Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-15
LETTER FROM A TOURIST.
WHITE PIGEON, Mich,
August 80, 1875.

WV ,ithENho Va tOuDtN ltu
" in the worthy columns of the CLEAR
FIELD REPUBLICAN anything from thi
!, part Of the mundane sphere. Tis no
my desire TO boast of the prccminenc
Of the western country, but to state
in as small space as possible, som
!, items which may interest few O
your readers.
70 The town Of White Pigeon is situa
ted in st. Joseph county, on the LAX,
Shore 4 Michigan Southern Railroad
nineteen miles southeast of Elkhart
Indiana, and one hundred and twenty
miles from Chicago. Like many 9th
er towns, it was founded in an earl,
= day, and for want of enterprise (ol
something else,) has made but littl,
progress. Nevertheless, it contain
some fine buildings: wooden factory
Touring mill, four churches, and al
, other requirements necessary for 0
town Of its size. A union school is 10
Gated here and accommodates from
four to five hundred of the rising gen
Grafton who regularly flock to this
fountain of knowledge, cleaning facts
~, au'o,p usu'u,ness '.ua. i. Is i'aneu, as
ne Z a fua;a, LII, "II.s'n oL;"a , to"hs, ~ nonor
IanJ a. g am ."a.'., sn,e,, wno 'ele nciu nis
the beautiful st. Joe. The population
numbers nearly 1000 and comprises a
aw5 .uIn.u '''hn @ anu sooiaoie peoPie,
",,ds, nos "n en'n ,a.,i; az Nv MINISTER'S, one
20" "e ", n loul pny s'o''ns' .wo Justces
a. 0;onni I Ioo' a'o o,d a1u man many o'ner pro'es-
'GTa, Taa mem a.,'..s... "uu .ieSliail.s,
Lonu,;s,i M 'os,ius osae Ioun';y CONSISTS oi
h;',Saat ,'n;", o ae -, 1io P.a'iic, upon inc
Wiz p;s"o s " D,ho n'In ILL., sno rcll'arns oi
II !" NO. - Vh ~; 'nI ,,,.ea on,., Nure iounu'
aar. I = h.. lie pa "'uno 'na' wisn
~ sPSaaai ~. ,na'ins sPont sonie t,ine
,al,o o a ,r;r e.,h ,nu su,n',s' n, resoiVeu 10
S IN 7" Mnado,, r. = ,u,'no, ~, mes'. o.
on hoond y, .La 80. nususs ~, ! stepped
S,;I g. so"iu hI .nJ 'ra'" co. SIoo'iPa'''eu oy u
n,,',a,'.i a Io a..', .o n'0aso' No'nilg
H. .' H. "Islau.ee ha'..'e our n.'chtion, more
.nu" Wv oe"u'nai country lhrough
mnicn n: we passed, unui we reached
@ me Station, IN INDIANA The coun-
Wy surrounding iiis exhipiting quito
contrast 10 wnat we mad previously
seen, % NO agricultural products were
'lsloie' numerous SAND banks, rising
70 u comsiueraoie height, presented a
ureary aspect nan a dozen urchins
Pnsseu through the cars, while stop
ping tnere, seiiihg winter green /
% %oouiu not put ehuorse their plan as
W .n's was was 'ne % ohly product OF the SOL J;
no uoupt t1ey were doomed, and "the
ear.n iorpiu 10 yieid her iruit. Five
nouis ai,er our departure from White
4 inc, we arrived IN the great city OIL
.no % wes' wiln craving appetites and
n t,laWtio " uo,oi : .J",pto"s ,'I '9pas. ~ tne
snmn,no,sly 49,, w" Ja,, M. 'o Arou
ger n visit cb;cayo ' ona ~, sno s' s.,an
sh;n@ das;roSia 5o,,,J u ~ poiy
more time than yvos mo~ sonn,orian, avdu,re mucn
I v;s;,od tho - .,' oo.en,Ju' 'u, ,oi nv
arand s;,,h, e. a. o,'; "G.ns mn'on a,o
supnlv t6o c;,s ,,;,is .s s. a' usou W
which / saw in onerat;on Wb;Ia
standing near tho larges, 81 tboso nh
serving that immonse7v larae and no,v
erfnl engine MAKING ~ cop,innai rs row
olutions I remarLad tbo, 7 snn,asad @
il drew several barrels of wa,ar a,
each revolution of the wheel ,vLan 4
learned that 1900 gallons was tha
amonnt thrown during cacb revoln
tion. Desiring a GOOD view Of the
citv | started on The winding sto;rwov
reaching 10 tke ton of the tower Ro
ing som ewbat fatlgued hofore sta ,.t;n',
1 found II ouite a tesk beforo T raa,.hasd
the ton which I learned WAS 1o5 tao,
from tbe ground and from which I |,
gained n comnlete view of tho o;t,-
r;s;, % I,;noo,, Dbl. 49,. |
,,rn nhoro 7 nn;o,,ad 4 ,s,,'u',S aM wsI nsA. M ~
wans Anon, ~ ,:u,, W. ~ III ouN ,a in u''ols
;rtsres, and @ o., v'Te, Pnaces ,a oi
iTolado y | nh;nh |";se"sn p "s''ea ne
,ronJo, Tho Io" aons,.o. /" s,anu aus'ea ,a.
=, rnwan, ,raS ho'nu eo,'uI.'o,' pu =, .hls IN,
,be France prnss;on ,ra,;,, vu. .o ~ e,oso a ~
IF scbwort,waId IL conn,a Snu voun.y
,ros an oxnar;,nar, - - ~ ha.ay anu
most tborougblv q, eduoo,nd .co a1 r,ua;Oi y, .ne
,,so,e..~,, '"." !. ''s,o'a
in the United States in
Chicago, and is TO be placed on exbi.
bition among the automatic wonders
Of the great centennial exbibition AZ
PHILADELPHIA. It's music fnrnisb;ng :
pro,erties are oomposed of I Gao n;nos
| ,2il horns, drums &c. to CORRESPOND
The power and strength of its tone IL
equal to one hundred and forty instru.
nents and is equal to three ofthe larg =
ost orchestras in the world combined
Its actual dimensions in square feet y
are sufficient for the erection Of a
small tenement, Its beiobti Il thirty.
Two feet and depth twenty feet The
Ease protecting this instrument was
IN Chicago, and cost 81. !,
500. This is certainly the grandest :,
novelty in music which one can wit.
less. The Grand Pacific Hotel ranks .
.monr tho finest buildings in the citv
L is erected on the spot which was Y
,nce the scene of the great confIagra. =
ion, and is beautiful beyond expires. u
ion. =
On Tuesday cven;ng NJ IN o,.looL !.
). NJ / stenpcd aboard the train on , ,
he Wisconsin Division of the Chicago = :,
, North Western Railroad and but a = =
hort time elansed unt;l I ,yas In tha !,
and of nod ii,,Io I Lno,, ,,,;i ',