Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-14


win leave that for leisure hour.
Leaving Cincinnati we 90 out thrO'
her lovely suburbs, following the course
Of the Ohio river until we cross the
state line into the Hoosier state. We
pass through numerous Villages bat halt
at few. as our train must make the $40
miles in ten hours
At Vincennes, Indiana. we dined-
leastwise, We got all ready to. our earth
ly goodies all on our plates, knives and
forks in hand but the conductors "all
aboard sent Us flying. and in company
with other grumblers. we paid our two
dollars and went our way. sadder. wiser,
hungrier than before. Had Vincennes
been just over the line in Sucker State
we wouldn't have wondered at our being
so sucked in. but now. alas our faith
in Vineennes has forever departed.
Across Illinois we 90. through Wanda
liza, once the capital. but now degenerat-
ed into quiet village, on to East St.
Louis, where we halt for moment be-
fore advancing to the great bridge across
the Mississippi. one of the greatest tri-
uwphs of engineering skill. This de-
serves more than a passing notice, and
''will keep until l have leisure to write
it up.
Across We 60, high enough above the
river to permit the largest vessels to
pass on undisturbed, on into the tunnel
4.S00 feet long, which passes under the
city and terminates at the great Union
depot.
St. Louis will always be a wonder 70
me. First settled by the French. the
narrow streets commencing in most un-
expected places and jogging off until
you lose them against some blank wall,
still remain to remind one of the early
days But the new portion Of town
stretches out into broad avenues and
boulevards. with elegant homes which
are the Outeroppings of the wealth made
down in the busy town. Unlike Gin
einnati, New York or Philadelphia, St
Louis has no natural distractions to
limit her area and may stretch out for
miles along and back from the river
My summers sojourn there furnished
NE ample opportunity to famiIiarize my
self with the city. and when those '.leis-
ure hours" come We will visit her places
of interest, and meet her hospitable peo-
pie
Two days. busy days, too. and We are
of again. this time tieketed for San
Francisco. 1t wasn't very large bit
Of paper. but it meant a ride of 24OO
miles; it meant days and nights on the
cars; new scenes new faces perhaps
eanaa and homesickness- Who could
tell?
All night while the train was follow
ing the Missouri river We slept Morn
ing found Us at Kansas City, which is
not in Kansas 'at all. at alT'' but Just
across the river in Puke State, as Mis-
souri, is called From the depot we look
ed in vain for the city. but knew it lay
up on the bluff somewhere, not far away,
but quite secure from observation, and
busy, bustling, thriving town it Is /;
suffering no doubt from the bad fnan-
cial reputation Of the whole state. but
full of true western .iget-up and get. :"
and bound to be something. 1t IS bless
ed with thorough school system. one
Of the chief attractions to emigrants /;
several railroads terminate here, bring
I ing their share Of business business
thrives as well as hard times will per-
nit, and every one looks hopefully for
ward to brighter times in the future.
At Kansas City the Missouri changes
It's course from south to east, and now
our train follows on up the river. in a
n0rtherly direction. through the famous
Missouri bottom lands which bring fine
crops and viii sometime be as populous
as New York State The many discour-
agements Of the past few years have re-
tarded improvements. but the good crops
Of the year just ended viii give new life
70 the people and We shall probably see
many changes when we return
At midday We reached St Joseph. one
Of the Oldest cities Of western Missouri
and the starting place for emigrants in
the days when the journey overland
meant months Of weary toiling, sickness,
hunger, perhaps death . journey often
prolonged into the winter when snow hid
the trail aud the heartsick wanderers
found themselves lost amid the endless
eanons Of the Sierrzs.
While our train goes On up the river,
through little hamlets. over vide stretch
es Of bottom land. On. On. but by nc
place | would want 10 try 70 make .
home il. On to Omaha where We shall
rest oger night, Iet Us recall the descnp.
ton which joaquin Miller. the poet Of
the Sierrzz. gives Of the overland jour
neT a. il was before al engineers skill
planned = pathway for the iron horse:
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That Iezneg ~ isng. qazlnt risez 10 IL wood,
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