The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

boon to travellers. The hackmen, from
whom they must necessarily get most of
their information, tell them all sorts of
yarns; these people with whom 1 talked
had been told that the trip on the Maid
of the Mist, up under the falls, was a
farce, and they did not intend to 90
there. This trip really gives one the
best idea of the cataract that can be had
from any point of view, but of course it
is not beneficial to the hackmen.
Buffalo is making the most of its splen-
did location, at one end of our great lake
waterways, and grows visibly from year
to year. 1t is a very pleasant city, clean
and bright; and has many very beautiful
streets, notably Delaware avenue and up
per Main street. Travelling by the Lake
Shore railway, the Nickel Plate road
which parallels the Lake Shore all the
way to Chicago, attracted our attention
as monument of mans greed. Built
only as a scheme to compel the
Lake Shore to buy it at big price or
submit to a ruinous competition. The
road was not then needed, nor will it be
for years to come, if ever. AS the train
ran along the high grade mile or two
back from the lake, it afforded us many
lovely views of the sea-like expanse of
water, dotted with vessels, and of the
tree shaded grass lands sloping toward
the shore. AS we passed over the bridge
at Ashtabula, we were reminded of the
horrible wreck that occurred there one
black night years ago, with the loss of
many lives, among them the author of so
many hymns in the Moody and Sankey
hymn book, and which was followed by
the suicide of the chief engineer of the
road, who built the ill-fated bridge.
CleYeland seemed more smoky than
ever, but her steady growth is very ap-
parent; both on the west side of the
river, which is now spanned by two great
viaducts, and easterly toward the new
park, six miles from the public square in
the heart of the city, to which Euclid
avenue, that queen of streets, is the ap-
proach. Adelbert College, with its
hand ONE stone buildings, and the beau
tiful cemetery, which contains the finest
monument in this country, that of
President Garfield, adds greatly to the
be uty of that part of the city, and
richly worth visit. The monument is
grand structure, beautiful within and
without, and as it stands ON high ground
the view from it over city and lake is
magnificent, and the building can be seen
great iron and oil works, ship building,
and an immense general trade are max
ing of it large city. The great draw
back to it, and all other western cities is
in the clouds of pitchy smoke from the
soft coal burned A great flake lights
on your face, you proceed to knock il
off and behold long, gresy black mark,
very difficult to get off, even with soap
and water. Light colored clothes and
ladies' white dresses are shining marks
for this SCOT. Passing through Indiana,
at place where there is but single
track, our train was side tracked to al
low the eastern bound Exposition
Flyer" to pass us. The train load emptied
itself onto the grassy field beside the
track, and it was a regular picnic; the
people strolled about while we waited
for the flyer, which presently went by
like flash. A large number of pennies
had been placed on the rails, but the
speed of the train was so great, not one
OF them could be found. The conductor
was a sensible man, he remarked that he
preferred the passengers to view the
flyer from safe place aud wait for them
to board the train again, rather than risk
having some of them run over. We
found the "White City, more beautiful
than we had imagined it could be; we
would have felt amply repaid for our
journey if we had seen only the outside
OF the buildings, and the illumination at
night. No adequate idea can be gained
by seeing pictures of the exposition, one
must see it, as it is.
doubt if such wonderful variety of
beautiful architectural effects were ever
before seen in one place, as visitors to
Jackson Park look upon. No matter
from what, or in what direction one
looks, the shining white buildings loom
up, things of beauty, but sad to say, not
joys forever. 1t is hard to convince
oneself, looking about at the wonderful
creations of the architect and engineer,
that these fairy-like structures in few
months will be only a mass of rubbish
and old iron. l mention the engineers,
for without their wonderful skill these
great palaces would have existed only
on paper; and am proud of the fact
that our own r. p. l., the best engineer
ing school in the world, has proved its
claim to be such, by the remarkable en-
gineering feats performed at the exposi-
ton, by It's graduates. The beautiful
lake is a wonderful addition to the pic
ture, which would not be complete with
OuO lU1 fbuu OuO VI wa
ter and grounds by the landscape gard
eners, enhances very greatly the beauty of
the whole. Who that stood under the
magnificent Peristyle and looked out
over the vividly blue lake, and then in
ward over the lagoon to the Administra
ton building, will ever forget that view;
either in the bright sunlight, or under
the witchery of the queen of night, her
silver rays mingling with those of the
thousands of electric lights that outlined
the lagoon and the white palaces: or the
outlook from under the grand dome of
the Agricultural building over the Ia
goon, past the enormous length of the
Liberal Ats, to the group of snowy
structures far beyond. If asked my
choice of the buildings as to beauty of
architecture, it would be the Fisheries,
on account of its quaint and charming
style, and curious ornamentation. The
splendid aquarium in the annex to this
structure, think will equal the one at
Brighton, England, which is famous the
world over. In the Plaisance, the Cairo
street is possibly the most interesting
exhibit, although some may prefer the
Javanese village; but the grand Ferris
wheel makes all else seem plain and
weak. More fortunate than the Paris
Exposition is the one at Chicago, for
while the huge Eiffel Tower completely
dwarfed the great buildings about it, the
Ferris Wheel is far enough away so that
it, as well as the exposition buildings
proper, stand out in full relief. and do
NOT dwarf zach other The Farris Wheel