The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-02
From Middiebsry, Vermont, 10 sioux
Falls. Dakoia. ~,

ttouci I" hhoW now we got across
the country 10 Sioux Fslis, Dakota, Elm
The fur west as IL is uslled in the east.
IL is hard to tell whpre the west proper
Is. Ii one starts from Middlebury TO
go TO Chicago, he Is going west; from
Chicago to st Paul, Mimi, he is going
west; also from st Paul 10 Sioux Falls,
he Is going west. AT Sioux Falls they
talk more of going west than in The
east. 1t seems the farther one &C, in
The west, the farther the west seems
from you. We took the southern route
from Middlebury to Rutland. from
there TO Schenectady; here we took the
New York Central. This company has
four tracks over this road. We took
the fast train aud went to Buffalo, as it
seems, without hardly stopping. The
trains that go west have two tracks,
and the same with the trains going cast,
so there is no waiting. Some of The
country through New York Is very hilly
and rocky. Still it seems to be very
rich country. Most of the farmers are
in the dairy business. They have fine
barns and houses. One thing we MOTTO
ed was that every lady seemed 10 try to
excel her neighbor in plants and coors.
have never seen anything east of Cal
ifornia that equal them. We follow the
Erie canal most of the way through the
state. There was no water in it; the
water Is all run out in the fall If it
was allowed TO stay in and freeze, it
wonld spoil the banks and mason work
At Buffalo we changed cars for the
Michigan Southern Lake Shore railroad.
| We stayed here bnl few minutes.
Fho tfrIru IL iigh.v,' by eis>i-;o;,y.
This rad follows the Like shore 10
Toledo. Ohio and Indiana are very
rich countries. At South Bend, Ind,
are where the noted Studebakcr wagons
are manufactured. The buildings are
all brick, three and four stories high,
and cover acres. Their wagons are to
be found In all parts of the west; east
and west of the Rocky and Serrias,
and are shipped to all parta OF the old
countries. They are claimed to be The
best wagon to stand the weather of the
dry western plains. This part of Indi-
ana is very fine country. Think this
is the finest country we passed through
east of Chicago. From this point they
are going west; it seems almost every
man you meet Is going west; Chicago il
where they all 90. From this poin
they change cars for the south an6
southwest, west and northwest. We
did not stop in Chicogo much Longer
than in Buffalo, Here we were transfer
, red from the Lake Shore depot to thu
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul by
, tUe.n IL 10 nhnnt one milo, There WI
took lunch, and went ont to get on III,
shSi%S his ff ifSSEsst aft'heI gan. one yIss tt
right you can go through, If not the
will show you your train. Every thing
l goes on like clockwork at all of tb
large depots, a child of twelve year
A: could go from New York 10 Frisco O
well as grown person, as far as fea
of not getting through all right is con
cerned.- From Chicago we go to ST
e Paul without changing cars in one da.
and night. We got in Milwaukee il
the nigh from here we go TO La Crosse
Wis. This is large numbering point
also n wholesale city. We did no
k learn the population of the city bu
:. should judge abont $4,000. Here th
Q road crosses the Mississippi, the river
Z very wide at this point, and full of smal
o islands. La Crosse must be pleasan
a place during summer Wisconsin is
!, great lumber country, she supplies th
western plains with large amount c
!. lumber. After crossing the river til
r road follows the river to St. Paul.
l.. Crossing the river we strike Mime
@ sofa, one days ride from st. Paul. TIL
I. cHYufsn, an eaWith Wsp ,wnmen an
n do not move fast enough for then
v They seem to think if they only were i
l. the west Gas they call IT'D they woul
q fill their pockets with money in no tint
d and everything would be lovely. BIT
J. little do they know of the west. Their
l. is O group of Young men at one end {
}. the car seeming to be all alive and tel
,c ing what they know about the Yves
j. aud what they were going to do whe
" they got there. joined the party [
&c see what / could learn. They seen
n ed very willing TO talk abont what the
le were going to do. asked them ho'
long they had been west, and what par
e. but found this was their first expe
Of fence. asked them. how they kne,
E. so much about the west. They sal
they had been told by men from til
Ie west, and more, they had read an
10 thought as mnch as anybody about tn
l. country they were going TO. A gre,
Is many 60 west like these yonng mel
4 knowing only what they have rea
ic and been told. On these grounds the
,e With tic ihhs' wessafn" t6hif il tie gsasN
re wise for an eastern man with famil
D. If he has a home, TO sell his home b.
Of fore going west. If he has the wostel
ct fever let him go west, and il Statistic
re buy or take up some land. Ifhe TAXI
ct up homestead it costs him only 81
,e and he has six months to get into
which gives him time to go back, di
ar pose of what he has in the east, and e
In back onto his land. A person does N
III want to be governed by what he read
of or what he is told by the land agent
In The railroads do most of the wriiin
8. and have their. agents all over Ne
~ England. Every man that goes we
n. claims lie is going to the very best pa
n of the west. hope he will find it s
IL If he does we'll the first year he is
or the best place, If not. he is all wron
1t is claimed thattwo-thirds OF the mi
" that como west, lose all the money thu
III have before they Iearu the wayso Of Il
at country. One young man in this par
X told me that he had bought a stock
at goods in Chicago aud was going
ut Fargo to start in business, with b
7" little capital. Fargo is an old TOW
ia and has some heavy business firm
This yonng man seemed 10 think if
as could get into Fargo he conld scoop
a the money. A great many men I'll
nj go west are like this Young man, thin
lr- ing il they can only reach there The
on fortune is made. A man does not wa
re- to go into business at first, he wants
sic look the country over, and learn I
as WAYS of The people, ana the best plat
IL in his judgement. 10 start IN businei
IN then purchase his goods and go
he work.
ey A man that goes west should ha
10 money. II lakes two dollars here to