The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-30
with the freedom and content of home, and
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Win the lTee0On ana content OF nome, ana
make it after all, only boarding house.
There are, beside this place. the home
for the aged Poor, the home of the Friend
less and Trinity Church, an of which 1
wished to see, but had not time.
Churches abound in Cleveland: there
are eight Baptist, fifteen Catholic, six Con-
gregational, eighteen Methodist, eight
Presbyterian, one Spiritualist, one Unfair
ian, eleven Episcopal, two Swedenbor-
gian, one Friends Meeting House, one
Universalist and about thirty others; rath-
er nendescript.
The public square of this city is very
beautiful The citizens speak of it as "the
park" till they see lurking smile on the
listeners face: a few acres in extent in
the centre of the town, with fountains,
ponds (had l better say lakes,) rustic
bridges, fine trees, broad flag waves and
here and there stripes, and patches of
brilliant foliage, plants and variously col
ored flowers. The post office stands on
the northeast corner, near is Presbyter-
ian Church, and at the opposite side is the
Forest City House, which is being reno
waited, and will rank as the first hotel in
the city. Business houses surround the
square and in the centre where Superior
and Ontario streets intorsect each other,
stands statue Of Commodore Perry,
which "they say" is very fine-if size is
a recommendation it might carry of the
palm-the figure looked to me as if intent
on cutting off the heads of the two best
looking middies at its feet and rather
angry that SO long time had passed with
out the feat being accomplished.
Superior is a fine street, also Prospect
and many others, but though the parts Of
the city occupied by the wealthy exhibit
the most luxurious adornment, there are
parts just as mean, wretched, squalid and
pestilence breeding AS any of our crowded
closely built eastern cities.
Precious lttls Lending to the Lord"
there. Just now most of the churches are
deserted by their shepherds, many of them,
l suspect, rusticating at "the Church of
the Holy Five Forties," on the Island of
Gibraltar, whose great High Priest is Jay
Cooke. Does every one know that this
Banker Prince keeps sort of free clerical
hotel at the lovely island in Lake Erie.
Probably everyone has heard of Lindals.
wanted to investigate that bubble, but
failed. -- Esq, a real estate agent
who hopes to realize on his own property
some day presume, lat any rate he is hav-
ing street cut through some two miles
from the city and lots laid OUT assured
me that Lindale is grand swindle, that
those who invest are chiefly women, &C.,
&C.; but really cannot see why a woman
hasn't brains to safely buy town lots in
the country and wait for returns-I know
one woman who has done it to considera-
BILE advantage; at any rate there are two
sides to every question and tits always we'll
to look at both.
There is to be park along the lake
shore; at present there is only short
drive and to many the great beauty of the
water is lost, beauty you never grow
weary of. The city stands so high above
it that only occasional glimpses are OBJ
tanned; the Cuyahoga runs through the
city, why couldn't they have taken the
business along that and have left the lone
ly lake shore for drives, and walks, and
pleasure grounds, fer those who are not
able to live in the forest part of the For
est City," When men learn to spend
more money on free public amusements
and recreations, libraries and reading
rooms, they'll be taxed less for jails, police,
&c, &c.
1t would take much time to find out half
the beauties of Cleveland, but beautiful as
it is there is much room for improvements
which we may hope for some day in this
swiftly advancing age.
There are twenty-five coal oil distilleries,
and at times the water used through the
city is so impregnated with oil that it is
unfit for man or beast.
left on morning so cloudy and rainy
and dismal, that the fog and smoke seemed
as heavy as the cloud that envslops Pitts
burg, wondering how long before the mil
lenium. Yours truly,