The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-07
Correspondence Of CHE Californian.

set of course being parable! to the Lake
The principal Of these are paved Cor pre-
tended to br) with plank, and the remainder
with mud and manure the last laid Oike a
LAYER OF stones on a macalcmized road) and
covered with the favorite top-dressing, prai'
RE mud. OF course during rainv weather
which is the largest part Of the year, these
streets are almost or quite impossible; and
saw in various places, both planAea and I'M
planked, SIGN boards set up by the city IA
theirs. on which were inscribed in large let
tiers. NO bottom here" to indicate to the
passer.bv the mud holes he should most care
F~n, -."-,. IT., "'v'v l. must p,r',,bly ttn
the city motto, or at least would be not in
appropriate.
The harbor is merely the Charles River
extending about 100 rods into tue place
from whence it's two branches diverge north
ard south in the form of the letter L. But
Chicago is a place OF business. Here are
received immense quantities of lumber from
the borders of the great Lakes. which is car
ried bv rail to all points south and west and
exchanged for The produce q the trcmin1
prairics. which also here finds its port Of de-
partutr. The streets are blocked with We
hc.e> OF every description. and crowds Of
every nation under heaven are continually
threading the slippery. muddy. tumble down
break neck up and down stairs man-traps
called sidewalks.
The houses are built on piles or blocks
sight Of slot" vacated on 'lpasp dav," when
houses are moved az well as families would
well nigh turn The stomach Of Hottrntot
and give the term ''cr>s pool definition
certainly not conceived before. The hotels
boarding houses. Sc. are more than full. pri
ces high, and fare wretrhediv poor One
can get 700 roast beef. but steak is out of
the question What they cali here bv that
name NAV hr brought vou but | should rath
er describe it as an indefinite cut of doubt
full origin half slowed in thin liquid com
posed of soap sulS and tomato kctchup-
There, that will DO for Chicago: canno, i,
better than to l.. it alone.
have made tl ing trip through the nor
thern and central parts of Illinois to visit
some friends. and have passed over both the
fiat and the rolling prairie, through what i
said bv residents 10 be the best part of M.
not wish it better. and it is from one TO ten
feet deep. according 20 locaiiry. On the flat
filling the soil with germs of weeds. and DO
ing no good but on TIE rolling it NAV be
used with some profit although the farmer j,
not Obliged to use ii for good crop. There
is no grit in the soil, and consequently al
are Obliged to use pows and other nipple
nlcn:S MAZE of cast steel. and tie very care
full to keep them clean from rust at that The
rolling country is beautiful bcvond dcs.rip
ton Imagine, if YOU can. such a country
thrown by the hand of Nature into gently
undulatiny swelIs, dotted here and there wit 4
small. neat farm houses, enclosed fields Of
wheat and corn, some OF them containing
larison with the vast expanSc bounded only
Nv the blue vault Of heaven" while thou
sands Of cattle are quietly feeding on the in
imitablc carpet of deepest green spread out
before Won. with not bush or tree to inter
rurt the gaze. and YOU will have ghost of
an idea of what this land of promise IS
There is one drawback, however, to all this
These rraries are the paradise Of winds
which cambol without let or hindrance. From
New Year to Christmas they hold undispu-
ted possession, and wo to tree or luckIcss
wight who will not acknowledge their caress.
or bow in willing submission to their fierce
blasts. Ispent the sabbath at Aurora, with
a former resident of St Jnhnsburv a.
Hayes. The village contains some four thou
sard inhabitants. and is very pleasantly stu
ated on a branch o. Rock River, which d.
vides it, 1t is very much like New Eng
land village. aas number Of mills, and wha,
many Eastern villages cannot say, contains
thirteen churches, all but one of which are
Protestant. noticed that all had good con-
gregations, and the three preachers | heard
were more than ordinary men.
judging from what ! have seen Of the
West think the Rev President of Wabash
College did not exaggcrate when he said that
at prearhings, political discussions, or monkey
shows, all would be thar. At Freeport
called on our former townsman, Mr. Billings.
and had an hours very pleasant conversation
with his excellent lady. lie was absen: on
his farm some four miles distant, and Of
course did not see him He was breaking
ffy acres ad,l;tional for corn alone thi. sea-
son. OF course his sowing was finished
Freeport is pretty place. and 90 are Rock
ford, Garden Prairie and other places along
the line of the Galena and Chicago Union
Railroad
"Stop your PEN" | hear you say, and will
heed the suggestion till find time to re-
sumo. Truly yours, Nelson.
The VOICE OF NEW YORK Demo-
Ar-Da,id Dudlex Field n a letter 10