Litchfield enquirer., 1874-10-08

EVERY SATURDAY for October contains: His Two Wives, by Mary Clemmer Ames (continued); Far from the Madding Crowd (continued); Woman Suffrage, A Reply to Goldwin Smith, by Prof. J. E. Cairnes; Three Feathers, by William Black (continued); Contrasts of Ancient and Modern History; 4 Dream Story; Fun in Fur; Foreign Notes; September; Editorial Department.
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 St. Louis.
 From Waramaug to the Mississippi; from the hills to the prairie; from the land of the Puritans to the garden of the West; from the clear air of the mountains to the region of soft coal and smoke; from fast time to slow; from the rising to the set ting sun; from the land of rocks and stones to the country where a small peb- ble is a curiosity-all that is suggested by these contrasts is hardly realized till you strike the great bridge at St. Louis, the connecting link of East and West, the buckle in Americas iron belt. Like oth- CT stupendous works, both of nature and art, the St. Louis bridge 'grows" upon one. You do not, at first, fully realize what magnificent structure 1t is, though you may perhaps come to sooner reali- zation if you have long been martyr to the much, ard justly, execrated ferry boats that tor years have been the only means of transportation across the river at this point. Crowded together upon these boats, men, horses, mules, coal Jostled and pushed each other in an in- dlscrlmlnate mass. 1 have been told that no accident ever occurred to mar the gen. eral hllarlty and faith, for one had need of great amount of faith when being rapidly driven down, CT slowly up, the sldllng levees, where, especially in icy times, the omnibus wheels had a way of sliding around promiscously. But no- body wlnced, not woman screamed, con- posture and good-hum0c beamed from every countenance. Blu; we have changed all this. Now, by devious winding way you are brought up on to the bridge, up- on the very stree cars, general travel taking the upper road, the railroad track the lower
 From the comfortable seats placed all along the sides of the Bridge one has fine look-off, upon the swarming leyee (with its mile and half of steamboats). and the black smoke that envelops St. Louls The unsophisticated stranger will lnvoluntarily look anxiously around for shelter or an umbrella, thinking that sure this black cloud portends terrible storm. which is close upon him. But sbeyond the cloud the suns still shining, the smoke line ends and the blue sky begins, ling waters of the Missouri and Mississip- pi rivers, which flow side by side, unmix- ed, for long distance below the point of meeting. St. Lens has ad Pesn esshn6ther % description to the list, but only give my impressions of its inhabitants, and various other matters.
 It is said that people emigrate upon their own attitudes. This is not difficult to believe of the population of St. Louis, when one considers it's cosmopolitanism. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio. and Virginia are all represented. Perhaps their pioneer settlers were not their best type, but when you commihgle the best characteristics of the emigrants from these states with the sturdy industry of the Ger mans and the vivacity of the French, with strong efusion of New England clear mindedness and cool common sense, you have a state of society ill which all class es may feel perfectly at home, and to which every person must brings some thing of his own culture, individuality and nationality. It is this feasibility of adaptation which renders St. Louis so- ciety SO agreeable to strangers, and leaves SO pleasurable an impression that every one desires to make second.v:sit.
 Shaw's gardens and Lafayette Park are among the local attractions of the city. The gardens and large driving Park ad- joining were laid out by Mr. Shaw, wealthy, eccentric bachelor, and are do- mated to the city at his death, the only stipulation being that he shall be buried in an enclosure prepared in the gardens. where already repose the remains of a dearly cherished friend, like himself, a great botanist. Mir. Shaw's ambition IS to obtain specimens of trees and plants from all parts of the world, and in this he has been very successful Tropical plants and fruits flourish in his magnificent greenhouses. The display of Roses is one of the finest in the world, and is scarcely surpassed even by the Island of Roses" belonging to the King of Bava- rla.
 by herself to the city, we'll repay a visit to the Mercantile Library. Beatrice Cenci, in prison the night before her execution; venus::de Medici; Gnone; fine busts of Columbus, Washington, and others, all in fine marble, constit;,::e Miss Hosmer's delightful gift to her native city. As a 5 pupil of Gibson, and more by her own in- dependent reputation, Miss Hosmers name is world renowned. But nowhere in the wide world is that name and repu- , tation so sweetly cherished, or so jealous ly guarded. as among the early apprecia- tors of her noble art, the citizens of St. f IIouiS H M IF