The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-16
NOTES ON THE WING.


NOTES ON THE WING.
ST. LOUIS, August /, 1874.
To the Editor Of the New Orleans Bulletin
Truly Saint Louis, las they write it here,
is great, and Reavis is its prophet He car
get tog .ther more well-digested. good sount
reasons why the Mississippi Valley is to rule
the world, and st Louis to rule the Missis
sippi Valley, than any other man that
have heard express himself. Nor does be
stop at that; but, looking bengnantly South
ward, he sees the day approaching when New
Orleans shall put on her royal robes and
WELD the sceptre Of tn world of fashion
He says that the city that rules the fashions
must always be semi-tropical, and also grea.
trade mart, an entrepot and depot; and that
in these and in other essential characteristics.
New Orleans is alone qualified, and must of
necessity, fill that position.
But when one stands on the top of that
magnificent structure. the new insurance
building Of st. Louis, and looks over popu-
latiOn OF $50. 600 80 lis, over 400, 600 being
now within the city limits, and se-s also the
most invitingly formed ground for city impro-
vements stretching away in every direction;
when he observes the vast interests that are
rapidly centering there; wnen he contemplates
the inexhaustible resources OF soil and NINE
and attempts to comprehend the possibilities
Of production of nature and art, of agricul-
ture and manufa ture, Of the vast territory of
which this is the centre: in addition to all this
when he observes the wonderful energy Of the
new type Of mankind, the product OF the con-
elOmeratiOn of Ill the best races of earth,
this woodworking Western man, he will
cease to be astonished at the prophetic en-
thusiasm of our eccentric friend Reavis.
And if he follows the polar star from New
Orleans to st Paul, he will cease to wonder
that this Young giant, so long kept in leading
strings by the avaricious scheming men OF
the East, has at last concluded TO assert his
manhood. OF course the first thing he will
do will naturally be little love-making, and
the amor lus looks which he casts upon the
pale, dark-eyed maiden who sits sadly by the
Gulf shore, mourning the insults Of the mis-
cradle base-born ours that have overrun ard
impoverished her, while Uncle Sam held her
pinned to earth with bayonet, show well
enough where his heart lies. And tell you
that in the universal satisfaction of natural
af6nities to result from these nuptials, and in
this alone can the "reat strong West and the
warm and loving South enjoy the fullest de-
velopment, physically, mentally and morally,
Of which they are naturally capable.
This alone Can make the hills and valleys
smile with the most abundant harvests,
and the hamlets murmur the pleasant song
Of the hammer, the lathe and the spindle
while the great old Father of Waters himself,
AZ he celebrates the nuptials, shall open his
mouth with ringing shout, whose reverbera-
tons shall not only drown the last lingering
echoes Of civil strife an silence tina last way
whoop on the Western plains, but shall roll
around the whole world, calling the attention
Of the nations to the convincing stream of
material eloQuence which shall thenceforth
pour theretrom.
But to come back to the present
st. Louis offers to visitors some peculiarly
interesting features. One is the famous park
Of forty acres, presented to the city by Mr.
Shaw, and improved by him as q committee |
delegated by tn city. / have seen the great
Centr Il Park OF New York, and the Druid Hill
Park of Baltimore; the great lungs OF Philad-l- !
phis, and the pride Of Chicago, and found
them alkdelightful places, but this munifcent
donation OF Mr.. Shaw to 1.-THE great future |
city" possesses a charm Of natura! feature and
an exhibition Of good taste in its improve
ments and adornments that will compare with |
the best. When we add the attractions of the
famous '.Shaw's Garden" CIVILIZED to the city |
on his death), which is one OF the rarest and
most costly and most extensive collections OF
vegetation in the world, the whole possesses
an interest which no tourist or scientific trav-
eler can afford to miss.
Another peculiar feature is the great con-
cert beer garden, with seats and tables ar
ranged to accommodate thousands, and where
the best society lat least SO it looks, and so
they say come in street cars and private
carriages, with their families, to spend pleas
ant hour in listening to music and partak-
ing Of the refreshments Permit me to add that
thu lger and native wine here furnished Will
only be excelled when some further improve
ments are discovered in the culture OF the
grape and the manufacture of those articles
I think it Is safe to say that wherever these
beverages take the place of stronger hquo' s,
the result will be favorable to good health and
genuine temperance
The President OF the New York Academy
of Science is here, as busy and as cheer. ul as
ever, introducing the New Orle .ns motor, tor
ster . rs, that if New Orleans " copes with
St Luls in the matter of street dummies,
that st. Louis will, in return, furnish Mr.
/" lads" to enable New Orle MS to get to sea
through mouth that too long has been
DUMMY
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.
The trip from st. Louis up into Iowa, and
thence across the prairies to Chicago makes
q living panorama OF farmhouse, orchard an
field, varied by frequent handsome, hourishng
villages, CHI one beautiful in itself, but
even,u lily becoming monotonous from the
constant repetition of similar features. The
soil is almost universally excellent the land
in sight OF the railroad nearly all under cult
vation. and the harvest, just now being
gathered, very abundant. More anon. w.
-. A Check Of Only 100000.
We were told yesterday by prominent
minister an incident which may be news and