The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-07

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Sr. LOUIS, Aug. Is, ,5S.
lfyou received my lAst letter from St. Louis,
you may expect few more lines about this
great atty. believe summed up its general
business aspect in few words, and it hardly
worth while to add any details. But while
al the merchants and hotel keepers l have
seen, unite in complaining Of dullne.s and
great falling OF 10 business, learn that
there is an immense amount Of building 60
ing on,-some say more than in any previous
year. This is accounted for in part by the
fact that capitalists can find no other safe
mode OF investing their surplus means, and
they certainly will not be apt to End year
when labor and oil the materials Of building
viii be cheaper. This general disposition to
build il q fortunate thing for mechanics and
laborers, vast numbers Of whom would 9TH
erwise have been wholly out Of work, and
out Of means to save them from starvation.
st. Louis 10 great city and is getting
greater every day. 1t 10 great in its public
buildings, its palatial residences Its numerous
charitable institutions, great in its wealth and
growing trade, and great on Lager Beer and
music. Strolling with friend on Sunday
evening down Fourth street, the sounds Of
music struck our ears. My friend being used
to st. Louis, soon directed our steps into
"garden," whore my eyes beheld Ito thsm)
an unwonted Sunday scene. Here was q
half acre or more Of ground, with few
trees pointing to the stars, the ground very
dusty, tables and seats arranged in squares,
on one side Lager Beer bar, whence flowed
. constant stream Of that fluid conducted by
lots Of whi.e-aproned walters to the thirsty
crowd, ON another side raised platform
covered and enclosed on all sides save one,
and occupied by band Of rotund musicians,
who, wss informed, from dusk till II
O'Clock bowed their brazen instruments,
making . concord or discord Of sounds much
admired by the listeners, but to my ear hav-
ing twang Of lager beer. This may be
fancy on my part, but when you consider that
. whole barrel Of beer is poured out here in
less than an hour, you can guess that the
very atmosphere would seem to be suffused,
interponetratsd, saturated with its moisture,
and therefore, when agitated by brass instru-
ments, it's vibrations must naturally be af-
feoted, subdued, sort o. aattened. But
doubtless it was scientific music and fully
appreciated BY the musisally cultivated Ger
mans, Of whom both sexes here do congre-
gate in great numbers. The band stopping
to breathe, sounds Of music attracted my at
tention to large hall, on another side Of the
garden. The hall was brilliantly lighted,
and ! saw through the open windows crowds
Of men and women going through the mazes
Of the waltz. had been in the ssgarden''
but few moments, and did not feel in
clined to prolong my stay. So we vamosed
aud went on our way down Fourth-st.
We were not long in reaching another gar.
den, and ~ tho music was said to be much
better, We dropped in to take brief sight.
The entrance fec of dime apparently had q
repellnnt effect, for there were very few
present. Usually, was Informed. this gar
den 10 most thronged. Perhaps the hard
times have produced "realizing sensev Of
the necessity OF saving the dimes. More
over there was no dancing hall-none at
least visible to my eye, but the music was
very fine, being made chiefly on stringed in
strumsnts. Soon satisfied with this kind Of
entertainment, returned to my lodgings at
the Monroe House.
How put in my time to-day till dinner
you know already, and l have nothing to
add save q good word for the Monroe House.
IL Shenstone thought it q melancholy thing
to SEND his warmest welcome at an inn,"
beg leave to differ with him, especially when
one 10 welcomed BY so pleasant an host as An
drews. The Monroe House may not be quite
so splendid as some others, but then 1t does
not exhaust ones pocket quite so fast, and
modest man Fl ON the country can feel HIM
self at home here, and make himself as COM
Portable as he desires. r.
ONO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILRoAp,
ALL ALONG TEE LINE.
The BUS called FOR US at p. IN. and at
$40 the cars started from East st. Louis. -
The evening Of the 23d was cool and pleas.
ant, the oars Of the broad guags were spa
cious and comfortable, and not crowded.
To me, after tolerably close confinement
Of four years, it was rather pleasant 10 feel
the irresistible locomotive whirling u rapid
ly across the broad plains Of Illinois. We
sped on from station to station, according to
the programme, with little to break the mon
otony Of "riding on rail-" This mode OF
riding is not particularly favorable to sight
seeing even by daylight, and yet one feels
an interest IN catching the outline Of the
country through which he passes for the fret
time. We noted now and then beautiful i'm
provements on the prairies and speculated
on the vast capacities Of the country for
cultivation and for the support Of popula-
ton Snndnvnl thu cynss;no ~ Aha r.ns .