Crossing the mighty Mississippi, we are in Illinois, a country growing in beauty and improvement. Arriving in Chicago we take the Central to Detroit, Michigan, where we are to take the Grand Trunk to pass through Canada, but as it does not run on Sunday (the 20th), we spent the time viewing Detroit. We saw the nicest cemetery I ever saw, rode on the ferry several times across the Detroit River and note the difference between free U.S. and stable old Canada. Here Sunday is a holiday - excursions via river and railroad, on the Canada side all is quiet with respect for the Lord's day. We passed north of Lake Erie through Canada - poor country.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday June 19, 1875
Crossing the mighty Mississippi, we are in Illinois, a country growing in beauty and improvement. Arriving in Chicago we take the Central to Detroit, Michigan, where we are to take the Grand Trunk to pass through Canada, but as it does not run on Sunday (the 20th), we spent the time viewing Detroit. We saw the nicest cemetery I ever saw, rode on the ferry several times across the Detroit River and note the difference between free U.S. and stable old Canada. Here Sunday is a holiday - excursions via river and railroad, on the Canada side all is quiet with respect for the Lord's day. We passed north of Lake Erie through Canada - poor country.
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