Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-25

From Boston to the Golden Gate-Hhc
 Pllg1image of tIae Knights TemPlar- y Scenes and Incidents of the Journey.
 PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANoIsoo, Cal,
 -. rr-s5-r--- z.s-5--e -~ August 15.
 To the Editor of the JoURSAL AND COURIER:
 A good natured, happy and expectant band of Knights Templar and their ladies, all to the number of 16s. under the banner of the Boston oommandery, filed into the special California pilgrimage train" at Boston Sat- drday p. m.. the 4th inst, for what has proved to be "the grandest excursion of the age'' Our party is made up of 1o5 Sir Knights (ncluding M. E. Grand Master Ben- jamin Dean), 62' ladies and one profane Mr. Walker of the Boston Herald. Walker says he is having the best time of his life, if he has not ridden the goat. Our cars were new and every comfort vas provided them all. We started with eight, viz, Alrneria, Mode m, Odessa, Albania, Echo, Como, c. B. 4 D., and 99 and the baggage car, The Odessa proved Wayward and was.reiected at Kansas City, the Mohare taking it's plaee. At Mon trsai Sunday. the 5Eh, we had frst-elass breakfast d, the Windsor, hotel long to be remembered by our party for it's well kept appointments. Our first Sabbath was a long and weary day, owing te great delay at vsri- ots stations along the line and weak engines. At Che little station, of Fredericksburg at 2 P. n,, aorr iprelste, Rev. MT, Roberts, held g praise service, bnt no praise was awarded the managenent of the Grand, Trunk railroad company. Al BelIviIle an extra engine was added and Monday morning, the 9th, found us at SaEnia but four hours behind time. After crossing the river sixty ton horse drew us through to Battle Greek according to schednIe From this place to Chicago Fe L1vn< K~aSrh hA1 tim med his pet with large and tasty deyiGes and emE1ems of the ordar, and as conse- quence our train WAS the cynosure of all eyes saa we flaw through, farm and past ststioh. At Thorlton Juncfion fifty Chicago Knights met us to act as escort to their city, wheke we arrived at $ P. m stopping at the Grahd ' Tuesday. s the 7th, finds us at Quincy, Ih., a 30. COG city, of nsmeless streets and poor hoteIs We had poor breakfast at the Ire mont Wef fdined at Cameron, III . and being detained at Kansas City by broken car,s did not reach Topeka until eight o'clock, where V were received by the Sir Knights with music and partook Of q bounteous supper i1 the depot hotel, under the direction of Sir Knfehk Sehemerhorn- - Mere Of this KniehE later al,-4 EIie1 detentiona at various rsfaz tions gave good Qpportunity to. i1qpira ras *o the crops, etc. Kansas hos . large crop Of .hegs, vheaf and qatss -wkiIe corn .Rin reekh'
 
 ties. if heE citizens are afl5hority. .T ha greats ezcloneg Tsad about j in y tlisa State shsvs dope more good than harm ~r = - -st - :, -, hastily written letter from condensed jottings taken en route VIII not perHaE ms foz enlarge upon the present pntlohk for busin ess and th6 future prospects of our great West, over which | have SO rapidly passad but It tlis enough for he present to say that ell with whom have conyersed speak in, the most tenennraging manner, of the fall trade An- gnsks aEh ,we hTeak fasted land good one ft .Waa5s aE KipsleY. Kansas. .s Here We found ulenty leanz of stock, mostly cattle, in charge ef ooVboys. From here on the most familihr object at all the. stopping places is dark skinned men under broad hats and with Pis toIat the waist-,s, a9s s-fa-TE
 Dinner at La Junta, New. Mexico. eP Ph- grims fired, heated and dusty. We can nev-s er forget the green grass plot. made from Kansas soil on which we, sported under the lee of the depot building All through this day we see poor land and not much else but . a cloudIess sky. I, forget, for prairie does occasionally ly greet us, and ssge brush kee1s them company, but these cunning little moR archs are fast moving away from the screedh of the 1ocomotiye. It is evident that they do not admire the sdyent of ea eiyiIi Iization that