Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-01
OLD SERIES.


ing between the .-a Of Marmora and the
BO'phorus. or course. Mr.. Lynx could no,
mean that, or II he did, had too little con.
hdencc in the Turks u venture my money
there. Ny doubt wa. removed by the for.
ther remark Of Mr.. Lyny.
"Consiantinople is town Ia Minnesota,
which ! venture to say. in the course Of ten
years will contain twenty. 1--we thousand in.
habi,snts.
~ do not think have ever heard Of IT,"
THAT 10 not surprising. Thirty years
since Chicago wa, mere trading post,
amid the wigwams Of the Indians. Now u
buds fair to rival our largest eastern cities.
| might pp'nt you To many other examples.
but il j. needless. You. sr. do no, need 10
he informed Of the almost magical growth
OF our western towns and cities. Never vas
a ,rner 'ianIa penned than this, by Bishop
Berkeley:
"'We.tvam the course Of empire take. IL. way,
The iour 6,sI act. AHEAD, past.
The hfih 'h,ll clo.e the drama with the day
TINES nobls., oa'p'i"g !. IL. last"
OF course you are familiar with IT,"
! replied in the affirmative, and ven,ured
to inquire more particularly respecting the
town of C'n'tAn,inople.
" Fortunately" replied Mr. Lynx. 81
have plan 6f the town IN my pocket "
lie drew out a largo sheet containing the
plan OF ,ba town regularly Lard out into
streets, lots. Sc with here and there a
public building indicated.
Their. be said. Indicating the centre
part with his finger, ARE ,wu churches.
Method'., and Baptist, and i, !. proposed TO
offer the lot contiguous TO the Congregation
alist-. on condititn ~ their erecting n hand.
some church clifce upon it. In the immc.
dnte vicinity some ten acres are reserved,
as YOU perceive. for pnhlic park. This i
thing which ought never To h. irrs ttcn
in laying out town" | lpokci out uf my
oilirr window upon the brlck wall opposite.
aud cordially agrccd with Mr.. Lynx Ia thi,
remark. "Tlii, little black mark. " lie con.
tinucd, 4" indicates tho Bank. Near by is
the Consiantinuplr Hotel. Those little dots
stand for workshops of various kinds. By
the way, iJrsot 10 say iha, the name pro.
posed lor the lot So apar: for public pur.
pose. is Hyde Park"
"l,n't that rather imposing name for a
village common ?" ! vrntursd to inquirc.
"wcll, perhap. 80" said Mr.. Lynx,
he.iutipgy; hut onr principle is 10 take
good names wherever w. can End them.
For tha, reason. knowing that the place
was j .iincl somc day To BE- large one, We
gave it hish.soundins name. Year
hence (of course I dp not pretend To fix tho
umc.) believe the Con.tan,innrlc Of the
Eastern continent will dwinic into ln.is
n,6c,ncc by tie eide OF tia, in our Western
world "
Ou are Snsulne, Nr. Lynx.
need not detail the conversation which
followed. IL !, sufficient to say that tho
cloqucncc II Mr. Lynx tell no, upon stony
t'l"cit upon Fnt.yl ground. Within ono
hour was the legal p'..'s',r of one hun.
drrd and sixty acr-- situated IN Cunstin,in.
oplc. Forty acres were in ,he centre OF tho
town - the remainder on the outskirts.
These. together with the commission To pay
Mr.. Lynx. just swallowed up my aunt's be.
quest.
When walked home. !, was with a
proud cjnscinu.nes. that was - landed
proprietor, and IN the high road to wealth.
&" In two or three years, AZ most" re-
hscted. - shall he ahle To sell my land frr
such sun as. with my moderate desires,
will place me above the world. shall a
once resign my situation, build cottage
somewhere on the hank of the North RIVER,
and, brins quite able to gIvo her a compo
tent support, shall oilsr myself 70 the
adorable Eliza"
The prospect was an agreeable one, dcci.
drdly -. and ! c0uld not avOii wishin; my
fortune were already made. IInwev r, two
years would pass RAPIDLY. and then my
castle in the air might assume more sub.
.iantial form. | did not acqualnt my friends
with the nature Of nay investment, bot inti-
mated in mysterious manner tha, had
made an exceedingly fortunate disposal of
il. Naturally, their curiosity was excited,
hut. a- I intended by and by to surprise
them, | was proof against their inquiries.
Some weeks since, having brici respite
from business. prepared, Us usual. to take
a summer trip. Where shall 90? lo
Saratoga, Newport or Nahan,' This ques-
ton was propounded by my friends.
II shall - to neither Of the'a places" !
repIl'd.
"Ycu go to the White Mountains, ten,
or to Niagara!
"Still wrong"
Where, then. are you going7'
ITO Con.aniinoplc," rcpl'ei firmly.
Nv friends looked at each other in blank
ama,ement. and. | believe, had seriou.
doubts a. to my sanity. until | ASSURED
them that | did not mean the ancient BY.
Iantium, but u Gouri.hing town N Mime