Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-08-28

udyiiBu6 rue IN eiL1er ulfecJlOn
between New York and Buffalo is a
journey long to be remembered. On
the westward journey the train passes
through the famous Bergen tunnel,
and, after rushing swiftly across the
great Jersey meadows, 1t begins its
climb into the Blue Ridge mountains.
In this interesting region were some
OF the first settlements OF the pioneer
American. AT Morristown, Washing
ton made his headquarters. At
various points near at hand were
fought famous battles between the
early settlers and the Indians and be-
tween the forces Of growing America
and Great Britain.
Time, however, has healed all the
wounds which nature suffered In
these terrible conflicts, and on every
hand is spread pictures that entrance
the artists. For miles the track skirts
the picturesque old Morris and Essex
canal, its tow-path buried beneath a
carpet of green, It's slow moving
waters rejecting the trees and shrub
berry which OverhangS its banks. Fifty
years ago this highway of commerce
was one Of intense activity; to-day
the traveller, rushing swiftly by on the
Lackawanna train, may still see an
occasional tOw-boat toiling slowly
along the crooked channel. Here and
there too, may be seen the curious ap-
pliances for dragging these boats to a
higher level, up which water could
not be made to run.
Ahead seems to be an impossible
mountain, yet the entranced traveller
sees the train winding in and out among
the hills always toward 1t, skirting the
majestic Delaware river. The noun
tains on either side steadily grow
higher, the shadows on the roadway
become darker, the sky above seems
more remote, the train seems plung-
ing steadily against the solid noun
tain.
In the distance looms up a giant
cleft in the very heart Of the noun
tain, and the traveller gets his first
view OF that famous gap through which
the Delaware river, rising hundreds
of miles back in New York, has bro
ken its way through the Blue Ridge
mountains on its journey to the sea.
For miles the train trayerses this
magnificent valley, conceded by all to
be one OF the most picturesque spots
In all America.
From Pocono Summit, 1900 feet
above the sea, the westward bound
train began its journey into the
beautiful Susquehanna valley. The
scenery here is, II anything, more
rugged and picturesque than on the
eastern slope Of the mountain. Here,
too, is the edge Of the great coal
mining district Of Pennsylvania
penetrated by branch of the Laka-
wanna railroad, which fights its way
with river and canal down the Susque-
hanna valley from Scranton. The in
teresting appliances which give to the
greater part Of the United States its
winter warmth, are seen here and
there as the train passes close to some
OF the great mines.
From Scranton on the train climbs
again; this time the picturesque
Susquehanna valley to BinghamptOn.
Thence on west the grades grow
easier and the powerful locomotives
have no difficulty in hauling their
heavy loads. In this great stretch to
Buffalo, however, the eye never tires,
for the picturesque valleys lie on
either side, dotted with farms like the
play gardens of children, and houses
that look like boxes. The climax Of
this beautiful valley scenery is
reached at GAINESVILLE, great city,
over the housetops of which the
traveller looks up and down and along
a magnificent valley. Soon the out
skirts of Buffalo are reached, and
after treading its way among the
busy shops and the great manufactur-
ing plants, each teemIng with its
horde of busy w0rkmen, the train
reaches It's journeys end, overlooking
picturesque Lake Erie.
Would you Natures secrets read
OF the flora and the fauna?
Take trip, my city friend,
Ger the peerless Lackawanna.
Though your galleries may be hung
With the finest works Of art,
There is none that can compare
With this glimpse Of natures heart.
So writes o. G. Victor, In the Buffa-
10 Times, of the Lackawanna Railroad,
the finest route in all repects between
New York and Buffalo.
The writer has Travelled in every
State in the Union, all over Canada
and Old Mexico and part Of Europe
and never had a more delightful trip
in every sense OF the word than the
one from Buffalo to New York over
the d. L. and W. Try it-you will
like 1t and live longer.
/ r NJ WHITE