Connecticut western news., 1890-07-30
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a further preface we would also say that ten or twelve years ago the editor promised his son that sometime" he would take him on trip by steamer down the Hudson river by daylight. That long -talked-of but often deferred trip was made two weeks since, in full filment of said promise, yet since the promise was originally made the son has grown to be larger than his father and when the trip occurred the ques- tion arose, was the father taking the son on the trip or was the son taking the father on the trip {? They were so glad to get away from their treadmill that they lost no time in arguing that question, so they quickly compromised the matter by agreeing that they were travelling together and then directed their attention to the scenery and the various objects of interest on their route. The following is an outline of their trip.
 We left Canaan by the Housatonic R. R. limited express train at 7:22 p. m On Wednesday evening, July 16th. On entering Ct Harrington we observed the smoking ruins of Col Browns barn which was struck by lightning and con- sumed during the shower of the previ- ous day. We arrived at Albany at 9:45 and after registering at Stanwix Hall we strolled up State street and gazed at the S2O,OOO,O ,O0O sepulcher-the massive pile of marble called the state capitol in which it IS said $20,O00, 900 lie buried. "A thing of beauty is joy forever" but this building-this marble monument of iolly-is not even thing of beauty consequently it cannot be 8 joy forever, neither will it last forever for the ceiling in some parts of the building is already in dangerous condition unless it has been recently repaired The capitol has been years in building is still unfinished and no one dares predict when 1t will be com pleted. It has already cost about eight times as much as Connecticut's capitol at Hartford, but whom we compare the architectural beauty and the convent ence of the two edi6ces we would not trade Connecticut's beautiful capitol for eight such marble quarries as stand on State street in Albany.
 Returning to the hotel we were shown to our room but we slept very little as the night was extremely waIm. Every where, on the streets, in the park, and in the hotel office the air was oppressive. The whole city was wrestling with the hot wave. The natives apparently knew the futility of trying to sleep until the weather changed, so many of them remained out doors and about mid night two processions, each headed by a brass band, paraded the streets At eight o'clock on Thursday morning we "walked the plank" of the steamer " Albany" and found large number of people on board. Soon the lines were cast of, the band struck up a lively tune, the steamer swung out into the river and started at full speed toward New York. The breeze caused by the speed of the boat was refreshing. and the music of the band was inspiriting, while the views of the quickly shifting scenery were charming. A day on the Hudson-who can describe it ? Words cannot paint the scenery, although they record the histosical events connected with the points and villages on each bank of the river. A good idea of the scenery can be obtained from the
 Panorama of the Hudson" which is large book, containing 500 feet oi views of each shore, taken from tug anchored in mid-stream at various
 points between Albany and New York.
 The panorama sells for S1 per copy, and can be obtained on the boat. The
 geographical, historical and statistica
 description of the points and places or
 the river must be obtained from the
 guide book. The fare from Albany tt
 New York is only 8. A good dinner, or the European plan, is served on the boat. Landings are made at the princi pal places on each side of the river. A Poughkeepsie we met the day boa from New York and exchanged bras
 bands. We landed at Desbrosses street New York, at 6 p. m., and proceeded t. our hotel. Albany was hot, but Nev York was hotter until heavy thunde shower at D. m cooled the atmos phere.
 Many of the churches are closed a this season of the year, but after suppe ' we attended the Thursday evening | meeting at handsome building ol l East 14th street. There were but fey present, owing to the rain, no doubt | SO the sexton showed us the way t. ! the best seats and we concluded
 they had tony pastor who did no
 make his appearance on rainy evening
 or else was away on vacation Tn
 seats were arranged in semi-circle ant there were two semi circle galleries t
 the room. There was large curtail
 in front and on each side of it were tw l or three tiers of bay windows with pee | pie sitting in them and looking strai
 at that curtain as though they expecte
 the tony pastor to appear and open tn
 meeting. All at once the people bega
 to rap on the floor with canes an
 umbrellas and then brass band poppe up below that curtain. and If yon