The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1895-10-12
What | Saw From New York to
the Northwest.


It was exceedingly interesting to
watch the careful proceedings of bring
ing large ocean steamer into port.
While we were still out in the open sea
the pilot met us; after leaving his small
meet MS he Is r0wed to our side in
row boat. 4 ladder il thrown over from
our ship to his boat on which he comes
aboard our vessel Although we were
brought into port at a little after three
O'Clock in the morning some Of us, who
had never had the opportunity before
and thought it probable that we should
never have again, were out on deck
where We could see the captain and
first mate III their places as well as the
man in the crows nest, the pilot and
sailors Here We coU hear the orders
given and repeated by a sailor stationed
where not SYLLABLE could be lost or
misunderstood and another to repeat
his and 50 on till it seached the pilot,
or from the lookout to the captain.
Here we heard the real "Aye, ave,
Sir" the real 'Ali's well" and The
Anchor has her, SIR Here too we
saw the perfect order and decipline of
the sailors.
Soon after we anchored, the doctor
from the quarantine station was
brought aboard. After comforting with
the physician on board it was made
known to US that We should be allowed
10 land. 1t was interesting to watch the
tug carry him back ashore and the t. :.
mail tug brought alongside our ship to
carry off the mail from the ship and
bring aboard some morning papers
which all were anxious to get The
next stage of excitement is the t. :.
government officer coming aboard be-
tore whom YOU must pass and make a
sworn statement as to whether or not
you have any dutiablc articles with you
and to the exact number of pieces of
baggage you ha e. You are given a
card which you must hand to another
man in the office at the Battery before
YOU can get your trunks. Here a large
rotunda is piled with long tiers OF
trunks, boxes and parcels arranged I'M
der a placard bearing the letter which
la the initial Of the owners name. 4
blue clad, brass hadged inspector hold
ing your sworn statement in his hand
demands the keys to your trunk. The
manner in which you hand it to HIM as
well as your general appearance has
much to do with the yiRor of his in
vestigation. These officials are excel
lent Judges Of character. They Judge
people by the way they look and
breathe. If they try to deceive their
faces betray them. The inspectors here,
say that the peoples attitude, words.
movements and dress all tell of them.
If people would throw themselves on
the governments generosity and act IS
il they expected to be justly dealt with |
they would be surprised at the number
of things the inspector don't see e.
We now have our baggage and there
are officials near who most carefully di
rect us about getting it transferred from
the Battery to the Grand Central sta
ton on 42nd street. Being 20 used to
feeling every body for doing the slight
est favor We are most happily surprised
to find a man who informs lis that he
has his monthly salary for his work and
wants no more. No one can imagine
how pleasant it is to get back to our
Il,
our own money unless they experience
some of the iHconVeEicnces in other
countries.
As we have little time to wait for
our train we take a turn around the city
of New York on the elevated railroad
to compare it with some of the foreign
cities We saw. 1t did not seem quite
80 crowded nor quite as clean as Lon
don or Paris, but In our opinion it Is a
very fine city. Its harbor il magniti-
erpool. Broadway with its great hotels
and splendid iron and marble buildings
is one of the Graudcst streets We saw
while away. The lower course of the
que. Indeed as we wind along its banks
from New York to Troy a distance of
one hundred and tifty-one miles we
were impressed with Its beauty all the
way along. 1t looked very large and
beautiful 10 u, the Highlands and cat
kills on our lett and the pretty islands
and lovely homes along the shores add
ed much To the beauty Of lis scenery
New York is the birth place of John
Howard PAYNE the author of "IIome
Sweet Home" the song so sweet to all
the world over, but never did it sound
sweeter than when We were nearing the
shores of our own lume. and the birth
place OF the song. Here too, was the
home of James Ecnnimure Cooper, the
author Of Leather Stocking Tales. +"
The Pilot and other books without
having read which no American boy is
considered complete. And here too
was the home in later life OF our telov-
ed poet William Cullen Bryant, al
though he was born IN Cummington,
Mass.
A little farther M the river is Tarrv-
town where you may see a monument
erected on the spot where Andre the
spy was captured. Here too Is the
native county of Morse the inventor OF
the electric telegraph aud here on the
banks of the Hudson was the birth
place of Washington Irving who said.
al thanL- COL I ir,r,, Il /.