La Junta tribune., 1914-06-06

George Aackis. = well known {:
: Santa Fs enstnssr Of this city. !:
/: r nov visiting his old home In ::
i: Scotland for The first time IN ::
!: forty-sisht tsars.. This d the !:
first Of seriss Of letters that he
: promissd 70 write while he was
away. and our readers will find
: II Of great interest.
Firstly. a. the parson says. I must
say that the Santa Re railroad Is far
ahead Of anything Travelled ON be-
tween La Junta and New York City.
This includes everything-power.
equipment. roadbed. geperal efficien-
cy. ana especially In the handling Of
trains and the courtesy OF crews.
After visiting for q few days in
Toronto and Orillia. Canada. in 10th
OF which places ! found the people
happy and contented. with no cry
Of hard times. ! stopped At Burling-
ton. W.. for = few days. found
things here o. K. With no complaints
and teh people apparentiy approving
OF President Wilson and his doings.
Ny next stop was at Bennington. W.,
whore there IL . monument over 500
feet high. I asked . young man what
It was erected for. and he said. for
Bennington" when asked who
Remington was. he could not or
would not tell me. Here I had to
wait three hours for = train. 70 In
wandering around town I met nice
looking. elderly gentleman. aud ask
ed him about the monument. He
was surprised At my Ignorance. and
said, ';1eseiy you tnow.' but when
pleaded guilty to ignorance he said.
This Il where we gave the British
ers . good licking. and the monu-
meet y ID heaor q General Bsa.
afsGeea sssa ~ llar,Re :. :::sNsp..::
tssa lasgsr. = ~ caass was soed
oss. He sssned 70 b conssntsd
With that obseevatiou.
had 70 stop al night at Pitts
field. Mass.. . bseutiful place Of
about 3s.eeo iahabitants. Il has
large. fine looking churches and
business blocks. and broad streets
which ars well lighted and clean. In
the morning ! got on . trolley car
and rode from Pittssisld to Cannon.
and the Intervening Landscape was
splendid thing 70 suok upon. For
. distance Of thirty.thrss miles I
rode through the Berkshire hills. Il
was like one continuous strest--we
wsrs no sooner out OF one place than
We wers In another. There wsrs .
great many beautiful homes. Al Of
the farmsrs live In manssons With
fine. large plscss for their stock. I
did not 80 any stock. however. and
on inquiry learned that Il was still
housed In barns and stables. This
d poor looking countsy for farm
Ing. ssiii they told me that sll Of the
people Who live here ars rich. The
countsy vss very vet. and large
quantities. Of water we're In sight on
the land. The oniy sign oe vssesa-
tsttoa. after leaving Kansas. was
along Rivsrsi1s Drive In New York
City. who're the Grass vas green and
healthy looking.
On arriving q Pals Village. Cona..
whsss ny 90. Jehs. llves. I Seuad
about - sleepy . Ilstjs plscs - ons
vould sisd anywhere. Their great
speciality In Connecticut h bsisg ths
dsscendants Of good old families. aad
all seem 70 have pity for any oas
not born In sous past os New Eas-
lasd. Thsy sympathise With ~
oaa ssem Colorado. snd tel sorsy
Tor ~ nan Who halls fgom aay
potnt vsee Of that STATE. % hs b aet
euDDessd 70 know anythins worth
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