Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-02-17

tiOn day after day
/ have visited the studios of Mr.. Mead aud
Mr. Hart, and come hSnp delighted With art
and artists, especially whh Nr. Jyart. lie Is n
very interesting old gentleman, and Il was
eharning To heaT him talk on aFt lie IL at
work or an ideal vo4aan, To which he Is giv.
ing years of labor to make ii the most bcauti.
ful woman ever put in marble. lie Is repre-.
senting her as having conquered Love ns her
last and greatest act in her hand she hOl.
Cupid's last arrow, while she looks down up.
on him In triumph, ns he reaches to get II his
b0w broken and his quiycr empty NJ his side
Mr.. Mead Is greater and more industrious
artist, /! Is said his rooms are full Of beauti-
hll pieces. A splendid one is Isabella offer
ing her jewels to Columbus" which Mr. lie
Grand Lockwood of New York. has bought.
Echo female figure with horn in her
hand, and It's companion, "'rhe Mountain
Boy" in the attitude of listening TO IT, are
lovely pieces of small size. The artists are al
ways glad 10 see Americans, and stop work
and converse with them, as il it were AN hon.
or TO see us, whereas we feel ii great one 10
stand in the presence OF such genius They
complain OF the comparatively few strangers
in town this scas0n-all have gone to the new
Capital. Mr. Hart said some things which in.
spircd me with an intynscr desire to work well
my own little sphere.
AT classical concert lately heard u Qlar.
tettc OF Schumann's, an Oteto by MendelslIOn
and piece hy Reubensicn, performed by
Won Bulow at the piano and Pcpni ON his vi
olin. The last opportunity, probably, of hear
inr Van nulnVr-
ly-as he leaves in December for America AT
this concert Jenny Liud Goldsmith sat in The
audience, and we were guilty Ok staring at her
through her black vi,l Her face 10 ks good
and amiable; hope often TO see her in the
Cascinc, now we know her face. She 0ccu-
pics palace on the Arno. Along tie Arnu,
or Lung Arno," rs it is termct from the Ut.
hZi palace 10 The musicstand in the CT 5 n,
is thc fashionable promenade of the city, on
Sundays especially, it is crowded, and Fifth
Avenue is not gaycr. But many Italians must
live in very poor accommodations in order 10
support such grand equipagcs, so iond are
they of making show. The view to. day as
We rode up the new road by the Tivoli gar.
dens as far us San Miniato and back, and up
the Cascinc, was superb; these rosy noun
tains with the vari0usy colUrrd clouds above
them, the 0liye cnvered hills the valley, the
river, all have II strange fascination.
| had occasion TO call on the great Dr. Man
hardt, pupil Of GreOlcs, and now considered
since his death, the greatest Occulst in Eu-
rope a simple modest man he seemed, with
crowds of patients. ! waited in his landady's
parLor, | suppose they call it, but So cold the
brick floors looked and so dingy the furniture
it seemed like barn The pretty Italian mis-
trcss of the house wore worsted affair on her
head for warmth, and often stopped from her
knitting to warm her hands with a scaldiao
which is an earlhern basket filled with GOALS
and holding il by the handle, is very comfort
able for the hands. This is specimen of the
} style of living among the common classes,
and indeed the Italians of any class rarely
build fire, when we who live in colder eli
mates think it a necessity here.
We Americans did not neglect our Thanks
giving. We attended service in the forenoon.
At Mrs. Chr3mal.'S the table was set for fifty,
: with everything appropriate, and spe ches and
ioass, and with what probably you had not
bouuetS and straw wbulries though but four
apiece OF the latter The evening also was
full of merriment and at II somewhat late
hour we reached our own home. MI. T.
NoRruERN PAcIFic RAILwAY.-This
important line is progressing so fast in
financial favor and actual working order
: tor several hundred miles, that it becomes
; duty TO those who are promoting the
| welfare of this country to bring before
}, our readers the future prospects OF the
q q road. The starting point of this rail
way is at Duluth, thriving young city
situated OH Lake superior. The route
which it then traverses across the con-
tinent is remarkable for mineral wealth
:, and superior hcrbage. 1t has great grain
: producing qualities and vast woodlands
y OF the most valuable kind.
The timber of Puget Sound (where
the Northern Pacific terminates) has Il
world wide celebrtity for its excellence
S and durability. 1t is applicable both for
:, ships and dwellings, especially the pro
d ,luce OF the fir, which in this region is
p very abundant and much harder than
~ authority when we state that over one
Il hundred aud eighty millions OF feet OF
4 this timber, besides piles and spars, are
- exported annually from Puget Sound
= and doubtless the Northern Pacific line
y of railway will increase this trade to al
o extent almost unlimited The carrying
y of this alone will be source of large
Is revenue to the company, as we conclude
3 from the fact that last year the trade in
II timber from Puget Sound gave employ
l. ment to no less than seven hundred and
e, thirty-six vessels. What, then, may il
e not be when the improved facilities Of
Y railway conveyance are brought to bear
10 upon it The value OF the land through
+ which the Northern Pacific will trave
le in it's eighteen hundred miles OF extent
T. we have reason TO believe will stand pre-
); eminently among the first III marketable
v, valuable, with its capabilities Of produc
te ing crops of all kinds. 1t runs through
le the Yellowstone, Gallatin, Deer Lodge
G. and other valleys, which form severa
re hundred miles of the road, and all along
re over rich and productive SOIL These
C. lands must advance in the scale of price,
10 in proportion TO the increased advantages
It afforded by the road. Land not only
q. varies in value with its fertility, but il