Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-12

WHAT A STRANGER THINKS or CLEVELAND
The Editor of the Mansfield Herald has been cir
cuatng about Cleveland and Pittsburgh h and gives
his impressions OF the Cities in very readable style.
He says
Cleveland as a beautiful place-there is no gain
saving that This was our impression the first
time we ever saw il and our opinion that it was
among the handsOmest-lt not really the hand
somest-cities in the West, has not been changed
by 40 absence Of some time. Nor has its rapid
growth in that interval from a respectfully sized
town to tull.heGged city deprived It in the least
degree of its former beauty The same character.
stIcs present themselves and one has TO admire as
much as ever. Public aud private wealth is lavish
ed Ia the adOrnment and buautilying OF the town,
and on every hand the cultivated taste Of its i'll
habitauts is apparent.
There Is but one Broadway in the country, and
so likewise Is there but one Superior street This
avenue Of days journey width, bordered as It
is by the most magnificent buildings is the delight
of every visitor aud viewed 10 the evening when
used as promenade or a drive by the beauty aud
the fashion" we doubt that even Broadway ltscll
can present more brilliant appearance.
| AS with other western towns, Cleveland has
| grown immensely. Great inrGads have been made
/ uto the rural districts. Where a few years ago
! an occasional farm house could alone be seem pop
| ulaton is uow dense, Corn fields have given way
! 10 charming residences, aud potato patches are
! covered with priucely palaces The place that
once knew market gardens shall know them no
more forever"
A characteristic feature of Cleveland aud from
which Il has received its other name, Is the great
attention paid 10 the culture Of shade trees, The
| private streets are generally adorned with
them and they, even more than the beautiful man.
| sions shaded by them, give attraction TO such
bOlllepards as Euclid aud Prospect Every prop
erty holder evidently considers hmsef a spocla
committee on shade. Where there are native
trees they are religiOusly preserved aud wher,
there are none they plant them As a consequence
then, gA the city extends II must grow in beauty
aud whatever may be itB grOwth--ahOuld the iOu
SCORE thousand people there multiply into even
million Cleveland will never lose It's title az th
"Furest City
But he goes "from embowered aud fascinating
Cleveland to SCOT begrimed Pittsburgh that Cit
whose sulphurous fumes rongy remind one O
the ultimate destination OF Sinners" and thu
shows the difference:
II Cleveland surpasses Pittsburgh in beauty III
latter leads in business Relatively one is Ne'
York aud the othe, Philadelphia Cleveland ha
continual Sunday appearance; things NOV
along calmly and quietly-no one seems 10 hur
ry-men walk the streets lesurely, drays &
along leisurely--indeed the impression one re
ceiyes il, that there ia not much to do, and plent
Of time to do It in.
Not 80 in Pittsburgh. Here the narrow sid
b walks are crowded with a busy throng of peopl
! who pass by each other at a 240 pace, You N
jostled on every side, until your good nature is d
e cdedlY minus Collisions are irequent you escaI
the Scylla ot an apple-stand, to founder 10 III
Charybds OF on organ-grnder; Bales and box
'lie sire n along the way, 10 the destruction
crinoline and mems morals aud above, below
D. and all around, the creaking, grOaning, hummin
saving tearing, aud whirrng Of a thousand fai
tories, leave such decided impression upon yol
's ears, that days pass before you get rid Of q
elangOf.