Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-01-05
CORRESPONDENCE.
,CrScISSArr, Dec. 27. 1853.

past We have had but few glimpses Of
Old S ]. and during the most of that time |
it has rained and drizzled, drrEled and |
until the city presents so dirty
and begrimed an appearance. that you
would barely Eow recogn;z. The Qdet
City. as seen on bright Nay morn
inc. Fortunately, however, it has not
rained sufficiently hard to produce
q ,od. and the river being nsSisable so
late. has had the feet to make business
active for the season.
the hog crop is mostly harvested. bu.
a prramhuls'ion through some districts
would still cause an outside 10 wonder
where 60 much pork could have been
raised but i4uns through the sur
rounding country. and view Of the
thousands OF acres devoted TO corn, and
the wonder will be, rather, that their
produce should find consumers. Do not
imagine, however. that oil the corn con
sumed in the neighborhood Of C,ncin-
natl. is distributed again 10 the shape Vi
hams. shoulders and bacon. for such is
not the case.
That the pork trade of Cincinnati is
immense, is we'll known, and il NAV nave
some influence on society at large; new
erlhsless. the inhabitants have been Sian
drreJ. and il not true (as have heard
intima'ed, } hat pork is legal tender;
you meet pig mics No more frequently
here Than elsewhere: men with large
heads are not called pig headed; house
wives do not generally use pig GIN; gal
lants do not call their favorites pigs nies.
neither do men wear pig tails. (,hough
great deal of pigts'l is consumed
Whiskey is another item of no incou
siderable Importance. You have IN
doabtedy heard of s N. Pike. one OF
the largest dealers in The country. He
is jast completing a magnificent Opus
House. in which the fsr famed PiccoIum-
mi is To mske her appearance in Febru-
AIRY n Z. The building is unsurpassed
in point Of srehi;ec ural beauty and %
cratic effect, and is an ornament to the
city; but whether the proprietor will end
the investment as oftabIe as dealing
in whiskry. in its varinus forms. from
The most pslpable "blId face" 10 tIe
choicest brands Of foreign wines-is
qars for time TO solve Il b 3 been
suggested that the building should b.
called Pixies AeO Hall (AOii
CIncinna'i can boast of many othe,
splendid buildings. both public and tri-
vale, and Old establishments in the heart
of The CRY. are constantly giving place
10 modern and imposing edl6ces. more
becoming this age OF improv ment.
Der Berneshe Bby," and bis right
and left hand men, Jones and M4ckey,
werr at the BurnrI uou last week, and
created no little sensation among the
fancy" They gave q sParring exhibi-
lion at the National. the other evening,
to crowded house. at dollar head.
but having seen most of the illogical
specimens on exhibition 10 this country,
my curiosity did not tempt me To invest.
The Fire Department Of Cincinnati l.
probably unsurpassed by that of any
O'her city in the world. II is pail de
pariment. and en- the fidelity Of th= FIRE
men depends their situations. In The
Engine Houses, are horses always bar-
messed, with men 10 attendance, ready
at MONS nts warning. to ligh, The ires
and away to the scene Of action. In
about Eve minutes after the slsrm, the
5 tam Fire Engines are ready for work,
with power hardly creditsbls. When
ON then way. with their huge proper
lions, comet like appearance and The din
of dozen locomotives. one can readily
imagine them capable of subdung even
the "deVouring element" To Miles
Greenwood. E,q. the cilis-us are indebt
I'd for The ORGANIC ltion of this most IF
cient department
i am sony cannot sa, as much for
the jldiclal government Of the city!
Murders. assaults a.i robberies, are no
toriou,ly of ireqpept occurre nee; but the
proper punishment Of q criminal, is ex
ce.dingly rare. Whether this is OWN.
the iErffieiency Of police and detective
officers. or TO those in hi CHER positions
will not pretend to say: bpt Grain
it is. that many prominent and mh1en
tial citi5.ns are tar from satisfied with !
the present mode Of administering jus-
lice.
Many Of the enyirons Of Cincinnati
have lately been taken into the city, now
giving population of nearly 200, ,OOo. !
and rapidly increasing.
Mr.. ii. L Stiles, well known to your
c:.izens. is doing heavy business 10 III, !
oyster line. notwithstanding the unfavor
able weather, ssw 90 his table such
~ 5sters as | never beheli elsewhere, and
though possessing q xibIe eulIet. one
Of them was too much for single grlp /
T.uly yours.
II.