Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-12

doubtful 1t the committee agree upon any
line ol action, and it Will probably submit
two, or even three, reports varying in pur-
pose.
Foreis IN Correspondence Of the Fee Press 7 res
From Camers Hump to the Thames.
ON BOARD STEAMER IDAHo. Oct $50.
Good reader, if You have been around
the world by land and sea. pass On to the
contents Of other columns | do not write
for yo1, You will not be interested in my
notes But please charita}ly to remember
that the great majority of the readers of tae
FRrE Pass have not travelled As you Lave
These | will try to interest, by = plain
statement of what | may see and hear, and
which may suppose they who care to read
this have not seen anl heard. Ii | can
make nv eyes and ears AMI pen serve Others
4 linle, that i all hope to DO Now then
for some j)ttings of what saw and heard in
passing from Clmei's Hump to the Thame-
On the morning Of October 18th, tie cold
rain Of the uigbt before had made every
thing out doors look gloomy.-fog and mist
above, mud beneath, foliage dripping, ten
/ her vegetables frost bitten, save in few
sheltered spots-and with spirits in sympathy
with all around me, left my home, family,
parish, people, all dear TO NE. Good bye
God be with ye, was my prayer. Arrived
at the railroad, | was borne along the west
ern border of Vermont, one Of the fae>t
farming regions to be seen anywhere The
farmers were quietly gathering in lheir
later har'ests Of corn, pumpkins apples
and potatoes, seemingly all unconscious Of
the richness and beauty around them. Not
So a young hdy at my side. The cload-
had lifted little. Through their riff, the
sun shone here and there, revealing tie
deep green Of the fields, the varied colors Of
the leaves on al the hill sides, now in their
greatest autumn beauty, and the highest
mountains white with snow in the back
ground. She called my attention 10 some
Of these beautiful scenes, with such super
latiye adjectiyes as gushing mailens know
50 well how to use. 50, thinking had an
appreciatiye companion, | ventured to call
her attention to very picture, as thought,
Of beauty near by. She glanced in the Ill
rection pointed. but without any show of
the expected emotion. pointed it ont
more carefully, and she only remarked tina:
she was very near sighted and couldn't dis
tingui-h anything at even small distance
After that was obliged t. look for all the
beauty, and take it through my own eyes,
without help from her adjectives
At Troy We seem to emerge from nature |
to ait, from country to city, from the little |
sources and streamlets Of PRODUCTION to the
reservoirs and great highways of aecumula-
ton At Troy and Albany and down the
Hudson Ly boat and nail, the surplus pro-
duction Of million farms and thousands
Of towns and villages come pouring in to
swell the stores that feed and clothe the
dwcllers of the great cities, and make up
the commerce of the world. 4 single man
or woman from each Of some thousands Of
country towns, and few bushels or pounds
from each Of aS many farms, come together
and fill the freight bill of steamboats, and
cars that 90 day by day down the large
of the Hudson This river,
in its extreme length, which is
scarcely more than three hundred miles.
and in the territory it drains, when com
pared with the Mississippi, St. lawrence or
4 hundred others, is probably the thorough
fare of more merchandise and wealth be-
tween Troy and New York, a distance Of
l65 miles. than any river of the world for a
ike distance. Asone approaches New York ,
by the river the view is simply amazing
First the towns and country residences along
the Hudson then the grand palisades of /
'ock then the upper portions Of the city {
Increasing in density and massivencSs for /
niles then the great rounded dome and t
urrets Of the new postoifcc rising conspicu-
)uslv in the lower part Of the city, few
,ther buildings wing with it TO first !
atch the eye Of the traveller then the c
team ferries gliding across, and up and :
own. the river, like busy messengers catch !,
NJ the eye everywhere then the wharyes, :
nj ships from all the world. lying at an
hor, or at the docks, loading or unloading r
he products Of every cline, down the North A
iver, around the southern extremity of the II
ity and up the east river, many miles in +,
Il then the huge ocean stea Ters, and the il
hips of war ut anchor in the bay ; and "
.stly the beautiful scenery of the lower "
4 l
" to Sandy Hook all this is hnt the out /
de of the city. a little part of the works II II
those who dwell within it. =
Besides all the sailing vessels to and from hi
le ports Of the world there are fourteen pi
elmships that leave New York every wee!: bI
II the countries of Europe. well re- h'
ember the beginning of ocean steam-na,i- 81
ltion and before il, when the question w
AS seriously debated whether vessel could
lrry coal enough for her engines, and have -
,om and strength for freight and passen- Y,
IT'S left. That is long since settled in IA an
" Of steam and progress. as the number nm
,oye stated shows. Besides the numberless in
,ssels moved by sails, these great steam 90
=, and others like them, entering other 10.
,rts, as Portland. Boston, Philadelphia.
ID Baltimore and Halifax, pass regularly Il,
and fro across the Atlantic through all pa
asons of the year. Each company of pc
sners has a small fleet of ships and'a regu- sol
r day for leaving the port at either end Of int
e route, a round trip from New York
d return taking each ship six weeks, in
lding, Of course, the days Of loading Gnd -,
loading. For example, the Guion line 's'
insists Of six vessels, one of which leaves at
W York on every Tuesday, and one la
Ierpool, every Wednesday throughout the sen
ir. The Anchor line sends of n steamer I
IN New York to Glasgow every other day, If
three week.
Some Of your readers may ask what these ..
amers are loaded with. | will jot down or
sw figures derived from Capt. Beddoe, of sea
s. s. Idaho, of the Guion line, on board Per
which, and near the middle Of the At ovt
tic. write. Length of the Idaho 80 -,
, breadth So: depth so; gross ton RAJ
e. SS.5es tons. She has now on board VOL
10 bales Of cotlos teach bale weighing Of t
ut 400 pounds) 50 tens q wheat. and ran
ious other commodities Of America. sro- n
ton, such y leather. clocks, wash tdbS, @.
clothes pins 81 tons of wstcr. and $50 SSc'
Of coal. She takes twice this amount WI
|, Liverpool TO last the round voyage. sicr
pses, % ~ average, Is tons daily, with spss