National Republican., 1875-07-28
NorthHard Rnund-


Occasional Correspondence Of The National Re-
.' puDncan.l
DETROIT, July "a 1875.
AS am detained here by the edict Of St. Paul,
(not he Of notoriety as the correspondent Of the
original Christian Intelligencer, but the propel.
or Of the same name,) will in part fulfill my
promise Of giving you an idea of my summer yaca-
ton from notes by the way. I left New York on
wednesday morning, on the steamer Daniel
Drew. The everyday trip up the Hudson to Al
Dany is TOO familiar to be Of interest charming
ss Il Is. In almost every household there Is found
some work Of art or natural curiosity which has
become 80 common through long possession that
dear as 1t may be TO the family 1t has to them no
longer the interest it has to the stranger. So
with the Hudson with its grand scenery. I left
Albany at n:40 p. m, In an over crowded, Ill
ventilated sleeper, with the Thermometer outside
recording eighty and the temperature any de-
gree above ninety in the car. 1t positively seemed
that you could hear the passengers sweat. The
next morning was cool, and save the ordinary
INCIDENTS OF HALLWAY TRAVEL,
such as smashing COW and crippling a brake
man, nothing relieved the monotony Of the trip
to Buffalo.
We had Just the same people on the train .h..
Ogllng every good looking damsei; the nOnchsIsnt
banker, on Tor Sabbath IN the country; the
sturdy old farmer and good wife, going west TO
see the children. We had q charming old couple
II the latter sort. The old man borrowed nv
Railway Guide, and while he consulted the
Saiae tne old lady read her Bible. He read to
their prospective trip, and she read such passages
Of Holy Writ as seemed to impress her as hngsr.
boards TO the realm Ct eternal bliss
70 The manner In which they confused the several
routes 10 Heaven and Chicago was exceedingly
interesting. 1t struck US that
THEY HAD BEEN vIcTIM1zED a
by come INSCRIPTIONS agent, Tor assuredly CHI
easo not on the airline to the city whose streets
AT Buffalo was booked for the propeller 81,
Paul, Of Wards line. She should have started az
D 2. IN, but did not leave until IL.
Like that other Paul, she .sruns with ma
tienee." On Lake Erie We had short chops, as
they term the quick, short waves of the lakes,
quarters, and tumble her hither and thither ike
a tub. Although the st. Paul is as steady a boat
as runs the lakes; about nine out OF ten Of the
pa sengers furnished specimens OF their trae in
wardness before we reached Cleveland The trim
was, however, delig ghtful one TO those of us who
kept our hillary ducts shady with the familiar
R-Sp'ts Vim Gallici.
Al Cleveland We made up q party and did the
town. Euclid avenue and Prospect street are
lined with handsome residences, Surrounded nv
beautiful grounds with fountains in every imagin-
able shape, from masterpieces in bronze to prim-
tive spitdevils, made Of a section of :
eAs-PIPE, TOPPED .a,
with piece Of rubber hose. In the evening wa
booked thirty additional passenVers among I6sm
the Lieutenant Governor Of Ohio and family and
two Professors, and were off for Detroit. This
morning our educational tourists beguiled US with
their conversation, anent the stupidity Of our
country, IN learning young America to accumu-
late the almighty dollar till the soil instead Of
cramming them with Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
They bored crowd upon the alter deck consid-
erably. One Of them said that it was positively
absurd that
PRIMARY PHYSICS ..
was not taught in our public schools, and was
shocked when innocently asked him If he re-
ferred to Seidlitz powders. Somehow IL STONED
their tongues and amused the audience
The sail through the Detroit river Is delight
iql one. The air is fresh, cool, and invigorating
we leave here tonight for Port Huron and Saulte
Ste Marie. More, anon. A, ID, RIFT.
Some scholars. in the normal school at West.
field, Mass, turned violets green by dipping them
In ammonia, and tricked the botanical teacher
into q lecture about the apparent discovery OF a