Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-02-15
Notes from The LCcturing Field.

The ,rriter journeyeh and passeh through divers
scenes and circunlstdnccS-E Eatorcth Michigan
-Redcheth AdTidt-Findcth no access to tho
Chmches- Obtdmeh a Hali--Is heard IN peace
the first night-Grcat excitement cnsueth-Tho
Mob, headed by derom Christians aud hdr-
anguea by M6iiser Of he Gospel, causc,h
great coaSteTTatioH and colf,esion on the second
mght-1he Meeting broken up-The Hall clos
ed and the money refimded-Thc people are in
dignan and procure another Hall, ,cherc cro0ds
attend and listen to he ,oords Of The speakers
Large quantities Of Books sold aud subscribers
attained The people urge that tho same Gospel
should Be preached for another oeok-Sho,o us
great kiHdRssS-Jhe WoDlen taks steps to form
a Seeing CHeis-7he rhoke concluding By a
Cal for Union Meeting to be held his cue7iing
TO sare Michigan ia general aud Adrian in par
ficfiar from The terrible effects Of ComeOuter-
ism.
The day after the close of the Hinkley 0uor.
terly Meeting, accompanied by Charles Grif-
fling, We reached Litchfcld where we held two
meetings, which were attended and listened to
by as largo and as attentive audiences as l
almost ever saw at that place. OF course en-
joyed much the presence of so many with
whom have laborcd and to whom / feel at
tached and was gladdened to find that their
zeal in the holy cause of Freedom had not di-
minishcd. Some dcvout person while there,
showed his lovo of tho Union by discovering
tho united parts of one side of our carriage COW
or with an instrument called knife, which act
did not add to our comfort or respcctability.-
On the morning after the above meetings we
were fairly en- route for Michigan, but had not
1nI e. Ioro
which delayed us a short time at Wellington.
l was somewhat disappointed in the North
western part of our State. had thought that
it was the Eastern portion that took the lead in
all kinds of improvement, but it is not so.-
We crossed some five or six plank roads run
ming North and South. Everything seeming to
correspond with this imp ovemcnt in roads,
But the wonder of the age in the road line is
to be found through tho great Black Swamp.
This l am told used to be the dread of all trav-
elcrs West The swan p is thirty miles long.
travciscd the whole distance by a finely elevated
wide McAdamizcd road, perfectly level and
smooth the entire distance. was told that it
has cost four-horsc team and family sixty dol
lars to get through, few years since. The toll
gates are pretty thick, but every traveller must
bless them.
On the third day toward evening we entered
this State, and soon found ourselves fairly bu-
ried in the Cotton Wood Swamp. Oh how hor-
rid must tins place once have been. Even now
one don't want to enter it near evcntde. 1t is
dark and dismal enough in the day time. On
both sides of the very narrow road for six long
miles this swa.apy wood extends. To look
along the road seems almost like looking I'M
long dark entry. But they are making good
road through it, partly McAdamizcd and partly
plank. We were wondering what we should
do if we were to meet team, for, with deep
wide ditch on one side, and high piles of hewn
plank on tho other, we could see no way but to
back all the way out; when 10 in the distance
We saw wagon coming toward u.s. l think
the driver must have been consoling himself
with similar reflections to ourselves. We kept
or straininS our eyes, when we discovered that
our enemy had come to halt. We drove ON as
fast as VIC could, when with tight squeezing wo
made out to pass, and both parties seemed pleas
cd enough at the result This however will
soon be rcmediod.
We stopped for the night just as soon as we
could feeling thankful that we were out of the
narrow way! 1t struck me just now that ono
reason why the way to Heaven is called straigh,
ana narrow must be that there shan't bc any
room 70 t'w" round and go back. This road !.
- wonderful type of the way to Heaven as