| of good size but no fences, but
this is only in certain places in some, it is thickly wooded and others, well fenced farms but all flat. At last we come in sight of Erie City. I felt more interested than I might have been because of hearing Sam (my shop mate) speak of it so much, but I must say it is a pretty place and of rather a good size, I saw the lighthouse, the water works tower, and the pier and bay with Peninsular on the opposite side of the bay, I looked for the Coffin Works but could not see it, there are several fine buildings one of them being a large brown stone church with a spire. |
After a stop of 10 minutes for
lunch we once more start on our journey, The surrounding country is about the same as that through which we have passed, all flat with the lake and an occasional village to break the monotony. It is now getting quite dark and the brakeman is calling out Buffalo next stop and all passangers change cars and also giving them other instructions in regard to changing for their different routes, some to Niagara fall others to New York &c. Buffalo is reached at last and I board a New York Central train, It is now 6 PM and it is quite dark and so being unable to see |
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