New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-27
JOHN PAUL at CANANDAIGUA
TOWN THAT Is TRULY RURAL.


Btrr ONE suPERFLUoUs DOG A LAKE WITH
MARGIN FOR POETRY - THE MOST ASTONISHING
ECHO YET RECORDED.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
CANANDAIGUA. Oct Is. - Pray do not for one
moment suspect mo Of any intention OF tres
passing ON the green pastures OF the Evan
gecal Alliance. / rcvel therein too luxur-
antly myself to even dream Of disturbing the
ecstasies of others Without my regular allow
anoe Of a dozen columns in tho morning, and ne
many after supper in the evening, when resting my
feet on the mantel-mece ] settle myself for goou
steady jolt along with the doctors, life wonld Dc
come burden TO me, existence mere thorn III VIC
flesh. One morning. j remember, booking Tor my
ambrosia as usual found it not, and my sour S'iiH
within me. Il would not live Away, Saiu'
81 ask not to stay. IN world "heIo euon
reading amt printed each day but turning
over the page and finding myself in field OF free
RELIGION where one could browse comfortably anu
coptentedlv for an hour or two, a bull movement
bcgan i'm my being so TO speak, and went caVor'-
mo through the columns. grazing on an sizes anu
kicking M nv heels like specded steer IN June
..,rnfeld For IL matters little 90 me what SORT OF
reading GET so 10 be but theological and there be
plenty oft Variety is tho spice of life, and with
orthodox d0muies failing follow on one side, ana
Frothinghammers pounding away at hun on tue
Of
i his own fault Let me here remark that since my
visit TO Northampton have given good deal OF
nv time to DR. Todd And that of all his theological
works. | like tho Index Rerum best 1t contains
nlont al that any one positively knows about any
thing. and the pages being left blank one has an ex-
cclcnt chauccto write down what one does not know
And if what the theologians do know and you and
don't know. good reader, would not make pretty
0ig hook I'm out in my reckoning.
But as was saying in the beginning OF this
writing do not suspect me of any intention to ln-
er7,pt the session or to intrude upon it unseason-
ably; have no desire to. [ merely thought ia
look in and ask if any Of the members, or indeed
any other Of your readers, had ever heard OF the
connndrum which brought me ont here, viz, Why
isNew-Yorl State like the Holy Landf
Canandaigun is an old pace-one of the Oldest
,laces on record. in fact It could not help arriving
al this distinction, imagine since being on the
Auburn branch Of the Now York Central road. it
naturally got TO be pretty old before any one start
ing from the East could get ont to it to settle The
Auburn state Prison is situated on this same
branch, aud the beginning of cOnvicts term
e punishment is dated from the time he
leaves Syracuse. This is only righteous, for
travelling on the branch road is much worse than
solitary confinement, and were the time between
Syracuse ard Auburn not taken into account 1t
would amount to q very considerable extension OF
the sentence When ST. Paul remarked, in his light
way that It's better to marry than 10 20 to Auburn
he probably had some premOnition of this branch
road OF certainly no would have favored the alter
native.
Canandaigua is such delightful spot when
reached that man regrets that be did not start from
Syracuse in early life as to spend bis middle age
here For if you'don't leave Syracuse till little on
g,,F irwin at
YOU'RE TOO old to enjoy yourself much. And it is
difficult TO persuade the conductor to take you be-
vond Auburn On reaching that station three or four
brakemeu poke their heads in at the doors and shout
its name yociferouslythis is the first sign of life
and enterprise that you have noticed about the
train If rou sit still the conductor bestirs him.
self and approaches you, remarking pointedly
This is Auburn. SrW If You receive
the information uncOncernedly and without
maBfesing any intention OF getting out he requests
10 see your ticket again. and on finding that it does
not empower him to put You off betrays considerable
agitation and regret When he passes you there
after you notice visible symptoms of trouble in his
countenance; it is plain that he is debating with
himself whether OF not he is responsible if you es
cane And the only thing that seems to solace him
is one fact on which he evidently falls back with
the blissful serenity observable in q Christian who
knows that the neighbOr whose hens scratch up his
green peas is not one of the elect, viz, that you
must 90 where you're ticketed to- and cannot escape
travelling on this branch road
As have before said, Canandaigua is a delightful
village when you get there One of its greatest
beauties perhaps is the lake. at whose foot the viii
Iage nestles The main street, beginning on an
elevation mile or so back, leads down to this lake
by gentle slope, giving rise to the remark by some
poet that at begins in heaven and ends In sheet
of silver" Now it win be useless for any reader
who may visit Canandaigus to attempt to impose
tins poetcal idea as his upon even the youngest
Of the young ladies' for all familiar with it, and
will quote it to you on the first opportunity which
presents itself. If you desire to be original how
ever, the avenue is not entirely shut off to you,
for the sky is occasionally mixed and the
color of the lake changes constantly; so that
some day you can remark that the street
looks as though it did MT begin anywhere
in particular, and ended in sheet Ofogreenbacks.
Or YOU can locate its beginning from the Orphan
ASYLUM situated on the crest of the HILL and in the
grounds of which you may see an orphan OF 10 frsk
ing around in a coat and trOwsers which were evil
IDENTIFY constructed for, aud probably bestowed
in charity by some orphan of 90. On some
DAVIS this lake is the brightest, most be-
wItching blue you can imaglnej another
day it is not much bluer than the pure Or
ange County milk which you get in the city. But of
this lake shall speak more in another portion Of
this convection of wisdom.
Canandagua is such delightful village, and the
difficulties of getting to and from il are 80 formid
able. that though its gain in population is slow it
never loses at all. 1t only the location of his
home on this Auburn branch of the New
York Central road that kept my worthy and
hospitable friend Gov. Clark. from going
second time to Albany. Canandaigua, you must