Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-05-20
HIS wIFE'S FAULT.
re Contracted Rheumatism from the
Dampn~~s Caused by Her
Meeping.

They were speaking OF the po-simistic
member. relates the New York Times
lie neNr looks ON the bright SIDE. said
No" added another. Moreover. If
theres any way Tor him to SHIFT tine blame
for has mistortunes en- Others, rest as
sured he'll DO it,
Quite So concluded a third. why.
the other day they told me of his wiie's
devoted nursing of him during his recent
attack OF rheumatism. In spite OF his
taulthnGmg, his spouse did every thing she
could TO alleviate ais pain. Often his suf-
ferings would cause the poor thing TO burst
into tears a. she sat 10y his bedside. Well
one day a friend dropped IN TO see how the
invalid was getting on.
Badly. badly. walled the pessimi>tic
one; And, do YOU know. its all my wife.
fault
Impo,sihle! gasped the friend in sur.
Quite true, l assure YOU. murmured the
sick man. 1t Is this way Damp places
are bad for me; YET there that woman
SITS and cries just 10 make the air moist.
Birth of n Great American Railroad.
May II. 1903. marked the Fifteth Ami
verSaIN ui the Incorporation of the New
York Central Railroad; "A fact interesting
IN the history of the State of New York,
Tor the consolidation of the ten separate
small roads into one line, that formed "A
continuous route from Albany on the east
Ia Buffalo ON the west. was the beginning
that made possible the enormous in
dustrial and commercial development in
the country contiguous to 1T
Articles of agreement were filed Nav
IL, 1893, the first Board of Directors was
elected July 9th. and the whole line de-
iMered To the new company August LIST,
1923; insurlng better service. more com
plete connections between all points. and
more general stimulus to DEVELOPMENT
than was possible under separate and
rival corporations. This also opened the
Il.
York Central Company with the Hudson
River Railroad IN 1862 which event
piesoged that era of wonderful nropress
m TIE undeNeloped west. for IT created
direct line nom the ocean to the inland
seas, known as the great lakes. and
, brought distant territories into close con.
nection with the seaboard.
III II picturesque fact that this line
traNerses the one break i'm the whole APP
pa'achlan cham between the Gulf of Mex
l'o ana the st. Lawrence River, and it
would seem as If Nature meant this to
he roadway for travel. Certainly the
Indian found IT so. for the Mohawk trail
the pathway of the confcderated Iroluois
trlpes' rs almost identical with the New
York Central Railroad of to-day This
iran was also the pathway of war during
the French and Indian and the Rcvom-
| honalN Wars, and later, IN its offering of
easy travel. II lurcd the pioneers of the
West 10 the Mohawk Valley. which is 30
tutal industry. on to the broad and iallow
helds OF the Genesee, To build up and
develop the traffic of the west upon the
/ great lakes.
! tive little line of the New York Central
oi nifty years ago to the great Railroad
oi to-day with its Twentieth Century Inn.
lted, speeding like the wind. CARRYING It's
passengers on luxurious palace cars. over
smooth roadbeds. with a scarcely percent.
Die Jar, and fifty years of progress could
not lind better illustration than is re-
iated IN an interesting letter of remi-
n1Scenc,s written by Mr.. Joshua Wilber.
road travel III New York in 1899.
The writer says: we took the cars
on State Street in Albany: these cars
,wer. drawn to the city line by horses.
!nr locomotives were not then allowed in
'he city. The cars were of the ancient
PATTERN, entered 10y doors on the side
! WIN seats across the car. the messengers
facing each other, in the old fashioned
stage coaches.
The speed was tremendous abou,
twelve miles an hour Arrived on the
} rag" opposite Schenectady ralr cnrs
were let down an incline plane. secured
40 large rope cable. the other end being
nSu.aCheu l" fat ears weighted with stone.
"h'ch were drawn up on "A parallel track
as we went down. At Schenectady we
changed cars and Travelled ives: to Utica.
r-a' hing there m the afternoon That
I was then the end of railroad travel
canal packet was boarded which
landed III III Syracuse next rnorning
( There another packet was taken fGr
dorchester. which we reached early the
I following day. A third packet hroIgbt
ms from Rochester to LockEort in CIV
4 teen hours.
=, Inc time consumed in coming from
( New York CITY to Lockport was nearly
! iour days. beng the move all the
thne except the night spent a. Albany
Not long after the roads built from
| Albany westward. and from Buffalo eoet.
ward met. and continuous line was
I FORMED; but with many changes of cars
ana other Inounveniences
Then the Hudson River road wa.
opened, and Buffalo and View York
became neigh brs."
4 Hope - a vigorous principle. il s4ts the
head and heart to work and aninates a
/ man 10 do has utmost < Collier
Opium md Liauor Habits Cured.
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