Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-26

our martyred President. James A
Garfield.
We have pitched our tent adjacent
to the much travelled Woodward
| Ave-, fifteen miles west of Detroit
| Since leaving Cleveland we have
missed the Mills, but were not missed
| by the mosquitoes during one even.
ing at Toledo, however we have sur
| vived to tell the tale. We have prom
/ Use Of fine country northwest in
Michigan where there are many lakes
| and much Trout brook run where the
state has just laid fine cement road :
way by happy stream among the
hills and woods. The day was ended
as we pitched our tent on the fair
grounds in the town Of Mansfield, Pa.
This is an academy town with its
State Normal school, pretty place
Sunday morning we found time to
reach the Baptist Church for the ser.
mon which was Of a very fine order.
In the evening after service at the
Methodist Church we had happy con-
VersatiOn at parsonage with minister
Purdy and his wife.
Monday. we travelled north via Cor
ming. Painted Post (where dwell real
Indians). Households, arriving at
watkins Glen, a great natural won
der SURPRISING Niagara Falls for en-
trancing beauty, and repeated sur
prises of glorious spectacles of water
falling from continually increasing
heights and in varying forms of mar
Vicious s plendor. Now it is pouring
down heavy stream through a deep
gorge, then a turn is made and there
meets the gaze lattice work of wa
ter falling from the protruding rock,
uYHar which In
ter climbing many flights of stairs,
and vending our way through narrow
passages we are at the top, some two
hundred feet above the level of Sene-
ca lake below. This we count a place
| of supreme charm.
We continued our Way to the
| charming city of Penn Yam. where a
stop was made for supper, so that at
a late hour we might make the camp
at Leroy, n. Y. 1t seemed the best
thing to do on this occasion, though
we purposed to have tent pitched be-
fore shutdown at all times. One of
! the oil companies here provide fine
tonveniences for the tourist. Leav-
! ing Leroy late the next afternoon we
camped near to Buffalo, the next day
reaching Niagara. the rapids above
| are Il treat, while below another at
traction is found in the great gorge
and tie whirlpool rapids, a view best
o"'aired from the Canadian side. At
night another feature is added by the
artificial lighting of the Falls.
! AS we have been given the use of
a cottage we expect to change the
general program and abide awhile
feast on fish, cherries and strawber-
RES. Just q few items remain to re-
mark about, after leaving Fremont
Ohio, the road lay over a great stretch
| OF level country and has continued
to our present stopping place. Out
| from our camp we see a road where
more automobiles pass than in any
other place and we are told that this
road out of Detroit, westward is one
OF the heaviest travelled This traf-
tic is most serious problem Of the
country. Beyond the roadway is the
o'cctrl" car line, giving us an idea
or how such cars may travel, rushing
by at SIXTY miles an hour, and so they
travel between these western cities
a few feet further lies the track OF
the Grand Trunk Railway. The gen.
eral impression of all these modes
and Gcnsity of travel with large cen.
tres and the volume of business is
that OF great industry. One other in
tcrCsting site is the large vans which
the Chevrolet company employ tC
transfer their car bodies from Detroit
10 Flint. They are about twenty five
feet long. with brown canvas cover.
ing, thing new to eastern eyes.
a. II. GRAHAM.