When the representative of New York or New England wishes to go west, he finds his most direct route by rail, via Buffalo; or, if he desires a most charming water trip, he embarks, also via Buffalo, on one of the handsome propellers which ply the Lakes between this city and Chicago, and steaming down the length of Lake Erie, [Pg 60] up through the narrower St. Clair and the broad Huron, he passes the wooded shores of Mackinac's beautiful island, surmounted by its old fort, and entering Lake Michigan, in due time is landed on the breezy Milwaukee banks, or is set down within that maelstrom of business, named Chicago. — from Peculiarities of American Cities by Willard W. Glazier
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"Gentlemen," concluded Donnelly, with a flourish, "William Henry Rudolph, of New York, our next governor. — from Half a Rogue by Harold MacGrath
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