The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-15
Hasty Glimpses at the Country, Dur
inc EI1uinO Til,

and vote right.
Hasty Ghmpses at the Country, Dur
ing Flying Trip.
Recently we had occasion to take
flying trip through a portion O.
our own State as well as a portion
of Indiana. Illinois and Michigan
and we purpose giving a few "notes
by the way" which we were pre-.
vented by press of business from
giving last week.
At Toledo detention of nearly
two hours occurred on account Of
the Express from the East being be-
hind time but at last we got off on
the 7. W. & W., on our way to Ft
Wayne. The villages and towns
along the road gave evidence of diff
ferent degrees of thrift, but all ap-
peared prosperous. Napoleon more
so than any of its sister towns.
Ft. Wayne is a city of about 49,
600 inhabitants. Is situated at the
confluence of the st. Joseph and st.
Mary Rivers, which united form the
Maumee. It is fast becoming
great railroad center; is at the cross
ing of the P. Ft. w. d C. and 7. Y.
& ". R. RS. 1t is also the South
ern terminus of the Jackson d Sag
inaw and Grand Rapids and Indiana
R. RS, and the Northern terminus
of the Ft. Wayne Muncie and Gin
cinnati as well as the Richmond &
Cincinnati roads. The shops of the
T. w. & W. and P. Ft. W. d C. rail
roads are located here, and recent
donations which the city have made
secures their permanent location at
that place. 1t is expected that the
shops of the other roads will also be
located here and give the city the
advantage all told of from 1000 to
250O employees. 1t is a city of en-
terprisc, and has men of capital who
do not hesitate TO use it for the ad-
vancement Of the interests of the
place. Its streets are mainly Mich
olsoned, its stores are magnificent,
and many of its residences are paIa-
tial. AS an evidence of the spirit
existing among many of the people,
we may say we noticed a meat
market the like of which we never
saw elsewhere. The building was
a large brick, on the main street.
and the ceiling of the room occu-
pied as a market very high. On
one side of the room was arranged
a number of fine growing plants,
making it look somewhat like a con
servatory, while on the other side
was hung the "hiesch" which was
designed for his customers. 1t is
said that when the building was in
process of erection, some one in
quired of the proprietor why he was
putting up so good a building for a
meat market, when he replied |
"iiere makes my money, "Dis ish
my fun"
We remained in Ft. Wayne until
the morning following, when we
took the cars for Chicago. The
morning had opened beautifully, but
before eight o'clock, the sky was
overspread with clouds, and the
wind hoWled gloomiIy while we sped
through almost unbroken woods, or
over long stretches of prairie, as we
neared the giant city of the west.
But few Of the towns between Ft.
Wayne and Chicago exhibited ex-
ternally evidences of thrift and enter
prise--Plymouth and Warsaw the
most so of any, the rest looking,
from the cars, as if they were old
and spiritless.
Chicago is vast city, and from
our hasty glance of one-half day at
it, we should say it was entitled to
all that is claimed for it in point of
population and business. Its pave
nents are thronged with people hur
,ying too and fro, and its streets ]
illed with vehicles conveying ar G
icles of commerce from one point to
mother in the busy mart. The tide /
Kept sweeping back and forth long I
nto the night, before stiffness set. r
led upon its inhabitants. Our OBJ t
ectlve point being port on the op- .
'osite side of Lake Michigan, we a
to the harbor to find a r
-essel, but learned that the storm ?,
# the day before had been too much e
or the vessel, and it did not aput TO t
Not wishing to spare another n
lay, we attempted to look up the L
point of departure of trains on the g
Jhicago and Michigan Lake Shore G
Road, but found some difficulty in n
btaining correct information. It c,
'as a new road, had only been in tt
peration about a year, and the peo- al
le and police had not become IA al
liliar with it. We traced it at last in
, the Michigan Central, a branch al
which it appears to be, running la
ON New Buffalo to Montague. W
his much for any ones who may to
e desiring to go that way. For OF
ckets, apply at ticket Office of of
ich,-an Central, and change cars tn
New Buffalo, %