The chronicle=news., 1914-06-03
HARpsHIPs OF TRIP FROM
MASSACHUSETTS 10 ILLINOIS
n 1885 DESCRIBED
i..imaa,oa Capital


An sNp~sdisurs of much money
ami three weeks oi tim. and The ra'
iaran.- OF aun-Fo.is disson,fSris
~-s- required al those -bo made the
journey fsoss the N,iaa,ie .-abossi 10
Chissxo foas-ssor- YEARS ago, The
s,sfy at such . tfi.S is told In . ~osa
and faded old disfy .hirh 80. h-p'
By Ms. nsyaat. Ha",h-r oi the IL.
nous editor sad l.1-,
II sss s~seslysnlHs y-ass aHo. Nat
Ia. 1879. that th. ns,h-r at vii
liam cuii-n iirysnt i.n the old home
~h.s- Ih- author Of '-rhanststs.is
~ss barn ash sh-rr h.r husband HAD
died. ia establish a n-r home Al
rfihseson. III. in the then ''viia
s-.s" From cumnsins'on. Mass
Mf.. i'rysss's birthplace. MIS-, iis,a
ant. Who uas accompanied b, her
.sn. Aa.,in. and hi. sit. aad bAbS.
aud h-s daughter i.piIsa. travelled
b. stage to Aib~hSs The overland
joain-y s-.,uised 'so days. the par.
" r-srhias ~ snPi's state capital
In ih. late sfssfao.a Of the isin,
1.-THE, immssllasei, --a, M hard the
rassi bnsl Amherst. ''o~a~d ~
capsaia Tho@p.on at Peru ssa b.
sasdo~s they ser Off. "tsnst s~s3
fsii: . great aumi~r of sai.y ehii-
ases: M si-~p th- tirs' aish'." ~ss
Mr. us,ssi'. sossmea' ot h-s ISss'
ssp-si~n.~ OF ssssi h.,ss..
I'm the foiias iss ds, the travellers
"-.ni ,h'oash w~s' Js.,. .~,~s
mile. fson, N,hsny." -h'rh ~"'id ia
di.Ai~ iha, The ~sSH -as not ~.
.--.iins an, sP--d iimi's I'm the
18th: Passed ssrhn-@'sds. 'h''',
miles from Ni',aay. in ,h- m.rnins.
I'm the Mohawk. land N-r, fi'h' .
i-~su,ifui ,"an'ry." t'i,a. "a very
han nssosr~ city uss sasss-i "- 'hr
18th "a I,dy .sm- .a i"asi Tn
| ride i-a miles. Oa the i5'h the
',aai siorI-a At s,sa.n,~. AMI III"
weary rss.-ns-ss ~~r- p~smiii-d q"
xa sshor- f"r tho tiss' tim" since
leaving Nihany.'' Mr.. hrysas
passed the salt works. s~-n'y-sss~
a.s.s ro,-i-a ~i'h = rn"f. I'm the
18Th. al Lyons. more pass-n ;-'s
m- ON i.,sri. so fuii before. ruuid
hardly live
Unr ~ori-Ts II the sanri h"a' ~as
pr., ii-d with accommodation for
L lIs. IW.a
not -niish,-n US. On the 18th. H"rh.
ester. "a very handsome place. was
ma .-i-l'',h- FALLS are there ~hcr"
Samuel Patch jumped off and va.
killed. The interesting affair in
which Sam Patch figured had oc-
Cured only 81, ycars before and was
Nili a matter Of great interest. bu'-
fslo was reached early on the :lsi.
week ont Of Aibany. and Nj. Bry-
an, and her companions transferred
o, the schooner Navigation to begin
the ,hirl stage of their journey.
The schooner had "a small cabin
crowded with passengers. man, cry
ing children. no rest day or night
On the :gd: Most all sick. but able
to sit M and wal; on thcmselScs
Mon -.g rru.' -. '---isd ~
deck on sac 23d: "Nt rI
very much: Ia, by for
which 1. ~ gree, comfort.
reached Dctroi, at sunset on tn
and the passengers went asiorc.
following day they passed thrn
the Detroit river AMI reached 1.al
st. Clair where. owing to .on,rar,
winds. they lay By for the night and
the following day.
On the 2Sth got stuck on a
sand bank: took I'll afternoon To r"
off: went a little way. ran on again
got off about sunset and put by; dam
gcrous going in tho night The
c9th. IA vessel struck ours the
30th. had to lay by:' the 3is', :
went at good jog. about six miles
an hour
On June I the ship stopped while
tho men went ashore to gc, "somc
ccwslips for green's" On the eth, |
landed at Chicago. went to the
tscamboat hotel. very much crowded |
with passengers. sought another
lodging. hired a wagon to carry us
milo. for which VIC paid a dollar: |
slcp, under n roof where there were
four beds. In which We all slept.
fourteen number"