Table of ContentsPREFACE.3I.Westward Ho! The beginning of a Seven Months’ Wheeling Tour across the Continent.5II.Through the Highlands of the Hudson River.9III.Up the Catskills and along the Erie Canal.16IV.At Niagara and along Lake Erie.26V.Through Ohio and Indiana.36VI.At Chicago.46VII.Across the Mississippi.56VIII.Across the Missouri.66IX.At the Base of the Rockies.76X.On Pike’s Peak.84XI.Back to Denver.96XII.Across the Plains.105XIII.Among the Mormons.121XIV.At the Big Trees.132XV.In the Yosemite Valley.143XVI.On the Shores of the Pacific.153XVII.With the Veterans.163XVIII.Monterey and the Geysers.171XIX.Out on the Pacific.179XX.At Shoshone Falls.187XXI.In the Yellowstone Park.193XXII.Through the Black Cañon and the Royal Gorge.202XXIII.A Visit to Prudence Crandall.209XXIV.The Triennial Conclave at St. Louis.216XXV.The Wheelmen’s Illuminated Parade.224XXVI.Through Kentucky.229XXVII.Down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and Home again.236TO YOUNG MENWho Contemplate Life Insurance,THEConnecticut Mutual LifeInsurance CompanyOFFERS:A Policy liberal, just, and definite in all its terms and conditions:A Policy which gives to each holder the entire and just benefit of his own payments, under all circumstances:A Policy whose maximum cost is known at the start, and cannot be more than the premium charged therein:A Policy which at the end of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, etc., years, may be surrendered for a cash sum stated upon the policy:A Policy which participates in the surplus earned, which there are no stockholders to share:An unsurpassed record for prudence and care in all departments of its business:An unsurpassed record for just and honorable settlement of its claims, and the protection of its members against fraud:An unequaled record for economy in management:In short:Insurance that insures, at the very lowest cost consistent with absolute protection and security to every policy-holder.HOME OFFICE: HARTFORD, CONN.Jacob L. Greene, Prest.John M. Taylor, Vice-Prest.W. G. Abbot, Secretary.Daniel H. Wells, Actuary.LOOK OUT FOR FIRE!Of the fifty thousand wheelmen in the United States, twenty thousand are business men who ride for health or pleasure before or after business hours. These twenty thousand business men represent insurable property to the value of $200,000,000.00! We commend to their attention the old—Ætna Insurance Co.OF HARTFORD, CONN.INCORPORATED A. D. 1819.CASH CAPITAL,$4,000,000.00TOTAL ASSETS,January 1, 1887,9,568,839.56NET SURPLUS,January 1, 1887,3,450,221.37L. J. HENDEE, President.J. GOODNOW, Sec’y.WM. B. CLARKE, Asst. Sec’y.Agencies in all the principal towns and cities in the United States.The Ætnastands confessedly at the head of the Fire Insurance Companies of America, if not of the World. In the sixty-eight years since it began business it has paid over $60,000,000 in losses, going through the trying ordeals of the great Chicago and Boston conflagrations and paying every claim promptly. So strong is its present financial condition that the company could go through another Chicago fire without disturbing a dividend.HAVE YOU A POLICY IN THE ÆTNA?ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of theProject Gutenberg Licenseincluded with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.EncodingRevision History2015-07-06 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrection17amphitheatreamphitheater19good sizedgood-sized24[Not in source],26,[Deleted]39occuredoccurred40][Deleted]41,62,156,231[Not in source].48noticablenoticeable49objectionalobjectionable66VIIVIII81to[Deleted]83sometimesome time105ofoff128theatretheater160hundred[Deleted]163unridableunrideable165soonssoon166waivewave202CanonCañon205pastboardpasteboard212sittting-roomsitting-room217totoo222TemplarsTemplar’s243.,
Table of ContentsPREFACE.3I.Westward Ho! The beginning of a Seven Months’ Wheeling Tour across the Continent.5II.Through the Highlands of the Hudson River.9III.Up the Catskills and along the Erie Canal.16IV.At Niagara and along Lake Erie.26V.Through Ohio and Indiana.36VI.At Chicago.46VII.Across the Mississippi.56VIII.Across the Missouri.66IX.At the Base of the Rockies.76X.On Pike’s Peak.84XI.Back to Denver.96XII.Across the Plains.105XIII.Among the Mormons.121XIV.At the Big Trees.132XV.In the Yosemite Valley.143XVI.On the Shores of the Pacific.153XVII.With the Veterans.163XVIII.Monterey and the Geysers.171XIX.Out on the Pacific.179XX.At Shoshone Falls.187XXI.In the Yellowstone Park.193XXII.Through the Black Cañon and the Royal Gorge.202XXIII.A Visit to Prudence Crandall.209XXIV.The Triennial Conclave at St. Louis.216XXV.The Wheelmen’s Illuminated Parade.224XXVI.Through Kentucky.229XXVII.Down the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and Home again.236
TO YOUNG MENWho Contemplate Life Insurance,THEConnecticut Mutual LifeInsurance CompanyOFFERS:A Policy liberal, just, and definite in all its terms and conditions:A Policy which gives to each holder the entire and just benefit of his own payments, under all circumstances:A Policy whose maximum cost is known at the start, and cannot be more than the premium charged therein:A Policy which at the end of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, etc., years, may be surrendered for a cash sum stated upon the policy:A Policy which participates in the surplus earned, which there are no stockholders to share:An unsurpassed record for prudence and care in all departments of its business:An unsurpassed record for just and honorable settlement of its claims, and the protection of its members against fraud:An unequaled record for economy in management:In short:Insurance that insures, at the very lowest cost consistent with absolute protection and security to every policy-holder.HOME OFFICE: HARTFORD, CONN.Jacob L. Greene, Prest.John M. Taylor, Vice-Prest.W. G. Abbot, Secretary.Daniel H. Wells, Actuary.
