The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-03
ohio ..The Model Family, I'D.

rush along the Little Mama Railroad, distance of eighty
four miles when you fnd yourself in the centre of Clark
county You find yourself however. times along the
route in the preie places imaginable, and Involuntary
wish (f it is bul that such the points of your
destination If could lire in all the beautiful places
that he sees, how gOrions would life be- And wonder
that everybody does live in the country it has so many
exceences many beauties, much nature IN It, Oh
which find nothing our brick prisons which pass under
the of cities. If all the fine houses in all our large
cities spread judicousy the country each sur
rounded with few of breathing space, how much
would world and life. be improved There are in
the large cities of the United States than quarter OF
million of dwellings which ought to be scattered with their
occupants along the shores of our beautiful rivers and over
the green places of our glorious West This would be real
zaon of the idea of paradise the the spirits of
monopoly and gold would wander homeless and harmless
amongst people of virtue and plenty. Since was eighteen
thereabOuts have entertained exalted opn
ion of the which, for century governed peoples
notions of pastoral life The Collins, to no more
than sentn entail clowns and the Daphnes and Choe would
surely have been far advantageouy represented as
milking their and cleaning their Kitchens than as
entering into competition with their half-witted swans In
the manufacture of mawkish Oyedittes But do love
farmers and farmers daughters (mOst Of the former and
all Of the aer and have deep sympathy in all their feel
| ngs, laboH and enjoymentS.
Dung my brief sOjoum in this pretty village interest
has been attracted by model family, the head of whchis
worth thousand of the bucolc heroes of the past
chant princes Of the present There is nothing
makable in his history his life His is the history of
will briefly sketch its outline. preserving, however, pic
tuTe, its perfect individuality.
This man. thirty yeau ago. when the banks of the Mama
considered next door least the west
boundary of the Far West, settled" boy in
the family of farmer who owned quarter section" of
land few miles south of what the village of Spring
feld and grew up farmland" At an early age he
married girl who poor mans daughter, had learned
the duties of poor mans wife The marriage effected
lighthouse fourteen feet square erected, fur
nished and occupied by them and happiness With indus
| try and prudence the farmland y and his young wife
found their increase by small but constant ratio
until their employer, learning that the Far West" wa
extending its limits and the spirit which led the
the pioneer decided pull up stakes and to the
prairie land of Illinois The quarter section " Offered
to " farmland and he became the purchaser,
terms. In couple of yeaB neat but small white building
within few feet of the cabin and the log cabin be
kitchen. In few years more the small white build
ing receive accession of timber in imposing shape
and the whole constituted respectable farm house,
rounded with beautiful and tasteful shrubbefy, and
whitfield with ruddy faces healthy forms and substantial
comforts. The ruddy faces expanded and the forms gre"
taller from and new faces occasionally appeared
in the group and tongues claimed share in the enjoy
OF the happy household. And there they all
this dayall but one-Hnd that one not far The
lessons learned that rede conned daily in cot
age the neghbohoOd the door of which pretty figure
may frequently be seen, holding up rosy-eheeked boy
hail its grandpa in bis morning ride bGibe to stop
and talk. -Four daughters yet remain in the parental fold
the eldest regular Die Vernon, whose intrepdy ustihes
her boast that she has horse that could unseat
her, Another, fair and gentle May, surprises with
the freshness and richness of her flow of thought and the
of her pecuaon the great world that she has
Judging from sundy little circumstances, snd
chiefly from the movements and gances of frequent and
welcome young vsiter apprehend that designs not wholly
nimica to her happiness formed to remove her, at
early penod from her fathers hearth. fair-cheeked girl
sixteen and backeyed spnts OF twelve make up the
blessings of the family
The quarter section " originally purchased has increased
hu4I Ofpu
and the rapid growth of Springfield, have multiplied its
value by many and Oducts have been economsed
insure ample provision for likely spring up minds
that been improved by the simplest and happest method
of culture l have said that the family is religious
that understood. Without religion it could not have been
so happy
Springfield is rapidly improving village, and already
numbers three thousand inhabitants. Here the two
great Railroads which together the State connect
and stage lines transport passengers and from the depOt
for Columbus the hand and Dayton the other.
1t eighty -four miles from Cincinnati. hundred and
wenty-six from Sanduky City, forty three from Columbus,
and tyiour from Dayton It has one Iron Foundry
and large Machine shop, Wooen Factory, Flour
ing Mil, and two three other manufactures of growing
peensons, all worked by water power of which they have
fall of twentyfour feet. More power is, soon
will be needed-and project is under consideration for
bringing portion of Mad river the country to supply
the need This be done by canal thirty feet wide by
tour feet Deep and six and half miles long; the cost OF
which will be only about twenyone hundred dollars per
mile The only difficulty existing in the way Of &C.
comprising this business the settlement of terms with the
propreto of rights below the point of Mad River
where the canal debouch The fall of water thus OBJ
tanned will be forty three feet There hye churches
number of handsome private dwellings and two good no.
tells in the village Of the hotels the Buckeye House is to
be preferred in almost every respect and particularly with
gard cleanliness convenience and moderation in charges
The expense OF living here small Good board, with prl
and every reasonable convenience, with good at
tendance &C. furnished at three dollars per geek, and
extra charges made for lights fuel or extra meals
Two newspapers published here. Party feeling here,
and throughout the State, very ong-sometme bitter
in the extreme All profess be Democrats bgt all do not
seem disposed to accord practical acknowledgment of the
radical principle of Democracy, which requires submission
the will Ofthe majority Twice within few mi
nOy has ruled far to clog seriously the wheels OF gov
eminent and the State placed by the act OF few
individuals in position the least of it, OF great diff
fculty do how revolution Is to be avoided. If
it can be done, the disappointment and modification of
demagogusm which has laboed hard to produce such
state of things will only be equaed by the ocngs of the
| true Democracy of the country.
A Committee of Public Safety" Ia Francois, has
been organized of the parties to take charge of the
lives and liberties of the citizens the wirepulers
shall have succeeded in persuadng portion of them that
the constitution efecuay sranged. Such
well with the policy of the day The spirit producing
its due effect and general policy 10 be rapidly
tracing tendency to military organization. Generals and
Colonies occupy sumps and crowd our tickeiSand
getting be the that they alone stand
chance for elevation legislative administrative petitions
while the votes of the volunteers" form object of
tua wrangng amongst their dependents and supporters.
1t perhaps impossible that this spirit should succeed
governing principle in country but it may certainly
succeed unless checked. in pouting the democratic
ssnment-the purity of which it is essentially important to
preserve sorry parties breaking up-seecting
new ground, and adopting organizations The old
party lines were good The issues off u s. Bank and
! No Bank" " High Tariff and Low Tariff"
Protection and Free Trade Distribution of Public
Land proceeds Internal Improvements, &c &c, pro-
duced discussions generally and hot disputes
onaybut experiment proved that under either of the op
posing systems little difference Of effect produced
upon the prosperity of the country. Party feeling such
these old issues encouraged ahous frequently exclaimed
against by quietly disposed people, kept alive wholesome
political interest amongst all classes throughout the nation
which can be but badly replaced By substitute likely
grow out of the changes in progress OF all party
TENS like that the which renders the strongest political
opposition perfectly compatible with the wsrmest personal