Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-12-03

one time, and therefore had good oppOTtu-
nifty of judging
l stopped at the Trumbull House, near the
State House, and 1 am constrained to say that
it is decidedly the best place to sOjourn, except
the Weddell, of Cleveland, that have tried
The house is kept in the very best style; every
thing is in perfect order; you have large, airy
rooms, the best of fare well prepared, and an
obEging and gentlemanly host. Messrs. Rood
& Prior are the proprietors. Mr.. Rood is a con-
nexion of the Roods and Stoves of Braeevile,
and his wife of the Woodiords, of Vienrs,
/ Trumbul county, and you will readily see that l
felt myself very much at home.
While l am talking about Hotels, | may as
we'll say that the Weddell House of Cleveland,
is the best kept Hotel that have been in either
East or West Its pleasant rooms, gentleman
ly proprietor and clerks, its attentive servants,
excellent living, and pleasant situation. recon-
mend it highly to the traveller, and think are
not surpassed in the Hotel world. What l
have said about the International of New York,
and now of the Trumbull House and the We'd
dell need not be casscd with paid puffs, for l
trust am not yet low enough to be guilty of
any such toadyism. 1 pay my bills as other
travellers do; and, besides, 1t was not known
that "Junius Jr." was ''among them taking
notes"
AT the risk of being considered tedious in
these side talks, l must say that the types
made several sad bluDders with my letter of the
18th. The most ridiculous ones occurred in
the paragraphs about friend Briggs and the In
ternational. Your types make me say about
Mr.. B. "vary talk"-and of the Hotel-'a
great and pleasant place" wrote "racy
talk'-and "a quiet and pleasant place"
The public buildings of Hartford are old and
of not very large pretensions. The State
House stands in the heart of the city, surround
ed by q small yard enclosed with an iron fence
planted with trees, and to the east of the build
ing is a fountain looking very much like huge
bowl. The Lunatic Asylum and the Wads-
worth Atheneum, are buildings which attract
attention. The Atheneum is solidly built of
free stone, and of pleasing style of architee-
ture. 1t stands upon the Main street. l spent
half hour within its walls proftably. It has
a gallery of paintings of much merit-mostly
consisting of battle pieces ef the Revolution,
with an occasional landscape and home portrait
of the distinguished men of Connecticut. Here
) is to be seen the first effort of the celebrated
, Painter Trumbull The Historical rooms are
possessed of a rare interest for the historian
, and the antiquarian. There is a large hstori-
cal library, curiosities, antiquities, paintings,
J and many objects of interest. There is to
be seen profile view of the first railroad car
riages which were used upon a railroad in this
country The train consists of q rude looking
locomotive and tender, and following are three
carriages like the old fashioned stage coach
. There are three seats to each carriage inside,
: which are to hold two persons each, and in
front is an open seat or boot which holds two
persons to each carriage. The profile shows
} the carriages filled, with prOfles of the per
sons said to be to the life, one or two of whom
are still living. 1t is the work of Brown the
! Il kol linz -ho haa IL
tinguished in his day. This profile view is cut
, in paper, and is shown by black ground,
e This train run upon the Albany aud Science
tady Railroad-the first road worked by steam
in the United States. 1t was built as early as
1923. The Librarian, an aged man, told me
4 he had travelled in one of those old carriages.
came down to this city last night Thi.
: city is distinguished for its College, its Amphi
. theater of Elms and its many SL-FSis0s.
1 stopped at the New Haven Hotel and had ful
e view of the Green the magnificent rows O
8 ems, and old Yale, with her long piles Of red
brick, and her great Churches which are mostly
in and about the Green. The elms are truly
c qrand-many of th3m sufficiently grown tC
q come within the line of admiration of the
- Autocrat, and almost equal to fill up the
measure of his love. They line either side
; of the long, straight street; and their long
) sweeping boughs meet over the street, form
u ing, in summer, a perfect pavilion; Will,
: on the sides they extend far over dwellings
n and buildings. To be sure they are shorI
$ of their beauty now, and look much like tn,
+ ghosts of their summer greatness and beauty
= but one can readily imagine the picture they
d present when in the full tide Of a summers
e growth; as well as the comfort they afford the
;, dweIlers in this Elm City.
e Ny stay in this City will be of short duration
balf to-
/ ness, were not at home. / do not have mueE
It time to look around A walk up and dow
e Chapel st. and turn around the Green, is al
;, the sight seeing l can put in There are some
!. fine buildings some business activity, and gooC
!, deal of evidence of enterprise. | can only looh
i at old Yale-the Alma Mater-not mine, but o
n hosts of our best men throughout the country
y some of them the mental athletes of the land
e | can readily imagine the tender feelings, thu
d high regard, and the veneratiOn with which al
g her graduates turn to the old College, so pleas
% anty emhnweFed, and around whose class
d walls, cluster SO many historic recollections.
D, NV Alma Mater alas, where is she He
d halls ioere situated within the sylvan shade o
1f the silver maple, and the wide spreading bough
r of large oak protected me from the "windy
wintry" blasts, and many time and oft ten
t der feelings well up from the hearts core OIL
L calling to mind the pleasant and profitable hour
r spent there. Her walls, too, were OF brick, bu
le Of no stately proportion. Her professors ar
d scattered, some gone to the spirit land--he
" graduates are here and there widely scattered
h and pursuing diversified callings; there are no
Of many giants of mental or physical proportion
h among them; there were no annual commence
ID ments No societies with high soundings an,
le meaningless Greek names, before whom grad
10 uate was occasionally invited TO play part, an,
T amuse the young scholars, who, like a certail
s, wild Bee, are greatest when first Matched; Their
le are no reunion of class mates to rejuvenate AM
Is keep green the oasis of the heart. Nothing o
IN the kind gives to her that ecat which is so com
d mon among the institutions of learning. Thr
s. ruthless hand of the destroyer has entered, ha
v put out the light of learning which burned will
lie varied efulgence upon her desks, has torn dow
10 her walls, has scattered her bricks and mortar
ID and the spot where she once stood, is as tn
y open feld-nothing marks the spot, where, t
II my once timid and childish mind, stood 81
t much greatness and magnifcence My Almi
II Mater was country common school; and he
re Halls were but small brick school house.
1r These reflections have come unbidden, callet
e forth no doubt, by the associations of the place
l. could not resist the temptation to write then
e down.
le The Colleges, SO called, Of the land, are wor
'. thy the care of the guardians of education ant
lc the men of scholarly attainments; but W.
should always be careful not to magnify then
so much as to shut from our view the Common
], School House, which is in fact, the College o
d the people, when the men of the real business
le energy-themen who carry forward great enter
prises, who control in politics, the farm, th'
/ workshop, are educated, and where the basis il
l. laid upon which all selfeducated men build
Y Foster the School House
/ Yours truly, JUNIUS, Jr.