The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-23
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visited Walton, n. r.. last week, . |
beautiful town in the flank Of the
CztSkisIs, at the head Of the Delaware
Il was there, IN that quiet and pictur-
esque valley, that the crest phsi.n-
shropixt, and amesiorator, Jay Gould.
f5r~t attracted Intention He has .
number a; relatives fhere who note
with pleasure the fact thst Mr.. Gould
is not fritsering away his means dur
ing his lifetime
In the o1fice OF Mr.. Nish. ct Walton,
there Is map OF the csunty made BY
Jar Gould while in the surveying ensa-
ness, and several years before ne De-
came monarch OF All he surveyed.
In Franklin there is an old wheel
barrow which Mr. Gould used on ms
early surveying trips. In this ne car
RED his Surveying instruments. ms
uiyht shirf arid manicare set ton-
,.as-trj With the wheel there is an ar
rs,,rement by which at night the
yeIng surveyor could tell at a glance,
with the aid of piece OF red chalk
ana a barn door. Just how far he had
Travelled during the day.
IN faylfst the
father OF the pessometer and the cy-
ciorarna. lust as the boy Is frequently
father To the man. Ii was also, no
doubt. the avAnt courier OF the Dutch
clock. new used on freight eabooses,
which not only shows how far the car
has travelled, bat also the rate OF speed
for each mile. the average rainfall and
whether the conductor has eaten
onions during the day.
This instrument has worked quite
change in railroading since my time.
Years ago, can remember, when !
used to ride in q caboose and enjoy
myself, and before good fortune had
made me the target OF the alert and
swift flying whisk broom Of the PAL
ace car, 1t was my chief Joy 10 catch
| freight over the hill from Cheyenne,
on the mountain division We were
not due anywhere until the following
day, and so, at the top Of the noun
| tain we would cut of the caboose and
let the train go ON. We would then 60
into the glorious hills and gather sage
hens anu cotton tails. In the summer
We would put in the afternoon catch
ing trout in the Dale creek or gather
ing maiienhair ferns in the bosky
deiis. Bosky dells were more plenty
there at that time than they are now.
1t was a delightful sensation TO
know that we could loll about in the
glorious weather, secure a small string
of stark, vanished front with chap
lped backs, hanging aimlessly by one
gill TIA CORY willow stringer and Their
beat our train home by two hours by
letting OF the brakes and riding
twenty miles in fifteen minutes.
! saw Niagara falls on Thursday fol
the first time The sight is one Ions
to be remembered. / did not go t
the falls. but viewed them from tn,
lcar window in all their might, majesty
power and dominion forever.
Niagara falls plunge from 4 hug
elevation by reason OF its inability Z
remain on the sharp edge of a preci
ipice several feet higher than the poin
to which the falls are now falling
This causes noise to make its APP
pearance, and a thick mist, composes
OF minute particles of wetness, rise.
L to its full hight and comes down agaii
afterwards. Words are inadequate Il
show here, even with the aid of 4
large. powerful new press, the grand
eur, what you may call the vertigo, o.
Niagara. Everybody from ali ovel
the world goes to see and listen to the
remarks OF this great fail. How con
venient and pleasant it is to be cata-
ract like that and have people to come
lin great crowds to see and hear you
How much better that is than TO be q
lecturer, for instance, and have TO fol-
low people to their homes in order t.
attract their attention!
Many people in the United States
! ami Canada, who were once as pure as
the beautiful snow. have fallen. but
they did not attract the attention that
Niagara does.
The officer said tina. had nothing
in my luggage that was liable to duty,
but Stated that would need heavier
underwear in Canada than the sam
PIES l had with me.
Toronto is stirring city o. 150,0oQ
lpeople. who are justly proud of her
lgreat prosperity. | only regretted
mat | could not stay there longer.
| met 4 man in Cleveland, Ohio,
whose name was Macdonald. He
was at the Vetdell house, and talked
freely with me about our country,
asking me great many questions
about myself, and whereI lived and
how | was prospering. While we
were talking at one time. be saw some
thing in the paper which interested
him and called him away. Alter he
had gone | noticed the paragraph he
had been reading and saw that il spoke
Of a man named Macdonald who had
recently arrived in town from New
York and who was introducing a new
line of green goods.
/ have often wondered what there is
about my general appearance which
seems To draw about me cluster OF
: green goodsmen wherever | so. Is i,
the odor of new Hown hay, or the
frank, open way in which | seem &c
measure the hight OF the loIties:
buildings with my eye as ] penetrate
! the busy haunts of men and throug
the crowded narts of trade? Or DC
strangers suspect me of being n man
L
| In Cleveland l was rather indis-
posed, owing to the fac; that ! had
bscn sitting up until or 3 O'Clock a.
m. for several night in order to miss
early trains. went 10 q physician,
who said | was suffering from SOME
new and attractive disea 6, which lie
could cope with in day or two.
teld him 10 cope. He prescribed a
large ~ csliber capsule, which he said
iocntainei medical properties. 1t
Knight have contained theat icai prep
critics and still had room lett for a
baby grand piano. ! do not know
iwhy the capsule should be so popular.
would rather swallow porcelain egg
or live turtle. Doctors claim that il
il to prevent the bad taste OF the med
icines. but | have never vet parfici-
pated in any medicine W Itch was more
iaisagreea.ae than the giuey shell OF
an adult capsule, which looks like an
lovergroxn bolt and tastes like 4 ran
eli nightmare.
| ] doubt the good taste os any one
| who viii turn rp his nose ct castor
oil or qainine and vet meekly swallow
a crystals with yarnish on the out
| 8 tc-
Everywhere ! go find people who
seem plea ed with the manner in
which hare succee led in resembling
the graphic pictures made 10 repre-
sent me IN the newspaper. ! can
lt-uly Say that am not vain man,
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