The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-02-05

ilton | changed cars for Chicago and
arrived at the tunnel under the ST.
Claire River in the afternoon on We'd
nsday. Owing to an accident to two
flat cars my train did not arrive at
Chicago until II p. IN. This delay
accustomed the missing of my reg
ular train all the rest of the jour
ney thus causing several changes
which otherwise would have been
avoided. | left Chicago on the fast
mail at 2 p. m. Thursday morning
with the expectation of overtaking my
train at Kansas City but we were
again delayed by rear end collision
with II freight train. My trip through
the States of Illinois and Missouri was
full of interest especially when cross
ing the great rivers Mississippi and
Missouri both of which were frozen
over Not any snow here and | had II
fine view of wheat fields of Illinois,
and Missouri and the cornbelt of Kan
sas, in the latter of which the harvest
ing was still in progress owing to the
late crop and scarcity of help. Not II
hill or mountain was sighted until |
reached the Rocky Mountains in Col
orado After taking the train at Kan
sas City my ride from there through
New Mexico and Arizona was across
praires covered with cattle ranches
and tumble weeds the most interest
ing things seen were coal mines, Next
can houses, Indians and the SAGE bush
desert In Arizona miles of sandy
| prairie were crossed and through sand
( hill mountains where a good view of
the cliffs where the cliff jewellers lived
| was had. This sight alone was worth
! the rest of the whole trip. OF course
some interesting points were crossed
! in the night / arrived at The
Needles, the boundary line between
I Arizona and California, Saturday
night and passed through the great
desert of Southern California on Sun
day morning Two extinct volcanoes
were seen along this journey. At Bar
stow | exchanged cars for the last
! time, from which place my train went
/ up a grade without comparison by rail-
roads 1 had seen in the East, through
cactus lands, cactus of all kinds and
| sizes from little mite to the size of
a tree. In passing the heights at the
Summit, California, found more snow
than had seen in Vermont. Green
fields and fruit were first sighted near
Santa Anita and from there it seemed
that the rest of the journey passed
through a continuous park of palms,
fruit trees and flowers, which was
quite a change from the rest of my
trip. | arrived in Pasadena Sunday
night, one day late of schedule time.
My stay here is yet too short to do
justice to description The weather
is mild "a few days of rain in winter
but have had none since | came, ocean
breezes the year round The soil is
70 nj
feet high. tomatoes grow year after
year and potatoes seed them selves. Nc
potatoes bugs here. More kinds of
fruit than | could name in an hour.
Will be pleased to hear from anyone
who desires to know more of this coun-
try and will try to answer all ques
tions and give the best description
possible to anyone interested or Will
the thought of perhaps visiting OF
coming here to live.
SOUTH CORINTH.
Word has been received that daugh
ter, Gladys, was born to Mr.. and Mrs. W
e. Young at Bradford February
Congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. Chapman o.
Manchester, n H., are at G. J
Slack,s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlow Childs O.
Piermont, N. H., also Frank Hatch o.
Ely and Rollin and Truman Hatch O.
Post Mills, were here on Friday t.
attend the funeral of their uncle, A
Metcalf
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Parker were il
Barre for three days last week. Mr.
Parker contracted for the sale of fit.
bushels of potatoes to j. l.. Dix al
East Barre, at 45 cents per bushel.
Alpheus Metcalf. much respected
citizen died at his late home, Janu
airy 2S after an illness of less than tw
days with the grip. His age wa
seventy zine years and five months
He was born and had always lived o.
the farm where he died. His wifi
4 preceded him to the better land i
= January, 1897. No children were Dor
D to them. Mr.. Metcalf is survived b
s no nearer relatives than two nieces
t Mrs. M. " B. Hatch of West Fairle
: and Miss Laverna Shaw of Lowell
t Mass.
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