. Following the tow-path and through the Adirondacks awheel . at thepost office as we left the town, to mail letters andpapars. We were in good spirits, and for the first fourmiles we found very good wheeling on the river looked more beautiful than ever, windingthrough the green valley. Lofty hills rose from thevery edge of the road, on our right, covered withthick, rich vegetation. We saw quantities of de-licious thimble berries, and often dismounted togather them. Shortly after ten oclock we reachedYosts, a small railroad station. Here, by the fence,we chanced to see growing a l
. Following the tow-path and through the Adirondacks awheel . at thepost office as we left the town, to mail letters andpapars. We were in good spirits, and for the first fourmiles we found very good wheeling on the river looked more beautiful than ever, windingthrough the green valley. Lofty hills rose from thevery edge of the road, on our right, covered withthick, rich vegetation. We saw quantities of de-licious thimble berries, and often dismounted togather them. Shortly after ten oclock we reachedYosts, a small railroad station. Here, by the fence,we chanced to see growing a large quantity of cat-nip, and the Junior Partner, remembering our large,handsome cat, gifted with more than ordinary hu-man intelligence, gathered a bunch of it, which shestrapped to her wheel, intending to mail it toGussie at the first post office we reached. Weleft the wheels by the steps that led down to thestation platform, and went down to inquire whattime the Empire State Express was due on its flightfrom New York City to Buffalo, as we wished to(34). see it pass. A switchman informed us that wewould have about time to reach Palatine Bridge, afew miles further on, where we could stop and seethe express go by. The road was very good, andwe rode along easily. We passed Sprakers, anothersmall sation, but we did not stop, and reached Pal-atine Bridge fully twenty minutes ahead of the ex-press. This is a large and handsome town, withbroad, well-shaded streets. In front of a large,beautiful estate we n:)ticed an artistic structureerected above a spring. Some children near by toldus that it was a mineral ^priug, and that the pro-prietor of the estate allowed it to be free to the pub-lic. I drank a glass of the water, but the JuniorPartner would not be persuaded to taste it. Thewater was very strougly imprcguated with sulphur,and the odor thereof was like unto dramatic eggs. We then wheeled on a short disance, and stoppedat a shop and inquired for milk. The proprietordid not sell
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