The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-10-09
RESUME OF PLEAS: =
Ant EASTERN TRIP
Mrs. Emma Tobey Prepares
Breezy Account of Recent Visit.
For Herald Readers
VISITS HOME OF HER BIRTH
Interesting Points of Washington,
New York, Brooklyn and Other
Points Described

Mrs. c. C.. TObey, whose maiden
name was Miss Emma BOobar, and
who is one of the earliest residents OF
Sank Center, coming here in the old
"stockade" days and who is affection
ately termed Aunt EN-" by most Of
the younger and many of the older
generations of Sank Centerites, after
residing kere nearly all her life in this
city and for the last twenty-nine years
never going outside the confines of the
state, on November of last year started
on an extended tour through the east
ern part of the United States, visiting
all the leading eastern cities and
spending some time in her native state
of Maine.
Mrs. Tobey has always been lead
or in Sank Center in everything that
tends to the benefit of the people, she
has made specially of having good
time all her life, no matter what were
her surroundings, and so it is not
necessary to add that she enjoyed
every moment Of her trip and if she
did not see about everything worth
seeing her eyesight is not as good
abroad as it is at home. Her tour is
best described in her own words.
1t seems perfectly proper that one
who has not been outside of the con.
fines of the state of Minnesota for 29
years should give an account of her
self when she hikes abroad. I spent
the first five of my nine months trip
in our national capital city, Washing
hot Sc
tined to be the most beautiful city
in the world. Of course. | cannot go
into details of that visit. My brother
John J. Boobar and his wife saw to
it that | visited all the prominent
places CT interest. 1t was one contin-
nal round of sightseeing and pleasure,
natinees and visits. s,a' 49, - ~ -
The ragnificance and dignity of the
capitol and white house. as we'll as
the other government buildings, grows
upon you the'more you see of them.
For beauty and elegance the Con;
eressiCnal Library leads all others,
but | think the Pan-American building
was easily my favorite. l had the
pleasure of visiting that noble struc-
ture of white marble many times, and
/ am sure no one will be disappointed
who takes the time to visit this build
ing into which Andrew Carnegie put
eight hundred thousand dollars. Just
to see the approaches and the entrance
is a wonderful sight.
From Washington I went to Mount
Vernon, N. Y. and here l visited cou-
sins, enjoying pleasant drives and
trips into New York City. The next
five weeks | spent in the grand old
city of Brooklyn, and delightful weeks
they were. I was privileged to attend
the old Beecher church and listen to
a fine sermon by the present pastor,
Rev. Dwight Hills. The assistant pas
tor is DR.. Love, a brother of Mrs.
James A. Norris, of Sank Center.
also enjoyed drives through the great
parks and cemeteries of this dear old
city. Brooklyn is the home of my cou-
sin, Isaac H. Cary, who made possible
my enjoyable trip. Of course, we took
in the Hippodrome in New York,
which next to the Stearns County Fair
is the greatest show on earth. At Dyk-
er Heights, a Brooklyn suburb, | Wis
tied another cousin, where everything
was done for my pleasure. Then fol
lowed real taste Of Sank Center, at
Riverside drive visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Searle and Mrs. George Bishop,
going with them to Grants tomb and
other interesting places.
A day and a night I spent at Co
lumbia University. visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Johnson and Miss Esther
Sprague. l was delighted with the
magnitude of Columbia, her five build
ings and spacious grounds. NV next
visit was to Hoboken, New Jersey,
with Mabel Buchanan Relyea and
family. going with them to Ellis Island,
where I was pleased with the kind
manner in which the immigrants are
treated as they land upon our shores.
Supper was being prepared for twelve
hundred that had just landed, and the
bill of fare was very tempting. Mr..
Relvea runs one of the United States
ferry boats to Ellis Island. We made
one trim ever in the evening and en-
joyed the lights of New York, which
seemed like fairyland
A day and a night I spent at White
Plains, N. Y, visiting with Kitty Nor
ris Adkins. where I found her busy as
a bee, and happy in her work of nurs-
ing. We had an old time visit and
talked about everybody in Sank Gen.
ter. Then back I went to Brooklyn
for a good start and at my next stop
ping place was welcomed by Mrs. Blu
chanan to the historic town of Mill
ford, Conn Mr.. and Mrs. Buchanan
are a. part of the family of Rev. F.. A.
Sumner and wife (Mame Buchanan).
Mr.. Sumner is pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Milford, and has
succeeded in waking up the sleepy
members and keeping them awake
with his energetic Western sermons.
I was with this family a week and
every day was full of pleasure. We