Popular resorts, and how to reach them . f railroad on the continent can sur-pass those running through Pennsylvania. Magnificent agriculturalpanoramas, beautiful river views, splendid mountain pictures, picturesquehills and valleys, lovely villages, and flourishing towns and cities, areseen in quick succession. A ride of twelve hours between Philadelphiaand Pittsburg shows more interesting variety than can be seen in thesame time and distance anywhere else in the United States. On, on, on, goes this tireless train, over a clear track, carrying thetraveller by a panorama, the like of which can
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . f railroad on the continent can sur-pass those running through Pennsylvania. Magnificent agriculturalpanoramas, beautiful river views, splendid mountain pictures, picturesquehills and valleys, lovely villages, and flourishing towns and cities, areseen in quick succession. A ride of twelve hours between Philadelphiaand Pittsburg shows more interesting variety than can be seen in thesame time and distance anywhere else in the United States. On, on, on, goes this tireless train, over a clear track, carrying thetraveller by a panorama, the like of which can be found nowhere else onthis continent, and probably not in the Morld. After having break-fasted in the Mississippi Valley, and dined at the capital of Pennsylvania,the passenger finds himself seated at supper in the metropolis of NewYork, where the Atlantic throbs and swells in its ceaseless activity. It is no new thing to say that the scenery on the line of the Penn-sylvania road is beautiful, and in many places grand. Every American. Hi!!Jillililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,»i> iiiiiiiiiiii POPULAi: RESORTS, AND HOW TO RKACH THEM. 245 who travels or reads has seen or heard of it: and the pencils of many-artists have labored lovingly to portray, for popular gratification, the at-tractions of the Alleghany mountains; the Juniata, Susquehanna, andConemaugh Rivers, and the wonderful agricultural vales of Lancasterand Chester Counties, through which this road runs. Long sweeps ofwooded hills; lofty inountains and dark ravines; picturesque valleysopening into each other; sparkling and placid waters; wide, rolling, pas-toral landscapes,—follow in rapid succession. The magnificent riversare crossed by corresponding bridges. The bold moimtain ranges andwild ravines, which would have disheartened a less enterprising company,are overcome by feats of engineering skill, which, combined with thenatural artistic features of the country, make this the most interestingroute in America.
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