Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-12-18

after a two weeks voyage from Cleveland,
! (which distance she usually accomplished in
three duys,) arrived here on the 14th Of this
month, and left on the morning of the 18th
There was thin coating of ice about the Bay
when she left; but two days arterward, its sur
face was traversed by the glitteripg heel of the
skater. We have had few light falls of snow,
but the ground is now bare again, and the mis-
| ty blue Of lingering summer, lies along the dis
tant hills.
| A tri-weekly line Of stages is to be placed
upon the road between here and ST. Paul in
the course of few days, and ihus shall we be
kept in communication with that world whose
din will not come TO us so deadened by time
and distance as scarce to quicken our pulses,
for even in these days Of rapid transition, the
ior'y-eght hours which lie between us and St.
Paul, will not have given the world full time
to have changed the whole contour Of things
ere we shall know of it. So we have settled
ourselves contentedly for the winter Our store
houses, and cellars are Astounding not only in
the necessaries, but the uxuries Of life; aud. al
though hundreds of people have left us for the
winter we still have a pleasant circle of refined,
and intellectual friends and very many of those
who have gone, were people who could well
be spared, so that upon the whole. the panic
stampede has been a blessing to us. Business
is dull, and the gentlemen complain most bitter
ly of the want of occupation, aud groan over
the misery of idleness. Our only resource is in
books, and in social amusements; and as we
commence the season with "a firm resolution TO
make tie most, and best of ourselves, aud each
other we predict that time will pass both plea.
sanity and swiftly away to all those who are
good natured enough to allow themselves to be
happy. 1t is wonderful how much willingness
to be pleased, can aid in the being SO! and visa
versa.
Our beautiful bay is, in winter as well as in
sumner, the theatre of most of our ou.-ofdoor
diversions. In summer we have our sailing par
tt :, often by moonlight, and with music to add
mnnce to romance At this season, we have
ou" pleasantest sleigh-rides, and here we skate
in 'nrtes; and an ce-boat has just been rugged
in which ladies and gentlemen may outAy the
nd ITSELF Here, too, the sporting gentlemen
brng out their fast horses, aye and sometimes
"let their money on the bob-tail nag"
This every day familiarity with the water
brings with it a contempt of its dangers, which
often results in disaster, and death. Men will
We ture upon the ice when it is so thin, or so
brittle, as TO be insecure, and we have scarce
a. inhabitant but can tell you of some hair
breadth escape; and there has not been a spring
or autumn, in which fatal accidents have not
occurred. Two men, last week, paid the penal.
ty Of temerity with their lives; and vet nobody
seems intimidafed Last week we watched man
skating over what was the day before an ex-
panse Of open water, bearing in his hands pole
so that in case the ice should break beneath
his feet, the pole would save him by resting
upon the unbroken surface The excitement
with which we watched him skimming over the
hendmg crystal, was intensely painful, though
it seemed to be to him so fraught with daring
pleasure as TO drown all other thou ght.
The loud cracking of the ice during the rro-
ces o. freezing, is astonishing to those who lis
ten to it for the first time The report often
rings ont shril and clear, not unlike the whistle
Of locomotive; then again il looms like a dis
chlrge Of heavy artillery advancing, rolling
past, AID dying away in the distance Such is
tn continuously of these reports that often
upon night of intense cold the hours of sleep
are so much disturbed by them, that it would
be provoking were it not Tor a certain gran
deur in the sound compelling nobler thoughts.
1t is the cannonade with which the winterking
nvides the summers fair domains. The battle
must be fought, must be won; so we will draw
tn comforter above our sleepless eyes, and bid
the fierce usurper reign and roar.
From the kitchen TO my chamber, steals an
odor of pumpkin pies, and boiling chicken and
other viands whispering to my ofactories the
pleasant story, that tomorrow is Thanksgiving
dayl Public worship is to be held in the morn
ing, at the Presbyterian Church, and afternoon.
al many luxurions board will laughing voices
and ready repartee be heard; and, unto Him,
the bounteous giver Of all good" may the ado
ration of all hearts be poured,-the crownng
joy at every feast.
Tomorrow, in many a homestead, will the
severed circle be reunited; hearts long separa-
ted again will know the sweet interchange of
sympathy and thought, knitting anew the ties
the world may never quite destroy Oh these
hours of social happiness, are after all the real
bumanizers ! Many Thanksgiving FIRE will
Tomorrow warm heart, which has garnered
shadows since it last has nestled there aud from
its iumned depths, dark spirits shall emerge,
and the angel of its childhood's home shall
boautily ther place mith smiles; for
| "Nature never made
heart all marbe;-but IN IN assures. snws
Tne wild flower Love, from whose rich seeds spring forth
world ~ mercies and sweet chsrities!" NJ c. p.
The TEST OF A GoOD HUsBAND.-LOok
at the key hole Of the latch-key on the
street-door. If the paint is not rubbed off
Two or three inches around il if the edores