Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-01-27
SPICY LETTER FROM ARIZONA.
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You Fave often what ~.
saw 10 interest Is on our trip here and
the impression given - OF the q
try we passed through and something
OF what re thought when ~e reached
here, 80 | xIu Try and write You shat
/ can about shat interested ~.
After say Ing BUR goodbyes ai Albany
and leaving you all looking as IL the
end OF the world vas at hand. and
perhaps feeling that way myself TO a
certain extent, We pulled out OF
Albany and changed at Ravens,
where We waited about 10 minutes,
then took the West Shore train for
Chicago. We expected TO take our
sleeper at RotEdam Junction, 40 did
not take OF u wraps, but decided TO
do go after an hour OF waiting. as the
sleeper from Boston Was late. You
will zee before | am through that We
found about everything late. Il came
at last and "a We walked back through
the ears IL seemed as II We walked
back 10 Troy before we got 10 u
sleeper. The children were asleep
and our three suit cases were blamed
heavy. We got there at last, had out
lunch and as Ralph said went up
stairs 10 bed" as we had two upper
berths; our section had not been
reserved as we expected and We took
what We could get.
The country We passed in the night
we can only guess at as You know we
were tired and sleepy. However We
were shaken up, and not very gently,
at Buffalo, where the engine and
baggage car went of the track,
caused by al open switch, or perhaps
because We change time an hour
here.n Well, this delayed ia several
hours, but we did not care as We
could sleep.
In the morning we saw Lake Erie
from the window and IL was very
calm compared with what the Doctor
wrote 1t was when he and Mrs. White
were on a steamer there two years
ago.. We were In sight OF the lake al
different times for several hours
through New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio.
Our train was constantly being held
up to let other trains pass us, as ws
were awfully late, six or seven hour=
We saw a freight wreck beside the
track at one place; the train was
badly broken up and ONE parts were
burning.
The country through here was low
level and well cultivated, the houses
were quite thick and the village
numerous. We saw acres and acre.
OF grape vines and large orchards, o
apples I suppose. IL seems to be
great fruit country. Erie and Cievs
land are quite large ~cities, but tn,
railroad stations were small anC
quiet compared with those In New
York and Massachusetts,. There
seemed TO be lots Of business at thesi
places and We all enjoyed seeing tn,
new things. Ralph however SCENE
to be more interested with the coz
and horses that We passed than any
thing else.
Many of the people on the trai
were elderly, some quite old. Mos
were very sociable and inquired wher
we we're going and told US where the
were headed for. Many were goin
to California, quite a few to sc
children In the West who had mad
homes for themselves, and a fe
were going for their health. Or
fellow vino seemed in very poor heall
and coughed about all the time VI
going to Denver, Col, and just befol
reaching Chicago we found he was
Barton boy, his father, Dana Brow
used to live on the Duck Pond roa
/ think his name was Percy but a
not sure. We had a peasant oh
with him and hope he will get bett
out there.
Well, we reached Chicago at la:
Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clo'
by their time, 1880 by yours. u
remember our train out was due
leave Chicago at 300, 80 OF course
were disappointed. They had II
expected Us and did not wait. We
there was another train a H.
which we took, but could get
sleeper, although we should have h
u reserved IL the Boston agent b
done as he wrote he had. We
some hot coffee and milk for
children, started for Phoenix in
chair car and put in as miserable
night as | care for. We dozed a
slept some but the car was cold an
had a deuce of a cold that |
Monday night in the sleeper, as il y
cold at Buffalo when the engine '