Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-11
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.{kA i DELAWARE. OHIO, Aprif7, 1867.
Having heard so much during the last
two months of the depth and height, and,
impossible quantity ofmnd on allthe roads
In Franklin and adjoining counties, and
missing from our market so many of those
familiar faces whose owners had been sup
plying as with eggs. butter, potatoes and
all. the ct ceteras so necessary to the susie
nance,, wants and ehjoymeuts of ourseif
and fellow citizens, I resolved to pay some
of them an unintrusive visit, zpartake of
their hospitality, do ample justice to the
good things set before me on their well SUPP
piled tables, and Judge for myself whether t
the badness of the roads, the ownership of
too omany s1greenbacks,' or Che utter despon-
dency superinduced by recent Radical leg
islatiop, was keeping the farmers away |
from eur city leaving iOlir mark etWearing
the appearance of want, our cellars empty,
and some of our merchants and their cour1
teous affable and attentive statesmen, look
ting like well finished and well framed life I
size portraits, as standing behind their gor-
-gsou glass doors, they watch, in admiring
ease, the empty street cars drawn by sldsh7
bedaubed horses over that muddy canal we |
can High street. = s4s 5i 5issnsls 4si.sfsI4 !
ls Having resolved to start, I saddled Miss
Nanny-light footed and sure turned her
head north BY east toward Westeryille,
that she might have the benefit of a pike
for the first few miles, before introducing
her to the much-talked of mud roads. And
on, such pike! 1T is actually worse than
High street anywhere south Of the depot,
and nearly as dangerous to horsefcsh anil
humanity as the duck ponds and hog wal
lows north of that place.
After a couple of hours ride over a road
that satisfied me High street, Columbus,
is not the only roadway in Ohio that boasts
OF q superabundance of slop, I arrived,
pretty thoroughly speckeied, at the1resi-
udenceo of Mr.. James I'll. CJe, on the north
ern line of Miffiin township, and halted for
a rest. The fear of tumblilg into eternity
through mud holes as deep and yawning as
craters, being rem wed, 1 had leisure to en-
Joy the handsome scenery this beautiful
partof our country affords, to listen to the
charming notes of the little birds singing
their peans of triumphant welcome to the
bopening spring, and the pleasant descrip-
tive conversation Inot little masieal) of
Mr.. Coe and his amiable lady. The resi-
dence of Mr.. Coe is certainly very pleas
.antlyI situated on Alum creek, aud he is one
of those fine farmers that seem to under
stand how to make farm pleasing to the
eye and replenishing to the purse. He has
undoubtedly the finest orchard in Franklin
county, containing more than seven hun
dred fruit trees, all in a healthy condition
He is now preparing to set out one thou
sand more. He told ma The prospect was
never better in Central Ohio, for an abund-
ant crop of apples, pears and cherries. 9s
egIt was my good fortune to make the ac-
iquaintance of Colonel George Osborne,
before reached Westerville, and became
his happy and appreciating guest. He is
of a truth, one of those fine old genial
gentlemen that loves to make all who come
under his roof forget for the time they are
from home. In manner courteous, in de-
sportment dignitied, in feeling friendly and
,hospitables without the slightest taunt of
shat self-sufficient, sanctimonious, canting
Puritanical hypocrisy that too often and
too deeply marks the New Englander, Col.
Osborne has the high honor of being a Con-
-nectieut Democrat and one that feels justly
proud of the Democrats of his native
ically to be made fools of on the Ist day of
April, In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, by the
Snowman BarDum and his more seriously
-deyilish colleagues a5n .zaza s-srt
Col. i0sborneis is S2years of age, has lived
over 80 years in BIeHdon township, on the
picturesque aud fertile lands of Alum creek.
Having in early life crossed the Atlantic,
paid visit to England and other European
countries, where he had an opportunity of
seeing the workings of class legislation,
great indeed was his pride in being an
American citizen, as, during period OF
40 years after his return, he beheld the
growing population, wealth. commerce and
development of his country under Demo
cratic rule and. Democratic craftsmanship,
until the people, basking In peace and
prosperity, became unwary of the insidious
designs, Of Puritanical tyranny upon the
liberties of the people, aud, in an evil honr.
elected to the high Offices of the nation ig-
norant aud seaseless demagogues, corrupt
swindlers, canting fanatics and malicious
hypoerites, when, under the swift
destruction, debt and desolation. brought
GU the country by those bad men
of bad antecedents and worse determine
tions. all his high hopes and long cherished
pride were fast giving way to that feeling
of sorrow for our departing republican
Institutions, that had taken possession oi
even some of our most wise aud trusting
patriots, until the recent expression of the
people at the polls, like the dawn breaking
on an Arctic winter, gave assurance of the
coming bright and glorious sun, shooting
forth his rays of light and warmth, bring
ing joy, health, life and liberty to an almost
exhausted people.
- Seeing the fine, venerable old gentleman
ofull of holy joy that his own native Con.
-necticut had carried the first honor and helC
the first place in returning reason and 10y
altyto the Union, took friendly leav,
and rode with a more light and hopeful
heart to Westerville; aud, though being
perhaps, more of a sinner than a saint
knowing that had never politically sinned
could not help thinking of the angels
visit to the sunk-in sin cities of Sodom ant
Gomorrha. Westerville had politically
stunned; would it be destroyed? hoped not
Col. Osborne was pleading forit. Connect
cut and Columbus had sent up thei
petitions with earnest devotion for it
stroying angel, but POLITICALLY speaking,
as an humble and unknown saint, hopins
to find at least five Democrats just befor
the fundamental ldao. I found it contained
not onlv five. huE forty. Yet Col. Osborn