TO YOUNG MENWho Contemplate Life Insurance,THEConnecticut Mutual LifeInsurance CompanyOFFERS:A Policy liberal, just, and definite in all its terms and conditions:A Policy which gives to each holder the entire and just benefit of his own payments, under all circumstances:A Policy whose maximum cost is known at the start, and cannot be more than the premium charged therein:A Policy which at the end of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, etc., years, may be surrendered for a cash sum stated upon the policy:A Policy which participates in the surplus earned, which there are no stockholders to share:An unsurpassed record for prudence and care in all departments of its business:An unsurpassed record for just and honorable settlement of its claims, and the protection of its members against fraud:An unequaled record for economy in management:In short:Insurance that insures, at the very lowest cost consistent with absolute protection and security to every policy-holder.HOME OFFICE: HARTFORD, CONN.Jacob L. Greene, Prest.John M. Taylor, Vice-Prest.W. G. Abbot, Secretary.Daniel H. Wells, Actuary.
TO YOUNG MENWho Contemplate Life Insurance,THEConnecticut Mutual LifeInsurance CompanyOFFERS:
A Policy liberal, just, and definite in all its terms and conditions:
A Policy which gives to each holder the entire and just benefit of his own payments, under all circumstances:
A Policy whose maximum cost is known at the start, and cannot be more than the premium charged therein:
A Policy which at the end of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, etc., years, may be surrendered for a cash sum stated upon the policy:
A Policy which participates in the surplus earned, which there are no stockholders to share:
An unsurpassed record for prudence and care in all departments of its business:
An unsurpassed record for just and honorable settlement of its claims, and the protection of its members against fraud:
An unequaled record for economy in management:
In short:Insurance that insures, at the very lowest cost consistent with absolute protection and security to every policy-holder.
HOME OFFICE: HARTFORD, CONN.
LOOK OUT FOR FIRE!Of the fifty thousand wheelmen in the United States, twenty thousand are business men who ride for health or pleasure before or after business hours. These twenty thousand business men represent insurable property to the value of $200,000,000.00! We commend to their attention the old—Ætna Insurance Co.OF HARTFORD, CONN.INCORPORATED A. D. 1819.CASH CAPITAL,$4,000,000.00TOTAL ASSETS,January 1, 1887,9,568,839.56NET SURPLUS,January 1, 1887,3,450,221.37L. J. HENDEE, President.J. GOODNOW, Sec’y.WM. B. CLARKE, Asst. Sec’y.Agencies in all the principal towns and cities in the United States.The Ætnastands confessedly at the head of the Fire Insurance Companies of America, if not of the World. In the sixty-eight years since it began business it has paid over $60,000,000 in losses, going through the trying ordeals of the great Chicago and Boston conflagrations and paying every claim promptly. So strong is its present financial condition that the company could go through another Chicago fire without disturbing a dividend.HAVE YOU A POLICY IN THE ÆTNA?
LOOK OUT FOR FIRE!Of the fifty thousand wheelmen in the United States, twenty thousand are business men who ride for health or pleasure before or after business hours. These twenty thousand business men represent insurable property to the value of $200,000,000.00! We commend to their attention the old—Ætna Insurance Co.OF HARTFORD, CONN.INCORPORATED A. D. 1819.CASH CAPITAL,$4,000,000.00TOTAL ASSETS,January 1, 1887,9,568,839.56NET SURPLUS,January 1, 1887,3,450,221.37L. J. HENDEE, President.J. GOODNOW, Sec’y.WM. B. CLARKE, Asst. Sec’y.Agencies in all the principal towns and cities in the United States.The Ætnastands confessedly at the head of the Fire Insurance Companies of America, if not of the World. In the sixty-eight years since it began business it has paid over $60,000,000 in losses, going through the trying ordeals of the great Chicago and Boston conflagrations and paying every claim promptly. So strong is its present financial condition that the company could go through another Chicago fire without disturbing a dividend.HAVE YOU A POLICY IN THE ÆTNA?
LOOK OUT FOR FIRE!
Of the fifty thousand wheelmen in the United States, twenty thousand are business men who ride for health or pleasure before or after business hours. These twenty thousand business men represent insurable property to the value of $200,000,000.00! We commend to their attention the old—
Ætna Insurance Co.OF HARTFORD, CONN.INCORPORATED A. D. 1819.
CASH CAPITAL,$4,000,000.00TOTAL ASSETS,January 1, 1887,9,568,839.56NET SURPLUS,January 1, 1887,3,450,221.37
L. J. HENDEE, President.J. GOODNOW, Sec’y.WM. B. CLARKE, Asst. Sec’y.
Agencies in all the principal towns and cities in the United States.
The Ætnastands confessedly at the head of the Fire Insurance Companies of America, if not of the World. In the sixty-eight years since it began business it has paid over $60,000,000 in losses, going through the trying ordeals of the great Chicago and Boston conflagrations and paying every claim promptly. So strong is its present financial condition that the company could go through another Chicago fire without disturbing a dividend.
HAVE YOU A POLICY IN THE ÆTNA?
ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of theProject Gutenberg Licenseincluded with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.EncodingRevision History2015-07-06 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrection17amphitheatreamphitheater19good sizedgood-sized24[Not in source],26,[Deleted]39occuredoccurred40][Deleted]41,62,156,231[Not in source].48noticablenoticeable49objectionalobjectionable66VIIVIII81to[Deleted]83sometimesome time105ofoff128theatretheater160hundred[Deleted]163unridableunrideable165soonssoon166waivewave202CanonCañon205pastboardpasteboard212sittting-roomsitting-room217totoo222TemplarsTemplar’s243.,
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