The sun., 1897-12-25
Aonoss THE CONTINENT ON ~.
a Yankee and Hts wire Who Traded Thec1
way to tho Pacific and BACK.

n nnnkeo anu htn WHO VINO Wrnuou INV
way to the Pacific and Back.
EXETER, N. H.. Dec. 24.-Albert F. Tyler ana
his wife have returned to their homo in the
neighboring town of Kingston after q unique
trip across the continent They made tho jour
ney in an open wagon drawn by one horse for
part Of the way, and by two for the remaindens
Starting out with only 81 in his pocket Mf.
Tyler returned with an equal amount, having
paid all his expenses while away from homo BY
trading. In addition to paying all his bills he
was able to return from Seattle with his wife In
q Pullman car, besides sending homo $25 each
month to be deposited in the Exeter Co-operar
tive Bank. The trip across the continent was
made in $50 days, and they passed through
thirteen States and New Mexico and Arizona.
Sometimes they made only few miles in q day,
and on others good many. Mrs. Tyler then
tolls the story Of the trip from tho notes she
made each day in her diary. In q round and
rather girlish handwriting:
I'VE left Kingston on Juno 25, 1885, in o
pneumatic runabout wagon drawn by young
horse, Peter. Vermont Morgan. purchased in
Exeter of J. w. Locke He was ono of the
toughest little horses that ever saw. When
we came to Des Moines. Ia. we found that 10
would be too hard for one horse and SO pur-
chased another. But Peter proved the best Of
thom all. as before we got through we had had
eight different horses. buying them one after
another soon one got tired out. When we
reached Seattle we turned Potter and the eighth
horse out to pasture. Peter is there yet, but as
soon we can afford it we shall have him sent
on here. He was in excellent condition when ho
arrived at Seattle, and 30 were Mr.. Tyler and
myself. not having had ono sick day while ON
=" In Boston, our first stop, Mr.. Tyler bought
S5 worth of stationery. which ho sold in Hart
ford to such good advantage that he not only
paid our board bill while there, as well as that
left. We Went across New York State to Mag.
ara Falls where we made short stay and then
cago. where we stayed a month.
"Thon, we went to Des Moines. Ia. Here
democrat wagon, leaving our other ono behind
there: We have sent for it, and expect that it 10
now in Boston. Leaving Des Moines, we fol-
and finally came to Denver. Col. where we spent
over a month. looking at the mines and other
Leaving Denver. we followed the Rio Grande
for some distance and came to PhGnix. Ariz..
instead Of By the, railroad; That was tho
22l miles we travelled we did not sec one White
face. From Yuma we went TO Los Angeles, CAL.
aeer We
ton nvo st.v.d, n1o, Anu.,.. tuo uont,, atom.
ping at sis West Sec Second street. and then vent vent
We were in southern California in tho oransc
o; oSrselves M We % were Just nine days in crossing
the Great American Desert. and during thai
time got out of water just once. and a. We
had none for twenty.four hours we were obliged
to hold up freight train just east Of tho Flow
ing Wells station and get some. We were well
provisioned when we started to cross the desert,
as we had five bales Of hay and two bags Of grain
for the horses. and quarter of beef, fifty pounds
each of flour. dried fruit and potatoes, twenty.
Ave pounds of beans. fifteen pounds Of ,hgs and
a gallon of honey for ourselves. We ran out OF
supplies and had to stop at Salton, CAL. to res
plensh them.
| slept each night In some house. Our first night
| in the desert was passed In o don of rattlOs
snakes. We cut cactus plants and placed them
| all around u.s. and no snake crossed them. We
could hear the snakes all night kissing around
| us and shaking their rattles, but we were not
| troubled by them. Did you know that q rattles
snake will not cross rope or anything that
After leaving San Francisco wo went to the
big trees and thence to Salem. Or, and Seattle.
Wash, We arrived in Seattle on Sept 25, and
| we left there Nov. 10. coming East in q Pullman
car, and arriving In Kingston Nov. 25.
I'VE liked our trip 30 we'll that next year We
are going on another. This time we shall 60 u
California BY another route and shall mako the
Mrs. Tyler has q number of curiosities %,
| cured on the trip, consisting largely of petrifoa
| objects from the Great American Desert.