, 1877-02-23
TRoH NV JERSEY TO CANADA.

The part ct New Jersey We trav-
.rsed is truly a garden spot ia point
of fsssnery. The kind ! like, not set
h form and planted with precision
md Mathematical accuracy, but wild,
broken and massive, ever changing,
ever new. Prosperous towns aud
villages, all neat in appearance, en-
liven the scene as we ay past
PORT JERvIs
wss one of the incest we passed
through; tits lovely in situation"-
surely the eve Of an artist must have
selected the site. 1t is situated in
a small valley surrounded by hills,
which are covered with small timber.
II being autumn could not tell the
kind, the trees being nearly bare of
foliage, but here and there we could
see an evergreen cropping out, a
pleasant sight for our Washington
Territory eyes; then, through the un-
derbrush a rock would be seen
clothed with linchens in shades of
green and gray, making the homely
piece of granite picture pleasant
to the eye; now as we wind curve
the town bursts upon our view, look
ing very picturesque with its pretty
homes and churches, their spires,
like their ministers, pointing upward,
as if the teaching within the walls
had an effect on the exterior of the
buildings. What want of beauty
and finish would be felt in a land
scape we're the churches left out ;
the spires, as they rise, add beauty
to the scene, as the truths that are
taught in the buildings add beauty
to our lives if rightly followed.
A CANAL
runs nearly parallel with the railroad
track for many miles-here we saw
the heavily laden canal boats moving
slowly along drawn by horses, look
ing the very picture of sleepiness.
This mode of travel looks as if it
we're only fit for the days when Rip
Van Wrinkles wife drove him out
with her broomstick. But look at
the locomotive with its train of cars
as they rush along by the canals
side at the rate of 30 or 40 miles an
hour, and you have the other ex-
treme-intense activity. 1t was like
1776 and 1876 stretching hands over
the chasm Of 100 years.
As we were whirled on in our Pull
man in luxurious ease, and Nature
spreading her panoramic beauties
before us, it seemed like pleasant
dream. The variety of autumn tints
in the foliage, the green grass, the
beautiful river that rushed madly
along by our side, now over rocks
and through gorges, then swept
along looking as mild and placid as
before it was agitated, and by y-and-
by the rustic schoolhouse with its
restless little ones pouring out, ap-
pears in view, the scholars, books in
hand, glad to be released from what
seems to them hard bondage, and
50 we travel through scenes Of beau
ty aud interest, till night drops her
sable curtain, and we retire to our
berth.
1t is morning, and as the shadows
are dissipated and the glad sun rises
upon us again he givssto everything
such a warm glow as seemingly to
lnfuse it with life and vigor. Even
inanimate objects seemed to be en-,
dowed with life by the magical
touch of his beams. As we rush
along we fly past towns like mile
stones, as it were, marking the high
way to great city.
B6FFAB0,.
like all the large cities we, e,have seen,
land they have not been few this
summer) seems to rest undera cloud,
denoting that men are busily toiling;
and as we draw nearer the small ten.
ements peculiar to the outskirts Of
those great hives of human beings,
one is led to think that many toll and
toil and find a very poor living even
then. Perhaps the solution to the
Poverty.stricken appearance of the
houses is found in the fact that for
every two dozen of them in this part
OF the city, one bears a sign eli
qnors, cigars, beer and wine." Soon
better class of dwellings appears,
ana picture to myself the happy
nome which the, fond father and hus-
pand has planned with as much taste
as his means will allow. Here he
gathers around his dear ones all the
comforts he can, and, together, they