New-York tribune., 1871-05-02
WESTERN PECULIARITiES.
rr,r GREAT PEOPLE OF A SMALL TOWN.


MFNr-PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES
CopRy. Penn. April 2S.-Apropos OF news
rspere Auerbach says, Wondef-ul now the Calls aro
syeu which send forth here and there the adventurous
IuvssesS II reads perfectly well Ulysses is taken 10
mean correspondent Of the press. One Ulysses hau
cali to seek salubrious atmosphere ana, Wen
,harpened Reeevine In hand. set forth for the Nor
West II you want to know what Reeievine means ioo
IN the Noctes Aplbrosidng. 1t means lead pehcl' al
The sirens OF NewYork might sing from Nilsson 10 NOse
Hersee the rushing of wild waters and sweep OF sro
patic winds Ulysses found 70 be better than al ueE
ava So round among North Western towns that Reehe-
vine went, and found idOmatio expression ana urou
turport eyerywhere-in Milwaukee with its tsmeHoW-hued
buildings and lovely drive by the lake. IN Racine "hon
brides itself on it's picturesque churches and semnares
aud was esteemed for polish and reciprocal rtng as
long ago as Ulysses school days. but is fast sinking
SIS hills in tie lake which washes vicousy at its
banks so that the sito OF the town is ehanglngi IN
Keaosha al vines and avenues Ike the Vstas OF Oid
Cambridge with the best harbor on the lake, yielding
,bc lead I'm business 10 Steep alert Waukegan, when
seems about 20 rush into the lake down the sharp poh
NJ its streets while Kenosha stays retired and gentee
,ntfyating its charming gardens and greenhouses ~
3oicng In it's generous library, the ft OF one VI 40
merchants, and boarding 5000 beqnes' Nun ,lto
Senator Durtee, left 10 buy telescope lor 'n' =.
schools In Evanston, dressy and high-feeins enSn W
promenades and musical societies; in Madison, WIZ
beautiful lakes and equally beautiful gllsi Al D'"
Puritan and polite Saints Rest for re'ireu ei uo
with its eDbowered streets that seem
some inland town in Massachusetts, But pray uon
fhlEk any one Of these is solely meant III N"'4Ah '
picture Of tie Northwestern village -,
Ttbas Ne,r England flavor, like, yet different IN den-
at expressiye touches just as tamaraek Is 10 spruce
The growth OF q Northwestern town averages ~ years.
and Won hear how colony from the housalouo VI bDe
Jlt towns In 35 took possession o the promontory OIL
te lake or tine low, crescent terrace that bends @ohg
tle shallow river These people were cons oil good
Families New England keeps the lneal descendants OF
he chosen tribes her society," too often preefV
c them solely in The amber Of tEeir fathers memories
Tut tie cousins aud connections Of the steaIhs i SAL
1ostals tie Edwards and Burrs, Lords and LehhoAes'
h settlod West in company with the kindred of plous
names and later celebrity like JudsOns ana bcudders
Parsons AID Dwights Among these one may ma DARK
broWol unbcnding families OF French anu Ah'an piOou
u1J Themselves on their descent from sac cmes ana
mobile adventnrers Not the blue blood of span fancy
could show hauchor bearing or more stole repoSe OF
Yoarncr The young bloods of such families show Their
savage origin by tastes which delight TO contrast lher
dark high cOlOrs with blue brOadclOth ana very hhe
crumpled linen. velvet vests, ana massive solu
chains after the morning costume OF inc
cbiefs oue secs naralng about Washington
The girls are uualy conventbred highstepplng'
suu Of grace and ABANDON charming cancers
but n-erous 10 rt with These sharp tools cannot DC
handled even in play. The spice Of Western town gen.
