The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-28
ON THE WING.
BURNETT HOUSE,

eral hundred miles nearer Cairo than we
have been the past two months, and we
are several hundred miles nearer than we
will be again for several weeks to come.
II we had delayed writing this letter TWEEN
ty-four hours longer it would have been
dated
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILES
East Of here, as we go back to Cleveland
tomorrow, where we propose to spend the
Sabbath. When we left the queen city of
the lakes few days since, we went
through the garden spot Of Ohio the
great Western Reserves land flowing
with
MILK, BUTTER AND CHEESE.
AT Hudson we took on large lot Of the
creamery butter" which is made here
for all the leading hotels in the country.
We noticed a number of frkihs marked
for the Southern hotel in st. Louis, and
were told considerable portion passes
through Cairo in care Of Halliday Bros,
for points south. IT is good thing for
landlords to know that there is one place
In the country where splendid butter can
always be had by paying its value. At
ALLIANCE,
Fifty eight miles from Cleveland, we
changed cars for Canton, twenty miles dis
tant on the T.. TT. W. and q. railroad.
We reached there at noon and wendell
our way TO tho hotel for dinner. The
city--for Canton is a city; we saw the
mayors office boasts of two hotels, the
American and 81. Cloud. At the latter
the bcst-we got u very ind ficrent din
ner.
CANTON
Is in the midst of II splendid country, but
the city has generally dilapijatod apear-
ance. There are few fine business
blocks, IA very neat courthouse built of
brick and faced with fine cut granite. At
the side in the center Of the grass plat is a
large and very handsome fountain, sur
mounted with a statuette Of
NEPTUNE
Holding trident in his right hand, from
the top OF which shower of fine spray
constantly plays over the nude figure of
the old sea god, and keeps him cooled
down. Our visit TO Canton was TO see a
man" On calling at his residence and en-
teriDg the room We were thunder-strucK
at learning that lie had died only forty
eight hours previous of
CHOLERA,
Only having been sick a few hours. The
funeral had taken place the day previous
in the room in which wo were seated.
The announcement gave US such a shock
that We felt q pain in our abdominal re.
gion at once We had no further business
there, and sscer,sining thst the train was
due, buried 10 the depot shook the dust
Of Canton of our shoes, and in ten min
u,es we were under way and We drew a
long breath Of relief as the train rolled
Away from the depot. We reached
PITTsRURG
Al dark and were soon 4. home II the
Msnongahels house, which is frs.-elsss in
| ovsry rs.FsSs .- ali your readers know WIZ
have ever Travelled. We noticed q mos
quito bar over our bed, the frs. one we
have seen this season, and which we were
glad 20 pu, TO practical use before morn
ing. We found the city, a. OF yore, black
and soo.y. The sky WAS dirty; houses,
ditto streets and gullies awful dirty. AT
ter coming from the broad, cleanly swept
streets Of Cleveland, the change was more
marked. We should think the city Of
Pitsburg hal formed itself intos
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
To invite King Cholera and his staf 10
pay them visit. We walked through
the fruit market about ten o'clock 1T
night and saw great stacks Of wstermel-
ons, surmounted By blazing torches, and
over dozen bipeds putting under their
vests great sections Of melons ms though il
was fun. Notwithstanding the dir. and
filth the streets were crowded and bust
ness good in all parts Of the city. One
thing We noticed that ought 10 be rene
'NN VIZ ""''"'' VI 0t'o"t HiSHs on tue
lamp posts. The few wooden signs Mt
tached to the building., that have not
rotted away, look rs if they had been
put up about
oSE HUNDRED AND Fifty YEARS 400
And are so dscolored with dirt and age
that II is hard to make any kind of II
name out of them. We lett Pittsburg the
next afternoon on an accommodation train
for Steubenyillc, and may the saints for
give us this time, wa will never do go any
more. Steubenville is AZ miles from Pitts
burg, and there were Just 81 stations at
each Of which we Ind to come to II fun
halt. Al last, to our great joy, the be-
grimmed face of the br KEENAN, appenred
at the door for the twenty seventh time A,
he cried out
"sTEuBRSyILLH,
This train goes no further" We were
very glad to learn tho fact, rs We had gone
full far enough, We took n walk about
the city, for like Canton 1t has its mayor
Office. We were not impressed favorably
enough with the place to buy ii in. We
SAW no Good Templar's professions in the
tho streets, but We saw many good tumb-
iers who seemed very weak in the knees
We Judge if whisky was
TRuMPs
| n good many Sleuhen y illiapu u,,ll IN