Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-07-24
THE HUB OF THE UNIVERSE.
The National Editors Make a Pill
grimage to the Mecca.

/ TAE hO Is Of Idn Una EINoh
The National Editors Make Pill
grimage to the Mecca.
A Pleasant and 1t Is Hoped Prof.
table Meeting Notes Along the
way Many Scenes and Places
OF Interest Visited.
During theclosing days Of the past
June the National Editorial asso-
citation held its sixth annual meet
ing in that alleged elfete and high.
ly cultured city Of Boston. Being
member Of that august body,
the writer, accompanied by his
spouse, started four weeks ago
to-day-a little carly-with the
object Of spending Sabbath IN
Brooklyn, the town at the end Of
the great bridge, and hearing that
eminent divine, Talmage, deliver
once Of his noted sermons. Our
route from here was via. the NJ.
X. & T. to Hannibal and thence
over the Chicago, Burlington K
Quincy to Chicago, two roads
wiich nsak@ close connec-.
tions and form the best route from
the Southwest to Chicago. That
the car service is complete will be
more fully understood when the
statement is made that a
passenger at Galveston may board
a Pullman which will land him in
the queen city Of the west without
change, distance Of over | POO
miles. From Chicago to the east
we went over the Chicago & At
lantic and the celebrated Erie
the New York, Lake Erie *
which likewise have
through car service extending
from Chicago to New York and
also to Boston, the latter point be-
ing reached via. the famous Hoo
sac Tunnel route. Almost every
mile of this road is \ revelation to
the westerner, as astonishing rs
would be a trip through another
hemisphere. TO the old soldiers
of the west who are soon TO meet
in national eneampment at Boston,
August 18th to 18th, we can un-
qualifedly recommend this route
The road is thoroughly ballasted
and is doubled-tracked most of the
way; the time made is very rapid,
and the scenery as grand rs the
country affords. Two famous oil
producing regions, an industry
new to all from tho west. are trav-
ersed for many miles, while for
the eastern hundred miles or so a
canal noperation is witnessed from
the car window most of the time
the Delaware and Hudson-the /
oldest canal Of note in the country.
Leaving the Indian Territory with |
the corn in tassel and passing in
less than fifty hours to a section
Of country where it was in many |
instances less than six inches in /
height, is a strange spectacle and |
left feeling OF doubt as to what
the season had in store for our
eastern friends. The farmers were /
not despondent, however, and /
doubtless what looked to US like +
prospect of utter failure, wore 90 /
them another aspect. All the /
towns passed bore a thifty ap- /
pearance and gave unmistakablo |
evidence Of prosperity.
On arriving Sunday morning in /
Brooklyn we were disappointed to /
learn that the great preacher was I
absent on his summer vacation,
leaving his flock for the time to /
work out their own salvation. As +
compromise we walked across I
and examined the great bridge. I
viewed the Bartholdi statue and /
the shipping. and spent the after
noon at Central park.
Monday evening found us aboard /
one of the magnificent steamers Of
the Norwich line, bound for the /
"Hub"-Boston-which place was 4
reached early Tuesday morning by 4
the New York K New England 4
train from New London, running /
in connection with the line Of
steamers This is the most popu-
lar transportation line Of the New
England states and reaches by its
connections most of the cities of
importance east of the Hudson /
river.
Most Of the members Of the con-
vention had reached Boston on the {
preceding evening by rail direct,
and the arrival of the contingent
from New York, with the ladies,
swelled the number Of visitors to
nearly 800 the largest gathering
Of the kind ever Assem- mbled in the
United States.
For the first time in the history
Of the commonwealth (there is no
such thing as the state Of Massa-
the house Of representa-
tives had granted the use Of its
ball-ft Of the great gilded
dome-for the purpose ofaconven-
tion, and Gov Bracket in corai-
81 speech Of welcome took occasion 1
to again express his approval