The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-08-03

dealings
Strange, passing strange it is, that New
York State, confessedly the Empire State
of this Union, not only in wealth and all
the items OF an advanced material civili-
zation, but also of the highest type of
'pure Christianity, should have the unen-
vlable notoriety of being the fons ct ori-
go of the most acknowledging, God-in-
sulting, blasphemous infdelity. This is
illustrated, not only in the permitted ex-
istence of the law -defying "Oneida Com
mune," but of Mormonism, Spiritualism,
Abolitionism, Woman s. ights-ism, and
half dozen other isms. For it was near
the small town of Palmyra (of popula-
tion of $4,000 that Joe Smith, the father
and founder of Mormonism, is reported
to have found the golden plates of the
Mormon Bible. Here he formed his first
Society, then removed to Nauvoo, Illi-
nois, where he was murdered in 1914 by
the citizens. Brigham Young then be-
came Prophet of the Latter-Day Saints,
and in lS47 he founded Salt Lake City,
Utah. "Ex uno disco omnia," Spiritual
ism dates its original existence and infa-
my from this same town. The first spir-
itual craps were heard by the notorious
Fox family near Palmyra, March 31st,
lS49. Woman s. Rlghts-ism and Aboli-
tionism, in the persons of Susan B. An
thony and call the Beechers," ranted,
and fumed, and perfuhed the vital air of
this grand Empire. Par mobile soro-
rum ct fratrum.
Ilion is the sight of the great Rem
mington Rifle Works." where 800 rifles
and thousands Of small arms are finished
daily But this descriptive catalogue y
is enough to excite the interest of the
traveller. Something of interest could
be said of almost each one of the twenty
nine towns Each traveller must see for
himself. Verb. sap. sat.
Seven hours of hot travel and travail
landed us safely and happily under the
hospitable roof of kind friends in the
thriving enterprising city of Troy, where
we were entertained with princely munifi-
cence and most cordial hospitality for sew
eral days, and whence we found it almost
impossible to depart, But after making
several unsuccessful efforts we did sue
ceed In tearing ourselves away.
4 iOm Troy Dy 6OOSaC Iunnel TO BOS-
ton.
By the "Hoosac Tunnel Route" we
passed through Vermont and Northern
Massachusetts,, over the most picturesque
ly beautiful and fascinating country ever
saw. We were flying along forty miles
an hour, when the conductor began to
light the lamps, and in moment we
dashed into that wonder of engineering
skill, the HooSac Tunnel, which is nearly
five miles long, and but little, if in any
thing but its length, inferior to the world
famed Mount Gents Tunn:l. Imagine
our surprise, while the lamp lighting was
yet going on-presto, quick, in moment,
from the bright, broad daylight of cloud
less ten o'clock in the morning, in a tenn
perature well up in the nineties, even in
the mountains, In moment we were lex
cept for the lamps) in pitchy darkness,
and the temperature so cold as to neces-
state the tightening of our wraps and
closing all the windows to exclude the
cold air. After enjoying, rather suffering
from, these extremes for fifteen minutes,
we emerged into the open light and warm
air, and to our amazement found all the
glass windows trickling with the vapor
condensed by the outside cold air, as if
we had been in mid-winter. 1t is stated
that engineers are puzzling their brains
to invent some means by which the op-
pressively heated air of Mount Gents
Tunnel may be cooled. We respectfully
suggest they consult our inventive Yam
kee engineers, and that our engineers con-
suit the Mount Gents engineers to learn
the art of heating Hoosac Tunnel for
really one would very easily take severe
cold from the sudden fall of temperature
on such hot day as we passed through
Hoosac Tunnel
Along this enchanting route one can
truly say every prospect pleases." Here
In full bloom is witnessed the practical
utilization Of every inch of water-power,
and village after village, and town after
town, is vocal with the hum and din of
the busy and Industrious mandatory in
which is produced everything, from the
sumptuous piano, suited to adorn the
parlors of palace, to the bone button or
wooden comb.
Through miles Of travel we see miles
OF stone fences, suggesting to the careless
observer the thrift and energy of the
farmer. But these stone fences are "ex
necessitate rel" and easily explained,
viz The earth is SO monopolized by the
stone, unless the farmer takes them off
the land he will have no land to Guilt
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