Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-01-28
our Smoky CITY Correspondence
SMOKY CI1Y, Jan. %, 1853.

Dear Frte Press I"sso said Of those
things which charm the hero's heart, that
they
"Are but an echo in the ear Of time,-
A dream, Il sde, the shadow Cf shade;
With the bright rainbow born, they swift a:
rainbow dis"
Though this lie SO. yet Chancer gives what
| believe to be the true sentiment; he Say S:
galway in herte rede thee
Glad and merry for to be,
And be as joyful as thou can"
Believing both sentiments, and acting up.
on the latter, resolved to visit my friends
during the holidays. Giving my parOl
d. AO"nemr to he in my place on sprci-
tieI day, took my seat in railroad car.
aud soon we rolled away from sight Of
those columns Of smoke and steam which
give grandeur To the morning scene. but
" hich make the city dull and hnck. Pas.
sing for many miles down the OHIO, ] was
pleased with the delightful view "f the
river on the one hSnl and Of the wild hills
on the other. To sit in some shady glen,
under m Overlaneing rock. hy gentle
waterfall, aud to give imagination To tie
wing aud let her wildly rove reveIins in
the history Of the past, or on her airy wing
dashing away to the dim, underlined, un.
known future, gives the mind an inde,cri.
babIe pleasure. Some such feeling had
as We rushed past those high, o, erhauging
cliffs. jagged with rough rocks, which me
seen all along the Coulse of the Ohio.-
Sometimes We ran so close tn the waters
edge that ono would think that the whole
train would he plugged into the rivrI; but
soon. as it riding on u magic wand, we
found ourselves on solid ground. Arriving
vt Steubenvile | tonk the Newark train.
which 10 ives the river mile or two below,
aud which carried me through less de.
Iighttu scenery. After we had r,ssel
through several "hules in the ground"
dark aS ErcbuS, the conductor announced
Bowersyille station. Here | left the RS
aud betook myself to less expeliciouS
but much sfer mode OF lncomclon. Soon
| arrived vt New lIagcrstown, village
VIII, 50 churches school aud academy le.
mind one Of New England village, in
those days when Liberty, the daughter Of
knowledge ard Religion, arrived ut wo>
manhood AMI asserted her hir.hright in
and i ,miniou over the New Would. The
academy lere beats the marks OF ha,ing
been builF years ago. 1t has hal, no
doubt, It's reverses; but how many per
sons can say that here they began
"Inter syle0s Acodsmi guerrero verumi'
Ii is nov under the superlnteudAnce Of a.
S. Foster, A. b., y gentleman who has the
honor Of having Jefferson College for his
alma Mater. Tho attendance of students
is good; though did not meet all of them,
as great many hsG gone home to enjoy
the holiday festivities with their parents
and friends.
To the poor invalid how slowly pass
the heavy houls! But how swiftly glide
the days Of social enjoy ment This /
found true; for scarcely WIS seated among
my friends, when the specified time called
me to return to my routine OF duties in
this city. Returning the same way l had
went, coon arrived at the Smoky city.
and found my lodgings as l had left them.
We are not to seek for a mans real char.
aeter in bis great actions 50 much m in