Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-03

vored with Gods glorious sunlight
but yesterday one could thankfully
and truthfully say, "a pleasant thing
1t Is to see the sum-" The rainfall
was LIZ inches, yet how quickly hai
the face of nature changed! the eartl
rejoices anew with verdure anc
freshness. The crops in Northerl
Ohio are far better than those il
New York or New England-espe
eially the fruits and corn. l never
saw a finer crop of apples than be
tween Ashtabula and Buffalo, the or
chards everywhere bending beneatl
their heavy burdens. But they vii
be needed here at the East, wher'
the crop is light one and poor IL
quality, seemingly necessary conse
quence in respect to fruits in the oldel
States, owing to more and greater va
rieties of insects-enemies of fruit
and fruit culture.
| How often as l have passed along
the many rich valleys, have those
beautiful words of the Psalmist Cps
LXVD been brought to mind: "Thou
waterest the ridges and settlest the
burrows thereof, the
valleys are covered over with corn
they rejoice-yea they sing"
1 noticed Buffalo was made, by the
recent change and building of new
depot at East Buffalo, (about three
miles out, by the L. S. & NJ. S. anC
N. Y. c., mere way station, as al
through passengers do not enter the
city-a special train conveying al
wishing to stop there.
Having a few hours at Albany,
visited the new capitol, an immense
and costly affair, certainly and very
fine architecturally considered, anG
it ought to be if we take into consid
Grafton this fact-they are only just
commencing the second story, YET
are now spending the Sirth million
At this rate twenty-fi We millions viii
be required to completelt. Although
massive and beautiful, yet there il
no delicate or elaborate stone cut
ting that would necessarily be very
expensive. The dimensions are a,
follows: front on Park street, 800
feet; on Washington street. 400
feet; four towers each 200 feet high
main tower, 365 feet: four square
corner towers, each IT'S feet. Tx
basement or foundation contains IA
rooms or vaults-a perfect labyrinth
of arched rooms and passages. The
building with its approaches and ter.
races will cover a little over three
acres.
Ascending to the top of the OBJ
servatory most beautiful panorama
of the city suburbs and surrounding
villages greeted my sight. And then
in the midst of the picture flowed the
historic Hudson, the "Rhine OF
America . now spanned by two fine
railroad br1dges, land a third is con
templated) At Troy they are just
completing an iron bridge from
West Troy TO Troy. You may re-
member the destruction of one of
the spans this summer, by a stroke
of lightning, which melted off the
iron bars OF girders, ft. by inches,
and dropped the whole span into the
river on several canal boats. | saw
a part of the wreck, also the size OF
the bars melted off-truly a wonder
full freak.
On visiting the home of my child
hood, now many and sad were the
changes that had been wrought du-
ring the eight years of absence.
Alas! the mutability of all things
earthly! How many dear old friends
had "gone to that bourne whence nc
traveller returns" Mere children
then, had grown to manhood and
womanhood now, and were taking
the places of those who had already
passed through the door from one
room into another room of theiI
Fathers house-for such only is
death to those, who through Christ,
are delivered from the fear of death.
Thence taking the train for Pitts
field, had many evidences of thrift
and progress so characteristic of this
unitarian age, and especially so in
America. Pittsfeld is a beautiful,
growing city of $4,000. The stately,
historic elm on the square has passed
away, either by storm or decay. and
near where it stood stands the sold
iers' monument-granite pedestal
and bronze statue.
There are four villages, ranging
from 800 to 1900 population, and
next, Middlefeld. the scene of the
second disaster from the bursting OF
a reservoir. Passing just at daylight,
yet saw evidence enough of the ter
rible effect OF the flood as it swept
swiftly and madly down the narrow
valley, causing desolatiOn in It's
course. Not a Yestige of the splen-
did granite railroad bridge was left;
it was the first obstacle in its path
and received it's full force. Three
railroad bridges were wholly destroy
ed. .. -......s
Westfeld contains 1000 inhabit-
ants and is great manufacturing
town. First in importance is the
manufacturing of tobacco and cigars
if one may judge from the number
of manufactures. Next is the whip
manufacture. This is truly an immense
business. Acting upon the motto,
cuisines first, pleasure afterward'
l then found l had two hours before
train time, l went through the Amer, !,
can Whip Company's factory ana
saw the whole of the wonderful pro
cess of manufacture and all the lntrl-
cate and complex machinery required.
A whip mas 10 pass through over
FORTY different wOrkmen's hands ere
i IS completed and ready for market.
IrJging from the number made,
tbere seems to be some occasion for
Mr. Bergh to call around and protest
AGAINST the manufacture of such in
sfruments of torture!
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