The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-03-11
FACTS AND FANo1Es OUT OF TOWN.


the present, and hasten to shake hands with
readers after an absence from your columns
of several weeks. hope by this time, am
forgiven by those friends with whom lately /
had such pleasant little difference, and tneyi
are now as cordially ready to wclcome me as
l. am to chat with them. am fortunately
blessed with an equanimity of temper which
permits not the slightest aeriihony of feeling,
nor disturbance of my mental placitdde or
physical appetite, to follow any public or pri-
vate condemnation of my Ineog demonstra--
tions. Enjoying good natured conscience,
/ am good natured to it. 1 never willfully
wrong it, and 1 am snre twill never trick'1ne
under such gentle treatment.
But, Mr.. Editor, having recently enjoyed
little excursion, / am not so selfish as to chew
the cud Of SWEET remembrance alone l shall at
once give you and yours peeps through news
paper at places have been.
Terre Haute is certainly most lovely spot.
| have seen it at all seasons, and | think
whether clothed with summers robes ofleaves
and flowers, or in its winter'spdre garment of
snow, it is pleasant to look at. | always en-
WED the people of Terre Haute. Almost
every dwelling, with its yard and shrubbery,
and surroundings of comfort, seems to have
written upon it home. In our city where we
have but few neat yards, or gardens, and houses
are more closely packed, each house appears
as ifFBdilt ''for rent" and homes are hard to
find Every time Iwalk around Terre Haute,
| the idea always strikes me that land is very
cheap in that place Of big yards, or that an
immense deal of private wealth is concentra-
ted there. We cannot afford such yard luxu-
ries in Evansville, and there is scarcely land
enough about us to bear sech spreadlag oiA
in our corporate limits, as big yards to dwell
ings would produce. Bit Terre HaUte is b
growing city, and opine that with her growth
and the consequent rise in property, these out
door laxuries which now so beautify the place,
will gradually be filed by houses. At pres
emit, the poor deluae6 people 'ofthat city actu-
ally appear to care more for comfort, health
and neatness, than for the almighty dollar-a
species of in(atuation utterly unrecoEcilable tc
our citizens ideas of common sense.
The Terre Haute people are anticipating the
erection of large number of fine houses dur
ing The coming season. even an increase ove1
the previous season. When passed through
there was some talk of building tremerdou
hotel, although the city is now far better sup
piled in the particular ofhotels than Evansville
1t remains to be seen whether that idea vii
f be carried eat or not. The hotels there APP
| pear to be doing good business, and | under
stand at times have not sufficient accommoda
tions for the custom. But as a closing re
mark about Terre Haste, will say that ii
a little party there, saw pretty girls enough
to make that place as celebrated for her inne
; beauty as for her outward loneliness. Their
is an agreeable polish and hospitality, too, abou
Terre Haute society, which l like. i
leaving Terre Hante, did not leave my heart
but left something which seemed more valu
) able at the time-my valse. Yet there i
comfort even in sorrow-I had clean shirt OF
when ! arrived at the Capital, therefore | fel
; pretty we'll assured of personal comfort ant
5 good looks for day. Before night arrived,
g linens" in case my baggage came not to hand
S and sco4'e one of those before the dirty look
: ing knapsack arrived. / never felt SO muc
S tempted to kick any inanimate thing as di
: it, although every brass knob shining throug
D the mud seemed to say-it wasn't my fault
Y Mr.. Carelessness.
Il indianapolis shall forever be cohsccrated
my memory for sleigh ride, taken right o
the tail end ofdisappearing snow, but none tn
e less merry forthat. If Bob and Jeems -
can't wade safely hereafter through the "sloug
of despond' after extricating themselves an
their girls q had none) from the slough int
which they were so unceremoniously pitched
fear experience might as well cease trying t
instruct them. In the winter season Indiana
: polls does not look very prepossessng. Whe
!. there is snow on the ground, it appears to m
more SHOW tan be seen there than any wher
else, unless on broad prairie. This is n
doubt owing to the wide streets, and scattere
houses, after getting beyond Main street. Bu
however it may be about snow, [ can swear t
the mud. Never again will complain of mu
: in Evansville. Indianapolis should be as1an,e
i Of herself Her people owe it to the passin
hosts of strangers, who daily look in upon he1
itemize for an hour, and are gone again, to a
least make her streets naugable. But if not t
i them. she owes it to herself to her own reputa
La, a., II c. /
place her streets in better order. In dry wealth
! er, I have always thought indianapolis beau
tiful place, and lively on account of the grea