Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-18
WAYsIDE JoTTINGs.
Correspondence of the GaIlipolis journal.
WORCESTER County, Mass.
June 4th, 1868. {
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An old saw has it, that
"Journals are but the gatherers and disposers
of other mems stuff" those political, social,
natural or religious items, which go toward
the makeup Of life in all its varied phases,
in city or country, of the East, West, North
or South. 1t is among the literafi and isms
of the "Hub." the inqsisitiye and irrepressi-
BILE Yankee of Down East, among TIE flour
ishing villages and indomitable enterprise of
the sons of New England, that we are now
seiourning, and as our summer gleanIngs of
fact or fancy, are occasionally harvested, from
hillside or crag, roadside or town meeting,
we shall present them to your readers, and if
among much chaff, they shall he able to find
q few grains or golden truth, that will inter-
est passing moment, our object will be at
tanned, and no printers ink wasted
The spring has been unusually backward
this wear, the cold, chilling rains of April
and May have hindered the progress of farm
work. and given but small opportunities for
planting at the usual time, but June, "the
pearl of our New England year." has come,
and "with one great crash Of blossom,
stormed the world" June, with all its sunny,
golden beauty is here; the rain-clouds have
dispersed, the sturdy farmers have taken hold
of the plough and the harrow, and though
weeks in arrears, they yet implicitly trust in
the promise, "that seed time and harvest shall
not fall
All nature is rejoicing in its new found
strength and beauty, the fields are dressed in
living green, the hill sides and pastures are
dotted with lowing herds, the swallows are
fitting and circling to and fro, the plaintive
notes Of the wbip-poor-will break through
the air at deepening twilight, and the hum
of the busy bee is heard from early dawn to
dewy eve, fair type of the untiring industry,
which is national chars of the de-
scendants of the Puritans.
Here among sterile rocks and mountain tor
rents, have sprung up God fearing race.
whose churches and factories, schools and
colleges, attest the powers of mind over mat
ter, and proclaim them worthy descendants
of their God reliant forefathers. How many
of our noble sons and daughters Of Ohio and
the far West. from their new homes, with
rich prairies or exhaustless mineral wealth,
look back with reyerent and loving pride to
the old New England homesteads with their
associations of other days, though the soil
was well nigh barren, and toll thereon bare
ly remunerative.
By an almost universal law of nature, rough
soils with rougher climates, have ever been
the carefully guarded homes of Liberty and
Law; the rural population around US here, is
no exception to this law, for people more in
tensely loyal and law abiding would be diff
cult to find. The masses having all received,
at least an education in the public schools,
are not an easy prey to the fiimsy sophistries
of the brain or heart, and are therefore gene
rally to be found enlisted on the right side in
the current topics of the day.
The General Order of Major General Logan,
Commander Of Grand Army Of the Republic,
for decorating the graves of our honored dead
who fell victims in the late rebellion, was pet
by hearty response from one end to the
other of the Old Bay State, not only by those
belonging to the Order, but by the citizens at
large, who took marked interest in the pro.
ceedings; in nearly all the villages of the
Commonwealth, each rural cemetery was visi-
ted by loyal throng, with many floral trib-
utes, offered to the memory of those who fell,
with armor on, battling for God and country.
The people of this County Worcester, are
emphatically Republican, and endorse with
every manifestation of approval, the nominees
of the Chicago Convention, and promise next
November to poll rouslng vote for Grant
and Colfax. Many are somewhat sensitive
because the candidates are both Western men, ,
and think that the East ought to have se-
cured the Vice Presidency; nevertheless, the
best OF feeling and harmony prevails, and the
cry of Grant, Colfax and victory, is one and
inseparable.
Among other topics of local interest, and
now occupying prominent position in the
public mind, are the Hoosac Tunnel, and
Pedestrianism, as brought to view in Wes-
tons walk against time, at Riverside Park,
Boston, The conditions of which were that
Weston was to walk 100 miles in % con
secutive hours for the sum of $500 dollars.--
After completing the first half of the ninety
frat mile, Weston monnted the, ,,in Judges, stand
the feat without endangering his health per-
manently, stating that he himself, sacrificed
the sum Of $500 dollars by failure. The
sixth mile was the most speedily accom-
plished-taking ten minutes and nine Sec
onds. The 62d mile dragged wearily through
IS minutes and 9 seconds.
The tunnel through the Hoosac Mountain
is of such magnitude, and so many scientific
and commercial interests center therein, that
a light passing notice would be manifest in
justice. At some future day, we hope again
to visit it, and present through your valuable
columns few statistics and facts connected
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