Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-20
WESTON.
COuneaut TO CieveIand-An Inn
mense Reception.

COuneauf TO C1evellnd-An Im-
mense Reception.
From the Cleveland Herald. Nov. 1s.I
No State in the Union has given a more
hearty reception to the great American
pedestrian than Ohio All the way along
the Lake Shore, fathers, mothers, sisters,
brothers, old and young, have f1ocked to
the "old stage line" in numbers which, in
several instances, almost threatened total
annihilation of the party. While they are
delighted with this demonstration of re-
spect, in some instances the rush of
thoughtless persons upon the heels of Mr..
Weston was a source of great annoyance.
All who are friendly to the best interests
of the pedestrian should remember that a
slight accident would deprive him of money
almost fairly won. From this time forward
the people of the West, vast majority of
whom are his ardent friends, should render
every assistance towards securing fair
termination of the feat. The attendants are
probably in a worse condition than Mr..
Weston himself. They have been constant
to the interests committed to their charge
thus far, and while they are thankful for
the many favors received, they trust Mr..
Weston will be permitted to pass along
without being molested by crowding upon
him while on the road.
An immense throng of people assembled
at Willoughbv last evening, making it ex-
ceedingly difficult for the party to enter the
hotel. Itwas no time to expostulate with
the enthusiastic multitude, SO the next best
thing was to open the way by crowding
the attendants upon the people. is ex-
ceedingly wonderful that Mr.. Weston has
escSp ped accidents thus tar. The crowds OF
people have equaled, and in many cases,
exceeded the size of those assembled to do
honor to some of our most iilustrious Cen
erals, and to the Chief Magistrate of the
Nation. -
On Monday he left Conneaut at 1:40 A.
NJ. Even at that early hour in the morn
ing the streets of that quiet village were in
perfect blaze of excitement. Persons
living several miles from the place, in the
country, and an immense number from
neighboring towns cOngregated in ont OF
the fremont House long before the hour of
departure, awaiting the appearance of the
party. He stepped out at the hour stated,
clad in neat suit of blue broad cloth, the
pants being of the knee breeches pattern,
and was greeted with rounds of applause.
A grand rush for eligible positions in the
line of march Immediately followed. Some
reckless driving exasperated Mr.. Weston,
rh ough he remained quiet until near Ash
tabula, when the danger of being trampled
under foot brought things to crisis. He
took the side of the road and made little
speech, saying if the crowd intended to act
| like pack of Indians he would wait until
the demon stration was over. The weather
being cold, the crowd did not relish the idea
of standing there very long, so they gave
way and he proceeded.
In Ashtabula another demonstration was
! made. bat the movement was checkmated
by the efforts of several citizens, and Mr..
Weston was safely landed in the office of
the hotel. The enthusiasm of the people
knew no bounds at any point.
A good breakfast awaited the party at
the Union House. Geneva, which was
reached at A.M.-24 miles from Conneaut.
| Here again the crowd was excluded from
/ parlor and dining room, but number oi
4 ladies were admitted. Wherever it was
| possible for ladies to call, Mr.. Weston re-
ceived very flattering attention from them
and he was an especial favorite with chill
dren. Motherr seemed to take delight in
having him kiss their babes, and where the
little innocent prattlers refused to be
kissed it was source of grief to the ma
ternal parent.
During the remainder of the Journey
| the same scenes were enacted at Madison
| Henry. Painesville, Mentor and Willough-
by. A large number of ladies called upon
him at gainesville, where he was detained
about three hours in arranging his toilette
and receiving visitors. The journey was
resumed about 3 O'Clock P. M.
The par y stopped d.atiWilloughby for tea
Here they were received by a delegation
from Cleveland, having instruction to es-
cort the pedestrian to the Kennard House,
if he desired to continue the Journey
After some hesitation occasioned by d
little soreness of feet. Mr.. Western. having
promised by telegram to be at the Acad-
emy of Music in the evening, consented
to proceed, and after eating hearty
meal, left Willoughby at $50 P. NJ
The road is adapted to pedestrianism
nearly all the way. Notwithstanding the
difficulty with his feet, he made the aver.
age time to Cleveland. arriving a few min.
utes after eleven O'Clock.
i Bonfires and illuminated houses lighted
up his pathway for twenty miles east of the
city. Loud shouts of welcome greeted him
at almost every turn in the road. An i'm.
mense cavalcade of carriages bearing many
of our most prominent citizens, followed
the pedestrian, who gave them plenty OF
room. His reception may justly be classed
as one of the largest and most enthusiastic
ever given in the city. If it had taken
place in the day time instead of eleven
o'clock at night, it would probably have
surpassed any public demonstration, moi
excepting the Perry Monument affair,
which ever took place in the city.
VICTOR HUGO, though self-exiled from
his native country, secures quite revenue
from the performance ofhis plays in France
A remittance of $4,000 was recently sent
him as his percentage of the receipts OF