Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-06


thought over the vastness Of that net
work Of iron which spreads over the land,
leyellug bll, penetrating mountain, skirtipg
along rivers, lcoplng Chasms and arch
ing ravInes, aud each Of these again dotted
at short Intervals with its mushroom city,
or forest hamlet, each the embryo or nu-
cleus ofa no distant mart Of trade, and you
in some degree, begin to catch faint idea
Of the force and fitness Of the maxim But
my dear Pro Ten, an uctnal survey, Of
these things is necessary to realize in all its
vividness and force, the sentimcnt--"this
Ha great country"
Think, sir, Of 100, 900 people cOngrega-
tcdfrom every suburb Of creation, gathered
iato one mass passing through all the cease
less twistings aud gripping intricacies which
characterize basket Of cells, on o spot
which but about quarter Of century
ago, was hardly known. The idea is too
vast to follow up.
In our rambles we visited the cemetery.
To one who has visited other resting places
Of the dead, this did not present many at
tractive features. It's neglected condition,
aud the general absence Of taste and tidi-
ness that characterized the spot, forced the
unpleasant reflection, that dissolution is less
the subject Of thought than gathering the
Doubles Of this world. The fierceneSs of
money getting, drives from the mind the
solemn admonition, "that man was born
to die.". The water works with Que 500,
and another $50 horse power engine, were
an object of interest, and striking evidences
Of the triumphs of human skill. "Michi-
gau Avenue" on the bank Of the lake, the
court end Of the town. where alfluance has
done its bost to make this world attractive
FOR mems abode Here clusters elegance
and refinement and here wealth has dis.
played the 6armonizing influence of archi'
tectural outline and proportion. The ef
feet produced upon the strangers mind III
passing over this avenue is pleasurable in
deed; and yet, could dumb matter take To
itself the character of telltale, stories of
misery would come up rom these abodeS of
afluance, that would prove how faIlacious
Is the hope-how uncertain the dependence
upon wealth, to raise us above the sorrows
of life. The Custom House, the Court
House, the stupendous piles Of stone and
mortar, and OF the more solid iron, Of which
many of the mercantile blocks and hotels
are composed, and elaborately finished, the
public school, the massive stone depot-the
site of which has been involved in litiga.
tion-of the Central Road, the first Presby.
terian Church, recently built at a cost ol
100000. more profuse and elegant in it:
internal designs and decorations, than any
thing we had before met with, are all OBJ
jccts which we were, by the courtesy of oul
newly acquired friend, afforded an opportu
nifty of examining. Not least among tht
matters Of interest, was the Photographic
Gallery, Of Mr.. FAssETr. His collection j:
numerous, and the specimens which com
pose it, in the highest attainment Of thu
art. Brady's Galleries in New York anC
Washington, are the only ones we have Wis
tied which compare in tone and finish with
bis pictures. They are taken Of the ordi
nary size, and "thrown up" to any desired
size, even to full life, and colored to nature,
giving them all the freshness, vigor of tone,
and fidelity Of the living subject. The CO.
loring is executed by Mrs. F. We bid
adieu to Chicago with feeling of defer
ence and respect, such as takes possession
Of us in the contemplation of triumphant
development and greatness. R.