The Penn's Grove record., 1899-07-07
A Trip TO Califurnia.
Los An2eles. Cal Inne .

HV0 NAhSeles, Cal., June -, ~
On May 18Th, at II. 20 p. m. the train
moved slowly out Of the Union Depot
at Chicago for the west. 1t was very
cool and l had to wear an o%yercoat.
was very glad when the train started,
as was very tired and as soon as the
train started 1 got my berth and l soon
prepared myself for a good nights sleep,
May IA, 6 a. m. l was awakened by
the noise and found that we were in
the City of Burlington, Iowa. This
city is small but is very pretty and has
a very wealts@1Pgbpulation, it being the
headquarters of c. b. Il Q. Il. r.. 1t
has very large car shops.
go a. m. we moved on west over
the plains of Iowa. 1t was not long
after we left Burlington before it began
to rain and at 8 a. m. we were having a
very heavy thunder storm. / was sit
ting at the car window joking with the
girl that got On the train with m at
Chicago when a very hard clap of thun-
der and a sharp flash Of tightening
came. 1t seemed to stun and blind us
for a second and when we looked out Of
the car again we saw q large barn on
fire. 1t made a very beautiful sight
for a while.
Iowa is a very level country, mostly
farm land. There is not much to see
but plains now, but | am enjoying the
trip very much as the young lady told
you about is making the trip very pleas
ant. You know when one has a nice
young lady to talk with M a pass
the time very pleasantly and the best of
all she is going all the way to Denver.
At 3.45 p. m. we crossed the Missouri
River. We are now in Nebraska. On
II left there is a large spar of noun
tains, on the right is the river. Along
the river the land is very low and level
and the houses have marks showing
that when the river is high the water
comes up to the windows. At 4.3O p.
m. we arrived at Omaha, Neb., and at
3.3j p. M. leave Omaha.
Omaha is noted for its large stock
yards and packing houses. 1t STANDS
second in its shipments of live stock
| and dressed beef. Large numbers of
cattle are raised in Nebraska and it is
mostly all sent to Omaha to be shipped
to different parts of the world. After
we left Omaha houses began to get
quite few and we only saw one nov
and then. The country is so level that
one could look across the prairie for
miles and could see nothing but land,
sky and vast droves of cattle.
In some places along the road there
are fields of over 1900 acres plowed
ready for corn. A field like this is as
big as ten of the largest farms in New
Jersey. $50 p. IN. Lincoln, Neb., i:
reached. Lincoln is a very pretty city
and it has the finest public buildings ]
have seen yet. In this city is the homt
of the Hon. w. j. Bryan, ex candidate
for President who created quite a sen
sation three years ago throughout The
country. His home is one of the lines
in the city and is built of stone with {
large lawn and a fine stable with a par.
built on it for his hostler and coachmal
to live in.
After having supper we left LincolI
and moved on west. The country be
; gsring to look wild and one can begi'
ITO realize what a large countr,
this is and that it is a country for ever.
young American to be proud of and II
: DO willing to help defend it when eve
he is needed.
Continued next week.
l. G. S~TRAUGHEN.