Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-03-17
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VISIT TO THE PARAMOUNT WATER
WORMS. PHILADELPHIA.

TO THE PARAMOUNT WATER
WORKS. PHILADELPHIA.
The last. the melancholy days had come.
The ssddes,o Of the year" but October ~ eniy -fri
was one OF unusual milJness for tho season. The
sun. which had been for some hours obscurod by u
hazy atmosphere, about noon beamed forth in me.
ndian splendor. wcaricd with the turmoil and
hustle of the city. md. perhaps. ~impslleI by an in.
iuitive love OF retirement l determined. in eompa.
ny with two or three friends. to visit the F1iunpunl
water works. A few minS'es walk brought Us in
sight Of the elevation. which. surrounded with o
neat enclosure. u,e before rs. A few minute,
more and We had entered the gate and found our
sl.cs leisurely s%irplling along a winding path
through u garden TO The principal establishment
AlIh uuEh the flowers had faded und forest leave
become sore, rhi. spo, seemed yet exempted from
tho chilling effects Of nu,u nnal blasts. The grls,
retained It's vcrdant hue aud The sAtubhery. inter.
,Perced with aged pines. sill wore tho rich lvep
Of summer.
There nature aid and ar, were swecty blended
Smoothly gnveileJ walk anl artificial fountain.
sending NJ columns OF wafer that fell Ia gliusrng
.pray, with minor jet d'sar ,ha, played am ng the
trees or seemed spontaneously flowing from tLe rock
that ruse al rnpgly Oh he right. 80. cred with moss
and iNiuins vines These With the beau iGl cdiice
on The LEFT told that the hand ofcivilizatun had been
there. We entered the building. ana " 10 view.
ng IhC mighty mechanism which turns S,hylkilrs
tide TO the use OF ihous,njs-while witnessing The
tremendous iurce exhibited in the action Of such
vast machinery and in rcn,ciih. upon the unseen
agency that moves The whole, seusariuns no, uulky
the la5arcd hrayings 81 thar powerful engine. over.
whelm the mind, and,fJr the momeni-l!l else bui
Tho triumph Of genius j. n~rg,lten.
A rapid revu!sion Of thought cnsucs. on coming
cat and climbing upwards. a eolua.rl statue ap.
pears half concealed nmong the racks aud leafy
boughs. II is a red man armed for the chase. and
fancy may discover a jealous lonk in that swarihy
oounlenance, as he appears to look down with =
despair.ng heart upon he scene before him-how
changed. lie seems TO say with indignant triumph.
Though all have passed away Of my noble race.
and although ye see no more the cone rJofeI cab.
IN and I'ghieanoe Of my brethren, all remembrance
Of them cannot be -efIced. for our name is on tho
stream that glidcs by aud We may never wash j,
away.
As we gaze upon tina, sad hunier-lone repre-
sentative of his fallen tribes. Imagination takes wing
backward in time, and bring again The period when
none but lhe red brawed roamed over the land. free
fearless anl rureslraincd. Leaving this scene Of
meditation, We ascended a lohg flight Of steps an.
stood on FaIrmouni. Away 10 the east could bo
seen in dim perspective the Delawnre's blue wa.
lers-wbere once the Indian Chic ftain, with gan,
arm ~impelled his swift canoe" On its bosom now
float "hll barks OF pride, some coming into port "a.
den with cargncs from freign elm $; others out
ward bound with canvass ready spread waiting the
first favorable breeze.
Less remote. the spires Of many churches pointed
upwards enhlemaiic OF the holy dulIes Of those mi.
nisiers who would fun direct their hearers to heay
en- and lead the souls ofmen from the rrans:iory ar
fairs OF earth. There, too, m strange con,ras, aro.,
a shot Overflow whose summit fall the IigulJ me-
tai in murderous hail, more dire in eIecuiisn than
the gliltering glcbulcs that fall fromtheir treasure
house Of clonds
Yet nearer my eye rested upon tho massive wal
and ppnJerous gate of a prison. sad proof Of m,n's
depravry. Else whence The necessity Of his being
arrested by the strong arm oflaw. and dcLarrsd an,
intercourse with his fellow man. Oh, those wretch
cd inmates. doomed 10 linger out in penal s1lituI e
amid the reproaches Of conscIence. the remnant Of al
earthly career.
II was a melancholy sight 10 gaze upon that
queenly city. teeming with human beings oil too
eagerly engaged in laying mp psrshabls treasure
10 The neglec' OF m inheritance insorr uptible in the
heavens. The hum Of business reached our ears,
and told Of many voiares worshipping At the shrine
OF Did II ascend rs incense to the Eier.
nal Thronei And ] thought. Why viii. immortal
spirits. capable Of outshining the b~ril.iarcy Of the
sun by a surprising glory. waste tho quenchIe.s
fires Of rmrnorIa lily upon rhe ford d pursuits ofihi.
ear'h' Though an Archaugel were curious to com
7u'e, he could not cast the weIghty sum. rhe worth
ola single soul Who, then. Of S~rrIphim or Cheru.
BIN can tell the val lie of2OO 900 spirits.
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