The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-17

over--is unusual--butten and fifteen thou.
sand are common occurrences. TIE fish
are sold by the thousand az fertilizers and
are put on the soil to enrich. the satAs, A
large portion OF the fish are also ground
up into fish oil which is exported by the
barrel The Sound at this place is also
well stocked WITH sbell-fsh, oysters, round
and little neck clans, muscles, Holsters,
crabs likewise black fab. -tawtog. foun-
ders and other denizens Of the briny deep
abound, to say nothing Of -porpoises
Sha'ks nSJ"acb" MSIaFgSr game.
II it were not for trespassing on the p.i-
yse ssnctity Of the hospitality Of our kins-
men, we would Ike 70 give you aHdescrip-
ton of our delightful stopping place
~ Madison A. Elmwood," SO called from
the many majestic elms that adorn the
splendidgrOunds about this beautiful coun-
try.seat, which is said to be the most mag.
n'fcent in all its appointments on the
coast between New London and, New Ha.
ven, but must forbeAr particulars. Suffice
h Is to say, We found our stay ofthtee days
but too abort, and left our delightful bone
with much regret
Our next stop was at New Hsven-the
beautiful City Of Elms-which always
seems to Us delightful acommingling Of
town and country. As your readers are
well aware, the streets sre full of ysnera-
bic elms, which, ia many places, form an
arch Of living green over the entire
distance, SOMETIMES miles in extent. They
| surround the beautiful grounds of Yalei
the delightfnl park Tor "green," as y
called) in the heart Of the city, and adorn
I the spacious lawns Of private residences /,
From New Haven, We returned 70 Bos-
Ton and arrived Justin season to witness
the departure of the Boston commandery
of knights Templar on pleasure excur-
sion TO Nev.York and up the Hudson. II
was their intention to attend the grand en-
campment at Baltimore, but not being able
to find suitable accommodation for their
large number, they concluded, instead, to
have q celebration Of their own. This
FconimaNdefy numbers nearly FIVE bundled,
over two hundred Of whom turned out on
this occasion, with Gilmore's full band Of
thirty pieces, and, it is needless tosay, made
o most magnificent Appearance II
The next morning the air was full Of
music, and the streets failof companie, Of
| out-of-town firemen on their way through
4 the cry to The eastern depot, toattend tho
grand encampment Of fireman at Ports
mouth, on the sea shore, fly miles FROM
Boston. All their "machinesD were sent
on bcfore--one train of twenty-six cars
alone leaving Boston the night previous.
The fremen were from three states ~
. Maine, New Hampshire and Massschu.
settsT-and eamped out on Piercss island,
e a few rods from the main shore which wal
Vt reached by pontoon bridge built for Tbs
occasion. The encampment was laid GU
Dc in true military style the tents bain.
loaned for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: furnishing 100, Maine and New Hamp
shire each 100, The first day was eiver
up tothe grand parade, in which partici.
& paied nearly 1000 .6remen, comprising
I over 70 companies with 30 bands Of music
e In tue p ocession, also, were 80 steamers
!, 80 haad engines, and ! hose and hool
e and ladder carriages. The fist days cell
u eb"aton woaJd up with g'and "clsnl
3 bake, and togiyo your resde 8 some idun
: Vi the on.er o, a CLAN bale" we will
be o say that a.tes twer.y coads of wood
had impaired sufficient heat to the nam.
moth stoves, there woreplaced on and in the
same, GOO bushels Of Glars, 1000 Holsters
500 dozen COZ ., aud % barrels of sweet 20,
ta'oes. The second day opened with CRANE
open air conceit. Thebanlls were masset
together with one leader and the .etfec
was, as you may imagine, PERFECTLY sub
t lime. The balance Of he day was speh
in competing for prizes. We wishe,
many times that the aremen. of Cair
could hays, witnessed this, IN most extsn
siye firemsnls celebration that ever too
D.. place in New England. The same evel
r ing we took the night train and arrived
t the old homestead NJ 3 Am, well sstisHt
# with our ton days's excursion.isH
e The afternoon OF our arrival home "
IT made one, Of d party OF four, includin
70 Myron Ticknor Esq, the. famous cloth,
,e of st. Louis, that started to lake Chan
n- plain, u:our dsstipstion, Larrabees Poin
" l7miles distant, which we reaches q 5 pm
= After depositing our DtrapsV at the ~. s
y Hotel, on the borders Of the lake, and see
d, ipg that our horses were we'll attended t,
we took sail across tho saipc, Arriving o
+ the opposite side, a. walk of . shalf ,
le a milo brought us to the, foo. of the ruiz
r of oldfort 'riconderoga. The fort W,
rs built on the summit OF an elevated plates
On that projects out some distance into Il
ef lake, the top, Of which commas
no wide sweep Of the country, and a ma
ms hcent view of thelske, oIho fort prcser
Try avery ancient and picturesque. appsaran
20 number of the stone block houses, or
cd should say a portion Of the walls Of viii,
m are stin standing. One Of the curiosit
IN Of the fort isthe subtetranean passage F.,
'he der. the fort and for 200 feet outside te
I'M II.