Litchfield enquirer., 1872-10-03
For the Enquirer. Extracts from a Tourists diary.
MILWAUKEE. Aup 24t

Have been in this city ten days. Its progress during the last 12 years can only be paralleled by other cities of our Great West. It is, comparatively speaking, a young city, for MT. A. J. Center told me that when he surveyed it's harbor, but one white man resided in the place. Now that larbor is thronged with shipping, taking from huge elevators the grain upon which our Eastern manufacturers subsist, while they make the goods that in return are | sent back for the comfort of this vast Western people. But this is not only commercial city, upheld by rich agricul- tural background, it is also a city of fac tories. In 1856 8 small foundry began the manufacture of iron railings; from this it branched into house work, growing, little by little, till there is no kind of casting they are not prepared to do. It last great work was for the new court house whose Corinthian columns are some of them three feet in diameter. and which is crowned by an immense dome suporting the Goddess of Liberty, which few days since was un- seiled to the public with great pomp and ceremony. Although the lady is 30 feet high ,and we'll proportioned, ,her lofty alti- tude gives her only the appearance of medium sized woman. Her gilded dress of course makes her very conspicuous and a country editor remarks that.the ''guilty lady, that surmounts the Milwaukee court house may be seen at the distance of twelve miles. Just imagine Washing tonian able to look from his own door at the top of Litchfeld court house house, unless he lived on Church Hill, for there one can see many of the Litchfeld build ings. But in this land there is no hill or other natural elevation from which to take an observation.
 AN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
 HORSE TRoT.
 Yesterday, driving through Spring Avenue we went to the Fair ground at Cold Spring, where one year ago two of the fastest horses Goldsmith Maid, and Lucy, trotted mile in 2 m. 17s., and placed the Maid in the lead of all other trotters in the world. Four days racing was advertised under the auspices of the Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and the presence of those famous horses was to give grand .ti,aole to the affair. Multitudes came from all parts and the Fair grounds presented very gay appearance. An unfinished tri- al of speed between "Jay Gould" and St. Elmo" commenced the previous day was completed, J. G. beingIvictor. Then expectation stood on tip-toe," but was doomed to a sudden fall, for there came the announcement that both horses were disabled, and only to be exhibited on the course. The Maid proved that she had some life left, by giving young man a kick, and then was led back to the stable, amid misses that proved that many geese were among the spectators. As symp- toms of 8 row became manifest we drove of the course, not feeling quite so sore as the old man who just then addressed the bystanders. Said he, Boys, I'm from Kansas. I left my work and came up here to see Goldsmith Maid trot I'll pay ten dollars an hour to have a stout man to swear for me all night!'
 THE SOLDIERS HOME.
 To-day our party, 12 in number, visited the Asylum or Soldiers Home. During the war the ladies of this city were untir- ing in their efforts to relieve the distress of sick and wounded soldiers and many received into their own homes and made comfortable some of the afflicted. Then they worked with will, and accumulated S100. 900 towards the erection of Home. The general government went into part nership with them, and the result is the extensive, grand and commodious build