The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-08
DISMALISMS.
From q Searcher After Pleasure Tn
der Difficulties.
ST. LOUIS. August /. 1867.

Nj. road. AS the most OF the route TO
st. Louis on this train is after dark,
and as the writer's Judgment as to.
good or bad country is MOTTO DE relied
on as very correct, the less said about
the matter the better. Of one thing
we can speak, however. There is a
good deal of Projrie country between
VincenDes and st. Louis. au
.CaI4-h OF ST. LOUIS 1oH
We can say wezwere not very favor
ably impressed. 1t was, we believe,
laid out by the French, and was never
intended for anything more than
trading post, consequently the streets
leading up from the river for two or
three squares are nothing more than
mere wagon tracks. Fourth Street is
a little better, and has some really
fine buildings. They are well paved,
some with flag stones, some with per-
forated iron and some with the Nichol-
son pavement The latter is the
favarite and gives universal satisfac-
ton.
THE HOTELS,
Since the burning of the Lindell, !"
towns we have seen of less size, but
are equal-we might say better (absit
inDidia)-than anything in our city.
THE FASHIONS.
We did not notice anything very
peculiar in the dress of the ladies and
dolce far nieate, excepting a profu-
sion of ribbons, which will account,
We suppose, for the following, which
we heard a Hibernian humming:
Boston gurrels for talking,
New York gurrels for dressing,
Philadelphia gurrels for manners,
And Baltimore gurrels for kis ing. H
Ipdiaaa gn5re,s for, for h~g q
St Louis gurrels for ribbons,
And New Orleans gurrels for the divil.
ADJUSTMENTS Ia
Are all played out !" for the summer
all the theatres, &C., closed. d j
THE WEATHER 500
Is dry and warm, which, with the
dullness of business, may account for
the general lassitude of the people.
THE PARKS.
We cannot close without a notice
of the praiseworthy efforts of the
authorities in providing some place
for the people to retire from the dust
and heat of the city Hyde Park
seems to have fallen into neglect to
some extent since the war, but they
now have line Of street cars run
ming to the gate, and the authorities
are stirring themselves to make it
more attractive. A new iron fence
across the entire front makes it look
attractive, and as workmen were busy
on the grounds, we suppose something
is being done to beautiiy the place.
Lafayette Park is already beauti-
full place, and, with the number of
men employed, we should think it
would soon be the rival of Central
Park, New York. It covers many
acres, is beautifully laid out in walks,
the trees look fresh and green, and
the grass is kept cropped close. There
are, in the grounds, many beautiful
grottoes; miniature bridge across /
miniature brook, the bridge being
made from limbs and trunks of trees. /
which retain their original shap
The rocks about the bridge are from
the Iron Mountain, and still look
rusty, and are full Of ore. There is.
also, q miniature cave In the rocks.
and rustic walks under and about the
bridge, while little jets of water bub-
BILE from the rocks, all of which. with
the help of little imagination, makes
one feel Uery romantic, and some
what like the young fellow said to his
girl when he wanted to be particularly
Complimentary, "Sallie, when | am
with you l feel as if ] were near some
old RUN u
But the chefd 'euvre is the bo-
tauical garden of Mr.. Shaw, about
three and half miles from the city.
Mr.. S. is a wealthy citizen, and has
conceived the idea OF making place
of public resort on his grounds, and,
to make it more attractive, has, re-
CARELESS Of expense, procured plants
from every cline We here saw pine
apples ripe on the bush; bananas
ripe aud green on the trees, aud in
fact nearly every kind of fruit, both
foreign and domestic. OF course, we
can not say, in this brief notice, one
half that could be said of the beauties
of the place. Suffice it to saw. that
whatever art and money can do to
make perfection, here it is done. Mr..
S has named his place Tower Grove.
There are several small towers about
the grounds, and one very high one
in the center, from which You can
view the country for miles. The
place is of easy access, being by street
ears to within three fourths OF a mile.
The railroad fare from the city.
(3a miles. is five cents, which may Be
regarded as cheaper then iodikihg. as
friend at our elbow remarked, as We