Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-09
Letter From Our ''Deacon.o


with confidence into the care of the watchful
guardians who will conduct thee safely and
speedily away over the ripping sea. Go
when the moon is in her full, when the
slightest wind disturbs the bosom of old
Erie, scattering and gathering her rays into
ever changeful CLEANS of glowing molten
silver. The last bell will toll, the hoarse
whistle win awaken distant echoes, the Piu-
tOnian fire, deep down, will glow with in
tenser heat, the huge engine viii awaken to
life, and the leviathan will bear you safely
away. When the shores have grown dusky
and dim in the distance,g go within, and there
a scene of enchantment will open before you.
Beauty, arrayed in almost royal robes, will
greet your sight, white and gold and purple
will display their varying beauties, the wa
ters of a sparkling fountain will rain in
liquid pearls, and tiny gold fish float as if
accustomed to an imperial canopy over their
beds of pebble. When your eye-lids become
heavy, retire from this scene of more than
oriental magnificence, relieve your weary
form upon wooing bed, and the ripping
waters that rush past, and the gentle breath
ings Of the huge engine that hurries you
along, will soon lull you into gentle and un-
disturbed sleep. You will awake early and
refreshed, and after your new found appetite
has been satisfied with breakfast such as
you can scarcely obtain elsewhere, you will
be in condition to enjoy complacently your
approach to the termination OF your aquatic
journey. You have received such delicate
and thoughtful attentions, you have been so
free from intrusion, you have had such
sense of perfect enjoyment since you first
stepped on board, that you will leave the
noble craft with regret. Forget not, thou
slave of pen and scissors, the communica-
tien have made TO thee. go
Buffalo, poor and rusty, has lost the pres
tige Of her once great name. Her harbor
empty, her schooners desertedy her business
departed, presents a sad contrast to her ap-
Pearance twenty years ago. Then her life
aud activity challenged the admiration of
every stranger; now she looks subdued and
sorrowful as if mourning that the promises
of other years had been blasted. Houses
for rent on every street, no noise nor hustle
ef business, it is evident that new avenues
Of commerce and trade have blasted her
early prospects, and that she must bow her
head to her gloomy fate. So Tyre and sidon
passed away. .....----.. .-...-....r
Frouo PuAalo 20 +b;s ,,o;-,t - a., n, I'll.
New York & Erie Railroad is a trip of some
six hours. You pass through Batavia, Avon
and Bath-aIl pleasant and THRIVING villa
ges-and connect with the New York & Erie
Road at Corning. The country traversed is
Ia portion Of 1.-THE richest in the State,
-----t a l.sL 80 - ~
country becomes rolling, running OF 1Ht6
abrupt and lofty hills in many places the
scenery becoming very Hne!! Crops general
Iy, a considerable portion Of which are not
! yet ready for harvesting, look wen. The
corn fields in some sections looked unprom-
ising, but that is the'result, usually, Of lack
of proper cultivation. The orchards. which
are numerous, are loaded with fruit, and one
would imagine that this section alone could
furnish apples for the use Of the whole State
4 The horn Of plenty seems to be full to over
flowing, and whatever calamities Providence
may have in store for us, it is certain that
starvation will not be one of them.
Elmira is one of the most thriving towns
in the State, as it is the most beautiful One
would say in walking through its crowded
streets, and seeing everywhere business
blocks in process of erection, and hearing OF
every hand the hum of industry, that tn,
citizens know nothing of hard times. hav
always noticed here one characteristics tina
we might ourselves initiate with advantage
and that is the friendliness manifested b.
manufacturers with each other They seen
to be governed by less sordid motives thai
elsewhere, and every man seems to thin
that all home manufactured articles are su
iperior to what can be had elsewhere. TIL
! citizens work as one great family, and tn
result is prosperity that few towns in tn
country enjoy. It is true, by the way, tha
the manufacturers of the town are in hig
repute wherever known, and the fact thfa
an article came from Elmira enhances il
value. 1t is surprising how snugly tn
t large village population of $4,000 or 15,OC
E get talong, and what cosy and elegant hons
they have. , lAh air of great heatness PEI
/ vades almost every street. shrubber
? sbounds to an extent quite equal TO our Ow
Forest City, and there are many streets thi
surPass anything in Cleveland, except, pc
+, haps, Euclid. By invitation, / have Risite
several manufacturing establishments, an
one particularly, the piano factory Of Messr
e Eliason, Greener & Co., interested me. II
gentlemanly head of the firm, Germat
showed me instruments of various qualitie
in process of manufacture, and explain'
? the difference in the structure of the shE
: of good and poor instrument. If buye
s knew the difference they would hesitate
Y purchasing till they had examined and sa
. isied themselves what they are getting.
They have an original way Of stringing the
q instruments, which, together with the lab
n they bestow upon the frames, give the
! a fullness and splendor of tone I have Sc
dom heard equaled. The inside of the
! pianos are all equally good, the difference
price being only in the outside finish. TIL
make from one to two per week, which a
!, sold as fast as finished. A five hundred al
! fifty dollar instrument is nearly complet
for exhibition at the State Fair to be he
u. here in October.
nI In company with my friend, Lieutena
Is Roe, yesterday visited the Cemetery,
is beautiful and quiet spot too near the cent
J. Of business but beyond the reach of its moi
3, IN the older portion of the enclosure we sto
,r in the midst of the marble memorials
of those we had known in past years. Hare
y record could be read that did not nam
le friend or acquaintance We had follow
le some to their final resting places; others
e knew had gone, but we had never lOOl
g upon their graves, and the sculptured m
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