The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-14
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
letter from Chicago.

by the way would not he uninteresting to |
q few, at least, of your readers, of trip |
from Vermont to the West. No doubt |
most of them have obeyed the injunction,
eco west, young man. and "know how it
is themselves" but they can pass this by
without reading If they choose
A trip from Albany TO Chicago isn't so
very much of journey after all, when you
are once seated in palace car, and feel
that you are domiciled for the engage But
YOU must engage the berth, or section, in
advance, from New York, or you have no
certainty Of getting it. The train arrives
in Albany at reasonable hour-1:15a m
and it is pleasantcr to know you are not
cleft out in the cold" One gentleman who
took the train there found the car about
full Of sleeping passengers, but was told
there was room for him. Come right in
here upper berth, section that's the
,best we can do for you. He paid his five
dollars and went IN. About the same time
lady came in. Have you got a berth re-
served for Mrs. Blank ordered by tcle-
graph Yesterday - Yes maam here's
your berth. section 4, lower berth Won
dering if bis partner in "section 4 is young
aud pretty. and with visions of Dis 4 ais
with her all day tomorrow. the gentleman
climbs to his "shelf' tor the night In the
morning he goes to the wash room to make
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ticirnt time To put away the beds and get
seats ready for occupancy, he goes back
and takes his seat, facing one of the most
corpulent and unprepossessing old ladies'
to be found for miles She was SETTLED
for the trip. amid bags and bundles,
and engaged the porter 10 bring her tea,
&c, from the restaurants where we stop
ped as she weighed over 200 pounds,
considabe and was too heavy To get off
the train you know - If you wanted
model go sit for a perfect picture of disgust
and despair. that man would have Just
filled the bill. Pretty soonhe began TO ap-
prccia,e that the day was hot, and steam
still kept on the pipes for heating the car.
A little later he might have been seen to
and in his most insinuatlng tones suggest
tn the conductor, " See here, conductor,
see yOn have been making a few changes
now IT you could give me birth with
some gentleman. or oay,rhele else, it would
no doubt be much pleasantcr for all concern
cd, and I'll make it right for your trouble.
With a smile which had Just suspicion of
mischief in it, the conductor shook his
head and replied that every berth was
engaged clear through to Chicago With
the grim air of martyr he returned to his
seat, and when, the next morning, the old
! lady informed him that she intended to get
off before she got to Chicago ut the Union
think that it was very appropriate. Moral :;
comPaHhal6BnT bEt Rp ySNf 9s ta1 journey secure
We arrived at Cleveland just as the sun
was setting, and the view from the car
window was most beautiful A haze of
cloud in the west gave the sun dark Grim
son hue, and as il slowly settled, apparent
~ into the lake, like a great sphere of
! blood the view across the broad expanse
Of water was most enchanting.
We arrived here at $50 a. M. having
started from Albany at 1:15 the preceding
morning, making the journey in less than
thirty-onc hours, allowing for difference IN
| time.
Chicago shows in remarkable degree
the energy and enterprise of her business
men, in the massive and beautiful blocks
of buildings which replace those destroyed
in the great fire. Yet the evidences of that
terrible calamity are to be seen on every
side. Vacant lots, with heaps of debris
once brick and stone, all that remains, per.
haps of once magnificent building, are
neither few or far between And the hes.
evidence Of the intense heat of the flames
is seen in these brick and stones, or what
remains Of them for they seem to have
almost dissolved into their original ee-
ments, and only show ly bits and frag-
ments, what they once were. The massive
stone walls of the Michigan Central rail
way look as if they had stood the heat Of Il
volcanic eruption, and are SCARED and
splintcred, inside and out from the effects
of the heat
Lots with signs inscribed This lot for
sale, or ITO let for long term Of years +"
are plenty, and suggest to the imagination
that the probability that the owner, lost all
but the land by the fire, and must either
sell or lease, as he has no capital to build.
find two brothers ale keeping boarding
house here whose names are familiar to
your Fairhaven and Hydeville readers,
Moses and james K. Lee, formerly resi-
dents of the former place.
The weather has been hot here for the
past three days, and vegetation is coming
forward very rapidly. De w.