.
All the FIRST part OF our westward Jour
neying was pleasantly broken up by
stops for visiting purposes, which Wis
it's were alb delightful as the loving
kindness Of the dearest Of friends could
make them; bat finally the last visit,
was made, and we aaltlad ourselves ln
lho comfortable section of o palaca car
at Oma.a. I'll. Igaca-.aahat packet TO
osordowinr tho teapot ready oe -
vice, the. ba5y's rIaytaIaea a@a taa
the clUdraaa books o,oaa ataasa, tao
canary birds cage haug up 0f aw-
ny window, aud Ell tbnes reaag oe 81
four days stretch Of uninterrupted
Irailroading. Orthis wonderful ride J
can only say as the minister's double
used to, in Edward Everett Na,e's
capital story There has been so much
said and SO well said, that / will not
detain the audience any longer" We
were not disappointed in anything.
The road is SO perfectly even and
smooth for thousand miles that one
one can read and write with entire
comfort. The fine, pure, dry air made
breathing a luxury. We boiled oar ten
and ate our delicious bread aud butter
prairie chicken, jclies and fruits, with
tremendous gusto. The infant members
Of our party behaved with exemplary
| patience aad iorttude; the older iuye.
niles played in unrestrained freedom
pater famiias read his paper in inter.
walls of domestic care and labor; Mater.
familias tended baby-of course!
There was the usual variety Of fcl.
low travellers. The tall, pale gentle
man in pursuit Of health; invalid maid
en- aunt conveying two pretty young
neices; solid" old gentleman
taking three beautiful young lady
daughters home to San Francisco from
boarding school in Germany; two OF
three busy business men, with "specu
lation in their eye" a roond-laced
Jolly, olive-complexioned boy, who was
as generous Of his oranges and bon bons
as if he were not 50 plainly labelled a
sou OF Abraham; the inevitable, dcyo
ted, absorbed delightfully."- satisGei
newly married pair. We ionrneyed
along very amicably together; there
was some card nlavino and era.nooa
ddnlipr. hni q GREAT deal more read
inc. and t,Ili,g. thn steward WAS 80
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