Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-05-14

Our Trip.


refer, will know how strongly the agree
ment was ratified.
In day or two others had said Yes
one a young man of nineteen whom did
not know, and SO felt doubtful but
made amends, for better companion we
could not have had. His appreciation of
all We saw, his breadth of judgment in
estimating everything, as well as his
generous good nature were a surprise and
pleasure, and in a week l was grateful to
him for coming.
The bookseller joined us for a New
York trip, a fatal union. He could not
wrenched from him a promise TO take the
months journey.
Dear reader, If your patience holds out
and our friend, the editor, continues kind
enough to allow us space, We mean to
write two or three letters based on the
notes taken by the way, embracing the
round trip. Don't skip the first chapter,
because we are going to do that, for the
most part. You will care little for our
experiences this side of Chicago, If indeed
you do at all.
We reached Boston on the morning of
April eth, and breakfasted at the Quincy"
in the company of a distinguished citi-
zen of Ellsworth. who frankly told us he
envied us and as frankly accused me of
falsehood when | told him the cost of
tickets for the journey, which | am TO
neagerly describe However he babe US
hearty goodbye and god-speed, and made
us wish that he too was to make one of
our party.
At | 4. NJ. we were of via New IIamp-
shire and Montreal, the only two at
fractions being the birthplace Of Webster,
whose memory | only admire for his
intellect, and the White Mountains loom
ing IN the distance.
We had taken n Pullman tourists car.
Mr.. Benson, the courteous agent of the
Maine Central K. X. at Bangor was to
blame. 1t is the only unkind thing OF
which ever knew him guilty; We for
gave him, for in every other way he proved
himself friend of great value Right
here let me say to those of limited means,
like myself, if you contemplate 4 similar
undertaking and cannot 60 first class,
don't go; after you pass Chicago the
difference is misery and comfort.
The cost is but slightly more, the privi-
leges transcendently more. We awoke
after the tirst night, those of u who
slept; the red paint, with which the seats
of the tourist Pullman are upholstered, is
not soft, and we had on board two
| horrors. enemies of the human race, the
man who snores and the man who goes Il
bed at eight o'clock AMI wakes himself snc
everybody else at four Between the two
| ! had better staid up.
| We were on the Canadian shore of Lakt
Ontario. Its white beaches that lend III,
same hue to lis waters are the only thing,
| of beauty TO be seen in the whole morn
ing's ride. Ii is dreary ride until WI
reach Ontario city, where we have an hour
or two TO look about us. We were al
surprised at the elegant structures and III,
widrl and cleanliness of the streets. II.
public and private buildings will compar,
favorably with Boston and in the simpl,
but excellent arrangements Of its street.
it will surpass that city. What struck m'
most forcibly wa. the strong contrast il
the movements of people; there was
| noticeable absence of the rush and hurry
so noticeable in our larger cities. We onl,
saw the better portion, but everybody
seemed neatly, many elegantly attired
Some of our party thought the ladies O
New England much more beautiful, bu
this might be patriotism. After this III
ride was much more pleasant, the swamp
AHA OFF M5aer i st fts s st St th tna a
sea increased.
At night we have reached Port Edwards
where we not only board the ferry an,
cross to the American side. but also pac
our watches one hour back to meet tn
| Central time. Port Huron i. city o
| $1,000 inhabitants, but our STAY is too
l
short for observations Thursday morn
| Ing brings Us To Chicago. | can not pass
by this great city without saying a wore
| or two, even with my promises before me
1t was here that | came to realize how
much of a tenderfoot was | was simpl,
amazed. New York can show greater
city and great buildings aud wonderful
business capacity, but in the size aud
elegance Of her structures she is a baby BY
| comparison. An isolated building Of ten
or fifteen stories is worth looking at. bu,
whole blocks and squares of buildings
from sixteen TO twenty stories and all 50
large and so beautiful in structure and 50
general ] had no conception Of
1t was stormy gloomy day or would
have been if the dentists good nature had
not been spread over everything; and a
little later we found our old friend, Elgin
hodgkins, who with generous hospitality
gave Us the whole day and where didn't
he take us?
The finest building We saw or that |
ever saw is the Auditorium. 1t is won
derful combination, observatory, theatre,
banquet hall and hotel, said to be the finest
in our country. Go and see it when YOU
are there. But we must go West and we
do so at s P. NJ, Thursday. We are In
Missouri when we wake the next morning
and our story begins, and before | intro
duce you, dear reader, TO the kind acquain-
tances of the morning and of later morn
lngs, who were SO valuable to US all along
the way in acquiring knowledge which
otherwise We must have done without.
let me speak of what to me was one of the
great surprises of the trip The marked
difference between people of the South and
West and those of the North and East is
a curious study; later l shall venture some
reasons for it. New England has so long
closed her skirts about her, considering
herself the intellectual leader of our states
etc, that she will be long in learning that
IN true democracy, in the practical appli-
cation of the institutions born under the
stars, as well as in much that pertains to
culture and refinement, the West, class for
class, leads her by fifty years and it is all
SO natural When the higher classes of
the East mingle with the lower, they con-
descend, they patronize. they make it
8DDarent the most vuluor khinn ~, 1851