The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-14
CROSSED AMERICA ON 81.
NEW ExGIssDER AND HIS WIFE
WHO TRAVELLED THRIFTY.
Paid All Their Expenses From the
Atlantic fo the Pacific and Return
by Trading on . Very small Cap
fszI-Tnsy visit the city of Seattle.

Albert T. Tyler and his wife have re-
turned 10 fseir n1Fns in Kingston. ~. n.
affeE a Unique trap across the continent
= ley n1a4e E be tourney - an o2e1 wagon
6g8zn - Csc hogs- part 81 Tire way. and
~ .wo for the remainder. Starting oat
with only & ia his pocket. Mr.. Tyler re-
turned with 81 equal amount. having
p4jd ali his expenses while away frcnl
hume ~ trading. In addition 70 paying
al bis bills ne vas able 70 rstBrn from
Seattle wign hts wife tn q Pullman car,
bss des sending home 81 each month 20
- sepcz3fsd "a the Exeter Cooperative
hsns. says the New York Sun. The trip
aeFoss the continent was made tu 80 days.
ara theY passed through thirteen states
ard New Mexsco and Arizona Some
f58ss trey made only few miles tn
day and or others q good many. Mrs.
T'vfgr then getis ne story OF the trip from
be noses she made each day In her diary.
ia h round and rathsr gITiisa hanawFiI-
i8g:
I'VE lest Kingston or June g, 1856. In
pneumatic Funahout wagon drawn by
young horse. Peter. Vermont Morgan,
based In Exeter OF j. ". Locke. He
ssas one q the toughest little horses that
eyer saw When ~ carne 70 pes AOin%s.
Ia ege found that II would be too hard
for ere horse and 80 purchased another
fsls Peter proved the best Of them all, as
before we got through We had had eight
different horses. buying them one after
anath6r as SION as one got tsFed cat.
&heu va res cbed Seattle we turned Peter
nna The eighth horse out 70 pasture.
Peter Is fhere yet, but as soon as We can
afford n ze shalt have him seat on here.
HE was IN excellent condition when we
arrived In geattit. and 50 were Sir. Tyler
auss myself not having had one sick Day
whlie on the journey.
I'm Boston, our first stop Mr. Tyler
hought s. worth Of stationery, which he
sold IN Hartford 20 such good advantage
that he no. only paid ear hoard blu while
there as well as that Of the horse, but he
had 3. IN cash when We left. We went
across New York state 10 Niagara falls.
where we made a snort stay. and then
went through Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
10 Chicago. where we stayed a month.
''Then we went to Des Moines, Ia Here
We purchased another horse and & two
seated democrat wagon, leaving our other
one behind there We have sent for IL. and
e,xneet that Il 4s now I'm Boston. Leaving
Des Moiaes Ne followed the river Platte.
"a soon az we struck Ii. and finally came to
Denver Col. where we spent over month
looking at tho mines and other points OF
interest.
Leaving Denver. we followed the Rio
Grande for some distance and came 10
Phoenix. Ariz., and went thence by The old
Butteriield route 10 Yuma, going by the
way of the ella river instead Of by the rail-
road. That WAS the dreariest part OF the
whole trip, as during the 22i miles we trav-
eied We did not see one white face. From
Yuma we went TO Los Angeles. Cal. fol-
lowing the line OF the Southern Pacific rail-
road. arriving just $50 days after We left
Kingston.
We stayed In Los angeles two months.
stopping az 2i5 West Second street. and
then went or 10 San Francisco where We
stayed ten days. We were In Southern
California In the orange season. and you
may be sure that We enjoyed ourselves.
we were Just nine days In crossing the
Great American desert. and dus'ng that
time we got oGt OF water just once. and as
Ne had none fer twonty-four hours. we
we're obliged 10 hold TAP a freight train Just
east Of the Flowing Wells station and get
some. We were we'll provisioned when xe
starred to cross the desert, as we had five
tales Of hay and two bags Of grain for the
horses and quarter OF beef fifty pounds
each of -four. dried fruit and potatoes,
twenty-five pounds of beans. fifteen pounds
90 H%s and gallon OF honey for ourselves.
Ny ran out OF supplies and had TO stop at
aatjon. Gal. TO repienish them.
Except when We were crossing the aes-
as I've slept each night IN some house.
ouF first night In the desert vas passed in
a dan of rattlesnakes. We cur cactus
plants and placed them all around us. and
Ne Snake crossed them. We could hear the
snakes al nsht kissing around US ana
shaking their rattles, but ne were not
troubled hy them. bid YOU know that A
rattlesnake will not cross a rope or any
tGng that looks Ike onee
After leaving San Francisco we Went "a
tho big trees. and thence 10 Salem. or.
and Seattle. Wash. We arrived IN Seattle
or september =. aud We lefi there Noven,-
ter ~. coming East Ia "a Pullman car. and
arriving IN Kingston November -
We liked cur trip so wen that next wear
IKE are going GA another. This time We
sAaH 20 20 California by another route
ana shat nrtko The Journey on bicycles
Mrs. Tyler has q number of cuf{osities So.
cured on the trip. consisting largely 40
petFliied objects FROM the Great American