The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14
= .,-,.;. !; = =, sIs Rsssefssasss|

/ ..v.ssS e.c,n re Eastern esasee, 70 eCy
y. q. emery and charming country
Sfs \ n fair young sister State to find,
le "a and bold rocks, which RENDER
d % many beautiful views fee nom
/ st,S dis6gurine advertisements, 20 ruinous
IL roanv Of the fayorite resorts Of the
older statee. All who hsye whirled over
tha railroads Of New York, through the,
vallev of the Mohawk, or among the
gorees and rsvines of the Susquehannah-
and Delaware; or have swept down the
Hudson" the River Of the Hills, unjust.
remember how the discovery, here and
there, of huge signs, daubed in characters
so large that he who runs cannot bat read,
has offended and. diegusteds by bringing
to mind the ills that flesh is heir to, at q
time when one would fain see only nature.
and forget aught but.the pleasant associa-
tions which natural scenery brinesto, ev-
cry lover of the ipictufeeq6s.a AZ West
Point, one aces With prtds the names Of
the Mexican battles cut deeply In to ma
tive rocks, and thus borrowing their inn
mortality to perpetuate the record Of our
victories, and We feel that.it is . rude and
ivandal hand that has chosen this vicinity
to thrust upon our unwilling sight notices
Of quack remedies, bar room drinks, and
healing q lotions. But so It is. and on
the bold shores of this noble stream, re-
fleoted in its calm mirror.like surface, are
these disgraceful evidences of penny seek
ing notoriety. This barbsrous custom has
placed signs suggestive Of all that is ,disa-
greeable upon the bare, storm-swept brows
of the White Mountains, upon ragged old
side cliffs, and on the rocky walls Of our
famous Niagara; and where the eye of the
traveller must fall, but few surfaces re-
main undisfgured. 5.,..a
At this late day, New York has passed q
law that gives landowners and all oorpo-
rations a full protection from this most
enduring Of all treepasses, and when after
the elements have once more wrought
fresh surfaces upon the rocks, it may be
that we may once more look upon beauti-
full scenes without being obliged to read a
series of medical notices. 1854
Here while the beauties of fair 4inneso-
ia remain as they have been for unknown
ages, fresh and unmarried, winning from
all admiration, and arousing that sympa-
thy with nature so perfectly defined by
BRYANT when he wrote 7i4A A"f3
"To him who In the love Of nature holds
Communion with her Visible forms, she speaks,
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has voice Of gladness and . smile
And eloquence Of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings with mild
And healing sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness ere he " aware. So, u, ~
Let public sentiment discourage and
legislation forbid, barbarian hands from
degrading natures handiwork to the Office
Of holding mans ills, and vendors shop
Haunting Impotence before our eyes. 81,
But once, in pleasant rambles among
the lakes, and streams that tempt one to
stray on and ON about st. Paul, has the
writer had recalled unpleasant associations
Of auacks and charlatans, and that was
when viewing that gem Of . waterfall,
graceful, ripping Minnehaha Il 10l s6iu
ID Looking through the veil ofwater, ait in
it's ever changing beauty to curtain the
home Of the naiad Of all streams it was not
pleasant to see on the little bridge, which
is itself almost out Of place in 50 entirely
picturesque place, daubed notice OF
some he dry nurses "Teething Syrup at
25 cts. a Bottle" What soul has man
who amid the laughing waters, where TO
liage, spray, sunlight and color combine
to render all perfection, can shook ones
mind with suggestions OF crying infants,
weary mothers, and long enduring fathers,
in their misery of some ambitious heirs
first dental achievement Again has he
made raid on the, picturesque. and re-
peated his notice on the rocks that form
the curve of the amphitheatre, 80 that from
every point, he who would zee Mime ha-
ha. and dream over the past, the red mans
long gone past, so full of romance, and
sadness. must be brought to the angry con-
soiousness that, white man has defaced
what the savage appreciated: Isis. - ~
Shall this example be followed; must
notices of sp6st no bills be painted on
every point Of beauty, on Maiden's Rock,
and the cliffs of the Upper Mississippi :
or win refined public sentiment punish
by no patronage, and laws by penalties,
the vandal who would prostitute all the
picturesque to his money getting noto.
riety. Shall it not be that such notoriety
shall be considered infamous, and fail ir
the result that tempts the unscrupuloui
to thus offend against good tastef II moi
in some way condemned and prevented, THU
practice win render onr summer haunt.
mere advertising places, and our rura
tastes the ridicule Of travellers.
|