The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-09-22
THE JOURNAL.
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A few Notes Along The Way
Glimpse Of coldwater Michigan.
Having occasion, during the past week. 10
take a short trip West, we arose with unusual
haste on The morning OF the eventful day. !
Always anxious 10 be as acconodating as pos
sibIe, and not cause any delay Of trains by cur
tardinesa. u,e reusired 10 the depot with great /
alacrity. and announced ourself ready for the /
train going West zone hour and ten minutes
late. sir. was the response TO our enquiry If 4
The aid trairr,was on time. It was our turn |
70 east angry reflections upon the management |
az he road. for such disregard Of our high |
reverence for punctuality, but all to no puT-
pose; we must wait.
At the expiration of the time the train ar
rived, but IN too great haste to offer US any
apology f1r keeping US in waiting. So We
swallowed our righteous Indignation and ell
bowed our way to the door Of the drawing
room car. By the time the train was under
NOTION we were comfortably ensconced IN the
easy depths Of a. revolving chair, where We
could catch glimpses Of a margin of country,
as we went flying through it.
We did not sit long before we became con-
seious Of the positive presence Of an ancient
maiden la6y, who travelled seldom, bat always
carried an enquiring mind, and felt it a moral
duty to entertain all strangers with the Auen-
cy Of her tongue, which was unsurpassed, as
we discovered before reaching the end Of the
ride. First, modest enquiry as to our name,
age, place of residence, destination, &C., then
a difident command to furnish verbally our
genealogy back to the Adamic period. We
declined, in as gentle terms as possible, giving
as an excuse that we had been sick the year
before, and did not feel equal to the emergen-
oy. Then, as if to visit our obstiaacy with
dire vengence, she proceeded in an energetic
manner, to pour into cur ears bri Of history
Of her life, extending over period Of ffty-six
years, four months and three days and half
Who would have taken care of US after we
had become exhausted, we are unable to say,
most providentally ''Toledo, twenty minutes
for dinne=; was sung out by the porter, and
never did sweeter music fall upon mortal ear,
than that sounded to US. We were nearly
famished, and rushed out thankful for tenn
poraTy release from bondage. When the time
for the departure of our train came, we en-
tered the car with stealthy tread, and secured
g seat as far non that dreaded corner as the
extreme limits of the car would permit. No
mentarily We expected to hear rustic, and
the words @As was saying, sir" but another
victmIwas martyred in our stead, and we
were left to occupy the time as we chose.
A flight through tho country at the speed
of the wind preeludes the possibility of close
scrutiny or wide observation. Now and then
small towns would rush by, but steeple or
and few outlines of some object, would be
the only idea darived. Adrian, with its busy
eenters, and pleasant streets, is situated too
far from the depot to gladden. the eye of trav-
elers, and the short stop at the depot, is fruit
full of only very imperfect impression Of the
place. Hillsdale conscious of its thriving in
tsrests and handsome possessions, smiles be-
nignly On the traveller, from its elevated seat,
and photographs upon the memory pictures OF
numerous steeples, domes, handsome build
ings, and beautiful location, ana with the aid
of previous knowledge, Hillsdale College, sur
rounded by wide reputation, talke5 place of
prominence among the rest.
At Coldwater we are admonished by the
brevity Of our stay, to step quick, look sharp,
and remember well. A village, or rather city
by virtue Of charitable laws, is spread with an
easy degree Of compactness, upon level fat
of ground, surrounded by farming country
of considerable fertility Its wide streets,
kept in good order, lend a particular attrac-
tiYeness to the place. The business houses are
substantial structures, neat and tasty in ap-
pearance. The place derived its name from
the low temperature of the water, found In
the numerous springs of that vicinity. |
The numberless lakes found all |
about there, are filed with bass and other fish |
and are visited by great numbers of fishermen.
Being stranger in town, our progress was re-
tarded somewhat by fear that if we described |
right angels, at too rapid pace, we might lie
taken for an escaped lunatic; so we practiced |
as much moderation as time would permit /
We spent few moments in tracing the direc-
ton of the Mansfield and Coldwater railroad, |
through the town. The course of Railroads is /
as Interchangeable as the laws Of the Medes and |
Persians, and individual interest is made to
subserve the public good. One large brick
house looses an ell and bay window, which the
railroad cuts of. It then crosses street and |
enters the front door of modest frame dwell
ling, and making its exit through back win
dow, stalks with incorrigible impuni.y through |
a well kept garden, leaving every reason TO
suppose that locomotive may puff and scream
within three feet of a parlor window. But
the magnetic finger has pointed that way, and
the little stakes are notes of hand that the
pick and shovel shall make the way.
Our return trip was made without adven-
ture or romance worthy Of note, as we gave
Ourselt to s5orpheus and were only disturbe d
by occasionally dreaming that an ancient
maiden lady was approaching, with either a
question or fragment of history: but the relief
was so great, when on waking we found it un-
true, that we enjoyed the subsequent nap all
the more.