Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-18

Since my former letter we have covered
considerable territory and viewed many
interesting and attractive places and
things. We reached New York Mon
day evening and making the Sturtevsnt
house our headquarters, proceeded at
once 70 "take IN" the great metropolis.
Madison square, Wall street, Washing.
tons monument located just opposite
the banking house of J. Pierpont Nor
gan, and on the identical spot where
Washington received the oath of office
when he was declared president of the
United States, we're all of great interest
to Us. We sized up Fifth avenue resi-
dences, among which are the well
known homes of George Vanderbilt,
William X. Vanderbilt, Sloan's, and
many more of the four hundred. These
residences are massive and made of
genuine brown stone. They may be
beautiful on the interior, as well as i'm
posing without, but they are wholly
wanting in front yards. For shaded
walks, beautiful lawns and pure air.
our Plymouth homes can give the New
York aristocrscy "cards and spades"
and win out in walk.
OF course We crossed the Brooklyn
bridge. Taking trolley car we passed
down the coast distance of about II
miles to COney island. Here is beau
tifuI spot. The ocean waves and the
sandy beach attract thousands from the
city Little children in great throngs
play in the sand and tucking their
clothes about their necks play with the
waves until forced to leave by parental
interference. Coney island is attractive
because of Its amusements. In word,
it is to New \ York what the midway
plaisance was TO the worlds fair. We
ret urned from Coney island TO New
\ Ork on the ocean steamer, passing
within a few yards of the statue OF
Liberty on an island at the entrance Of
New York harbor. This Goddess of
Liberty is an inspiration in the heart of
an American who loves our free Insti-
tutlons. Rising up in the sea, appar-
emily, the principles upon which our
government is grounded takes the form
and purity of virgin and reaching out
toward the sea tells and retells the story
of liberty to every American and for
eigner that enters that harbOr
Returning TO New York, we visited
the geological garden at Central park,
conceded to be the finest in America.
We had planned trip up the Hudson
but concluded to spend day in the in
terror of New Jersey instead. Return
ing to Philadelphia, we crossed the Del
aware on the ferry TO Camden and
went to PembertOn, distance OF 20
miles. We drove overland a distance
of ID miles in the vicinity of Pember-
ton. The towns are thick in central
Jersey, about two and half miles
apart, but very small so small in many
CdstS JIlaI Ouc Cdu ndIuig oCO OhO
"tOwns for the houses" People talk
"Y snkee" in The east and 1t is very
amusing. They pronounce the word
down as if spelled d-e-o-w-n; town as
if spelled t-eo-w-n; cow as if spelled
c-e-o-w, etc. There are many other diff
ferent prOnuncistions from ours, but
for the life of me / could not spell the
words so as to convey their prOnuncla-
tiOn to a reader who is not up in
"Y ankee" Friday we came back to
Philadelphia. Here the chief points of
interest TO us were Independence hall
and the city hall. The city hall is the
largest municipal building in the world,
costing S2O,OOO,OOO. The great tower
exceeds in height any other creation of
man, except Eiffel tower of Paris.
The Independence Hall, the scene of
the signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, is full of historical relics.
The chsirmsn's desk, used when the
Continental Congress was in session,
occupies its same position in the hall
today, as we'll as many of the chairs
where 90, the members of that congress.
The old church pew of Washington is
preserved and occupies at present q
prominent place in Independence Hall.
Space will not permit me to even
mention the hundreds of interesting
relics of colonial times, which almost
bring us face to face with the heroes
who made the republic and established
our liberties. Who can visit such places
of historic renown and not be inspired
with a deeper reverence for the revolu-
tionsry patriots and the trainers of our
constitution?
We reached Washington last night
and will remain here four days.