CHAPTER X. 



ROCHESTER TO BUFFALO. 



Sprague House, 



Churchville, New YorKj 



June 12, 1876. 



FOUND as I mounted Paul at nine 

 o'clock in front of the Osburn House 

 that on this twelfth of June, 1876, my 

 day's ride would be a trying one on 

 account of the heat, but it was impos- 

 sible to change the weather and im- 

 practicable to change my plans, so I 

 accepted the inevitable. As usual 

 throuo;h Central New York a number 

 of Grand Army friends and others had assembled 

 to see me off, and to wish me a safe journey to the 

 "Golden Gate.'' Tiiis cordiality, shown me all along 

 the route, took awav the sense of strang-eness natural 

 to one travelling through comparatively unfamiliar 

 places, and gave me an idea of the hospitality of our 

 American people. The pleasant good-byes over, Paul 

 and I started away in the direction of Chili, which we 

 reached about noon. Here I had dinner and passed 

 the remainder of the day, resorting again to the even- 

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