The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-07-09

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checks ROSY with health, and their
ewes sparkling with enjoyment, l
could scarcely consider them orr
phans any longer. Alter school,
the children repaired TO the dining
room, where spacious table was
neatly provided with an appropri-
ate meal, when all sat quietly down
and ate their suppers. appearing
well satisfied with their home. !
next visited their store house,
which was hountilully supplied
with good substantial food, as well
as many luxuries- Had Jacob or
old access to such store. there
would have been no necessity for
him and his three score and ter
souls going down to Egypt for
corn. The State provides liberal
~ for this institution, and may
well be proud OF it, and 70 sym
pathizing Democrat dare sink his
reputation by voting against an
appropriation. After seeing how
much this State has done for sol
diers' orphans, and how little Ohio
has done, / felt like disowning my
own State. Wisconsin has been
fortunate in the selection Ct a su
perintendent, and his able assis
tants. They exercise Kind and
parental care over these children,
covering by moral suasion and not
by force. They act like perfect
gentlemen and ladies, but / must
say Gas Henry Clay once said Of
General Haines, Of South Carroll
na) they deserve no credit for it
for they know not how to act
otherwise;
At Madison met my old friend,
David TuHis, formerly of Ohio,
who is assistant Secretary Of State
/ enjoyed bis hospitality for sever
al days, and was agreeably enter
tanned by him and his amiablc
family and shall long remem Der
their kindness.
/ also met here Mr.. D. Nj. Nor
row ard brother, grandsons of the
late Governor Morrow, of Ohio
They are publishing TIE Vestern
farmer, an excellent agricultural
paper. have long Intimately
known Mr.. D. NJ. Morrow, in Ohio
rs railroad superintendent, where
he has left many friends, who will
long remember him. / was glad
to see that the cold winds and
frosts Of Wisconsin have not
changed his disposition, but that
he is still the same agreeable and
companionable g ntleman as when
in Ohio a-
Madison, for several squares
around he capitol, is compactly
built, with large and commodious
business houses, while the remain
der Of the city is not built up so
closely, containing many large and
elegant residences with spacious
yards filed with shrubbery and
flowers. The streets are wide and
descending enough to carry off the
water quickly, and they do not be
come muddy. The streams and
ground freeze up about the first OF
December, and remain SO until the
last of March. and when tue frost
goes out in the spring it is muddy
but a few days.
During the week l spent here, |
saw neither drunken man nor a
street loafer, and but few whisky
saloons and doggeries, The peo-
pie seem moral, sober and indus
trious, which may be due in part
to the beauty OF the place
My friend Mr.. Tuliis, conduted
me to the top of the capitol, where
far above the city, lakes and sur
rounding country, You have an ex
tended view of the city, with its
fine residences, public buildings
and shrnbbery--al tending to
beautiful. From this point you
can see great mum Der of lakes
with water as crystal and as far as
the eye can reach, stretches ou'
before you farm after farm with
neat and elegant buildings, ano
large meadows and pastures
where are grazing crest droves o
horses, cattle and sheep. IL yor
cannot see the cattle on thou
sand hills, you can see them feed
ing on thousand green fields
One has written of Paradise Lost.
but l think had he visited Madison
his great work would have beer
Paradise Regained-' j. II.