Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-06

ID iron, far away places Our supper a laramie was fanltless. We ate it at tht Inornnurgh Hofuse, under the supervision oi was copy of ,the Laramie Boomerang. Bill Nye expected to be present, but indisposition prevented. lIa front of this house large
 banner was displayed reading ''Pilgrim,
 greet thee; walk in and refresh myself. 9old and sif fver have none, but such as l
 have give l. unto thee"
 The trs in stopped at Sherman for mo- ment at nidnight. This is over eight thou.
 sand feet. s.bove sea level and is noted beside
 for It's tba-kes Ames monument. We sat up to see sne structure. We went to our dreams ment iily morslzing on fame, the brakeman hav' Rg insisted that he knew of no Ame g nc Aument. but that the one at the highest P &nt of land was the Sherman. He could F0t, however, tell to what Sherman it was
 dedicated, but that was it's name, as he had been told
 August 30 we breakfast at North Platte, a place noted for fine grazing, business ac- tivity and the home of Buffalo Bill. All I through this section we find large herds of cattle, and at one point lady on horseback was in charge of an immense drove. Grand Island furnishes good dinner, and late in .p4snings sWe sup oEeE th9 line dn G0uzzcii HlQAs. Before parting with Nebraska
 E7ust pay 8 slight tribute to it's soil, and pres
 esnt crops, and can do it no better than quote
 
 |. the car Albania as to the mode of harvesting corn, what sort of machine was used, etc After finally convincing them that the gath ering in is hand work, they all declared that there was not help. enough in the Union to gather the present crop before time to plant again. The seemingly good manage ment of the Union Pacific has much to do with Nebraska's prosperity, and our enjoy nent over it's main line is in marked con- trast with the Central. The ride through
 Iowa was mostly by daylight snd the green
 fields and rolling prairie were
 constant objects of admiration.
 but the corn is not near as
 good as noticed in Nebraska We bid adieu
 to Iowa soon after sundown at Burlington,
 eating and drinking to her prosperity at the
 depot restaurant. The C., B. 6 Q. road is a
 power in these parts, and it's splendid new
 depot and extensive repair shops are big
 thing for Burlington. There are other rail
 road corporations that might study the meth-
 ods of this road with profit.
 We pass across Illinois in the night and
 September l is passed in Chicago. Our ride
 from here to Montreal was over the Grand
 Trunk again, but in good shape this time,
 the management having profted by their ex-
 perience of four weeks ago. We ate supper
 at Battle Creek, where we were met by many citizens and brass band. Montreal was reached Sunday, the 2d, and our line of march to the Windsor House was made iu a heavy rain and the first of any note since leaving home. Monday, the 3d, was spent in the usual sightseeing fashion so familiar to all, yet venture to say that one of our entertainments will be new to many. At a low and miserable resort in the lower section of the city, kept by a man named Joe Beef, the male portion of the pilgrims found more fun to the square inch than at any place this side of sundown. This Joe sells gin, beer, etc., and has 8 curiosity shop UaIl Auono tha ruhhish in 0po ic huge bath tub where Joe dips his victims if drunk and he does it when occasion re- quires. Behind the counter or bar is hu man skeleton, upright, wrapped in ths Brit ish flag. There are other curiosities vulgar and otherwise too numerous to mention, for I his crib and contents cannot be explained in I brief letter. What we went to see was his mensgeris, composed of bears, wolves, wild cats, etc, the main attraction being 8 huge buffalo Joe invited all of us, eight Sir Knights, to enter the den, with the assur- ance that there was no danger. At the first crack of the whip the small animals set up howl, and MT. Bison charged on the crowd. By desperate effort escaped by the door, with Sir Knight Wood close to my back Wood declares that one horn grazed his side Two of our party, Sir Knights Miller and Bachelder, jumped up to high window and l remained there long before venturing down. Joe claims that all of his collection is tame, but we all expressed ourselves as better satis- fled to stay outside the cage in the future.
 As we passed through Vermont and New l Hampshire in the early morning, heavy frost seemed to be extensive and at Keene the mercury was down to 270. I fear the | result. On our arrival at the Fitchburg de- pot we were met by DeMolay commandery and escorted to banquet at the Mas onic l temple, the ladies being treated to a swell ! dinner at Young's. J. D. D.