Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-08
A JOURNEY WESTWARD.

Dear Monitor.-As many MONITOR
readers are friends of mine, possibly
an occasional letter from me as take
a western trip may be acceptable.
Myself and wife left Caledonia
county some days since with the in
tention of visiting friends in different
localities, finally bringing up in Mis-
souri,, where we shall spend portion
of the later winter. We arrived in
this place, Washington, N. j., fe W
| days since, having visited Boston and
other towns and cities in Mass. We
| found our friends i'll usual health and
in active business. Most of them are
Orleans 90. people. G. d. Wright is
located in Fanueil Hall Market, doing
a good business. Fred Wright is a
drummer. He has recently lost his
wife and two children and now
resides with his mother, Mrs. Alma
Wright. 1t is not necessary to de-
scribe Boston. 1t is very busy,
wide awake city and will be a more
agreeable one when the subways
are completed and some of the street
travel is put under ground. We Wis
tied Brockton, one of the great shoe
manufacturing centres of the country,
where we found DR.. E. Warren Clark
comfortably situated enjoying a good
practice. The next day we went to
Holbrook where DIR. Caleb Clark is
well and pleasantly situated, the
doctor doing a good business. Here
we encountered a severe snowstorm
and a severe cold snap. We left
this place for Fall River, where we
took the magnificent steamer "Pil-
grim" for New York. The night was
dark and little could be seen of city
or surroundings. The boat itself is
quite sight and city by itself, one
of the very best that floats on Ameri-
can waters. A band enlivened the
scene during the evening and the
ride for short distance was pleasant,
but as the boat passed Newport it
encountered the ocean waves and
danced about in lively manner. We
took our staterooms and beds, but,
somehow, did not find much sleep or
rest. Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep" is very pretty song, and to
US it is much more pleasant than
the reality. We took an excellent
breakfast and enjoyed the scene in
the approach toward New York; the
almost countless craft of all sorts
plying in every direction; here is the
great Brooklyn bridge, one of the
greatest bridges in the world; here
magniicently high buildings of these
great cities. Arriving at orr wharf
we took ferry boat across the Hud
son to Hoboken, lively New Jersey
city, and which seemed to be a great |
railroad center or terminus. We |
took train for this place washing |
tom, passing through Patterson, the |
home of vice president elect Hobart. |
We arrived in w. after short and |
interesting ride through populous
section. This place is famous for it's
organ factories, where four factories |
are making these instruments. The |
canal from the coal regions runs
through the place and in boating sea-
sons the business on the canal is very
great. Here we found ID. Sidney
Frost, who lives with his son Frank.
Mr.. Frost, senior, is about "a years
Did and very smart for man of that
ige. He took me about to see the
sights and it was all 1 could do to
Keep up with him on the walk Dur
ng his ministerial career, besides
preaching uncounted sermons, he has
Preached 1447 funeral discourses, SOL
'mnized 925 marriages. He is quite
leaf and does little ministerial work.
This is quite section for dairying,
he milk being sold and carried to
Jew York. During midsummer 81
milk cars, each carrying $50 ten gal
on cans, leave the place daily. There
las not been much cold weather here
Until of late.
More as we journey on,
III. P. KING.