Putnam patriot., 1908-09-11
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NATIONAL
 CONVENTION.
Brief and Entertaining Account of Trip
 Across the States.
Written by E. A- sullivan.


 Written by F. \. sullivan.
 National conventions uf the great fratefnal organizations that annually bring together, from every state, the representatives of hundreds oi thousands of their brothers serve other means than the consideration af the impor tant issues. which arise til every order and to be egaiiaby solved neeessitate 4 conference nf members selected from every jurisdiction Grinding sessions. with WeigltN questions to consider. the struggle to secure fer the state thai sends him such legislation as its nom hrrship desires And The eea-elo~s contest tu ernzh dowu -pesial privilege seekers. k Il combination ef duhe. imposed OH every national delegate.
 lt means work, worrY hustle and
 hustle, thls honor ta represent stale iu national hai4 but | has its re
 wards. fully eomrensating every labor and sacrifice entaiiel. Election for SGT
 vice as < delegate earries with t q trip to oHe of tle principal cities et the
 country, generally h some Tar distant point, and tAs opportunity to see some
 et the country k one ot the rewards
 for tho service rendered. At Norfolk, Na., iu taOl. the National Convention ot the Knights af taMmhnS selected St, Louis. Mp as the convention city for laus. ana f ma- with antleipatien= ot
 q lefghtial iip that our party ai Con
 neclieut delegates tett Putnam en Sat urday, Aug fst, en route tn the Missouri city
 Ne ra1cred the hrst few miles to 1 Norrestri hs auto. | charming ride, m der taeai ss4ditiefts. and en aa carly | evening na5R ieii That city laI Montreal, | tho tanu38 8u metropolis. arriving at 2. | SunHaa uaafs ine, t little tahind sshed ale hat pleasal WiA the seenie hautias ni manH' aIHgI- Aa1munt and lhe lsau tinh le1ei fatmns country el 6ahadat 1 hctWren line Wffhan boundary "t ths | Erren Narhata stale ana fhe tefritpft I about St Aaha r . fhfty mtpuies at Noutrvai just enough time Ia get 1 hteakfasi aud @e afe of teg the West 1 The feailrr may suggfst that tbs route selected to reaeh our destinatoH is not | he most direct. which k VrrY true That t k ane of the eteale-t k hesoua dispute.
 Over the t,rand Trunk system w. 1 had elected to faHrneN. dcgiston on which Ne frequently congratulated each | ether during the daYs that followed. tn ! the finest train et the system. . The International Limited within half hour ef opf arfisel in Montreal. We I glide out of the llonaNentnre station | through maxe af tracks and myriad switches fof Chicago. s3s miles away, Thls great system. linking Port. I land, Me. and Chicago through fur eign territory. clean, superhly built, it's trains protected hN every device known to modern rsilroading ills as with \ feeling of security and faith ia frye dom from accident en this, the longest double track railruad under enc managr ment in the world knioNing every comfort of railroad travel that an cth cient management can provide, We ieei that the as hours ride ahead of us k mol to he punishment, but pleasure. and so it proved,
 Gradually. constantly increasing speed until we are spinning along at half hundred miles an hour. the great locomotive with its long string of Pull mans. gains the open country, and We enter the remarkably fertile province ef ontario~-ths Garden ot Canada. Sksrtins the shores cs the mighty NJ. Lawrence River, hour sneceeds hour as M. whirl through the great level sroan'
 ,ry, Now, d. far ss the eye can follow, !,
 moving sea ot rievnsng gram anu | again vast area where recently has ;, e-nyn gathered thousands upon thousands , at tans Nf hay ssfasing hessls slaf the i landscape hefe and there. Sleek, plump
 t-astSs living in land of plenty. oa and en we spin. through this continental garden. one. two thrce hundred miles.
 Always leNel. always cultivated. not
 nnstsytesi asre, highly productive. Il ! sernls the gfanerN es the world. Hun
 aF~,ss ef hoH~ss, fall grown. half grown
 and little eeits, nam the fields, for this
 sise ss grvst bEeeding country and
 horse raising k se0Fs~ of masch IVY
 en0s to the farmer faseF-i in many wANs
 i-ansheon is served, and we go up