The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-09-21
OUR TRIP.
DissOlying Views ON the Way 10
the Centennial.


all the Centennial letters in your is
sues may, and quite probably will
write something that has been written.
But If can put new tint ON the
wing it will be a new butterfly.
There are many things, find, i'm
connection with the travelling part Of
the business, that interest a country
boy "a much as a great part Of the show
after he gets here.
Our party, five in number, started
from old Cedar the evening Of the 2lst
Of August. We came around Ivy Nj
agara Falls and New York. Niagara
was more than our imaginations had
pictured il; both the awfulness of the
way the water plunged over the rocks
into the gulf below, and the awfulness
of the way the people around there
plunged our quarters aud half dollars
into their pockets. \ half dollar each
to get into Prospect park, with tick
ct to the Canada side, a half from my
self for bathing suit and permission
to go down under the shadow of the
rock back Of where the water rllshes
overland, in fact, right into the lighter
part of the spray, which will itself
knock one over if he does not hold to
the rail. This was worth the money
though, and ! advise every one who
goes there to try it. But when we
crossed to the Canada side, and having
scrambled along from where we land
ed to the Canada end Of the 'horse
shoe" over horribly ragged, stony by
path, eighty rods long, and having
concluded in going back to climb up
some other way, we did SO by ascend
ing a stone stairway, and when we
reached the top man accosted us and
demanded twenty-five cents; we paid
ii and concluded, "He that climbeth up
some other way is not always the
thief and robber However, we left
highly satisfied and with many resolu-
tions of thanks to nature and her God
who made such wonders.
There was nothing Of interest from
there to Albany that l know of, as we
travelled good share Of the way in the
night. Got there ut two A. NJ. The
Hayes and Wheeler torchlight process
sion was parading the streets, just on
their return from the State convention
at Saratoga. Judging from their num-
bers would say Albany would go Re
publican.
From Albany we took the day boat
down the Hudson to New York. This
trip was grand success and full Of in
terest. Judge that New England has
not another hundred miles of scenery
brighter, more romantic, or having
more historical points of interest
Among the maay points of interest
are the Catskill Mountains, Hyde park,
Riverview Military Academy, Vassar
College, Fishkill Mountains, West |
Point, with its military academy, Kos
with roof sloping nearly to the ground
where Washington had his hcadquart-
ers; Old Crow Nest, cliff 500 feet
high where Drake conceived his Cul- |
prit Fay; Beverly Dock, where Ar
mold fled to the Nulture; and Treason
Hill, where he and Andre held their |
Anthony's Nose, where
a huge chain was fastened across the |
river by the revolutionary vetrans;
Peekskill, Stony Point and Sleepy Hol-
low, made famous by Washington Irv-
ing.
NV recollections of New York are
not pleasant. A pack ofhungry wolves
not assault flock ofsheep more
than did the hackmen
US, when we landed. They got us into
a hotel called the Mohawk House,
which we rechristened the Modoc
House, as being more in keeping with
its character. From New York to
Philadelphia the scenery is good. In
New York, | noticed that the Tilden
and Hendricks and Good Times ban
ners were generally connected with
lager beer establishments. ! thought |
they ought to read, Tilden and Hen
bricks and lager beer.
Well! here we are at the Centennial
in all its mightiness, and all I have to
say about it is, it's big. 1t has been
written up in your columns as much
as would be interesting. / will say to
those who want cheap lodgings for
here they are at ,420, Chest
nut Street. Fifty cents a night and
good restaurants close by, with meals
from eight to fifty cents, and good. The
beauty of it is you feel quite at home.
1t il in the Baptist Publishing build
ing, and the parties, about one hun
dred, are all christians. 1t IL fun to
see how soon men get satisfied and |
want to go home; scarcely any one
stays 40 long as they expect to. Ihave
been here five days and tomorrow / |
start home. l want to lie down on the |
grass and sing Hail Columbia. Roy.
When fence rows are cleaned out do