Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-07-11
Letter from Il Travelling Cor
respondent


respondent.
NIAGARA FALLS, June 2lst.
FRIEND RITEZEL My last letter wa:
dated at Boston, at which place l made {
stop of four days visiting the State House
the Common, Bunker Hill, Cambridge and
Mt. Auburn.
From the dome of the Capitol, situated
Il upon the highest eminence in the city, the
best view of the place is obtained, and from
no elevation in the whole Union can be OBJ
served 4 prospect of greater beauty or OF
more historical interest. The numerous
towns in the immediate vicinity, the Bay
and its many islands, Dorchester Heights,
from which Washington compelled the evac-
uation of Boston, the famed Bunker Hill,
and the classic shades of Cambridge present a
panorama of surprising interest and beauty.
The entrance to the Capitol is aanked by
statues of Webster and Horace Mann, TO
which is soon to be added that of the scho-
Elastic Everett. and in due time we may safe
| lv infer that Sumner will receive a like
apotheosis.-Honored names whose fame
and memory all true lovers of their country
must rejoice to see thus perpetuated.
The pillars of the grand entrance Hall
are twined with the flags of the Massachu
sets Regiments who fought in the late re-
bellion. Their torn, battle-stained folds are
sad, suggestive and eloquent memorials of
the dangars, tolls, hardships, defeats and
final triumphs of their heroic defenders,
which must ever embalm their self-saerifice
in the memory of a grateful people. Heaven
grant that al who have battled beneath the
| folds of our banner of beauty may never be
obliged to war against the demons of want
or the wolves of famine.
= annlncurn
tanning several lakes, a conservatory of the
choicest flowers, park with living moose, and
an old Cemetery, in which, / should judge,
there has been no interment for over CEN
tury. There are number of such in which
not marble slab appears, though nearly every
grave is marked by stones of gray color
whose inscriptions are in many cases illeg-
ible Bunker Hill is a much less elevation
than 1 had supposed. The monument, a
plain obelish of gray granite, is 22l feet in
heighth, being four feet less than the chin
ney of the glass works within mile, said to
be the largest in the United States. A fine
statue of Gen Warren has been placed in its
base by the Masonic Fraternity, and colos-
sal one ornaments the office near by. Two
small brass cannon in the summit so light
that two men could readily shoulder and
carry each, have inscribed upon them the re
markable statement that they are two of the
whole four with which the colonies entered
the contest of 1775, oneofthese exploded al
ter a few years service, while the other TWO
were captured by the British. No contest
could have been more unequal, ana the
sublime patriotism of these fathers OF the
Republic should make the cheeks OF the de-
generate, disloyal spawn of these days
crimson with shame.
OF Mt Auburn much might easily be said,
but a former description of Greenwood rem
ders it unnecessary to dwell on a topic so
nearly akin. Though not so richly adorned,
the taste displayed is more elaborate and
chaste. and there are probably a greater
number of illustrious dead. Sarcophagi are
more common than in Greenwood, and one
| Monument of about thirty feet in heighth
evidently copied from Napoleon's column of
Victory in Paris, is the most exqulsitely taste
| full memorial have ever seen. But, as my
notice of Auburn must be brief, l pass from
the topic BY subjoining few epitaphs which
struck me by their significance and beauty.
A well executed sheaf of wheat, surprising
in its naturalness, bore the words aye are
not sad to see the gathered grain;" and a
Ilily had beneath it the words ''0ur fairest
flower for our Fathers garden An open
bible bore the inscription, ''From darkness
to light, the Book of Life unfolds." A
sculptured harp resembling a shell with a
broken string, had this sentence beneath,
''The silver chord is broke, Its golden shell
is mute" There were these inscriptions also
on stones unmarked by designs, ''Equal unto
angels, being children of God. "He whose
love exceedeth ours has taken home his child.
ssHere, in faith and hope we lay our morn
| ing glory" "While the eye TO heaven Is
raised its silent waters sink away" "Blessed
are they who look on graves and still be-
lieve there are no dead.
Pausing to rest in the cemetery Chapel Oh
leaving. 1 was most agreeably surprised on
seeing four of the most beautiful statutes on
which nv ewes ever rested. They were of
Gov. Winthrop, James Otis, Samuel Adams,
and Franklin, and so true 10 nature and
faultless in execution that they would bear
comparison with the master pieces of CanOva
| and Thorswalden and command admiration
even of the connoissuers of Rome
Ny next stopping place was Portland, the
chief city of the Pine Tree State. 1t has
many fine residences and two of the first
conservatories in the Union, with an un-
con. pleted hotel of marble imported from
Italy, which will be one of the first struc-
lures on the continent. Maine is the poorest
of all the New England States-her exports
being confined chiefly to ice, stone and lum-
Der, and her citizens of necessity becoming
lumbermen. fishermen and sailors. In pass
ing into the State the change is as great as
the entrance from Ohio to Pennsylvania via
the A. & G. W. r. R., and almost justife;
the old slur that shot guns were used tC
shoot the seed into the crevices of the rocky
soil to get foot hold, and that sheep required
metallic casing to protect their noses while
eating the stunted vegetation. Of course my
stay was brief, and hurrying back to Ports
mouth took the cars for Montreal which
reached in twelve hours thereafter, passing
through Concord, Manchester, Montpelier
st. Albans and other places of lesser note
Ny course lay directly through the White
. Mountains, and the scenery struck me a!
: finer than that seen on the Baltimore and
| Ohio and Penn. Central on their cours,
through the Alleghanies. Many streams arr
] crossed and waterfalls brought to view o.
great beauty. Sylvan lakes appear from
time to time with grass growing to the
waters edge, giving them the appearance O.
= pearl settings in groundwork of emerald.
: AT st. Albans took my last look on thc
land of freedom and equality. The changt
was soon apparent. Every five miles Ger
talnly, even between stations, the train wa
) brought to a stop by sentries to be searched
; for Fenians by the red coated mercenarie
of Britain. Noting my disgust was favored
with special inspection; the cockneys ev
identity recognizing me as "Hamerican.
During my four days stay in the Provinces
. these satraps were everywhere present.
: The whole volunteer force was probably OF
duty for nearly one month, and Don Quixot
} himself was not more valiant in his assaul
: on the windmill, than these bombastic funk
les in their endeavors to combat imaginary
Fenians. An allusion to Limestone Ridgl
and the scamper of the Queens Own, wa
soon brought to realize, was dangerou