Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-06-19
Editorial Correspondence.
COLORADO TO NEW YORK.

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there always, so again continue oar jour
ney eastward. Iii so doing. we return
over portion Of the route previously
Travelled TO Cheyenne and there take tn,
Union Pacific railroad for Omaha. From
Cheyenne east for one hundred miles o.
more we travel over an almost level ant
uninhabited prairie. Then we begin to &c
into an inhabited region. and the flrtlIe
cas-. We 60 the thicker are l[iefarm houses
and towns.
AT Omaha, where we arrived early il
the evening. .we. did not continue our jour
ney east on the connecting train, but re
manned over and called on the Union Paci
fic magnatcs. Our friend, Robt. +. Stra
horn. who. has recently been placed ir
charge Of the advertising and publishing
apartment If the road. kindly showed us
through H. Union Pacific headquartcr:
building. which is said TO be the mos
eommodious and best arranged building OF
its kind in the United States. 1t is built o.
cat stone, and inside and out presents q
very handsome appearance.
We stop not to take in the beautiful
sights in Western cities but proceed
east across The beautiful grain fields OF
Iowa and Illinois. where farm Joins farm
and each shows that the hand Of the hus-
bandman has made itself felt for good.
Small grain was up higher and presented
better appearance in this section than in
anv other we have travelled over. Here we
were favored with our first Strawberries,
and rest assured that none within our
reach were left to spoil.
We reach Chicago in the morning. and
pass the day in looking after business
matters. In the evening we take train
for Detroit, Michigan, where we arrive
early the next morning. just in time to
take part in the session of the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge of Good TeEiplars.
to which we have the honor and pleasur,
of being tie delegate from Montana. The
session lasted four days and was very
pleasant a.f:iir. Here men and women
from all portions of tie United States and
the Canadas met TO advance the noble
cause to which they are devoted. Nearly
one hundred delegates were present. be-
sides large number Of past representa-
tivcs. etc. 10 call out some of tie best
orators. public meeting was held on the
irst evening OF the session. and addresses |
made by some eight or ten prominent per- |
afternoon of the third day of the session. |
n response to an invitation from the good |
people OF Detroit. we ali took steamboat
.iie on the Detroit river-the river Dayard |
Taylor described as the most beautiful on
,arth. During the excursion tie boa,
anded at Wyandotte. and all went ashore
nd visited the large iron rolling mills a.
hat place. Here we saw for the first time
lie heating of worn out railroad rails 10 a
White heat and the rolling OF them into
lat bars of various widths. During the
wenty minutes time we had at our dis
'osal we carefully watched the process Of
eating tie rails and drawing them ont
ntil they were made into sheet iron. 1t
ias very interesting and impressive to us.
nd we left. more than ever convinced that
must succumb to the mind of {
ian if he but so determines.
The Good Templar session over. We 6
BOX the night train for the East. and L
woke the next morning just previous to {
rossing tie Niagara river at Buffalo. We
and on the car steps and take in the
eauty of the scene while crossing the riv-
:. We travel On to Rochester, and there
lay over' for the evening train. preierring
) take that and travel all night to arriv-
g in New York city at midnight. :,
At Rochester. beautiful city on the
enesee river. we found the location of the
Hiding with the tower to it. climbed up u
e steps TO the top. and viewed the city
I'd its surroundings. II was beautiful
ght. On the north few miles distant O
as Lake Ontario; through the city flow
the Genesee river, with its falls in the fir
estern portion Of the town; while on the g
nth and east was the Erie Canal. All
ound us for radius Of over half a mile O,
ere squares Of business houses, four to W
stories in height, and beyond them.
sidences covered the ground for miles in n
cry direction. To watch the railroad -
IS also an impressive sight. 1t was the =
wv York Central four track road. two
freight trains and two for passengers. a.
ardly five minutes seemed to pass but a
lin would pass through the town, many
them with as high as thirty cars. ne
We leave the tower, and through the tr
lis below examine and admire hundreds
magnificent paintings with which the &c
Ills are almost literally covered. Time an
$, and we leave the building, walk down
the banks of the .'raging canal'' and NJ
Itch the boats pulled along by horses. in
I'll glance at our watch reminds us il az
nearly train time. We take the train
] leave the city. where hours had flown hi,
minutes, and where we had seen so IA,
ny beautiful things that the five hours ca,
;sed seemed more in the character Of &c
'utiiul dream than reality.
MATT. VIC
At LARGE. June 4. 1879. .n