The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-06-21


middle of Junr, and as yet the mercury has
been without exercise, and thin coata are at
n discount We bless the pleasant breezes.
aud can hardly realize that last year this
time we were sweltering under visitations
that smacked of Ethiopia. The accustomed
heats have not yet made their appearance
up to the present point the season has been
-"Weak and mild
And gentle as an unwearied child"
Notwithstanding this, however, our peo-
pie begin to show the usual signs Of Sum-
mcr emigration. Old men and matrons,
young men and maidens, are all engaged 10
preparation. Patching and packing are the
order of the day. Nothing is in the head
and heart Of youngsters but vacation, and
youngsters of larger growth seem TO be
intent on the same subject All who can
raise the ncedful will be off, No matter If
sharp bargains have to be sacrificed and the
alter Of Mammon for n time grows cold; let
business for while give way to pleasure
The exodus, indeed, has already com
menced. The steamboats, and railroad cars
show 1t, teeming rs they do with human
life. Saratoga, that Eldorndo of young
hearts, shows II, with its eight hundred dali
ly arrivals. Yet flows the living tide A.
way to the fields! Away from the scorch-
ed parements ard pestering corruption of the
city to the fresh atmosphere Of the fields,
| u.b bnIo I.,s,, tt,.
season seem 10 feel with the poet that
"God made the country; but man made the
| town." ..
Alas! man not only made the town but
governs It, ns We poor New Workers con-
stautiy realize. Most Of our present Corpo.
ratios dignity themselves with the name Of
Rcformcrs and were elected as such; but
they have exhibited to us poor specimens
of Reform. Our city was never governed
worse or at greater expense. The very
Committee under whose auspices our pres
ent city charter was Obtained, and our Al
derinen and Councilmen were elected, are
ashamed Of the results, and can only beg
their f.llow-cilizcns 20 try it again for anoth-
er year and hope for better fortune next time.
As TO cleaning the streets, Mr.. Glazier, the
new Commissioner, has not yet seen fit TO
award the contracts, and brooms and carts
are therefore among the things that werc--
Nor does it look ut all as if he intends max.
ing contracts; he probably purposes doing
the cleaning and lingering the money him.
self Meanwhile the streets are full Of reek.
ing filth and with the usual hot sun of July
fermenting it, nothing but the mercy Of Pro
violence can avert pestilence from our limits
Genin, who short time since rs Chairman
Of a Committee Of merchants, had Broadway
, swept every night throughout, sent ia n pro
position to the Alderman two days since tc
attend himself tn the proper cleaning Of tn,
sixteenth Ward, in which he resides, ant
asked them to appropriate $4o0 week fo
the purpose. The worthy officials regarded
this communication as derogatory TO thei
dignity and ordered that Il be returned to th,
writer! Hs
: Dirt is not the only difficulty we have Il
. contend with in this great city rowdyism i
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