The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-16
.zoss the American CONT
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.n. rplroRor The JOURNAL: Last
TO 1B' +,r3 of this trip as far as the
week We We. 'T river. The bridge here g,i is
Gbegeans. long and 1854 feet high This
Zoo fee. 'g buf TO bluff, has been
ridgs lI,' . few years. Before that
Nil @''''' mt down through the valley
be tran ~, extra engine to help them
spi ass- soo Itue in the bottom OF the
oft like toy track so far below.
gsls . We saw a train load OF gaso-
lad 0r''1' .rginps. One man can
Raf them thirty acres per day.
eoa E'.' harrow and seeder and
Son. ~. Whole process at once A
perl -' ss.e.ster IS not success, be-
Nr.9''.' .-aia has 70 be so ripe to har-
cld'- '' ....h ii, the same process that
'*i wasted. This method of
1l uor popular in Oregon, be-
& ..,. Fl rarety of grain there
:la- shell very badly if not har-
. rr -a"- e0'''s'' we p's'N
'...-. ....-at Z H. III q ''''uoiS -is''
.7.. .a-.. b.. dawn 1t mus. Oe qui'e
.s ... -T'o 'A1 liiiie ~ 'oon "
l"e olU''S I'll 'he WIS
L II
.r, ..,-. 'til we pass are d h@ro
'.s t.s ~. FARMER 10 I'VE. lhere
3a.7 where corn Is faiseu'
..... uaN trees ana ofcharos
,.,-E wIt..- .l-iIYatloh.
'9...s- I. .t.. / noticed railroad
.ns 5s a.i entering tunhel
.-.,-- .. .a auI also wagon ROAD
-,f.p.a .a ... fret above US. Sd"
.,- ,.l e.~- atHte houses with green
sro,. -ac.- raw, SHOCKS Oh corn
!s,s. ...a ."Qa or willow along the
.,,,s ter courses, and some
..e- .a.. Nery little OF the iana
70,
An chicago the land Is more
.~5.. II we had been on time
.sa- Heen IN Chicago at IL a.
a, r. q teT hours late Sun
.,rra. took the elevated rail-
,a aa -. j-t miles or more up ~
i.sr lt ... .l4r he ground. Al Tunes
gs.a --- .a.'-'1Es fVe mics M every
|agua- ". attended All sous church,
W.T. a-.. "as the theme- 1he room
7..-. -l. 5e4Nlces were h9ia "ouiu
scaus5.a -7"UsanoS OF people anu
70: el d., .- maay rooms IN tle oullu-
Ing eel. A.-aam Lincoln center HIS
l.ae very room, IN one room
I2 zd-d' ana thefe Is d lipra-
r. al "ther ch&rllaple liis'i-
ID. H .Ji.3ng is owned py d
n H-. Tor the pfomoeloh Oh
ID. =-"" 9i humanity Inc
pre- "'at IS le'1 aIter all eA-
@
At. ."- 3 mcago Monday noon
-H some small scfubps
aA Hs IS EolAhg' with pa1ch-
sW HrecteaS. After pass
z '. ..-y We saw larger areas
5i2aa 9.reh and sycamore. Inc
|hm are larger. Shocks OF
|.ua 0ta aHw d larger growth. Ditch
sta l.f water are larger. In
|@ -opeka IS the most pros
lgoe ,aE farm community L ever
aa ~,N .a disappeared. We passed
aM1- +9Hul dark, and during the
r trough Detroit and along
| is '--. sa.le of Lake Erie to Buffalo.
-ze sur rise upon a prosperous
@Iaag Vs.. J.e best OF the western
me le land is level and dotted
Fla .= Hl'aogs and little patches OF
Vwa, lf,sr passing Rochester the land
fno 7."g1. yet not hiily, and there
m1a-z --@ wet places. The thrifty
05Is 1-- .3te close together, but the
tam 1t 7 .Hp until We reached SYRIA
Gus ".a4ssei under several railroad
a'4s crossing ours.
-aFge SIP .e trees growingin the grass
na, sE-.'vt me Of my fathers old
aela' Nme. We saw the remnants
ana.y =E snow drifts in the morn
ing aear a--so. but now see nothing
a1ce .-. 9v places. After passing
VICE. lA. -ey IS not more than half
al' T bluffs are not very steep
a' aFs re- ecJea as waste land At
-4.s falls here are locks in the Erie
@a+ aal ue saw some of the work
wing 1Q-y an a harosa canal A fter