The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-07


rade with him to death. Tt was proba-
bly, fortunate that it did not happen
on Sunday night, for many hundred
comrades were there at that time,
and I have no doubt had they been
there at the time of assault there would
have been trouble. It being Sunday,
we could not see much of the city. In
Canadian cities business is suspended
ION the Sabbath, trains can come into
Montreal but none can depart. We
found one train in waiting, and it was
relief to get out of the crowd on the
boat and once more meet the people
that had been with US from the start.
We were to start at o'clock in the
morning, and turned in quite early and
had good nights rest. I was awake
in the morning when the train pulled
out of the station and jumped out to
get a view of the great Victoria bridge,
which spans the river at this place.
1t is, think, about two miles long,
and is a great iron tube set on pillars,
and is from the inside anything but at
trsctive. Just imagine yourself gun.
wad drove slowly through very dirty
gun barrel, and you are not very far
off from passing through Victoria
bridge. We passed through a very
pretty country during the morning
got glimpses of Lake Champlain and
the mountains around it, and about s
o'clock we found ourselves at st. AL
bans, VT, and were once more in tour
own native land"
We stopped here for breakfast and
got the first Christian meal since leav-
ing Kansas City. About block from
the depot is the st. Adams House.
After we came to a stop gentleman
came through the car and gave each
one who wanted to go to the hotel for
breakfast a ticket merely to admit
them to the dining room. This he ex-
planned, was to keep from being over
crowded. Most of our car went up and
we found him as good as his word. No
person could go into the dining room
unless they had a ticket; aud as re-
suit there was only one person to each
chair, and some one to wait upon you
something we had not met on the
route. This was the first place where
any system had been used to dispose of
and accommodate the crowd. During
the time we were there n heavy show
er came up and it rained violently. A
covered bus at the door took all the la
dies to the train without charge. At
ter we were off again the same man
who had distributed the tickets, who
proved to be the owner of the hotel,
also the eating house at the depot,
passed again through the train inquir-
ing for persons who had eaten their
breakfast at the station, who had been
charged by some of the persons there
IS cents. To such parties he was re-
funding % cents, saying that the price
was but 80 cents, and he could not sub
NIT to an overcharge being made, es-
pecially at such a time as this. We
didn't find many III en- like him. If We
did< they were in some other business
than he.
We had delightful ride during this
day. We had been fairly received all
along our route through the states,
but nowhere did we witness the en-
thusiastic greeting we had all along
the road as we sped across old loyal
Vermont. Every house turned out its
occupants to wave handkerchiefs and
hats as We passed; the men in the
fields, the children in the streets and
school houses all gave us welcome.
The old ladies were nOticeably enthu-
stastic. Those old mothers of Yer
mont, many of them doubtless holding
in memory dear the tradition of their
fore fathers who fought with Green in
the war for independence. And still
fresh in their hearts is the wound
made when their first born went down
in that frey hell when the brave
Stannard hurled his Vermonters like
an avalanche from their native hills
upon the flank of the doomed Pickett.
We were all pleased with Vermont.
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beep carefully selected to give us the
full benefit of the beautiful scenery,
and we rode on the platform and feast
I'd our eyes on the scenery and cinders.
We made very short stop at Montpel-
er, passing near the State house. We
passed many small manufacturing
owns along the many streams; all Of
hem looked bright aid clean, houses
veil painted and well kept yards.
During the latter part Of the day one
# the coaches on our section was SUI.
ering from a hot box and frequent
tops were necessary to doctor it. Dur
ng these stops we gathered ferns and
Their foliage and flowers SO rare in the {
vest and abundant here, and our
leeper was perfect fernery in conse- 6
uence thereof. We passed down i
trough the "Notch" in the White "
This portion of the trip I
-as especially interesting. These t
are grand. Colorado pre- s
snts higher mountains and deeper a
orges, but these are high and deep +
1ough, and the train winds around v