Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-03-07
correspondence of the Mineral Point Tribune

my carpetsack and with hurried but heartfelt
= God bless YOU to those was about leaving,
was quickly beside him, comfortably tucked up
in buffalo robes and the next moment was gliding
swiftly and smoothly from your beautiful town,
seated in handsome cutter drawn by pair of
fine bays, and accompanied by the cheering and
envening music OF the sleigh bells.
| Never did time pass more swiftly; for two hours
and half we hoated as it were over the surface
of the earth, and "drew up in Pateville at mine
hosts of the Butler House." where discussed
with keen relish, capital venson steak and cup
of choice coffee.
By the way, that Charlie is splendid fellow,
and is evidently cut out for his profession, for
with light heart and merry laugh he meets
the troubles and perplexties of the road beguing
it of its tedousness with an nexhaustible fund of
anecdote and Wit. In short, be can sing good
song, tell capital story and crack first rate joke
The next morning bid adieu to mine host"
whose courtesy and urbanity admirably qualified
him for the duties of landlord, and whose larder
withal is not the least attractive feature of the
adjustment, and in few hours | found myself in
| the city of Galena being indebted for my safe and
speedy transit TO {" Boynton & Co.'S Express
Line which, in addition to many other exceilen
cies, can boast good horses and careful drivers.
But Galena, who can describe it What Ian
guage is suitable in order TO convey to tie minds
eye true picture of chaos? An air of Incomplete
ness and disorder pervates the whole city The
town has grown in proportion to the necessities
of business and population without any regard to
unity of design. The irregularity cf the ground
appears TO admit of no order system. Unlike
the City of Brotherly Love, me distracting uni
| formity of whose Streets Dickens once said, made
/ the collar of his coat stand more erect and the
rim of his hat grow broader, the Galenaens have
gone to the other extreme.
That this state of things is owing to any want
OF enterprise or public spirit, is to be presum-
ed for moment We are therefore left 10 con-
cude that they must be profoundly impressed
with the truth of the remark which Hogarth
made, when he said that beauty consisted in
crooked line"
Almost every city of any note is distinguished
by some name indicative of peculiar char
acteristic,-thus Baltimore is called the Monu.
mental City" New Orleans the " Crescent Civ"
Cincinnati the Queen City, and Chicago the
|" Garden City" but why I could never say, unless
II is owing to the great number of Dutch cabbage
gardens that surround it. Whether Galena has
received It's name or not, l cannot tell but ven
ture the prediction that in a few years it will be
known and characterized as the City of Terraces
for II is built from the base to the summit of its
numerous hills, and in such a manner that they
are terraced in order to afford a highway for the
inhabitants
These terraces which nearly parallel
with each other the nature of the ground will
admit OF, are intersected occasionally by streets
but more frequently by flights of wooden steps.
and to the unfortunate individual who is COMPEL.
ed to climb this tread mill apparatus, when covered
with snow or sieet, when exposed to the
scorching rays of an August sun, the old Negro
song,
Sch Citing up stairs never did see,h
possesses truthfulness and significance that
leaves the poetry entirely in the shade.
Rome was considered quite a marvel because it
was built upon seven hills, and had river running
through it. and it has been POLITICALLY termed the
+" City of the Seven Hls,7 but Galena far out.
shines her in this respect, being built on tlrent1-
seven hills, for aught any one knows to the con-
trary, while it is watered by that splenddly nav
gable 81 stream, Galena river. Whether in after
years, she will succeed in rivaling the Eternal
City, in other particulars, is problem, the sou
lion of which Time may safely be left to deter
mine.
Ia imitation of the custom established in other
cities and villages, that are blessed with Railroad
communication, the Galenaens have engaged the
services of distinguished lecturers ana with but
one or two exceptions, they have been subjected
to the most grievous disappointments on account
OF the non arrival of the cars Last Saturday eve
ming, John G. SAKE, Esq, was to have delivered
Poem before the Association, entitled Yankee
Lana, and the community were kept in state
OF feyerlsa and agonizing suspense in relation to
the matter, fearing that the late storm had co
blocked mp the road as TO render it impossible for
him 10 keep his appointment Their uncertainty
became certainty towards night, for when the
cars came In from Freeport they reported no
train from Chicago since Thursday last.
As for myself, felt the disappointment keenIv
for | know of no Poet that | would sooner see
and listen to than John G. SAKE. As satirist
full of genial humor and pungent wit he has few
II any equals at the present day while at the same
time a sound and healthy morality pervades all
! MS wrItIngs-he is IN fact reformatory Poet
GO lar as / have conversed with the citizens
upon the subject find that they entertain similar
views IN relation to these public lectures as those
held by the people OF Madison, viz that they
would as general thing, have been the gamers
Ia" they developed their own resources. instead Of
eNpendiag money in the importation of foreign
talent from the fact, that the subjects on which
they treat are rarely practical in their character
or adapted to the locality and the age in which
they live
While upon the subject of Lectures, must no,
forget 10 mention, as one of the features of the
season, course of Lectures just closed in This
city, aud delivered by DR.. Potts. of PbiladeInbia
The subject of the Doctors lectures was Mali,
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