News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-08-18
From Rlchford to Winnipeg.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba
August 2, 1892. I

August 2, 1892. I
Editor News and Citizen -
The delegates selected by Mr.. D. r. Wagon
err, colonization agent, arrived here this after
noon at .3O-Winn ipeg time, and which
means y 80 of The central tiIlaea -nIiGl
at home. The party convened at Richford
on the afternoon of July 80, and was made
up of the following people,
Henry Hall, Frank Ransom, Jericho Centre
Rev. j. III. Wallace John NJ. Powell, C. C. Sa-
bin, NJ w. Rounds, Robert Dempsey A N.
Golf, Richford; w. 5. Shepardson, Fairfield
Arthur E. Ellis, C. p. Rhodes, Richmond; C.
H. Burt, E. N. Judd, C. NJ Barnes, Ira Law
renee, Enosburgb Falls; L. F. Terrill, W A.
Geo. W. Clark, n B. Blair, P f. Spaulding
MOrrisville; G. N. Benedict, J. D. Benedict,
Burlington; Ezra Kinney, S. C. Pollard, Jeri-
cho; F. FL. Crowell, F. IL. Hodges, Sutton, P.
2; b. A. Spooner, j. v Spooner, Enosburgh h.;
Chauncey rillotson, Waterville; J. b. Lam
bert, ]. Mcclure, J. E. Smith, Montgomery :;
J. {. Hodgkins, j. H. Lumbra Belvidere; r.
l.. Flagg, Jacksonville; and your cores
pendent.
The party left Richford at Clio p. m, and
through Farnham we saw some nice country
which of course we expected. We arrived at
Mile End, pear Montreal, at 900 p. m Here
We were allotted a colonists' car, with mat
tresses and pillows The car is so arranged
that two seats face each other and can be
brought together in the centre, making the
Stats for bed place your mattress on these
and it makes a comfortable bed for two Der
sons. Above the seats is row of hunks. ex
tending around the car In the morning we
put the bedding in the hunks. close them I'D,
and have good car to ride in. Many of us
did not get accustomed to the novelty of
sleeping on a moving train, the first night.
and the result was that we were astir much
carrier sunday morning than we would have
been had we been at home When daylight
first began to dawn so that we could get a
view of the country through which we were
passing, we were very much disappointed
Some of us had anticipated that we might see
some desolate country, but did not think of
reaching it so soon.
We arrived at Pembroke at 5.35 a. m. Sun
day-224 miles from Montreal Here is quite
large lumber mandatory. We saw hosts
OF logs IN the river. After leaving that place
for the next 100 miles there were only five or
SIX towns worth mentioning, and we will
speak OF them as reach them
Words cannot describe the desolation of the
country through which we passed. The near
est OF any comparison that can make would
be TO ask you TO imagine that you were pass
ing through country on both sides of which
IL looked like the territory just above Wolcott
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ney. 1t is rough, rocky and barren. What
TIMBER that was of any value has been cut off;
since then forest fires have done their work
and the soil has been completely destroyed.
hathaway we found quite a little village of
600 inhabitants, something of a railroad
point. We arrived at North Bay at 80 Sun
day. Here is another railroad town-11S
miles from hathaway. Everything in the
shape of food has to be transported into |
these towns; they produce nothing They |
cannot even have cellars to their houses, and |
If they wish to build they can get all the |
foundation stone right on the spot where |
they wish to set the building. Sudbury, 81 |
miles further west, is mining town of 1000 |
inhabitants. Here are located four large
mines, employing from 100 to coo hands in |
eaeh NINE The mines are nickle, copper and |
silver From Sudbury to Port Arthur, dis !
tanee of $50 miles, | would not give fifteen |
cents for the whole of it, were | TO be com
PEELED to live on it.
We caught glimpse of Lake Superior for
the hrst time Monday morning, and for the
nrst time saw some very beautiful scenery:
Dut IL soon became monotonous, there being |
so much OF it. For several hours wefollowed
the lake. At Jack Fisk Bay we bad TO 90
around its borders a distance of seven miles
when II we could have crossed it it would not
have been more than one-third of n mile We
arrived at Fort William at p. IN. Monday,
and all took dinner at the G. p r. hotel here
We had to wait about two hours for the
steamer, which gave US time to rest. Here
the Z. Z. X. has three large elevators, which
hold about million and a quarter bushels of
wheat each, and they are so arranged that
they will unload car of wheat in seven min
1tes They will load u boat, which will carry
80, 1000 bushels, in two hours and twenty
minutes
At Winnipeg we found "a very nice city of
10000 inhabitants. Soon after reaching here
your correspondent formed the acquaintance
Of Mr.. w. A. Moore of st. Johns p. O., and
mas formerly lived in Vermont. To this ge-
NAL gentleman we are indebted for many cour-
5esies. There are many nice buildings here,
Of which L will speak next time. By
jhe way, L must not forget to mention someI
Of the pleasant incidents on the way. Among
5he noticeable features were two carloads Of
cinnamon, tltysix in number, who were on
heir way back to China. If ever had any
for the Chinese, it has all vanished
or of all the sickening, dirty, nasty, speekled
pecimens OF horned cattle these take the
AXE.
On Sunday afternoon religious services we're
led in our car while the train was moving at
he rate of twenty-five miles an hour Rev
DR. Wallace gave us n very able DISCOURSE
IN Monday purse of $50 was raised for the
lergyman in very few minutes. He accept
d the same with feeling remarks Mr. Wag- /
,oner is doing every thing in his power to
make the trip pleasant, comfortable and in
erestlng, WAITE. ]