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"A TRIP TO BUFFALO,"
Paper Read by Dr. F. E. Harrison at Meeting OF the Ab
beville Literary Club.


Last Summer "A young friend, n
brother, and | planned trip for recrei
tion aud sightseeing which should IN
clu,ie In its Itinerary the Pan Americal
Exposition a! Buffalo, n journey dow
the st. Lawrence river 10 Montreal ant
. Quebec, and u peep at the sights q
New York. The varied pleasures
). our iaunt were enjoyed In anticipation
aud early in September all WAS read!
for "A start. We all know what hap
mems TO "the best laid plans" and u
the last moment our friendwas prevent
ed from going. How he joined u
later in Buffalo you will hear fur'he
ION.
, We decided 10 go via Washington q
the instance OF 4 gentleman from 40
beville who was going on to buy III
Fall stock Of goods, and on Septemoe
! llth, 1901, We set forth. This was al
unlucKy day, for the corps of Clemson
Cadets WAS returning to college tha
day, aud they delayed our train terri
bly,. Before we got rid of those Glenn
sou boys We were an hour late, anu We
reached Greenville just in time to SEE
the Washington aud Southwestern
Limited pull out.
Right then our merchant friend los
interest In the trip, and though We
ljourneyed with him ~ far as Washing
ton, We heard little else from him thar
lamentations over the lost delights o
the vestibule train.
| A wait of 10 or 50 minutes brought
another train going in our diretion and
we got aboard. Next morning In
Washington we bade our merchant
farewell, and taking Royal Blue train
for Philadelphia reached that city
about midday.
| IN PHILADELPHIA.
Our next train for Buffalo left at 9.St
D. m, SO We spent the AFTERNOON In
looking over the staid old town and In
seeing national league game OF base
ball. In this contest between Phila-
delphia and st. Louis the latter were
easily victorious, aRd we decided that
Philadelphia, though she at one time
seemed TO have good chance, would
never win the pennant. Philadelphia
Is o great big Overgrown village. We
rode 20 blocks In one direction from
the center of the city without observ.
ing anything Of especial interest.
While It IL eminentIy respectable ,tC
to live In Philadelphia 1t must be very
dull. And just think, !, log. 900 people
drag through life there! In Buffalo
they said u man was dead when he
went to Philadelphia; and, in q stere'
optieon show on the Midway a coffin
was flashed onto the canvass and wa.
said to be what is sometimes known
~ Philadelphia"
| Philadelphia people claim that they
are up to date In one thing ut ,least
They have quite as big and as ugly
la political scandal in the Republican
administration Of Mayor Ashbridge
as New York has in Tammany Hall
i ON TO BUFFALO.
Leaving the handsome Readini
Terminal we travelled over the Phila
delpnia and Reading Railroad to Beth
Ilehrm, where the big Armor Plate
works are located, and thence over th'
picturesque Lehigh Valley Route t
Buffalo, where we arrived about 8 a
IN. This route traverses the Pennsyi
vania mountains aud the Lake dis
trict of southern New York aud tn
scenery is said to be beautiful. Near
ing Buffalo we saw trains on the con
verging railway lines entering th'
|city. until In maze of trains, cars ant
|enyines we reached our first real stol
since leaving home.
One thing attracted my attention a
we approached Buffalo, and think J
curious that have seen no other visi
tor who appears to have noticed 1t. Ii
that country around about Buffalo
whether standing alone In meadow
i'm the original forest, or In the OTderl.
rows OF an orchard, the trees all len
far to the East, and all the large
branches are on the East side. Men
tianing this to some of the natives
was told that the prevalent winds wer
from the West, and that these at Gel
tain seasons were very high aud cor
slant. thus explaining the circum
stance.
IN BUFFALO.
Setting foot on Buffalo soil We bt
came fPan. American Visitors i
the parlance of the day, and fai
mark for boarding house runners
sharks, beggars aud fakirs OF ever
i description. While eating our break
fast the morning of our arrival "
, learned of the desperate turn In Pres
dent McKinley's case. While peopl
: : talked of II and followed with curios
ty the details OF the few remainin
= hours Of his life, have no idea the
felt more genuine sorrow Oh account
his death than did the people OF In
|: South. The greatness OF the mass an
D crowding together seems To destroy TN
. finer sensibilities of humanity, aud III
. becomes more evidently than ever
I struggle, each for himself.
We fOupd y pleasant room In tn
house OF phyoician OH Niagara stree
between Carolina and Virginia streets
and while In Buffalo lived on the II
ropeau plan. We breakfasted some
where In the city, took lunch Mt tn
Exposition grounds, and had our dir
!. ner ON our return TO The city, or sti
!, later, after the the eatre. 1t W.
!. no trouble to get good meal ut III
Main street restaurants and hotels, bl
1t was more costly than usual In Ame
lean cities. The cheaper restaurant
would not do at all. In these the foo
was poor in quality, badly prepare
aud served still wore. The two Of Y
could live much more economical
= than one, and later when we wei
three, we found We could get u nit
F. meal for from 30 To 20 cents each.
THE CITY OF BUFFALO.
Buffalo Is q beautiful city. Its man
hal <palt shaHtsf