Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-09-22

TOLEDO, ONO, Sept. II 81

TOLEDO, OHio, Sept III %
| .MesSrs. Editors -
| promised TO write you at an early date.
| This promise ! have thus far neglected, but
not without reasonable excuse. The wea.
! thcr-and such weather has been such as
10 answer for the non.pcriormance of any
thing requiring manual effort. For three
sultry weeks, with Il cloudleSs sky ana barn
! ing sun, the thermometer ranging from 900
to i04o in the day, and to nearly the Same
at night, we, poor mortals, have suffered i'll
way to which you on the shores of Lake
Michigan must ever be strangers The air
had become so hcated-so literally burned
up--as scarcely TO afford respiration to even
the most robust Thanks to Divine Provi-
dcncc VIC have tor two days past been re
vived by refreshing showers and II cool north
cast wind, and every face shogs its reViyify
ing influence.
That fatal scourge, Cholera, which visit
cd us with such fearful morality early i'll
the season, has left us, | hope, never TO re-
turn. In its place we have had more than
the usual number of bilious complaints, &C
companicd with some mortality, but causing
none OF the fright occasioncd by the former
disease. The change of weather will now
check this, and We can jog along our aecus-
toned pace without the fear of premature
dissolution.
| As the hcalthinesS of the tewn improves
and the timely change OF air permits men to
work, our business increases in rapid ratio
The season of navigation is drawing to 1T
close; and hence, with the high prices, pre-
sent and prospective, of all kinds of produce.
We are looking for large and active BUSH
ness the residue of the season.
The crops of this vicinity are below the
usual average of quantity though little, or
none, in quality. Never theless, the agri-
culturist, with prices obtained, can have hts
tic cause of complaint. Their reward is GER
tain.
| Travel has some time been on the increase
and has now reached point never before
attained on the thoroughfares diverging
hence. On this, were given TO moralizing,
| could say great deal on the nervous rest
less of the genuine lice Yankee, and the mag
| netic influence of his life and actions upon
| the rest of the world. Young America can
not be stopped III its onward career morc
than can the revolutions of Old Sol himself.
OF politics and political affairs / can say
little, and that, / fear, would be without in.
tcrest. am told the canvass is opening We
ry spiritedly between the old line parties.
rican sentiment, destined to have no small
influence upon the affairs of the future /
hear, of course, various opinions bat tho
most confident are, that the old tories and
political hacks of all parties arc to be laid on
the shelf until their services are more need
ed, and their places filled, if not by moro
honest, at least by those less skilled III pc.
Utica! chicancry- Nous reyT0Rs.
My intention was to have given you
sketch of tL9 past and present and the pros
, Ir,GDss Of the future to our goodly town. To
do so now would extend this longer than l
have time to write or you to read. Tho
prospects, that at no distant day it must
take rank rs ono of the most important eli.
ties OF the lakes were never more flattering
than now. Ii has one of the most capacious
and finest harbors on the lakes, and easy of
access in all wcathers nearly seven hundred
miles of navigable canal terminating here
and connecting with the Ohio River at two
places, running through a country fertile az
a garden. 1t has railroad connections, and
which are soon TO be greatly extended, to
all parts of the east, south, and west. Pop
ulation is rapidly increasing, even at this
season Of ths year, which il evidenced by
the high rents and increasing demands for
dwellings.
When leisure serves and the spirit moves
Twill again take the liberty of trcspassing on
your patience. F
Az reUOr. ERIE.