Connecticut western news., 1875-09-03
Connecticut Western Reserve.

DEAR NEWS: Your correspondent has been spending short time in making few flying visits between here and Cleveland the city of the Western ve-taking in that town as an objective point, and has neglected her regular letter to THE NEWS; but as it has become necessity fo1 all classes and conditions of men to enjoy summer vacation, why should not the poor newspaper correspondent set up plea for his share9 Sustain me in asserting the rights of the newspaper fraternity, Herr Pease, by your precept and example; we cordially invite you,if you have never done soto come to the Western Reserve on your first trip. .-r. z.--.z..t. ..-r -..s....
 I've should be delighted to pay visit to this section of Ohio, which was once ] owned by our good old state of Connecti- cut, and which to-day pays for the educa- ton of our children, and may possibly find 1t convenient in perhaps not the far dis tant future to do so. Thanks for your kind inYitation.-ED. NEWS. . - :: q, I have cahed Cleveland the city of the Western Reserve, and it deserves the dis % tinction. Although there are many other towns rlvalling it n other respects, it is universally conceded to be the most beauti- ful city on the Great Lakes. It was settled in l796 and named for Gen. Moses CleYe- land,, the agent of the Conn. Land Co.,; and ! what was then 8 dreary, desolate, marshy h place, has now become thriving and beau fiful city, so neat and thrifty in it's general appearance as to seem more like vast vil- lage than city of 100, 900 inhabitants. s
 It lies on both sides of the mouth of the r.Cuyahoga river where it empties into Lake q. Erie, narrow, crooked stream flowing Y through deep valley, and on the high banks on either side is the city proper. The river valley, or the flats, as it is commonly called, is where you see the bone and sinew of the ciiy-oily, grimy and smoky enough. Here are the great oil refineries, lumber yards, iron mills and heavy manufacturing establishments of all kinds-the oil refner- ies in particular lining the river valley for miles. Here, from the wells in Western Pennsylvania, comes the crude petroleum that when refined, goes out again carrying g light to the very ends of the earth. The din and smoke of the city are all confined here T in the valley, which is great benefit to the upper and more luxurious part of the town; were it not for this Cleveland would be ' nearly as sooty as Pittsburgh itself black est of all American cities. s -...e .. a
 Superior is the main business. street and Euclid avenue the most stylish street for v residences probably few people have ever 2 heard of Cleveland without mention of Euclid avenue following in the same breath, and after hearing so good an authority as Bayard Taylor pronounce 1t the finest street he ever saw, no one can be blamed for laud- ing it. In the very centre of the business 3 part of the city is public square beauti- fully laid out and ornamented with large, stately trees, fountains. cascades, payillons, rare greenhouse plants. etc., fresh as in the heart of the country-and in the centre of the square IS Commodore Perry's monu- Q ment, surmounted by his statue pointing with one hand down to the lake. the scene of his triumph. =
 Numerous parks of unusual beauty are scattered about town, and the whole lake bluff for perhaps half mile east from the Lake Shore 6 Michigan Southern depot is being conveited into public resort that will be an honor to the city. 'ss-
 Cleveland has an elegant new opera house to be opened September 9th. I had the privilege of seeing its interior through an acquaintance with Prof. Samuel Gardner of Washington, who is lighting the building by.electricity, and it is truly fine edifce. A thousand points of interest might be mentioned, but will not intrude upon your space any further. -.i-7 -.- .-.
 Our good President Finney of Oberlin college, who died last week, I see is na- tive of dear old Litchfield county his death is deeply felt here, as he was widely known and much respected. E. A. D.
 Jefferson, Ohio, August 2srd, 1875.