The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-25
Newbury.

much nicer it is to be inside tina
to be outside, but have been dir
appointed. In the first place
stopped raining soon after W
started, and the sun came out
In the second place the ride ha
not been mOnotonous. | hadn'
looked over my map sufficient,
to notice that the route led direct
| ly over and through the Cumber
land mountains and the scener,
is almost if not quite equal to tina
through the Blue Ridge from
Salisbury to Knoxville. Wonder
full In certain places the railroad
follows the principle | used to use
with my grandfather's old mare
Get up a good galloping speed
down one hill so to carry us UP
the next. The mountains are
covered with forests of oak with
scattered trees of pine, white
birch and holly. The punches in
the tops of the trees which l mis-
took at first for crows nests I
found to be mistletoe. Plenty of
it here. But my! You ought to
see the little towns (?). the train
stops at. Cassville is nowhere.
And the people !-"Mountain
whites, you have read about
them. Men is SLOUGH hats and leg
gings for horseback riding in
clothes "pure Adamite in cut"
some with rifles for hunting. (I'm
not quite far enough west for the
cartridge belt and six-shooters. }
But most of the men and boys
seem to be on a strike, hands in
their pockets or whiting sticks,
most of the women seem to be sit
ting or standing in the. doors of
the log cabins and most of the
children wave and shout to the
train. But the scenery is grand,
beyond description so I won't at
tempt it, but I frequently forget
what [ was going to say for gaz-
ing so long from the window.
At dinner time the train stop
ped in the woods where all | could
see was the station and one house
which must have been a hotel for
the conductor shouted twenty
minutes for dinner. By the way,
about an hour back the brakeman
took the number of those who
wanted dinner, so the whole train
load conductor, brakeman, engi-
neer and all went over to the hotel |
for dinner. The engineer sat at |
my elbow so I ate in peace know
ing the train would stay as long
rs he did. The conductor seemed |
little anxious | thought lest |
would run off with the
train and finished quickly and |
went to watch it. 1t was a fine
Inner, potatoes, both kinds, !
lima beans, cabbage, etc.
all passed from one to another
around the table like pass the
key"
Well this seems to be about all
of interest that | can think of
just now, unless it be the pigs,
but you have all seen pigs so [
don't need to mention them, but /
it isn't considered proper in Yer
mont for an old mother pig and |
her devoted brood to go about I'M
all over the country |
which seems to be so common an
occurrence here as to be I'M
noticed.
I see by the Knoxville Journal
that they are having lively times
in the Senate over the Browns
Vile affair. Mr.. TiIman gets no
sympathy from the southern
papers in this section but they all |
believe in TeddV.
While walking the street in
the other evening the
strains of Everybody Works but |
Father" fioated ont of a shooting
gallery so I stepped inside and |
drank it in. 1t sounded so natural,
but I might men ion one thing
which is a great relief, I haven't |
seen a "Cremo Cigar" sign for
three whole DAYS.
Very truly,
G. r. TAGGART.