The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-05-25
cor r E s. pom D E NOE
BALTIMORE, May 18th, 1854

: since, Out amid the general lnrly
bury Of Rail Road travel, | have been
/ prevented. arrived here last even.
ing, having taken the Western fOhte
from St. Louis via Chicago to Wheel.
, ing. This is my first trip North and
Of course, ! have been highly delighted
and entertained. From St. Louis to
Chicago, think il the most beauti-
. full country | ever saw-one vast
Prairie now covered with the rich
sprlng grass gives it the appearance Of
a huge velvet carpet spead over the
entire country. While in St. Louis |
went to the Opera-Madame Pico
sang; We had the Barber of Seville.
Il was elegantly rendered. and the au-
dience was composed Of the elite Of
the city. At Bloomington, ILL.,, my
baggage was misplaced and l had to
remain all night. / went to con.
cert Of the Misses Kiley from Boston,
these beautiful sisters who sang, most
charmingly all the popular airs of the
day. One played on the violin, one.
on the violincello and the other on
the Guitar. During the concert, /
took my pencil and on the leaf of an
old letter, requested them to play and
sing THE lest Rose of SuMmer."-
The young ladies were very kind and
sang that lovely ballad with exquisite
sweetness. After the Concert was
over | made their acquaintance, and
spent a most delightful time with
them.
From Bloomington, I went on to
Chicago. This is a great place-the |,
most thriving, busy and stirring place
| ever saw. Already it numbers
$4,000 inhabitants. Fifty trains Of
steam cars arrive every day filed with
produce and passengers. In the thou
sand and one instancesof rapid growth
Of cities in our country, nothing is
equal to Chicago. Here 1 saw no
loafer, no drunken man, but all, all
were busily engaged-actively en-
ployed. While there l went to. the
Theatre, saw Miss Davenport-thiuk
she is a fine actress, and young lady
Of superior attainments. But / saw
one thing in Chicago, l never saw
anywhere else. A ballet girl came :,
out to dance, she was Of course light !
ly and lastly dressed in cause and ,
gossamer, but she had no pantaletts
on her unmentionabless She danced
the Highland Fling, and was dres- /
sed of course like a Scotch lassie, but t
here was no stockinett there, nothing q
'aye the naked buff itself. OF course
t was very charming; the gentlemen t
Ill applauded, while the ladies and q
myself rather hung our heads. /
From Chicago | went to Toledo and
rom there by Steamer to Cleveland.
This is beautiful place, well laid off
With large wide streets, with popu- a
alton Of $4,000 Inhabitants: 1t is as y
how this entire lake cOun- b
ry is improving-large and elegant je
hotels, well kept and luxuriously fur p
ished. While at Cleveland l went c,
0 the Theatre, saw new kick there Sc
n the way Of doing things-after the p'
lay was over all hands on the stage m
ad dance and then general kis- to
ing match! wanted to join in that
art of it, myself as it appeared to di
e free thing. but my modesty pre- p'
ented. Next morning with carpet m
ag in hand, l was vending my way, its
} the depot, when to my great hor-
,r, heard an awful scream: | Il
'rned and looked the locomotive tn
ad just run over a man and crushed nc
i'm to death. Poor fellow, ran up ju'
him-he was in the last agonies Of tn
sath-bis cries for mercy, were ter ex
BILE! they still ring in my cars an
las, how uncertain is life How in.
any rise in the morning with buoy an
1t hearts and gay and cheerful souls,
It ere the sun shall run his course, to
9 buried in their cold, cold graves. yo'
n old gray headed man standing by ser
Q lacerated corpse, said "truly in the
dst of Life we are in death, who is an.
ady to die" With sad and heavy up
art, l left Cleveland, and arrived in l a
heeling the same evening and spent vic
, night there. 1t is astonishing to II
e who has never travelled North be- gar