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12 Cornelia Street, 

 Utica, New York, 

 May Twenty-ninth. 



After considerable trouble in finding a saddle blanket 

 for Paul, to take the place of the saddle cloth used 

 until we reached Little Falls, I started from that 

 romantic town at nine o'clock, halting at Ilion for 

 dinner. This village, well known through the firm of 

 the Remingtons, is on the south bank of the Mohawk, 

 twelve miles from Utica. From here the famous 

 Remington machines and rifles are sent all over the 

 world. 



Farrington met me two miles east of Utica and 

 escorted me back to the city, conducting Colonel Finley 

 and myself to rooms which had been engaged for us 

 through the hospitality of J. C. Bates. 



Left my pleasant quarters here to make a few obser- 

 vations about town, and found much to arrest my 

 attention. A century ago Utica was known as "Old 

 Fort Schuyler " from a small stockade of that name, 

 built on the site in 1750. As the country grew more 

 peaceful, and the life of the future city began, the 

 name was changed. A gradual slope of the land from 

 the river gave from the more elevated parts some very 

 fine views; and the public parks with their shade 

 trees and gay flowers made a rich adornment to a nat- 

 urally attractive city. The great Erie Canal passes 

 through the centre of the city and is joined by the 

 Chenango Canal at this point. Among the landmarks 

 are the homes of Roscoe Conkling and Horatio Sey- 

 mour. 



