Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-20

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iou,e 'na' we were extremely un'ortu-
n"te WI 'hc season we nau CHOSEN Tor our
Journey as there mad been more rain
ms season than at any time Tor the past
nNo years
WIN our rcpairs rh"ue we lcit Ar
'n'r III e"uo cohuitioil anu were soon
W''hin 'ne hor'ors ot inc Sta'c ot Ne
prHSNh' instead OF mce'inS WIN the good
reads promised. we round them In a
morn ihI" tondltlon' OWING to the heavy
/ rains rus no""ssilgiod our leaving
thcm ana going north to Tn" foot hills
! Whioh we followed throughout the state.
II WIS most arduous task on account
OF the continued rain ana the deep
Sl"uEnS termed 'buifalo wallows Many
times each day we had to make use Of
our block ana tackle to eNtricato our
We made TN" discovery that by planting
)ir hlock ana tackle we would attach
nc end of the rope around the brake
drum OF tho wheel that slipped. which,
when the engine was started. would act
| as Il wlndlass and thus cNtricatc tho ma
ch'ne ny It's own power During ono
diN We bad to null the car ont no loss
than Il times. after standing in mud and
water reaching to our Knees. ana that
daN W" only made lG miles. Frequently
W" had +" 'lso the pick and shovel III dig
ring the wheels cut. on two Of tho" o"-
casions w" had to call for the assistance
Of teams to release the machine.
Tho last 40 miles to omaha wcrc over
the old military road which was pleas
ing contrast to oui previous experiences.
In this latter run. however We broke our
front axle in tho center. which We re
paired by tho use Of a short piece Of iron
niNo from farmer. Into this We showed
III" broken ends of tho axle. which we
secured in place by using tho tire iron
rt,,f, r,,y al,
20 miles we found a blacksmith who
welded the avlc. We arrived at Omaha
At midday on Sunday. July the 18th.
After rest Of - hours we left Omaha
for Chicago. following the Chicago and
NoithWcstorn railroad. Tho roads W"
here nasscn over would in their normal
condition he good. but owing to the SO
Vorc and continuous rains they were
worry heavy and muddy. In fact. We had
NOR" or less rain every day until we
rc1chod Chicago Friday morning, July
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The following afternoon We left Chi
cagO. passing through Iegonicr, kcndlc-
Villc, Waterloo, ErYan, Swanton. Toledo,
Cleveland was our next Objective point
and then buffalo. Syracuse and Albany
From there tho last stage Of the journey
by my WMton car was made. had
named it vermont" in honor of my
wifc's native state. We reached New
York city at four o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. July tho 2Gth. With tho exception
of Saturday. the last day of our journey,
It raincd each day from Chicago to New
York.
July %, 1903.
Dr. jackson left New York ono week
ago last Thursday ana when they had
reached Hudson. the low speed clutch
broke down and some q hours had to
hc spent in repairing IT, When tho trip
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miles out Of Albany the high speed
clutch broke down md was found nocos-
sary to run back to Albany on the low
speed GLUTEN on reaching Albany again
ii WAS discovered that the threads wcrc
not in condition to run. Or Jackson
had to telegraph to the factory for now
parts. When they finally left Albany at
noon Wednesday in pouring rain. they
had run hut ten miles whoa they had
to stop until the storm was over Middle