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

NEW HAVEN, CT, Nov. "a, 1858.
EDITOR DAILY LEADER II have been taking
turn in the State of Connecticut, and suppos-
ing letter or two from the good old State from
which most of the people of the Western Re-
serve emigrated, could not be without interest 10
your readers have therefore suspended my
letters from New York forthe present. expect
to return to New York in day or two and wi !
have something more to say from that point
I have several slices yet for discussion. This
is my third visit to Connecticut and l have
Travelled Inc State through its entire length and
breadth.
New England scenery is beautiful-unsur-
passed for grandeur and sublmity. It's rugged
hills and barren aspect, its interminable stone
fences, white farm houses, its thriving busy
villages made up of Factories and white Cot
tages all after the same pattern, as if the Archi-
tect had built an entire village 10 order, and
upon the same working draught; its stern, ac-
tive, able bodied, strong, intelligent men, and
robust, healthy and beautiful women canLOt fail
to interest the most casual observer.
The Railroads pass through manufacturing
villages, which look thrifty and enterprising,
presenting an almost unlimited amount Ofwhite
paint; and when you leave the lines of Railroad
and pass up the hills among the farm houses
YOU see no less thrift and enterprise. Tie
farms are generally in good state of cultlva-
ton, and under the strongest and sOlidest stone
fences. From the highest points you can look
off over valleys as far as the eye can carry some
times, and all around you see dotted here and
there the substantial wi ite farm houses, looking
pleasant and comfortable, and in the distance
the village with its large factory surrounded
with white cottages and tall church spires
There are, however, miles of rough barren hills
and mountains where no improvement can be
seen; and in such places the rugged and barren
rocky hills are relieved only by scrub pine, rcd
cedar and white birch. At this season there is
a blue hazy or smoky atmosphere hanging
over the hills, which gives the landscape soft,
mellow and beautiful appearance. 1t seems to
be an earnest and serious life battle to compel
from these cold bleak hills comfortable sup
port for man and beast; but there is no lack Of
comfort, nor any of the conditions which make
life desirable, pleasant, and an upward march to
the true, the good, and the divine.
The people are Industrious, earnest, energet.
ic, intelligent, refined and hosPitable. The men
generally are noble specimens of manhood
while the women are of beauty which is rare
and captivating, possessed of an intelligence
which is above the average of her sisterhOod, q
grace which is free, natural and unstudied, and
minds which are strong, active and brilliant
When one behoIds the fathers and mothers o.
New England, and considers for rlIOIiTEHt " hal
their ancestry must have been, there need bt
no further wonder at the results which she has
accomplished for human nature. Look at New
England! she needs no encomium There are
her hills, her cities and villages, her farms anC
the solid comfortable homes of her people, hel
history is the history of the common country
her great men are the property Of the nation
from among the Windham hills she sent forth /
Putnam the bravest of the brave, whose patriot
ism was without bounds, and whose heroisH
and peneralship was unequalled in the armie:
ers of New Hampshire sprang the dead Web
ster, whose giant intellect moved Senates ant
nations. and added lustre and renOwn to tht
American name, as well as the living Chase
Cass and Douglas, whose talents and respective
] positions are the admiration OF the entire
e country; from among the Smithys of Massachu
sets came FORTH green and sOOty to be sure, bu
q none the less to be admired, Burrltt with th'
: learning astonishes, and Briggs and Banks
whose talents command the respect of all
Connecticut too has sent forth her great men
e whose noble lives, heroic action, and high en-
deavor has added largely to the sum OF humaI
g progress; she has her battle fields and bloody
- memories With such history need there b.
n ANYTHING further said to endear New Englan'
f to every lover of his country-every one having
! any patriotism in his composition, and VIII
y loves the principles of liberty which first toGnl
utterance upon the barren rock of Plymouth
I and has since been matured by the sweat AM
toll of ages, and consecrated by the blood O
patriots until it has given life, form and char
n acter of a nation.
!, The Railroad from Waterbury through Hart
r ford east to Providence, after leaving the Con
nectieut Valley, passes through the most bar
. rem part of the State l have yet seen. Th
. Bolton Mountain lies directly in its path, an
for miles and miles you see nothing but rock
hills covered pine, cedar, and white birch, ,whic
v look as if their growth was slower than that G
a the century plant. The Railroad passes throug
the mountain at place called the Notch, an
the station is called Bolton. After passing tn
% mountain and to the east 80 miles, you come t
> WiImantic This is a small town with enol
Is nous strong stone factories, artistic dwelling:
ID and small white cottages. 1t is aplace of som
h importance, and large amount of cotton good
A. TVae hare Go,ya
miles to the east of this place is a village calle
Baltic. Here is the celebrated Baltic print es
establishment of the Messrs, Sprague, of Prov
c idence This establishment is said TO be tn
J. largest in the world. The building is over 80
feet in length. Its prints are famous the werl
over. To the rear of the factory as you az
e proach it by Railroad, and across the sma
d stream which furnishes the motive power, is sit
. uated the village made up of white cottages al
: built in rows, and each like its neighbor Their
y is not single angle, bracket, window, door O
g chimney to relieve the sameness of the birds-ey
= view which your position gives you of the vi
r lace. There are about 1900 inhabitants in tn
n village saw one other village built up in III
same manner-W auregan, in Windham county
!. l presume there are other villages built in tn
l. same manner.
/, Windham county is the best farming count
a in the whole State among those have visited
! if the immediate valley of the Connecticut an
the narrow strip of land called the valley of tn
!. Housatonic be excepted
!. Hartford is beautiful city, pleasantly situa
!. ted, built up with taste and elegance, and com
!, pares more favoraby with Cleveland than an,
other place of my acquaintance. 1t is an en-
70 terprising city, noted for its manufactures, in
y suranee companies, and its banks 1t has
le greater number of good looking men and beau
= tiful women than can be found in any other cit
= of its size in the world. 1 trust you will no
consider me extravagant or wild, for 1 say thi
upon mature consideration, after careful com