The Monitor-register., 1897-01-22
Communicated.
A journey Eastward.

A Journey Eastward.
EXETER N. H., Jan. II, 1897.
Editor Of Monitor-Register:
DEAR SIR-As have little time this
evening | thought l would write a short
would be appreciated by at least few of
your subscribers. Probably short ac-
count of my trip from Philadelphia to
this place would not be amiss.
left that city on Tuesday. 5th inst, at
p. ~, on the Washington Limited via
the Pennsylvania Railroad. The train
was composed of about ten cars, all Pull
man, vestibuled, with one OF the cele-
brated P. R. R. express locomotives,
which have six foot "drivers" and the
boiler placed above them.
A short distance from the main part of
the city-in fact, very near the suburban
limits-is a large plot of ground inclosed
by stone wall about twenty five feet
hight and of great thickness. 1 have
noticed this every time that have made
the trip back and forth from Philadelphia
and New York, but did not discover what
the place was until passed it on my last
trip. 1t is ON the left hand side Of the
railroad as one comes out of Philadelphia,
and on the right hand side of the tracks
is another large plot of ground inclosed
by high board fence. happened to be
on the right-hand side of the car this last
time, and, upon looking over the fence,
say crowd of men in striped suits
breaking stone. 1t at once flashed
through my mind that this was the new
Philadelphia prison, and, upon inquiry,
found that it was.
At some distance up the road from the
prison is large brewery, the owner of
which has one of the finest herds of cattle
in Eastern Pennsylvania. The stables
are about a half mile from the brewery,
and the two are connected by long
aqueduct, through which runs the malt
or brewers grain, on which he feeds his
COWS.
The run to Trenton, which is thirty
three miles from Philad slphia, was made
in about 80 minutes. About ten miles
above Trenton a fine view of Princeton
and the surrounding country is obtained
Landreth's large seed farm also Is along
the line of the P. r. R. and the scene of
the battle of Princeton can be seen from
the cars. Our second stop was at New
ark, distance of about seventy.five
miles from Philadelphia. arriving there
at 2 80 p. m, and at Jersey City about
O'Clock, where we at once took the
ferry boat for New York.
| The ferry boats of the P R. R. on the
Hudson river have two decks, and are
much finer boats than those on the Della
ware at Philadelphia. Most of them
have walking beams, but some are like
the Camden, the new boat at Philadel-
phia, which has propellers.
We went up to the Fsll River pier and
went Oh board of our steamer, which we
found to be the Plymouth. We had a
very nice stateroom, and, after depositing
our bundles, started out to see the Sly hts
in New York. After stroll of an hour
we returned to our boat and listened to
the orchestra for over an hour.
We left New York at $50, and as we
passed around the Statue of Liberty the
sun was just setting behind Jersey City,
| and the view of the harbor was beautiful.
We passed under the Brot klyn Bridge.
already illuminated by three or four
eoiors of electric lights. As we la,std
the foot of each street we could see
double or single row of electric lights
extending as far as we could see. When
we passed the Navy Yard we saw several
! of the "White Squadron" anchored there
The one most easily recognized was the
Columbia, as she is the only member of
the squadron that has four smoke funnels.
The Others which we recognized were the
Texas and two of the monitors,
From 8 until 10 p. m. we enjoyed lis
| tenipg to the orchestra. After that
explored the ship. The Fail River Line
Steamers are simply floating palaces.
Everything is provided, and for a person
who wishes to go from New York to
Boston, this way is much more to be PIE
ferred than the scars
We reached Fall River, Mass, at
O'Clock op Wednesday morning, and left
there on the "Boat Express" for Boston
at 40, arriving in that city at Z o'clock.
entering the station of the N. Y, N Fl
d M. r r, We took a cab for The
B. u M. r. r. station, and left there at
. O'Clock for Exeter, arriving at 10 a. m.
having been tras cling just twenty elk
hours. including waits in Philadelphia,
New York and Boston.
l was greatly surprised to fiud no snow
on the ground, and at present it is still
bare. We have had and are still having.
however, lots of cold weather, and the |
skating on the river for the last four or
five weeks has been uery good, Last |
winter we had sixty consecutive days OF |
sleighing, but it does not now look like |
having that much snow this year. The |
weather on the whole has been very |
pleasant, and we hope that it will con.
tiDue to be 60 for the r, st of the uipter.
Thanking you for the room in the columns
of your paper. remain
Very truly yours,
PERCIvAL G. NORRIS.