Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-29
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COLORADO LETTER


car. Al Portland Tor our journey of more
nan 2OoO miles. Here Ne fJuni-whAt
contlnu.d for the whole dlstancc-lAfge
Train. and crowded cars AZ seven O'Clock
ve take a seat 10 the cars az the Boston a
Albany depot, aud Are on our way .oNhp
the setting suu. We go 10 sleep iof tne
night and-thanks 90 sleeping cars-resias
well a. In q house. When morning come.
New Eogiand. with all our friends and
home associations have been leit' snd Ne
are bowling along through The Empire
state. The train stops for breakissi a.
Syracuse. Daring The night We hate
changed from the Boston a Albany ROAD 70
the New York Central. This road j. own.
sd By Vanderbilt aud 81 course Ne are glad
% patrOnlfs II 80 ~ 10 hslpa poor nan
New York look, much The same A. Maine,
bot present. one novel slsht-the canal
and canal boats This seems sloN way
20 transport msrchandiff, bus peruap. in
his case "slow aud steady wins the race.
Al Buffalo, We leave tho y \. Central ani
continue oar Journey over ne Michigan
Central road but la slftu, of thr thfou2 .
car srfangsmsnt," wc continue Ia tlc sane
Wagner Car 'n which w. lcn Boston ani
shall uot leave 10 tl Chicsgu L. reached.
Nov al thoughts are tufnvi 90 tne chief
object % Interest for so Jay afara
Fals. We shall reach DO htile amer
noon. 10 kuON when this vii D., one
must set bis watch back one hour. iuf 81
Buffalo The train time changes from bst'
efn 10 Central SiAndafd time. We pass
aloug The right bank of The riFsf aud near
NiagrA Falls Village. catch glimpse ol
the Fall. We cross The river Two niles
below The fails ou The u,w Csntilesef
bridge. from which one can dlmly see the
mighty fall OF water This bridge l. 80
feet In length aud 2tj feet above TIE Nhtsr.
For cousldsrabls distance below The ftil,
The river lows through narrow gorge
whose banks are nearly on a level Win ths
liver above the CAi,fact Looking d0Sn
into the narrow chauusl from The bridge
The water looks deep green Having
crossed The river. The train moves sl1ug
the lsf. or Canadian .lic 20 Fals View,
whore the train stops Igst uppu zoe bank
Here there d. vefE good vis~ ~ me water
a. H rustic, over The pr'clpicr, ani an
excellent slew % The rapids Just shove
The Impression that onc thus gets l. very
hasiy add vague, bot 10 l. A. good a. oue
can get without the expenditure Of consid'
cradle time and money IL u sunifisnt to
lasiify TIE claim of having seen TIE world :
greatest water fall
For the remainder OF the day, our loarnsy
lle. through Canada, where ooc sc.- noih'
log OF special Interest Ia tac evening ~
eros. The Detroit River ani are 10 ihr ciiy
% Detroit Unf0rtunAteiy 10 L. eNenine.
so We can see nothing OF thls bcaaiifl.
city The next mOrnlng ChlcagO Is feich'
ei. In time f1r breakfast Here - chingc
cars, going some little distance across t1c
city "a thr depot OF The Chlcag1 aud k1,k
Island a. X Before starting, there d.
time 10 see little OF this magnificent al y
the "Qaeeu o. the North an West u
hss mAny Zoe broad streets. ard 10 ptfts
are by many considered the nne-t lu Amer.
lcA Leaving ChlCAg1 40 uoon. ~ pass
through agricultural districts ~ ll.lno.s,
where the corn field. seem, 90 thr NeN bag
lander. unacc0untshly large C1tl mines
aud iron smelling WORKS afc also o. POI
seen 10 the syrulng. 10 Davenport. W.
cross thc "Fathsf OF water" ani come
lnt0 Iowa In ihe morning The iron hofsv
!. bounding over The soll 81 Missouri, and
Hga m bflng- a. 90 thC Missouri River,
crossing This ~ avery long bridge W. DOT
ourselves To- Kansas CITY tn. Is one of
The marvellous cities The marvellous Wet
Other pisces have grown rapidly bui ne
most % them ate nov resting little h1i
this stlll continues 10 grosth. u may he
a beautiful city. but II 10 D, ons gets false
impression from The cars ant depot TIE
water % the river Il a. madiy AZ suy stree
puddle Tits IL great railroad centre aud
The Il ion depo, i very lively place.
Here We change cars And th's, by thc wag
Is only the Third change slnce We leo Port
land, aad the last Nc shall make. We now
proceed over the Atchlson Topeka SAINTS
Ne road and soon pass Into the state Of
kansss, bleeding kausas, a. Il was call
81 In the days Of slavery agltailon. The
state Is only tweniy.four years old, hAVipg
been admitted 20 the lnlOn In i.Gi. Al
know the position 10 already holds In The
sisterhOod OF states. TOpekt, the capita,
where The train stops Tor dlnncf. l. city
OF so co Inhabitants. In the afternoon
our course II through Central htusas,
where civilization Is but n1ecn years old,
AMI yet this j. now the richest agricultural
aud stock county In the loited States.
Now w can understand how one can get
lost Ia a Geld OF corn 10 passing through
IllluOis We thought that state hal large
corn n-ld-, bat now they sem bus garden
patches compared with the corr Hills Of
Kansas | Wish | could tell The ftrmer.
OF oxford County how many acres some Of
these fields contain, bui not knowing can
simply say they are Immense This Il =
magniaceni state. and no one eau question
that II Il the farmers paradise. Oae nat
urslly inquiries III this growth AMI icyel-
opment OF the last quarter eeutury, shall
continue, what will this country BE- 10 a.
other twenty-five years.
But 10 must not be supposed that oue
sees here all The signs Of culture ani lux
ufy which the traveller notices In New
England. On the contrary u l. evident
that those who are now the Independent
farmers OF thi. region. were content when
they came here. 10 live 10 an extremely
simple style A dag-out, was gooi cnoagh
for q house. and very simple food and
coarse clothlag were though, 70 be In keep
Ing with the new country. Aui N W may
jadgc from appearances, the ht1lts % the
people still are plain and inexpensive.
Night falls upon a. while still passing
along these magnificent farms. Doe notic.
- that the trains In the West are less rap.
"a than In the East. The express trains
make only twenty-five miles per hour.
Ia the morning We are 10 Colorado. A.
seven We breakfast at Ia Janta, aud then
away again over what seems 20 be a bar
rem waste Of sand bat We notice cattle
grazing and ooncluds that II cannot be-
quite barren, II cattle sabslst, and they are
here In abundance. We are AZ last In the
land OF cowboys" Al TN O'Clock We
are at Pueblo, town considerably larger
than Norway. I, has the reputation OF be-
ing. at midday, "the hottest place In the
world" II Is much hotter than places d.
rcctly north or south. Al this point We take
the Denver aud Rio Grande road, going
nearly due north. A. We proceed, the land
looks more fertile, quite large fields OF
corn and other crops appearing, and the
country no longer seems q barren waste.
About noon, -four days from the time We
len Portland, Maine, We step from the
cars at Fountain, Colorado.
In my next, | will tell your readers some
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