. D'océan à océan à cheval; étant l'histoire d'une excursion en selle de l'Atlantique au Pacifique; avec une référence particulière à l'histoire et au développement précoces des villes et des villes le long de l'itinéraire; et des régions traversées au-delà du Mississippi .. . les grands centres.Je doute qu'il y ait eu du sommeil pour quiconque la nuit précédente, pour l'excitation la plus sauvage était manomanisée, et l'aube du quatrième centenaire a été prépressée par l'explosion du canon, le souffle des sifflets de moteur, le bourdonnement des cloches et décharge des offenses de tout calibre et description imaginables. Les habitants de la ville l'étaient

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. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . the great centres.I doubt if there was sleep for anyone during thepreceding night, for the wildest excitement was mani-fested, and the dawn of the Centennial Fourth waspresaged by the booming of cannon, the blowing ofengine whistles, the ringing of bells and discharge offirearms of every conceivable calibre and description. The townspeople were stirring at an early hour, andalthough I had found very little rest, I was in thesaddle by nine oclock. A thunder-shower overtookme about noon, thanks to the generous use of gun-powder, and I took shelter under a tree, from whence Iwas invited to dinner by Daniel Flower, a neighboringfarmer. AVith him and his family I passed a com-fortable hour, and then moved forward in the direc-tion of Painesville. Toward evening I reined up in front of an invit-ing-looking house—a feature which the travellersoon learns to observe—and asked one of the farmhands if Mr. Lee w^as at home. Before the man hadtime to answer, a young girl came running down the. BUFFALO TO CLEVELAND. 2:1;^ path toward the gate, saying, Are you CaptainGhizier? I aoknowlerlged that I was that humbleperson, whereupon Miss Lee asked me to dismountand come riglit in, while Jack would take careof the horse. Her father and mother had gone toCleveland in the morning, to celebrate the Fourth, and were expected back the same night. Tiie littlelady insisted upon my stopping overnight, and bustledabout with all the importance of a housewife in pre-paring supper. I naturally felt some hesitation inaccepting her invitation to remain all night, but sheinsisted that I be her guest, and made every effortto amuse me. After tea, I was ushered into theparlor, where my hostess soon joined me, sayingthat I was her very first caller an

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