Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-05
WESTWARD.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Aug. IA, 1s'

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. Aug. IA. 1872. 2
 EDITOR ENqU1RER: While waiting for steamboat at this new town. which is not Neso Haven. but Grand Haven, am think Sing of the friends I've left behind me;s and having written yesterday from Detroit to the dearest of them, am impelled to- day to drop lins to yourself. g 'saRoUrroUs AND SLOW"
 Last Friday morning -unlucky day-we left Washington on the Shepaug Valley R. R. for the West We enjoyed the ride to Hawleyville. my companion fully ap- preciating the fine scenery of which we catch frequent glimpses. and quite satis- flying mo by conceding that in that respect New England bears of the palm. But the two hours waiting at Ab very unro- mantle station at Hawleyville was not so agreeable. However, all passengers wish ing to go north. or directly to Bridgeport, have to endure the same waiting. At one o'clock ve were partaking of a good din- ner st Merwinsville, being about twelve miles from home, and having been but little more than five hours in reaching that point, but that detention at Hawley- vile was our last till we left Syracuse.
 THE ALBANY BR1DeE.
 The transit through Albany is very diff ferent to what it was few years ago. The railroad bridge supercedes the old Ferry, and we find train waiting; so we have only to shift baggage, and proceed inn mediately. The bridge, which was built of wood but six or seven years ago, is be- ing replaced by substantial iron one, and part of the way it is already in use. It was curious to see the smiths driving their red hot bolts, but there was no op- portunity to seo how they forged them. The driving was all could discern from the car window. There was no pleasure in looking as the Hudson, for the tide ras out, and whst water there vaA, was muddy and unavory. At Utice the train waits for slipper. Formerly one could get refresh ] ments at St. Johnsyills, but King Wander bilt has changed all that" The railroad company now own good eating houses, and take care that they, and they alone, get the. patronage of the through passen- gers.
 CENTRAL NEW YORK
 At the ancient town of Rome we found the people celebrating a political victory. The bands were playing and the guns booming. A citizen who "took the cars" there, said they had had an excursion, and were jubilant over the republican victory in North Carolina. One girl from N. Y. told how the Greeley men were ''sold" in that oity. Relying on the first despatches, they commenced firing in honor of dem ocratic victory, but having fired 27 rounds, and getting fuller returns, they thought best to wait for sure returns. The result was, the rejoicing on their side ended with the 27 shots, and the repn nblicans instead of beginning where they left of, com menced at number one, and ma de the full hundred, in addition to the 27 democratic guns. wonder if listeners could tell the republican from the democratic guns by the so.ndi should know was out of Connecticut by listening to the politicians. Greeley badges and Grant badges glitter at almost every waistcoat, and their names are in every mouth. A pair of white kit I tens, owned by little boy where spent Sunday, are named Grant and Wilson, and little toy with bull dog face on one side, and 8 barking dogs head on the oth- er, is called a Greeley head" Who would have thought the philosophic sage would have had such thing named after him! That is what political aspirants get. Rid icule, abuse, and all manner of indignities. I suppose the wisest and best man in the world would not escape these things if he were candidate for high office. Will it be better or worse when women take moro active part in politics?
 Arriving at Syracuse one finds the "march of improvement" has made great bound. The old, unpleasant, inccmmo- dious depot was destroyed by fire, and for long time Syracuse was without depot, for her citizens and Vanderbilt could not agree as to it's location. The former wished it to stand on the old site, while the latter desired to build farther west, and finally he carried his point. A pleasant. commodious building attests his wisdom. He knew the old location would not admit of building large enough to accommodate the rapidly increasing busi- ness of the various roads that pass through there. My friend, in connection with that, remarked, "He is wonderful man; not one intellect in thousand would bear the heavy thought he has had to sustain" We accounted for it in part by the fact that he does not keep constantly at work, but s0iU take his recreations. It is said that almost every day he may be seen talk ing an airing behind his fast horses which, although over 30 years of age, he feels perfectly capable of managing '
 Having good nights rest in Syracuse we start for little trip on the oswego railroad. And now we begin to compare 0nondaga Go, New York, with Litchfeld Co.,, Conn. The first tobacco we have seen growing since leaving the Housatonic Isvalley is in the center of what has been a wheat field, but is now stubble, and ten horses are to be seen threshing the grain from large stack near the tobacco. The tobacco does not look nearly as well as most of that we saw in Conn. In fact, we saw them cutting and hanging the plants in New Milford, and only the 9th of l August! At Baldwinsville we saw one
 field of four acres that looked very nice.
 That was hedged about with the tallest
 broom-corn I ever saw, a protection from II kha serva aa 1aoy,,aar Tha& AalI ~uvuu = cora-