Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-14

to see the way those officials on the other
side would run their dirty hands in my
baggage among my nice white clothes and
then cutely say, guess they are all right ~
Our experience on that point was like this,
the handy yalise that we had thrown open
they passed, but the same sized ones,
locked, bolted and strapped with much
trouble, they wanted TO open, and while
we were dung it the officer walked away.
This was too much, we called him back
and told him, what is a fact, that we have
an uncle that the Government has lust re.
tired on an annuity, who has held the
Office of collector OF port in this singular
country for thirty years, and he is not a
bank president yet. The Inspector felt
sorry and offered us the freedom of the
| Dominion. We leTt these falls, which at
night are often now Illuminated with
electric lights, and took night tram direct
| for
DETROIT,
/ Which We reached in time for early break
fast. We spent the day in going through
its fine, wide streets, among the uptown
residences (many nice ones and visiting
some of its business houses. The tobacco
trade is special feature of this city. We
also went across the Detroit river, now
| flowing full OF ice, and from the Canadian
side got full view of this level and pretty
city. The next morning, attending church,
we saw that the pulpit had around it many
beautiful flowers. We found pew that
was filled with most familiar friends.
Home faces that are too near to name,
Besides the bridal vail will ger one soon fall;
Perhaps it's not IN taste 10 yet reveal another
It's best to group them IN the mind together.
The minister bad thought over his Easter
subject we'll his soul was full of it the
very air was warm, and all combined to
take us close TO home-so near, we seemed
TO see the faces IN the window. a Sunday
night train via the Michigan Central
brought US to Chicago. This city looks
very different from what it did TO MS just
before the fire. It is built up go uniformly
solid, and in general business-like style,
that the main city strikes the visitor as
being one of large buildings. The banks OF
snow and dirt still hold the shady sides OF
CHICAGO
Streets, but the busy pick and the sun
will soon remove it. The ice in Lake
Michigan lies piled up before the city, a
grand port blockade, but it will doubtless
be gone in time for the next g fireworks. !"
They say ''trade is good, 6rst-class.
They seem to know and are willing to tell
you anything, except the location of st.
Louis. After several inquiries about the
latter, one party slightly turned his head
away, and told long story IN which
the word Chicago seemed to abound, but
1t simply amounted 10 this Don't know,
sir she left our bed and board without
just cause or prevocation, and we have no.
titled all not to harbor or trust her on our
account" We left the city in the morning
and took run via the old "Dixon Air
line" now Cedar Rapids line Northwest
ern), where, forty-one years ago now, we
did the hand organ music of covered
wagon Those old sloughs have gone, and
ashundred thousand homes fill the country
far and near. The mind sees two pict
ures-then and now, or the 'Western
wild and the modern Canaan.
Arriving at noon at Dixon we found the
foods had carried away the road.bed and
track Just west and across the Rock river.
So we turned north, took the Illinois Gen.
trial Railroad, and crossing the rushing
waters (by the way, we saw water IN the
second story of small houses on the river
edge Of the town., we went few miles
north to Polo, Illinois, and there got two
horse buggy and was driven "out west
again some ten miles, through water and
mud, and over land where snow and slush
were yet three feet deep. But here we
find f'the old folks at home. . They have
fought time well but 81 years has bowed
him terribly. But why repeat the souls
communion. Better see the old farm and
its cross fences the velvet furrow that
warmed the boys bare feet IN summer
time, the old orchard, and across the road,
where the grand old woods stood boldly to
the prairie line.
HOW MANY TIMES
One of US roved among these trees. Yes,
here is the very crag where ] hid my cross
bow. Who has stolen it Yonder is the
ridge and there the trees where used to
coo the dove, and where from limb to limb
the squirrel sprang. The thickets and the
berry bushes have gone. All day at times
/ strolled here, till driven home by the
hooting of the quaint old owl. or the
voice OF the whip poorwill. But why all
gone? All, yonder is the cabin and the
garden fence. That tells the story they
did not know that these were holy
grounds" had soon to leave this West
Point of my youth, and returned to Polo.
Thence we went to Freeport and Rockford,
ILL.,, Beloit, Wis, and so to
MADISON,
It's capital, the trip being through farms
and over bounding rivera. At Beloit, Rock
river was having boom that called out
the town to cable its wagon bridge, and
many of the buildings were IN deep water.
Along hee the farmers are commencing to
plow and harrow, and we again note what
| is general, although the grass is just start.
ing (April 25tb), the cattle look spleldidly.
Here they care for their stock. Come
here, We Californians, where you must feed
your stock six months each year, and be
allowed to growl to your hearts content.
| Reaching Madison, We were met at the
depot by modest California friend, who
once had.a bonanza turn. We were at once
| driven around the town and up to the
University grounds Madison is l., 600 feet
above the sea level, has some II 600 in
habitants and is eituated amidst lakes.
Several parts of the city are sixty,
eighty and one hundred feet above
the lakes, and any portion can have the
best of drainage. From many OF the
houses one can see in almost any direction
10, Is and 20 miles, and a view from the
capitol dome, like one in Yosemite, has to
be seen to be appreciated. 1t was while
viewing the interior Of the fine capitol
building that we lad the pleasure OF meet
ing Governor William K. Smith, also
Supreme Judge Cole and his asso-
ciate judges, Cassaday and Lyon.
Judge Lyon, we believe, is cousin of our
fellow. townsman, VIM. NJ. Lyon. Just
across the lake, to the northeast, can be
seen the State Asylum buildings, and to
the west is a beautiful tract of country
stretching away in the distance and against
elevations. Here are the State Fair
grounds and thousand homes. The Uni.
versity grounds contain some nine three
and four story buildings, of magnesia