The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
WESTON GETS BIGGEST OVATION
 AT AMSTERDAM BUT THE REAL
 WELCOME COMES ON BROADWAY

Amsterdam. N. Y. April 27-When
 Edward Payson Weston walked into
 this city at 9:05 o'clock last night he received the merriest reception which
 has been accorded him at any place l during his walk across the continent.
 and one of the heartiest greetings
 which he has enjoyed during his ca-
 reer as a pedestrian. It seemed as 1 though the entire population of the l city was in the streets. and the most conservative estimate the police would
 make Of the number was 10, GOO.
 When Weston reached the city linn it's practically all the church and other of points skyrockets and other fire works were set off, while the drivers
 Of the fifty or more automobiles which had escorted Weston into town for
 distances which varied from one to ten
 miles sounded their horns and the Oc-
 cupants of the crowded cars joined
 their cheers with those of the people
 who were nrassed on both sides of the streets through wEich the old man pass
 ed.
 Amsterdam has not seen a crowd to
 compare with the one of last evening
 since the last Presidential campaign.
 A squad of policemen met Weston at the city limits, but the crowds were so dense in the central part of the city
 that additional men had to be sent for, and before he reached his hotel Weston was tEe central figure in a de- tail of twenty patrolnaen, who had to drive the people away for him by SUI perior strength Traffic was blocked for three blocks in each direction from the Barnes Hotel. When he arrived there about everybody was shouting the hotel the police formed a flying wedge, and, with Weston safely in the center of it, drove through the crowd and got the pedestrian into-th house.
 Weston was escorted to a room on the second floor, where a window over locking the street was opened for him
 a hn SfC esi1J 7a short speech. He thanked the people Of Amsterdam for the splendid recep- tion. that had been extended him, and he jollied them along by saying they were the most polite he had met on his Journey. as even the ladies had ~ perspiring policemen e wi who had been been bucking the crowds mopped their faces 1 and grinned. he is now in his seventy third year 1 and is on the last leg of a, long trip l he is in the very best physical condi- ] ton and that he will reach his jour 1 rey's end at City HalI New York city. | not later than Saturday. The crowd | cheered Weston as he concluded his | remarks and turned from the window. |
 MT. Weston had a plate of vegetable | soup, a dish of cream toast. and a l pot of cocoa. after which he went to l sleep, leaving word that he was to be 1 called at 1:15 a. m. and that his break | fast must be ready at 1:30. He said | he would take the road again at Troy without a stop. He was due in | about 6:30 and expected to | reach Troy some time before noon. l Word comes that Troy is preparing l to give the walker a great reception, | and he has had half a dozen invita- | tio7s to speak there in the afternoon two theatre managers /having offered him good prices for talks, but he has declined them. Weston intends to rest n Troy about two hours and then start down the Hudson.
 When Weston reached here he had covered 43 miles during the day aI- ,hough he did not get under way at l Little Falls until a. In., and all day l vas contending with a heavy head wind, which made the going hard for i'm. Also until midday he was trav- Hing over country roads which were Eesp with mud. As his route from aere lies Weston is POP miles from Ssw York City Hall, but he is confi-