The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-05
My Trip TO New York City.

The following essay was written by
Miss Eleanor Ferris, 11-year old daugh-
ter of Col. Ferris, bright little miss
we'll known to many families in Boze-
man, where she lived with her parents
for some time. She now lives in Fond
du Lac, Wis, with her mother, who is
forced to live in lower altitude. With
out the permission of her father we
present the article for the news it con-
tains, and to show her little Bozeman
friends how observing is Miss Eleanor,
who wrote the essay without misspelling
a word, and without assistance:
about two months ago went to New
York city. I took the morning train at
the Northwestern depot and went alone
we took train on the Michigan South
ern and 1wont straight to new orK, by
way of the N. Y. Central, and got there
the next night at about seven o'clock.
The first night we went to Brooklyn
on the ferry, and in the evening went to
see Henry Dixie in Adonis. The next
afternoon | went to the Mikado, that is
play where they are all dressed up like
japanese and do good deal of singing.
The next dav was Sunday and we went |
to st, Peters church in the morning and |
inthe afternoon to Trinity chapel. where
they have large boy choir. all in sur
plices, and one boy had lovely soprano |
voice, we could hear his voice swe { |
and clear above all the others. The
next day we started early in the morn
ing and went to Central Park and did |
not get home until about four O'Clock in
the afternoon. On the way there saw
Grants, Vanderbilt's, Wizards and Tiff
fany's houses.
The first thing that we went to in
Central Park was the Art Museum.
There we saw great many pieces of
statuary and few mummies and tombs,
and one in which one of the kings of
Cyprus was found. Then there were some
old court dresses that were studded with
precious stones, and up in the gallery
there were some old chains, carvings
and rings and bracelets that were made
If copper with gold knobs, and in the
lrt gallery we saw some very old paint |
ngs, but did not care much for those. {
Then we took the street car and went /
o the restaurant, where we had our q
Inner and then went to look at tho
nimals in the menagerie. Among the
nany saw / will only mention Arctic :
og, two or three polar bears, llama, a :
ison and many birds. The obelisk was :,
ute near the museum and had a great !,
lany curious carvings on it. a
The next afternoon we went to Eden a
Iussee. That is a kind of museum If
here they have wax figures, and some re
ere so real that passed by them and p
lought they were real people. They CT
ere put all over just like people. Just W
! front of the door as you go in, there d.
a wax policeman, and it was so real ez
lat / thought it was real policeman at 10
rst. The next morning we went to ci
mpson & Crawford's and Malleys, both g
rye dry goods stores, and had our lunch y
'wn town. The next day we intended - -
60 TO Long Island, but it stormed so :,
could not. The next day was about f.
q same. =.
The next afternoon we went to see DC
1win Booth in Hamlet, and on the way
'me we went into toy bazaar. There to
ey had everything from q dolls car ce
Ige to dolls sewing machine and lal
Her skates. SUI
The next morning we went on the tni
svated road to Trinity church, and in toi
e afternoon my uncle took me to va
ooklYn across Brooklyn bridge, and to lne
rsey City on the ferry. While I was
ling down on the street car on Broad =,
y to the bridge / saw Stewards large =.
Y goods store, the post Office, that is a -,
ge marble building, the Tribune Office, !
1t is large brick building about ten ba
,ries high. There is also large build no,
! called the Chelsea building, about suc
rteen or fourteen stories high. On tiol
: way to Brooklyn / did not see much \
anything but the bridge. However, for
en- left Brooklyn for jersey City I fer,
' Governors Island, on which Gen. sire
ncock lived and died; the Battery and frol
tile Garden, where all the emigrants gen
d. and the pedestal for the statue of tina
'erty on Bedloe's Island. The next tair
I came home. was very sorry, dur
, for il seems that The last dav or 80 De
card Of 10 MANI tbinos I wanted 81 anc
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