Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-09-08
Ihe Stree press.
BWEEZE FVUW THE WENT
Notes on Flying Trip From Burling-
ton 10 81. Paul, with Halt at
oshkosh, Wis.-Ihe Mythical city
Its Manufactures and Enterprise
In General-Where wisconsin
Keeps Her spoiled Cht1dren-1m-
pressiOns of the West made on q
NermOntcr who ~ Satisfied with
the East.


the East.
To the Editor OF the free rress and Times
Leaving Burlington at ali-past three on
Thursday afternoon, we find ourselves In
Essex Junction half hour later. Here it
was our good fortune to find the customary
wait reduced to thirty minutes; but more
especially were we in luck in that the Cen
trail Vermont managers, with their usual
thought fulness, had done all in their power
to make our stay pleasant one by preparing
au entertainment in the shape Of Demo
cratic county convention. Their meeting,
where nominations had been made, which
were TO have such an Influence on the des-
TIMES of the country and State, had adj
journed. Its members were also waiting
for the train which would bear them TO their
homes happy with the satisfaction of duty
well done. Their proceedings during the
! lcmn conclave had been unusually quiet
and orderly, and the people of the rural
retreat, whose inventors soul has been i'll
yi,ed to dwell below by both poet and trav-
eller were congratulaiing themselves that the
untcrrifcd had departed from their usual
course and were intending TO capture the
county by their good behavior. But alas for
the frailty OF human hopes 1t vas i'm
possible for them to restrain themselves
throughout the day, aud under the stimulus
which late train is wont to mpart, their
pcnt-up feelings found vent The strange
melange ut men and character, which is so
conspicuous in this party, were having II
confab, no doubt wild to them, but one
which caused all Republicans to fear that
Democratic votes would be fewer and far
ther between than ever at the coming
election and as they backed away from the
battle field, to shudder for their own safety.
Just at the height of the conflict, the train on
the Boston and Montreal Air Line" comes
laundering in and with that regret which
always accompanies us when when We leave
An exciting though dangerous place we
are compelled to tear ourselves away, not TO
return till after the Republicans have rolled
up the good, old fashioned majority for the
Stete and county ticket You who are there
know the relative per cent ut those who
returned alive or with only slight injuries.
Arriving in Montreal ut 1870, we have two
hours and over in which to amusc ourselves
as best We can. The simplest way is per
haps to walk around and see the people.
Here we find all classes, from The man WHO
wears hat dazzlngly set oil with white
ostrich plume, and who is to he r,ied for
deficiency in the upper story, to the more
sensible person, who is to be pited because
she has to do so-thc woman who shoulders
trunk and marches of. Leaving Montreal
at 1890, Il half hour late, we prcc, ed hravcly
along with our dozen coaches until we reach
Cornwall, where We find Il freight train Off
the track, compelling us To wait over four
hours. About niue o'clock the next morning
dining car is attached in which poorly
cooked and badly served meal is prepared
We eat what we can OF it and think by force
OF contrast OF our breakfast the morning be-
fore at the Van Ness House. soon the train
stops just the other side of Port Hope, and
cheerful information is passed down the line
that the locomotive is played out. Of
course We NJ once, together with II hundred
others surround the iron horse which the
driver attempts to cure, while the putting
attests lis desire TO go Oh If it were only able
The disease is found to be incurablc with
the remedies at hand, and as ii is our good
luck to be near the town, We take the engine
from freight train near al hand, and after
good deal of switching, We fly past, soon
leaving the sick animal far behind Now
the road passes along the shore of Lake
Ontario, with It's broad eXransc OF water,
while on the right are some good farming
lands. The heavy rains, however, have
lodged the grain so that the yield will be u
partial failure. There are Il number of heavy
grades on the Grand Trunk aud with such
train as we had II good part of the way,
the managers could have shown Il little
enterprise by attaching an extra locomotive
and attempting TO make up some OF the lost
time. They did not take this view of it,
however, and with some further detenlions
in the way Of hot boxes, etc, it was after
midnight when We reached Sarna Here u
visit from the Custom House officer, and
the ferry across tne river into the United
States made us feel at home again. Here
We remained ill five O'Clock in the morning
when we started once more for Chicago
After somewhat tedious ride, in which we
stopped At every cross-rOad or no less than
one hundred times by actual count, we
arrived in Chicago Saturday evening, twelve
hours behind time. Crossing the city to the
depot OF the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway we take the train for Oshkosh,
Wisconsin passing along Lake Michigan
through the f1ourishng cities of Kenosha
and Racine TO Milwaukee. Arriving there
at midnight we had the pleasure Of fifteen
minutes chat with Charles l.. Goss, former
" of Brandon, but now with Flanders &
Bottum, lawyers in Milwaukee, Wis Mr..
Goss grad lated at the University of Vermont
In the GLASS of s1S, and will be well remem.
bered by many Burlington people After
travelling in Canada and in the States of
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin
in one day, we reach Oshkosh at 3;4O Sun
day morning. Your correspondent went
there with certain degree OF doubt in his
mind US to whether there was an Oshkosh,
or whether it was only myth, as has been
so stoutly asserted by many newspapers.
To dspel this tluctuatiOn OF mind q short
description of the city may not be out of
place.
Oshkosh is located on 10th sides Of the
Fox river and on the Western shore of Lake
Winnebago. II was first settled in 1896 and
takes its name from the Indian chief "Osh-
kosh" the ruler of the Winnebago Indians,
who formerly inhabited the shores of the
Lake. The Wolf river also runs by the city,
and there are numerous creeks and rivulets,
fed by springs which flow in all directions.
The country roundabout is very lcvcl-sure
to become monotOnous 10 Ncrmonter's
eyes-wth fine roads and drives. One
road runs directly north from the city for
sixteen miles, and from personal observation
your correspondent can say that it is ALSO
lutely perfect for driving pnrpOses Thcre