Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1896-10-01
A SPICY Breeze from the west.

n spicy breeze from the W est.
Mr.. c. c. W Written, who, with his wife
had reached Greeley, Colorado, where they
intended to stay until the first of October
gives this amusing account of their tray
els to that point
sour trip from Montreal through the
Provinces was travelled without anything
special happening. The cars were very
dusty but our train kindly stopped al
every station, where there was a lunch
room with bar connected, the latter inya-
riably Offering Canadian Club whiskey as
one of the leading spirits of the place.
We arrived at Chicago in the afternoon
without any accidents and without hear
ing much politics talked, and remained
until 10 p. m. in the windiest, dirtiest,
meanest city have ever stopped in up To
date; tried to see little of it while there
and saw more than / ever shall again.
Paid 40 cents for checking wraps, and SO
forth, a few hours; So cents for transfer
ring baggage two blocks 1--WE walked)
Il 40 excess baggage to Denver, and il we
mad remained all night, should have had
TO sell baggage at auction, pawn watches,
and so forth, to get back home again: but
we blew in to a fairly good restaurant
and had a decent meal at a reasonable
price. i ate all the pickles and 'scooped
the wooden toothpicks-tried to get even
but failed. God bless Chicago Of He
wants to- / can't and won't. Shall shun
that place forever, unless it is possible 10
go through in the night with car doors
locked; il not, shall go by water from
Frisco TO New York,o through the north
ern part of Quebec on a dog sled,
The next day, ii was more lively and
interesting. found in the smoky end OF
the Pullman car a democratic gold bug, a
surveyor of streets from New York, and a
republican silver bug, in the oyster bust
ness at Philadelphia, and they argued the
great question OF the day most of the way
to Denver, The silver bug came out the
winner, and we had to help his opponent
from the car at the end OF the Journey.
curing the discussion we We're Joined by
8 ehins whiskered man from lowell, Mass,
who formerly lived In Boseawen, n. H.,
and his SON in-law from Minneapolis,
who used to live in st. Johnsbury. All
were bound for points near here, and all
thought we were making no mistake in
looking for future home in this state.
Talk about politics-the East is not in
il. Even the babies out here, wearing
short pants and abbreviated dresses, are
only too willing and able to express their
opinion of the states Mckinley or Bryan
are sure to carry; also the states that have
fused or are expected to fuse and OF
Others lin doubt BY the latter presume
they mean those in which no powder or
dynamite has been planted, which makes
1t uncertain whether they will bust one
way or the other.
There is no sociability in the smoking
cars now. There is some easy converse
tion this side the big river, but beyond
and towards the East there seems TO be
more silence, Each man there seems en-
compassed by the impenetrable atmos-
phere OF his own suffering Harte.
Really there is difference, laying all
newspaper comments aside. Those who
travel, no matter what their own beliefs
may be, can distinguish difference. The
is here-anywh every
II the question is not decid-
ed in November in favor of the West, ii
Will be four years hence or we can look
for another revolution.
Through Iowa, Nebraska and part OF
Kansas, corn predominated as far as the
eye could reach from the train; nothing
else is raised there evidently. Occasion
ally we would pass small patch of 300 or
100 acres covered with black hogs and
mud-the balance is corn. They fat hogs
On corn, keep pigs and cows on cornstalks
In winter, eat corn bread, drink corn
and use corn for fuel in some
az they claim ii Is much cheaper
han wood or coal.
Even the corn eobs they now utilize by
boiling them with cheap grade of sugar
Q make maple syrup equal TO that OF
Vermont this | was told By several corn |
ed looking men met in that country who |
seemed 70 be sincere). The statement has
been verified by parties OF undoubted We |
acity, whom / met here ten years ago. |
3orn q are also used for curing hams |
md OF purposes.
II Sc TRANCE 10 me how the descend |
nls Of m la this enlightened age can |
Nist aluh 81 entirely on one vegetable |
,ut Il appears 10 be thusly.
Everything has the appearance of being |
bout right here. The 'spud' crop (called |
potatoes East viii not be quite so heavy |
5 last year, and they are not quite ripe |
nough for market yet, but a small green
ne from the Greeley belt was shown
irs. {. c. yesterday that tipped the scales
1 81 pounds; it was raised on my UNI
les ranch 12 miles west of the city
his she viii attest to before a notary pub
ic If necessary.
Being rather sensitive myself, / have al
rays felt as though some Randolph peo-
lie doubted my word with regard to Gree
~ 'spuds.' Bat il is well-knoWn and
ndisputed fact here that small families
My bake one of the smaller size grown
Or a meal, and remove the inside with a
pooh, from one or both ends, the same as
Iutfing is taken from turkey.
A change from Vermont to Colorado
Innate is sure to cause contraction and
Spansion of certain parts of the human
ystem. The inner membrane of the OIL
lctory peduncle must be contracted so
nat the oxygen inhaled will amount to
to 10 Ii is considered best, by good
to take what is required The
rst few weeks through the pores OF the
Iin, the process being accelerated by
assage treatment. II care is not taken,
lie lungs fill too rapidly, and then the
inject experiences all the previous emo
ons of Darius Green. l have every reason
believe that tive-eighths of an inch in
ease in chest measure the first four weeks
this altitude is perfectly safe. We
ave been measured as often as necessary
Id at present writing are within the
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