The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-24
Sketches OF Travel .-- wheeling to
observation-disclosures Artists stu
dIOE---ChIcaEO--The Opera House,
Avenues, and ''HOme."
BY MISS JANE BOSWELL MOORE.

BY MISS JANE BOSWELL MOORE.
A charming ride is that over the
! Cleveland and Pittsburgh r. r. to the
"Smoky City," and in part To Cleve-
land, the fame OF whose beauty had
reached us long ere we saw it. The
route lies along the bank of the Ohio,
| or beautiful river, the present smoky
| appearance of the country being va
ried by huge furnaces, from whose
| open mouthed chimnies sheets of flame
| leap forth, with here and there oil wells
looking anything but poetic. The Lake
with its frozen surface, and the Light
/ House, high and prominent, greet us
as We enter Cleveland. The railroad
depot is one of the most beautiful in
| the country, and the city itself unlike
any we have seen. Superior street,
which is the great business mart, ex-
tends into fine public square, in which
stands the monument of Perry, who
| fought so bravely on the Lake. Space
/ is the prominent idea in the arrange
ment of the public streets aud avenues,
which are exceedingly wide and lined
with rows of fine trees; the houses
standing apart, enclosed in spacious
and beautiful gardens. But the wind
from the Lake blows piercingly keen,
and the frost-embrOidered paueS in the
morning remind US that summer is the
season to enjoy the beauty of Cleve-
land.
n,
which one would imagine on fire, if
judged by the dense clouds of smoke
and falling SCOT which seems to enVel-
ope the city. The sight is dishearten-
ing, but when one has courage to pene-
trate through this, we think he will
pronounce the people friendly, cordial
and kind. The glass works at Bir-
ninghaln are objects of curiosity, as
well as Allegheny Cemetery, which is
beautifully situated; granite mOnu-
ment surrounded by cannon, marks
the grave of Gen. Alexander Hays,
who fell at the battle of the Wilderness.
On the sides OF the shaft are the names
of thirty-three battles in which he took
part, both in the Mexican and late war.
But he fell before the last enemy, which
iS-death.
Pittsburgh claims, as citizens, several
fine artists, and in the studios of George
Hetzel, Jasper Lawman, Clarence
Johns, Trevor McClurg, and the
brothers William and Alfred Wall we
passed some pleasant hours. Mr.. Law
man, who studied under the same
master as the distinguished Healy,
though better known as a portrait
painter of some ability, has two charm
ing twilight scenes, executed in leisure
hours. In the one its lengthening
shadows are seen under the arch of a
| high bridge; In a little boat below a
| figure is seen playing with the line, ap-
pRreatly, but really, We think, en-
4 tranced by the dreamy loveliness of the
hour. The other is scene in the
4 woods, the branches of whose trees arch
| overhead, while through the foliage the
\ deep golden tints of the sky are visible.
Bright as these are, they are fading, the
day is nearly done, and the shadows
will soon fold away silently, but low
\ ingly, every tender bud and blossom.
4 The walls of Mr.. Johns studio are va
riously oruamented with cattle and
1 fruit pieces; "rabbits getting into
a trap;" dead pheasants," and on
| another canvas a basket is seen with
/ apples rolling out, just such rough
| looking green apples as one is willing
! to eat in winter. But the most speak
! ing picture is that of a shepherds dog,
I with uplifted eye and ear, watching.
\ Every one who has had in his house
I hold, and is familiar with the traits of
| Ws-hud below, Mr.. Hitzel, whose
name has long been associated with
) gems in the way of fruit and game pic
I lures, an excellent artist having re-
/ marked to US, that he considered him
l the finest painter of the kind in Ameri-
ca. The ntand bloom on these grapes
are beautiful. We can hardly resist
/ touching those which have fallen care
| lessly from the basket, the rocks also
4in this landscape are very natural. Mr..
McCIurg Is better known through his
painting OF the 1.-THE Volunteers Re
! turn" " hich has since been engraved
1 The original sold for twelve hundred
1 dollars "Ths Knitting Lesson" much
admired in the New York Exhibition,
now bangs in the studio. The last
d'touches are now being put TO a winter
f'scens by Alfred Wall, in the cold light
of an early morning, every bare twig