Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-12-11

back 10 the old tripod with renewed vigor Of
body and elasticity Of mind. Such n result
could hardly be avoided, when we consider
the stall feeding upon oysters, scollops and
other sea food " which our friends have sub
jected US, and the cordiality Of their greetings.
Our home friends assure w that the editorial
visage Is sensibly shortened, the muscles re.
laxed, the expression many degrees more be.
nignant and the whole set off with a youthful.
ness Of hue that stands in papable contrast
with that Of three weeks since, while the buoy.
ancy of spirit and elasticity of step seem to
Indicate that the wheels of time had had u
backward turn Of some five or ten years. In.
deed our female friends intimate, in unmsta.
kable terms, that we are tolerable good look
ing. OF course the effect of all this is quite
pleasurable. Our trip to the great metropolis
was made over the New York g. Erie, In close
connection with the Lake Shore at Dunkirk,
in its spacious wide guage cars, over a road
bed, which for smoothness compares fayora.
bly, with the first-class roads Of the country.
Notwithstanding the extent of the line, sched.
ue time vas adhered to- These considerations,
with attentive and courteous conductors and
cleanly and well supplied eating stations made
the trip of about 2215 hours from Ashtabula, a
most satisfactory one. Leaving our own sta
ton in the 5:47, Cincinnati Express, on the
17th, our arrival in New York was in good
time for sitting down with our friends to
sumptuous Thanksgiving dinner The meet
ing and greeting was doubly happy from the
associations that cluster about the day. After
an evenings chat and a refreshing nights rest
q start was made for down town. But o the
impressions that crowd upon the mind of
cOuntryman of the beehive life of that crowd.
cd and overgrown city ! Where do so many
people come from ? How do they all live
What endless variety Of countenances, COM
plexion and contour What untold wealth
and extravaganza is everywhere apparently are
some of the thoughts that run through the
mind Every conveyance is crowded, and the
streets are moving mass of humanity. All
are hurrying and bustling and iostlng till you
begin to think, this, is rather tight place to
i've, and the feeling of impatience arises, for
rea.' 'ization again Of the sentiment of the text
TO pla Mt our feet in a wide place. New York
has out Trown itself There is absolutely not
Its broadest horoughiares are throngcd, and
its narrower business streets are wedged and
choked. The occ, ,'rrence is an hourly one, Of
a jam of every vare'v of vehicles from which
there seems no possibilit v.of escape. Butn spite
of apparent impossiblity, fifteen or twenty
minutes of scolding and swe, 'ring, usually finds
the difficulty overcome. VIII, is to be the
,,Ft i,I IL
tinues, it is not easy to tell. Whl'e there is
much to puzzle there is equally mucil to ad-
mire. Glitter and elegance, and e1idel "cs OF
refinement and luxurious and substaL tIal .qste,
are abundant on every side. Squalid l0veI'y
suffering and sadness, too arrest the atte. Ition
and occasionally prcpondCrate over all otter
feelings. This, Of course, where humanity IL
thus massed is inevitable. OF course we can
not stop to give details, but one saddening and
morttying sight took such IL hold of the mind
that we cannot forbear an allusion TO it. 1t al
tects national gratitude and mars national
and can be justified or tolerated up
IN no grounds of rc,renchment or economy
The patriotism and gratitude of the nation
should make such provision for its crippled
and mutiated heroes and defenders as to spare
the sight of their sitting, robed in their ensig-
MIA of service, uncovered, at the corners of the
streets, attracting the attention of the passing
crowd, grinding from the instrument above
all others associated in the mind with meadi- !
cancy and vagrancy, and humbly asking the
pennies Of the peopl" whose liberties they have
defended and preserved The thought is sad
md discredtable one, and while the country
Is prosperous and Its monthly revenues in ad
vance of its disbursements, are counted by
is it not due to these heroic men, that
heir pensions should be ample for their com
ort and happiness, while the remnant of life
continues ?
Traversing Broadway that noblest of streets,
)ur steps naturally turned in at 525 for call |
lpon our old friend and patron Charley Lock
wood, who after long season of nfirmity,
las regalned his usual vigor, and is gathering
IN ample share of the perishablc things of this
world, in the prosecution of the linen drapery
business. He gives fervant welcome to old
Ashtabula friends whether on social or bust
less errands. We acknowledge the profession
Il as well as social attentions of DIR. T. b. Gun
llHS, WHO eiJoys tlle reputation OIL one OF HrSt
lentists of the city and country, distinction
we'll sustained and confirmed by the success
ul treatment of Secretary Stewards jaw, when
he chief surgeons of the army failed A few
lays in n. Y satisfied us of its life, and our
eps were turned to the land of steady habits,
where the associations of the best part of life
centre. Oh how the memories of the past
anne thronging upon us as our feet rested upon
is soil What thrill of pleasure seizes upon
he heart as the hands of old familiar friends
ire grasped, and cordial welcome, or hearty
God bless you greets us. How sinks into in
significance and oblivion, everything but the
better impulses of our nature! We think only
IF the happy seasons of life, and realize in all
Is fruition of pleasure, Byrons idea--with the
lonkey left out--a fellow feeling makes us
yOndrous kind. But, how changed Friends
If our youth and early manhood, grown gray
md frosty, while children have become men
md women, and in Mt few cases the third
are beginning already to crowd the