ery rises fom reckless exploits social or financial
NJ so descendant OF such race, the lively Gallo ma
tre giving nefre and versatility to the strength ana
,eadne OF forest blood The contrast to this stamp IS
fcurd in tie con Of Pous name WHO'S the aInabe ed
tor schooipiucpa OF lawyer Of the place much gwen
50 musical societies and the friendship OF young ladies'
The specniator who is alternately ruined and revived
every fifth year. q darghared, dasing man, with crlsp
c1rs and cool eyes, that remind one Of furnace when
the fires are kept low. He is rare good hunter ond OF
sumIner cemrng the peuinsuas OF some lake. whore
Re roasts lis own snipe whole, and qualities the spark
ling water with Perkins stein Co.'S bTandcs, gulps
undualided fiery California port These mad, raw, ma
tive wines suit the unfinished heady, Western nature,
with i strength aud eXcitabty. There is TINS oner-
ence between style of man East and West the
KewYo ork thinks Of taking his wife TO game
dinner or of to island in Summer, but the Western
woman with freer nature countenances some eonv
va.uei NutA her more ohLe1Io"i ten SIe n ia in
anv kind of merry-making western man CON
tiiyes 10 crowd in his womenknd II he cam
uy withoHtis adyenture ihat & 2n @ m, t VIZ ingr To
af interest, viii tel you at dinner, Nlth tle CaaEgs
at M @ GoY T NE Hc SFa at Ms Ma Fey t insure de-
fyCry OF valuable papers which some other party he
ssiuic ~ themselves. or he viii speak OF the rail-
road var" between the squattes and Tesh settlers enG
b,. surgeon Miller. who won a sword under Gen. Frank
Pierce u th" Mexican army, showed az Fast as iluch
tveI. ODD Taps lroin ms % COI % , w souTn 80
I,l r = with sticks and stones. who stood owed by
liz determined hearing tin he passed beyond their reach
o. collecting tour the speaker himself was iollowed eO
Ini.s Iy t'i.yls who meant 70 tke his life and hs
--. rf ne autrgdn thcln the prairie through the
da 5es~ Very different from tins stye OF man Is tne
tu q
fuIala approached by a scrubOak avenue and IN su-
f,it5n fc He is o men her OF the church and Of the
IIr.turc and is honest, considering bis chances ne
l- l poor. came the West early, occupied forty
sr o ana earned his tTst yoke OF oxen by working al
GUNNER for a rciehbor To this day lie measures ls
own wheat and looks his own fences, while his VIC
spends th- in the dairy and the afternoon IN
lie draygn rOon what would pass for one In an En-
gll-h uusr U the style He Is Wcighty IN Speech
b. oaict as one who holds the balance OF power; his
vie is QUICK to discuss direct and sefesteenlng intel
jout ana anxious DO select in her opinion and man
uers; reads Emerson and ventures on carlyle, buU never
scientific method would be ignored till she found was
the latest intellectual iashiQ1, wheh sne wou sTi t 20
work TO acquire it. initial IGeas as she WOuld a uIcOe
in fancy work Equal ghts is an Unborn doctrine
feeling though the spontaneous play OF what emotion
vii nass for ske Oh OF the Northwestern woman. The
gir car lde shoot, ana dance, but cannot swim
trrdeziity They are good looking, with outlines OF
figure such Jlals delights IN; night put lVlne DoOm
6IlauSy u ,anie can ten 5be1 he has p3ssed
Chicago Dy the in the They change as the air
does Which meets with serene fresh sweetness In
di,ating that the region OF smoke ls left behind.
Education thriYes in a wheatgrOWing country, and
our village has COLLEGE OF course on the highest ground
the place Affords The nrsI % years 1t must spend IN
on f0 Ilrope and two three are always in recess
taking visits 10 Harvard washington, or TIE Yosemite
lrir nest professors know "a good deal Of nothing,
cent OF human nature their worst ones never viii be
vie, and are spoiled Tor iGoi. SG9e one UI tnen ngh
thc tine the faculty has been twice changed the stand
ard OF scholarship VIII he islsSd 70 3 Naiue
daring as cowboys Two solitary instances VI mschei
Gre traditional; one, mat mlsguldeu genius wHNke1
"a miles 10 another town 10 get mock programmes printed
Tor Commencement which were scattered amohg me
spectators most audaclously carcatnrlhg an ule spsa Gan
ers and even TIE President himself The other was tnat
two students having Rrudge against thlru hihrOeu
the aan that he had been murdered 1 the %Hoi9 Soi
zee and town turned TO look for the body When
said bod w5 f cong The weibiown bonefac
nd %