Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-27
Enjoys Delightful Trip to
Worlds Fair.
Sights and Scenes Noted bv
John Quill.
The Journey to and From the Fair
Interesting Trip Down +he M;..,.
sippi-A Visit to Niagara.

his thoughts on paper and headline IN
, the news that comes flashing oyor the
I wire. that the world may get the Latest
from home and beyond the Seas but
the world locks brighter to him larger
and more full of promise. as his
thoughts wander back to those ploas-
ant days spent with his fellow-mem.
bcrs of the Press Association midway
across the continent to the world.s
Fair.
The party assembled at Portland IN
Il ,asant day in the latter part of
June, and under the guidance of C.. w
Robbins of Oldtown, a pioneer in the
excursion line and who for a number
of years has had charge of the edi-
torial excursions, followed the beaten
path of travel over the Boston and
Maine railroad, along the famous
north shore to Boston. where a stop of
two hours was made, which was pleas
antly spent in luEching and Seeing the
town. The absence of the much adj
vertsed famous east wind was n
source of regret to the members of the
party. as the corkscrew streets of the
Hub were decidedly uncomfortable
but the thoughts of the green fields
and pastures beyond buoyed us up I'M
Ill GIG, when we babe farewell to the
pasture of culture and resumed our
journey West.
i From Boston our route was up over
the Fitchburs division of the B. & NJ.
and West shore. travcrsing the garden
spot of the commonwealth, where
colonial and revolutionary history was
made in the bygone days. Cambridge
Concord, South Acton. Leominster,
Gardner, Fitchburg and other indus
! trial centers We're passed as we sped
on our way West. Beyond Greenfield
! the read rises to Il higher level, and
| traverses the mountain ranges winding
! in and out, through the Deerfield val
| ley and mountains. Just before
reaching North Adams, we entered the
! famous HooSac tunnel. that marvel of
| railroad engineering, that roadway bur-
rowed out of the rock through the heart
| of IIoosac mountains. The ever
changing scenes were particularly
pretty and picturesque.
Across the Divide. one sees the Green
mountains of old Vermont. One who
has made "A tour of Europe and is now
summering in Vermont has written as
follows:
"A few regions God has made more
beautiful than others. His hand has
fashioned some dreams of symbols of
heaven in certain landscapes of earth.
We have always thought that when He
formed the hills of Vermont and shook
out the green draperies of the forests
over their shoulders, and made them
fall like the robes of d king along their
sides, he intended to give us dim
picture of the new creation. There are
regions of more towering sublimity and
unapproachahle grandeur than Yer
mont. But in all the galleries Of God
there are none that show the exquisite
genius of creative art, the blending Of
all that is beautiful and attractive with
nothing to tcrrify the eye. Vermont in
summer is the Almighty's nobcst gal
lery of divine art"
We buwled along for hours until the
night slowly fell round us and blottcd
the scene from view and then, and
not till then, did we seek our lower
section and were luiled to sleep by the
rh ythlnc rumble of the iron horse as
we sped West.
In the morning we awOkc in western
| New York. A short run brought us to
Buffalo on Lake Erie, where We trans
ferred to the local train which landed
us at Niagara Falls, some - miles up
state where we spent the day in see
| ing Natures wonder work, the great
Niagara. There is always something
fascinating about Niagara, something
weird that one cannot explain. To see
the waters rushing and surging down
the river and plunsing down over a
steep prccipice hundreds of feet be-
low is something grand. l stood and
watched it from Prospect Point. 1
took carriages through the National
Park to the Three Sisters and watched
| 1t there, as it came and hurled itself
against the stone abutment that con-
meets the island. l went down under
the falls, and looked up at that great
broad sheet of water as it came tumb-
ling down. I followed it's course again
along the river bank, under the cliffs
beside the Whirlpool Rapids and the
Devils den. and yet it was the same
old Niagara in its different phases.
Over on the Canadian side. across the
Suspension bridge. the Canadian gov
ernment is beautifyiEg tract of land
near Table Rock, and Transforming
this rough Canadian landscape into
beautiful park, Queen Victoria Park,
named for the Industrious ruler, whose
name will always live on both sides Of
the broad Atlantic. The waters OF
Niagara are rapidly being harncssed to
the will of man, and time may come
and time may go, but the waters of
Niagara will roll on forever. From our
vantage ground, at the Imperial hotel.
we made excursions to all the principal
points of interest. Although | have
been to the Falls time without number.
vet there is always that strange tasci-
nation that lures me back again.
At $50 We took a local train over the
Erie. into Buffalo. and at s P. NJ,
boarded our Pullman, which the Wa
bash road had sent over from Chicago
for the party, and resumed our journey
| to the West. Bidding the sun good
bye at Buffalo. we chased it across the
prairie only to find it ready to welcome
us as we pulled into Fort Wayne, In
diana, in the morning.
Fort Wayne is thriving, hustlins
Western city. a railroad and CONNER
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