Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-07
SOUTHERN HOTEL,
ST. Louis, Mo-, April 30, lSS

ST. LOUIS, MO-, April ~, lSNb
Here we all are. We left Washington ut
. 80 Wednesday in diningroom car and
sleeper combined, each man having n section
to himscli six of the committee, the deputy
sergeant-at-arms clerk, stenographer, etc,
with full store of supplies of everything.
We spent an hour and II half in Harrisburg,
waiting tor an express train, and took car
riages and drove over the city,in which was
greatly disappointed. 1t is wholly unattrac-
tive, with narrow,dirty streets, without pave
mcnt; very few fine houses and not one with
any grounds about it. The only street in the
least desirable is the one fronting the Susque-
hanna river, looking up and down "A most
lovely valley. The scenery through this and
the Juniata valley, into which the road turns
| after leaving the former, is exceedingly at
tractive. Fine farms showing high cultiva
ton, great, wcll.built, ncat-looking barns
roomy, stately iarm-houscs fit by on either
hand, and every now and then dingy manu-
featuring place with tall chimnies belching
out cloud of black smoke which begrimes ev
erything in the ncighborhood whisk past the
car-window. Coal and iron-iron and coal,
again and again meet you until you eXclaim
in wonder ut the eXhaustless quantity and
endless procession of cars and mills; and
when we get, after nighttull among the Ale
| ghanies, the flaming fires CLEAN along the
road on either hand where the coke ovens
range and look like the mouth OF Avcrnus.
| PENNSYLVANIA is II wonderful State. We saw,
near Pittsburgh, the flaming torches casting
their wierd light overthe landscape, which are
fed from the gas wells now tapped and used for
fuel and light in that city, saving vast quant-
ties of coal. They cannot cOnfine the gas
wholly and are obliged to let ii bur II at the
top of a high tube, while they draw from the
bottom.
We are now about to meet the mayor, etc,
to lay out our work.
SATURDAY MORNING, May |.
/ left You at Pittsburgh, where went to bed
and slept till we reached Columbus, about
30 H. IN. Thursday. dozed along until :,
when all appeared one by one, and we pres
entity sat down to an excellent breakfast, and
then, with Il cigar rs entertainment, looked
out of the window at the handsome country
and fine farms which swept by on either side
At Richmond, Ind, very pleasant looking
and brisk city of 10000 or so, there is much
manufacturing. The country through Indiana
is very attractive from the agricultural stand
point; looks fertile, OF course not picturesque
but rich in reward to the farmer. There i.
much forest and foliage interspcrscd, and the
, ground is rolling. The ncighborhood of Indi
annapolis is attractive; with many fine house,
and handsome grounds. Tcrrc IIaute also, i.
l Il bright, active, pleasant town, of which we
had only II glimpse. Soon after crossed
: the Illinois line, and from that to the grea
l river, the country was pretty Hat. 1t Tor
: merly prairie, but trees have sprung up ant
there is now everywhere belts of forest inter
spersed and the land is productive; but tn,
- views are unintcresting and monotonous, fiat
1t was dark before we reached East st. Louis
which lies on the Illinois side and is connccte,
by the great bridge with the city. East st
Louis is now the scene of II serious strike, an,
we saw soldiers on guard to prevent violence
We reached our southern Hotel at 30 p. M
II fine, large, cXcelently appointed hotel, pei
=, fectly fire-proof from top to bottom. \ grea
= corridor, electric lighted, and bigger than tw'
OF our churches, received us, and we were as
| signed to fine rooms. Yesterday we arrange,
: to begin to-day. The mayor and several cit
= Zcns called and at p. IN. we all took carriage
(opcn) and drove all over the city, Tn
- | growth since my visit, in 1854, from $4,000 Il
a over 100000 makes II different city OF il. ID
/ | Posts house, then in the country, is now il
the heart of the city. II is growing. Man,
: very beautiful houses have been built.