The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-08-15
THE KALIDA VENTURE,

KALIDA. OHIO.

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HEALTH AND TRAvEL,--I believe that {
travel and change Of scene now and then {
help TO change the thoughts and give q I
new stir 10 the spirit Of man or woman,
and so prolong life and preserve health,
for when the mind is wearied and sated,
and the energy Of feeling is sunk into /
letbargy nobody can well act with dill
gence their daily duties, or enjoy life ,
physical or mental. The dweller in cities t.
wants occasionally 10 leave the ssnoise
and confusion" of his busy life for the !
quiet of the country, and the country
resident at times tires Of comparative
stiffness and wants 10 see the stir and
hustle of metropolitan crowds, but he !.
soon wearies Of the press Of men, where ,
individuality seems impossible, and the
single man appears lost in The sea Of
heads and faces Of every shade and of
O'Oiy OAPtS oolOu rt f- fra .iF
"From grave to gay, from lively to severe,-
And goes gladly back to his secluded
home, satisfied that he can better realize
the existence OF God in the country,
where mans life is more equal, and
where the presence of teeming nature is
daily revelation Of Gods bounty and
goodness TO his creature. In cities too
humanity, too generally, under the super.
visioI of tyrannic fashion hardens into
caste, and man is not valued but for the
accidental circumstances of position and
possession. Say what you will Of the
superior education and opportunities for
intellectual improvement which cities
s6ord, they have much, very much about
them to harden the heart and petrify the
better feelings Of our nature in the ex.
cessive competition Of effort they call
forth.
Wearied with the sameness of daily
and weekly duties, | spent the last few
weeks in travelling. But in the railroad
speed OF motion, there is little or no time
for obseryauon--one has but opportunity
to see the towns and places as in
panorama, and scarcely as well, for tho
artist takes the best view on his canvass.
and it is a mere chance that the passing
traveller gets the best, if indeed what he
sees OF town may be called view at
all. And indeed except tho face Of
ture | saw little that was striking or note.
worthy. .sGe1
The MAUMEE RIVER, &c.--As the
Maumee valley becomes settled it loses
its character for unhealihiness, the only
drawback which has prevented greater
attention being given TO it, and there are
few who pass along its river shores who
fail to admire the quiet but exquisite
beauty Of its landscape. The Maumee
is broad compared with any other Of
Ohio's rivers, always placid, dotted here
and there with small and woody islands,
and lined with sloping banks, and broad
and luxuriant bottoms, and is in no degree
less 10 be admired than many stream
rendered classic BY the genius Of the
poet developing to the ordinary observer
its lovellness, as the skill Of the polisher
brings out the colors Of the marble. In
years to come the banks Of the Maumee
will be variegated with beautiful and
tasteful residences, nestled in the midst
of large and luxuriant orchards and
teeming and rich fields" Of waving grain.
In the vicinity Of Defiance there are al
ready some very beautiful farms, But the
farm houses, and the farms themselves
give better assurance of the thrift than
the taste Of their occupants, and this is
The case with the improvements" and
dwellings along the whole line Of the
river, with but one or two exceptions,
| The SoUTH SIDE OF THE MAUMER
appears to be but little settled, from De-
fiancc for at least twenty five miles down
the river. The fact that the Wabash and
Erie Canal passes on the other side takes
the travel that way, and the absence Of
any convenient means Of crossing and of
roads inw the interior seem TO have, un-
Ill lately, kept back observation and
emigration, but the excellence Of the
soil, the location, and the nearness Of
the market and commerce is overcoming
these drawbacks, and from what we OBJ
served in passing this spring north from
here to Napoleon and also from The state,
ments # Mr.. Jackson, the Auditor Of
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