The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-01-22
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From Columbus.
COLUMBUS. January 10.

COLUMBUS January 49, 1olt.
EDITOR DEMocRAT:-Will you. permit
an idler in the capital city, ga locker on
in Venice, to get down some of the i'm
pressions made by the sights and sounds
of the place. There is grandeur and its
opposite in close proximity virtue and
vice wealth and poverty; indeed every
phase Of life Is presented to the observer.
The rogue in limbo with his degrading
dress and sorrowful mien. and the rogue
whose gigantic crimes have lifted him in
to responsibility and security against ar
rest or punishment, can dash the dirt off
his wheels In the face of his less fortunate
brother, who walks to his toll in the
streets under the surveillance Of guards
ready to shoot him down should he at
tempt to pass prescribed bounds, There
are other u~nfcrtunGtes, the Stricken of
God" whose dimmsd orbs catch no ray of
the bene6eent sun, and they of dull ear
and palsled tongue, forever deprived of
sweet sounds and the power Of speech.
Another class whose minds darkened or
phrensied are ever in pursuit of phant0ms
never found. Poor unfortunatss, for
whom the people of our great State have
opened the hand of charity and provided
for them under their affections the best
conditions known to the intelligence of
the age. The contrasts everywhere visi-
bic, teach the truth of the adage that
there is but one step from the sublime TO
the ridiculous, for truly you plunge from
marble into mud. High street, the great
thoroughfaIe of the city, Is traVersed by =
railroad and Is without crossings but not
without filth in fearful quantities. This
is mere Objectionable from the fact, the
State House and the principal hotels on
opposite aides Of this sea of mud. subIec-
ting the assembled wisdom. to that
which all civilization dislikes, viz: dirty
feet. Very fortunately g cold snap"
dried the streets before inauguration or
the consequences would have been revolt
ting. "The great unwashed' would have
had some significance as there was q
mighty ingathering of the people at that
time. The squeese was awful on that day.
The papers however having reporters on
the ground have given such full discrip-
tions of the ceremonies that al pass with
the remark that Gov. Aliens extempore
address was full of political wisdom. If
the Legislature will act upon his sugges-
tons and act promptly, mot standing too
long upon the order Of its going" it will
meet the expectations and hopes OF their
masters, the people. But there are symp-
toms already Of another purpose, witness
I4l6 carly A1lOAAAmCAN ONC1 bALOC WOIA-
ing days. Perhaps the members under
stand their duties better than the writer
hereof. They may be earning their per
diem in some manner unknown Il out
siders. In getting instructions fresh from
their several Constituencies perhaps. Time
will show whether the servants Of the
people are here toserve the people. I have
made a discovery. Learning Il almost
said knowledge,) is progressive. That
which has come to me with stunning con-
viction is that mathematics is not an ex-
act science. Figures 105H lie. The dis
covery was made while examining some
statistics wherein is recorded the mileage
of members of the Assembly and Consti-
tutional Convention. Take some points
in your County, Massillon for instance,
and compute the distance to this city. To
Crestline it il 70 miles, from thence to
Columbus "a miles, making I43 miles by
the ordinary mSthed of calculating. But
that is not right as I shall show. The
mileage you know is "a cents counting
both ways. Now take the aum of $48.74
and divide it by a cts. and you find the
distance by that method is 203 miles,.
Both results attained by the operation OF
figures and being widely different it fol-
lows that figures will lie. Enough. E.