Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-06-29
OUR TRIP TO NORWAY.

OUR TRIP TO NORWAY.
On board Steamship St: Paul, Latitude 4so IA
north, Longitude l4' g. west, June IL, 1899.
Editor WARREN SHEAF:
promised many friends and ac-
quaintances that I would write to
them occasionally, but do not think I
can. find time to, fulfill my promises
unless you will kindly allow me to
address them through the SHEAF:
Having completed arrangements
for our long trip, we left St. Paul
Saturday evening, the 23rd inst, on
the elegant "Omaha'' train and
stopped off in Chicago Sunday morn
ing. AS we had little time to spare
here we hired a carriage to take us
around to see some of the sights.
We passed along the lake front drive,
had look at the powerful machinery
in the pumping station and entered
Lincoln Park, which is indeed a love-
ly place. It is not altogether place
Of rest on Sundays. There were
quite number of athletics out row.
ing, attired in their sporting suits,
and working hard. As for the ami
mails and their keepers, they seem to
observe the Sabbath very strictly, a
sign being posted up which states
that they (the animals) are not fed
on Sundays. And this arrangement
does not seem to make them cross, at
all, on the contrary they appeared
quite contented, even the lions and
tigers looked comparatively pleasant.
The big fat grizzly, having just en-
joyed bath in mountain stream,
shook himself and strolled over to
josh his cousin, the polar bear, who
lives next door. I wonder how the
highest type of the animal, i. e. man,
would take it if treated to an all day
fast every Sunday. It would, with
out doubt, suit the better half, at
least those who have to do the cook
ing. Having taken a look at the
statues of Lincoln, Grant, Lime
Hans Christian Anderson, and others,
we left the park and drove through a
boulevard and into the business part
of the city again. In the afternoon
we boarded ''Wabash" train, which
took us through Detroit, Mich, and
over the ferry there into Ontario.
Early in the morning we crossed the
Niagara river and arrived at Buffalo.
Here we should have had to stay all
day, having left Chicago too late to
make the connection on the West
Shore line on which our tickets read,
but through the kindness of the rail
way officials we We're transferred to
the n. Y. Central, and went right on =.
In the afternoon we had fine view
of the Catskill mountains as we rolled
along the east bank of the Hudson
river, and passing West Point ION
the other side) and Sing Sing we
came into the suburbs Of Greater
New York. We arrived at the Grand
Central station at s: Is p. M, and
taking the electric car passed through
Broadway to our hotel. All the way
through Wisconsin, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Ontario and New York the
country we passed through was in the
height of its beauty. Hills, valleys,
woods, meadows and fields of grain,
some of the latter already heading
out, all in their freshest green.
Heavy rains had settled the dust, but
the heat was intense. Tuesday, at
New York, [ had to start out to hunt
up some articles which we had left on
the Wabash train. It was hot as a
furnace. I passed a man lying on
the sidewalk, whether asleep or pros
trated by the heat I could not tell.
"A stream of people were passing, but
no one paid any attention to him and
| presume he was left there till the
police took care of him. Seven per-
sons died from sunstroke that day in
New York and about 36 were pros
trated. Crossing the ''North River''
on ferry I had good view of
Grants Tomb. Arriving at the West
Shore depot I recovered the lost arti-
cles without any trouble. During
the day we visited the department
store Of Seigel, Cooper & Co., the
largest retail establishment in Amer
lea, and, 1 presume, in the world.
1t covers an immense space and re-
minded me of the manufactures
building at the Worlds Fair. AS
for bargains they are not what one
might expect, and not much better
than you get at your stores right at
Warren, the expenses, especially
rent, being enormous. We visited
Trinity Church on Broadway, took a
little stroll on Wall street, and acci-
dentally dropped into one of the great
banking institutions. In the evening
a ride to Central Park which struck
me as the most beautiful park I have
ever seen, the Golden Gate Park at
San Francisco not excepted. Then
on top of stage through Fifth Az
enue past all the magnificent build