The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-31
DAILY LEADER.
Letter from warren, Pa.
WARREN, Pa, Nav


WARRKE, Pa May %.
BEssRs. EDITORS: This sequestered and
rural little village lies about sixty mics in.
a southessterly direction from Erie, andis
one of the very Prettiest towns in Western
Pennsylvania Till communication was
opened by railroad it lsy remote from the
lines of travel, and the advent Of stranger
amongst the quiet denizsns was an event
Of note. The shores of the Allegany river,
q clear and beautiful stream, which all
most everywhere rise abruptly intOlofty
and evergreen clad hills here widens out
into bottoms Of rich dark soil. On 8 little
more elevated plStesu, on the north bank
Of the stream, overshsdowed by towering
heights lie clustered, like snowy eggs in
8 birds nest, the white houses Of the town.
Away 70 the north s deep cleft in the hills
shows the course of Cussewsgo. 9 clear
mountain stream whose waters here find
their way into the Allegany, The main
street is built up only on one side, and the
dWellers have an unobstructed Viswof the
impid river and the climbing heights be.
yond, each reeeding swell towering above
Its neighbor till lost in the blue
and hAzy distance. Away eastward
the long sharp ridges run slipping from
either way their outlines crossing each
other, clear and sharply defined as they
sinh, showing the devious and Windingfow
of the waters, as if reluctant to quit the |
shady solitudes. And * the smiling and
fearful Allegheny passes on till mingling
in the mighty rIver and the great ocean
far away under the topic SUI 14- 1s 4
Your correspondent sought out and
one of the loftiest elevations and
from his eyrie drank his full of q view
worth going q hundred miles TO see. Ex.
,ept the top of q village, the bottom ofthe
and an occasional clearing low
Town on some distant slope, all looked as
wild IS if the axe of the lumbermsn had
laid low any of the monArchs Of its
noble forests. The sun Wss shining sweet
y and delightfully."- warm, the only vegeta-
ion was Just far enough advanced to have
put on its most lovely and trRnsitory hue,
md the rollickirg blue jay was wild m his
Totes of glsdness, and the blue bird and
Obin, though more modest, uttered not
ess joyous songs. A gentle breeze Just
woke to life the funeral music, OF more
moan, that hardly ever ceases in
crest or pine, and t' /
'MurmuIiug leaves and waters near,
Made music to the lonely ear" L
While seated on q moss-covered stone I
the following verses: lsosa
II would my household gods wers here, q
Where the monarch pine is waving,
And lhe Allegheny near, ..u
Broad, magesticAl and Gear, 4Hsf
Wsndsrs on the valley leaving Il
Where tail peaks to kiss the cloud 54 Irrs IL
bar above his tide are E~wslling., 900 l.
Beau.e0us when a milty shroud sf5 4s9lsts 1
HOveTs round their foreheAds proud, ~
IwOuld make my sylvan dwelling. ,
Ground my home the sun would throw, a1o5
Tints Of rosy light when dying. :
Though the vale far, far below 10
shine not with the sunset glow
In q robe of shsdoW lying.
From the blasted pine his throne .4. '
would mark with folded pin'oE ,r5i.f q
Fesihersd sovereign, fierce and lone, COOS 7
While the rocking bough made moan, :
Gazing on his wild domiaion.
'I would rove with hound and gun. o,5as ;
When the dawn of day was breaking,
And ihs oim stars, one by one. ~ :
Paled before their lord the sun, ! .ma5.s4.
In a blaze of glory wAkingi 'lt :
would blow s bugle blast, I
Loud, romantic echoes rousing,
Then, with footsteps feet and fast, ~
Sick the greenwood, deep and vast, {
Where the antsred deer was browsing. (
"With the spoils Of chase at right L.
Gladly 70 my home returning, la11s :
I would haste, with football light, eds
Guided by = beacon light, OF
On my rugged hearIh-stone burning E
There my wife, in accents clear, EI I
While my frugal meal preparing, j
With aIong would lulI my ear m
And repay her nountaineer =
For a life Of toll and daring. I
1 have wandered away, you see, from this I
rdid world, if not into the clouds, close to
en-. A temporary forgetfulness of the :
ings of earth does not quite fit one TO |
g perpetusllY in companionship with :
Ivan divinities, so 1 shall have to find my
y back TO the haunts of men, and if I
mt to worship real divinities, seek them
8 more tangible form IL is not neces- d
y to go far, for there Is rarely to. be
md in 8 country village more female
auty than in this pretty town on the
You see that gray hair Is no
lex of want Of susceptibility TO feminine
.g7f
The woods in this part Of the Key Stone
Ite are extensive and many q wild deer
nishes cruel sport to the hunter. If
u are more peacefully inclined, o, reader, "
with me, armed with rod and hne =
fly, and in these selitudes we will seek
: many 8 roaring brook, where play the Y
,ckled "birds of paradise" Of the waters. i
eper and deeper you can wander into l
|, solitude Of the forest, till the air y
1nvexed with the sound Of civilized life, s
d you can hold uninterrupted converse, 8
h primevsl nature. B. "