St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-04-01

a vegetable grow in this county if you
watered it every day. / know for |
have tried it. Now this land is as
productive as any in the Union and
will sell for 500 an acre | tell you
the line of productiveness is going
steadily west" You can take the
Captains theory for what it is worth.
Many others talk the same way.
After leaving La Junta, Colorado,
pronounced -hOon-ta) the Rocky
mountains come in view. Pixies peak
is pointed out so or more miles away,
and the beautiful Spanish peaks are
still nearer. Some of these mountains
are more than twice the hight of Mt.
Washington, and their tops are clear
cut against the sky and glisten like
silver. From the springlike weather
of Kansas we have come to early sum-
mer. The sun at midday is oppressive
and the trackmen wear imprOvised
havelocks for protection from its rays.
During the afternoon the ladies have
been much interested in watching the
cowboy who occasionally appears
near the moving train all mounted and
spurred, and if the one who was dis
tanced by the refractory steer which
he attempted to Ground up" had heard
their remarks he would not feel com
plimented. After leaving Trinidad we
get sight of the low, adobe (a-do-by)
houses and Mexican or half-breed i'll
habitants which remind of that older
life towards which we are speeding
glimpses of that civilization which was
ancient when Columbus discovered
America and which had its cities and
temples and arts centuries before our
forefathers landed at Plymouth rock.
The party has now been on the
road seven days and seven nights.
They are getting acquainted. Their
persOnel may be matter of interest.
In the Mexican party is Prof. Charles
j. Stille of Philadelphia, ex-provOst of
the university of Pennsylvania and
prominent in the sanitary commission
during the war-a man full of infOr
nation which he imparts literally.
From the same city of brOtherly love
are John F. Keen and Nathan Myers,
prominent business men, with their
families, and Misses Mary BlakistOn and
Anna Blanchard, all in one party.
| &c
scented by d. Wilson Moore, promi-
nent glass manufacturer. From near
er home there is Edward l.. Pierce of
Boston, the friend and biographer of
Charles Sumner and a member of the
last national republican convention at
Chicago, and, by the way, an earnest
advocate of Senator Edmunds's re-
election. Mr.. Pierce is accompanied
by his wife. James A. Dupee, also of
Boston, is treasurer of the Hamilton
manufacturing company of Lowell.
DR.. A. Coolidge, James B. Case and
George A. Newell are all substantial
BOstOnians from the "west end" Mr..
Cases family consists of five persons
and Mr.. Newell's of three. Amos s..
Treat of Bridgeport is a prominent
lawyer and has been speaker of the
Connecticut legislature. Prof. Will
liam Watson is connected with the
Boston institute of technology. Mr..
Treat is accompanied by his wife and
daughter. S. D. Sargent and wife are
also among the BostOnians in the par
ty, and Miss Olive Rand represents the
Manchester Mirror, and is graceful
writer and intelligent traveller, and in
fact most of the party give every indi-
cation of being old time travellers.
The party reaches Santa -Fe, New
Mexico, early Thursday morning, the
18th. Here the Californians secede
and go via the Southern Pacific to Los
Angeles, while the others, including
your correspondent, set their faces
southwark toward the home of the
Aztec. G.. Nj. STONE.