The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-02


PEDTIoUs ROUTES TO THE WEST AND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY RAIL FOR
TOURIST OR TRAv ELER.
In choosing route 20 the West or South
west the intending traveller seeks three
things. First, the Lowest Rates commen-
surate with speed and safety second, the
( Best \ Accommodations in the way of com
fort and courtesy third, the most Perfect
Connections, so rs to save annoyance and
. expense Of either money or time. No
route from Pittsburgh westward combines
these in such perfection as the PITTS
F EURGH, CINCTNNATT AND ST. Louis RAII,-
WAY, popularity known as the "Pau Han
die Ruute.' Il IS direct, tTaversIug the
most densely populated portions of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. reaching
either by direct OF connecting lines every
city and town of any magnitude between
Lake Michigan and the Ohio river, and
South to New Orleans or intermediate
points over the Louisville aud Great Suulll>
era Railway, thoroughly equipped with
ParlOT, Day and Sleeping Coaches, and as
far beyond the Mississippi as American
. enterprise has p1shed its way. At St.
I Louis it has depot and terminal facilities
second to no other railway, and crossing
the Father of Waters here the Western
traveller begins his journey through Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas or to Texas. At Indian
I ry him to all points of the compass. At
, Richmond, Ind, he goes North or South,
( being assured Of the most favorable rates
and every comfort and luxury known to
modern travel At Columbus you strike
into the Union Depot with its ten connect
ing lines. At Cincinnati, at Louisville, at
GAINESVILLE, at SteubenVlle il is the same
branches unite you with close connections
I leading 70 every point. This road has
gained undisputed pre-emineDce as the
great trunk liue aud fast mail route be-
tween all the great cities of the East and
OF the South west by means of its perfect
connection with the Pennsy lVania Railroad,
its management have jealousy labored 10
perfect, IN all respects, its construction, its
. equipment, and its working efficiency
No road west Of the Allegheny mountains
Z Is better bUllt-nOue offers superior induce
meats to travellers. and none can show
greater expedition or certainty of trains
J The appliances for safety and comfort on
this route are well known to observers of
American railway progress, and even upon
the continent the fame of the Pan Handle
/ Route" is known and appreciated.
This Company issues excursion tickets
TO all the popular health and pleasure re-
sorts of the West. The beautiful Char
. tiers Valley is dotted with com Portable
/ homes, ana parties. wishing tnslucate there
/ viii find the most healJbful aud picturesque
Springs Hotel 1t Bridgeville, has large and
cool rooms, broad pidzzas and All excellent
cuisine. The splendid surroundings and
beautiful location Of idlc5c0od, a charmed
spot where glasses grow and birds sing,
! where broad leaves culver 10 the breeze
and wild flowers scent the air. At Yellow
Springs station we have the NeT House
Park, where here are no mosquitoes and
no feveIs, and you sleep under blank in
August; where the far faTned and cee-
brated mineral springs bubble ND with ap-
petiziug quality to the Gyspeptic-aud
blood making properties for The rheumatic
and cOnsumptIve. At Dayton, Ohio, is
the National Soldiers Home, thought by
many 10 be the loveIeSt SPOT in America, a
famous summer lounging place for visitors
from The world over. All along his route
in every direction are shady hooks and
rocky iasnesses, bubbling fountains aud
all the treasures of natures wild woods
Under inspiration Of the heated term some
sweet singer" warbles thus:
For there no torn mosquito bars,
. Invoke our abjrct ecUruing;
[ No flies wuuld Dj. II. and cuSs and Fuzz
And wake Us in the morning
Where's the human would not live
! " here live the bSkymOZe p
| " mere pTicklY heat u never known,
| AUD every thing IS iruZeI
And while the ''Pan Handle" has no 6i-
/, rect connection with the Land Of The Is,
quimaux, YET all along It's line are cool
spots where "prickly heat is never known
! and everything is froze, so to speak
But there ale considerations weiohtier
f with many than a mere excursion for
pleasure OF health. There be many who
wouid seek III the far West new homes.
! and others whose business requires them to
} make frequent trips to the West. The
$ T3tt5ursh, tsHc{HD0t5 and 81. Louis R00d
oilers special advantages to this class of
passengers. by taking this line you avoid
; annoying omnibus transfers, as an chances
5 of cars are made in five Union Depots AZ
7 Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, IuGiar.
, apOiIs and st. Louis, where tempting meals
await the traveller. As It's lines extend
I through TO Cincinnati, Louisville, Nash
= : vile, Montgomery, New Orleans, Indian
n apoIs, st. Louis and Chicago, it affords
! uIequailed facilities. Elegant sleepiuO
and drawing room coaches run from Plus
3, burgh TO Columbus, Cincinnati, New Or
T leans, St. Louis and Louisville and from
$ Columbus to Chicago and New Orleans.
, Accommodations are furnished for family
i parties going West, who wish TO avoid ex
= penSe, IN the shape OF second class tickets.
d zoo pounds of baggage being allowed each
c passenger Second class passengers are
provided with comfortable cars and for
Warded by express trains. It. is obviously
OF advantage to families moving West IL
2 select ;he route by which fewest changes
u of cars are made, thus avoiding the discom-
- forts Of frequent transfers between deDots
- In large cities. For iull and reliable infor-
nation, tme-cards, route-books and ex-
cursIon rates, apply to agents az depots oi
y this line or its connections or by letter Il
It " L. - 8iiIEN, General Passenger Agent
:, Columbus, Ohio.
o IHE REMAINS OF \ MAsTODoN FoUND
d 1t having been announced a few dav,
:. ago that the fossil remains of a mastod6r
had been found in a cave near the rail,va,
station at Mt. Ararat, on the Jefferson
is branch of the Eric railroad. ia this State
IS hundreds of persons, both on foot and iy
-e carriages, visited the scene, 1t seems tba
:, some workmen while excavatinp at TN,
point named, came upon what they at frs
= thought 10 be part of the tusk of an ele
II phant. IL was taken to naturalist wh.
Y lives inthe neighborhood and he pronounce,
Il 1t TO be the tooth of a mastoCon. Tn,
workmen at once returned to their task
10 and under the direction of the naturalis