Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-09
NOTES BY THE WAY.

w hOAD-fkNNED bf STEAM
June S6i a. m.
The most fatiguing day of our jaunt 50 far,
was yesterday, though its first half was pleas
antly spent on the Chillieothe and Cincinnati
railroad, than which 1 really know no more
agreeable one which to travel, for it is sub
stantially constructed, well furnished, and quiet
ly and very systematically managed. Our vex-
ations-and all the excursionists Jared alike in
this respect-were, however, in Cincinnati where
the heat, dust, and confusion were as intermin-
able as trying to the patience.
GO where we would, one was overwhelmed by
the crowd of, for the most part coarse people,
whose sameness of appearance and gaHeheris
of manner, by no means strikes the stranger
from the East agreeably. They-the indigo
nous-who on such an occasion block up the
tboroughfares Is they cape, stare, and saunter
along in everybody way, are of few them ma
tive-born, and seem to be proof against the in
fuence Of courtesy towards those with whom
circumstances throw them momentarily in con-
tact, in enabling both parties to get along
smoothly and pleasantly. There were tawdry de-
corations in abundance in the principal streets,
the windows of which seemed filled all the at
ternoon with female heads. The masses of Gin
anything conceivable, except the denizens of an
active, energetic, enlightened and greatly ad-
yanced city Mans, charnn a SON gom.
heard nothing of the speeches which learn
were delivered among the portion of the COM
pany who were expected to do the humbugging
of the occasion being careful to keep as far of
from them as possible, in the vain hope of en-
joying something like quiet-for writing inter
minably in rail car in motion makes one long
for brief opportunity to, at least, endeavor to
rest. How eloquent they were, whom and what
they tiekled with straws and how clearly they
demonstrated the fact that such affairs are in
variably condueted-perhaps necessarily-on
the mutual admiration principle I must
leave the local press to disclose; my mission, cs
well as my taste, being entirely in a different
line.
We got of this morning on the cara of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, at 6 a m
twelve cars loaded TO their utmost capacity
conveyed b. two engines. As we swept around
the first bend OF the river (along the bank of
which the road is built) obtained the best
view Of the city had ever managed to get for
1t was 50 projected before the eye from north to
south and east to west that | realized its ex-
tent from actual observation for the first time
and also got a capital idea of the tone Of its
finish. As far as / could perceive, the 80 absorb
ing matter-Of-fact character of its population.
is closely reflected in their architectural taste
They apparently build substantially; begrudge
the time necessary for cleaning up and value
the almighty dollar too highly to waste it on
aught not likely in itself to yield prompt and
profitable dividends.
The confusion ut the depot from which we
left Cincinnati was, by no means as consider
able and annoying as had been anticipated
In truth we got OF as smoothly as though the
train was one Of an ordinary occasion, and the
load but tenth Of what it is. 1t is to be hoped
that the balance of the party who are to follow
US lin two subsequent trains, with an interval
Of half an hour between each) may fare as well
in these particulars Our way lay for some
distance literally through the onion beds of the
city Judging from the quantity planted on
the rich plateau upon which the road courses.
one may fairly conclude that a bunch of onions
should be added to the armorial bearings Ia fat
Porker) Of the Queen City, which folks were
once prone to carry IN the minds eye. Well
such diet Is nutritious, to say the least of it,
and fairly accounts for the tendency of nearly
every body and every thing in il to overgrowth
These onion and other vegetable gardens are
evidently cultivated by Germans, who have
come to monOpolize the business around nsar,v
all the cities of the country They MANAGE
them with great skill and industry. and live 50
economically a. that they rarely fail TO prosner
rs well as to rear fat children, and 10 f.tten
their wives and sweethsarts to oleagenous obs
sity.
The vineyards for which this immediate vi
einity is 20 noted, form pretty pictures on the
hills to my left. They, too, are the handiwork
Of tie Germans. who labor in them almost ex.
clusirely. They (the Germans) are evidently
able blessings on the country by the success
that is attending their prosecution Of this bust
ness-to induce the substitution Of light native
wines for yillaiGous whiskey, as the ordinary
drink Of the people. This is evident in the cur
rent imbibing habits Of the city. Still Catawba
is now its most common drink-always except
ing lager beer, already become our peculiar in
sutution- Three glasses Of native wine are now
Tetailed in the drinking houses of Cincinnati
for every one of all other liquors
The Germans are thu. not only checking
the growth Of intemperance" by their vine
growing and wine making skill but decreasing
The actual consumption Of drinks which wish
were banished forever from the reach of nv
countrymen everywhere.
The blue hills Of Kentucky, as seen from this
road ere we arrived at Aurora, are beautiful
things to look upon, as well as profitable a.
psed-for stock rearing for the most part