The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-09-17

and general prosperity of the city:
What a wonderful thing is prestige ,
From time immemorial Cincinnati has
been called the Queen City of the /
West" ami she still clings to it with |
remarkable pertinacity, and 1t certain
liz is no more a misnomer ROW that
IL ever was.
A. holiday from the routine of ones
daily duties is enjoyable under ordi-
nary circumstances and doubly so
when spent in the society Of pleasant
friends Such was my recent visit to
some friends near the pleasant little
village of Milford on the l.. Nj. II. II.
The usual amount Of. hustle preceded
the departure of the train, and as we
iostled through the crowd we en-
countered all kinds of people, from the
old lady with a band box, green umbrel-
Ia. bird cage, &C., to the newly married
couple in the unmistakaDle travelling
costume in which they first started out
on life's Journey together, thus far all
sunshine. When " all aboard = was
sounded, everybody seemed TO be
ready. for the train started lmmedl-
ately. Three. quarters of an hour ride
through one of the most beautiful
valleys in the world brought US to
our destination, and as we rounded
the graceful curve in the road We saw
| the carriage awaiting as, and IN Il We
recognized the familiar face OF q dear
relation, nov all aglow with ANNA
ton at the pleasure of meeting us.
| We leave the station and cross the
| old bridge over the Little Miami
River and fad ourselves IN the very
heart Of the village. oas .vassa
Milford is plcturesquely located,
\ being hedged about on the east aud
west By hills aud gentle slopes which
gradually lose themselves ID the beau
tifully level valley of the Little Mi
ami. Its chief characteristic is that
it is about the same size. u was forty
years ago, and has fair prospect OF
continuing to improve IN the same
proportion for all time to come, al
/ though the country surrounding IL IS
being rapidly improved. and the value
| of land Is increasing with those lm-
provements. 1t is just such. an old
| fashioned village as is often seen
in this country, with its quaint
| old tavern, low ceIlInged shops and
grass grown streets. The only feature
that gives it a business like and mod
ern. appearances is q large dIstillery
| which affords employment to quite a
number of the inhabitants OF the
place, and infuses some spirit into
their old fashioned bones. There is
but little to interest IN the village.
and we HE Us along over the smooth
| turnpike to our destination. As We
Inviting front Of the comfortable farm
1 nd Eve n.y. a
welcomed at its threshold By nearly a
score Of smiling faces some wrinkled
By the hand of time, and others
aglow with the health and Vigor of
youth. and as we enter this hospita-
bic mansion and note the charac
ter Of Its Inmates. and the air Of
plenty that pervades all, we can
but compare this life to the life of
man of business, who pores over his
ledger and spends his whole energy In
the accumulation of wealth, to be en-
joyed By others when his life work
is done. The evening spent mostly in
conversation enlivened at times by
sweet musIcs passed quickly, and we
retired to rest with the comforting as
surance that we were going to breathe
the pure air OF heaven, unadnlterated
with coal SCOT or culvert breezes.
We awoke IN the morning much re-
freshed, feeling, as we snufed the
braciDg morning air. ready for any
thing from an entrance into the prize
ring to q base ball field, or any other
absurd thing thGt requires muscle and
energy. and we we're not kept long
waiting for an opportunity to display
these last named qualities, as We were
~ ~ - s.,.4r lie,
cursion to all the interesting spots in
the vicinity. The most pleasant of
these was our visit to Stony Ford,
distant about a mile from the house,
over a path so diversified by ups and
downs that We thought it more than
that distance BY the time we had re-
traced our steps. This place, as its
name Indicates, Is a shallow pl ace In
the Little Miami, where the river bed
is entirely covered By rocks. II is
considered interesting TO visit on
account of certain remains of CO called
Indiana fortresses and encampments
to be found on the bank Of
the river. They were supposed To
have been built by people more an
cient than the Indians, as we learned
from a Professor from Yale College,
who was travelling In the West two
Summers ago IN quest Of Indian
relics and ml0lscences, and resem-
bic, In some respect, mounds TO be
found farther West. But as we are
decidedly opposed to dead issues.
we saw more to admire in the beauty
of the scenery In sore parts ii
seemed a very SLEEPY Hollow In It's
mildness. and then emerging from
the. deep solitude, We came in
to an open stretch Of woods.
through which we passed 20 the
river bank at this point forming d
steep Cliff almost perpendicuIar.
Below US, about fifty feet, rippled the
clear stream ever the green messy
rocks. murmuring sweet music II the
Stiffness ofthe evening air. The glow
of the September sun, as it sank to
its res. cast q fltfuls radiance on rue-
ged hills, rounded knolIs and, gently
sloping pastures for miles around
forming picture moro complete AID
beautiful than we have ever seen on
canvass cav has a afJ faA A. ses9
Z But all thing 3 must have an end.
and SO did our excursion to Stony
Ford. We retraced our steps with
less sprightliness than we had set
out, and found ourselves with
healthy appetites for supper, and en-
joyed a coed nights rest, to be rudeIy
hurried ont of that comfortable he'd
in the morning and forced to eat a
hasty breakfast to make the early
train. Wereached the station with
our eyes half open. a few minutes too
soon for the train, and wandered
about too stupid to notice the girls on
that cliff, a mile away, watching
to catch q last glimpse Of us; but. as
the train comes shrieking along. and |
the stir and hustle commences IA. Sc
cnrA cnnd saafe Il, fhe - lT - |