The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-06

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much to the kiDdaess Of Mr.. Frank
Peizen. emigraat agent. and To- that
Of W. G.. Miagns. head Of baggage
depot. men worthf and capable Of
filing higher POSITIONS, and spether
gentleman whose same | could not
learn. This may eesm . slight thing
to those who did lot make the trial,
but it was serious.so me- Ny bag
gage all went on cad We were ;oblig-
ed TO stop over ip Pittsburg. at cost
OF thirty .one dollars. l would not,
however. take the trouble to recount
it. were il not that many other pso-
pie, will make this same trip, and /
wish to warn them. to be careful in
seeing to their tictets. as the agents
In Philadelphia nost decidedly are
not.
Why is il that Pittsburg seems
like . horrible night-mars ? Every
body always speaks of il so, who has
passed through there without stop
ping. l make this distinction a. per.
haps there is some good in it sfter oil,
but those horrid belching chimueys
and lurid Tongues Of fire, aud the
darkness and ell make it ixed on
the mind like Q horror. r'
Columbus, Ohio, is q very pretty
city seen from the railroad, but Cir
cinnati | think is just the opposite,
but there is beautiful bridge that
crosses the Ohio river, that makes up
the lack Of beauty of the city. Eve
rywhere farmers are busy getting in
their crops, and in many places wheat
and corn are up and looking very
thrifty. This year farmers every
where are planting more grain and
less of other things on account Of the
war, which they expect will advance
the prices greatly and pay them bet
ter than anything else.
Kentucky is the prettisst State and
Louisville the prettiest city Of any.
Louisville is embowered IN trees, and
well laid out with wide streets. kept
clean, and above Ill sn cir Of aristo-
cratic refinement about it that ! have
seen 40 where else. Every house,
person and thing seems to have sort
Of self refreshing air about it that
gives one sincere pleasure. The Legis-
lature ond Grand Jury all came on
board the train ct one Of the way
stations for Louisville, and l was
struck with their intelligent aud
proud bearing. There was not one
man less than six feet high. A brid-
al party came on board and the 6ne-
ness of feature, and q certain deIica-
cy of outline was particularly MOTTO
able 10 all the females of the party.
1t was like the difference between q
high bred race-horse and q common
one that plowss The horses that /
saw we're sll of them handsome and
full OF metle, and 10 short Louisville
seemed to me one Of the pleassntest
cities that ever was Allthe country
is in high state of cultivstiou.
passed Tennessee mostly in the night,
and saw less of it. l fancy that the
war swept with more force over
Tennessee than Kentucky, as almost
on every hsnd you see ruined cab
ins, and weeds and bramblcs climb.
i ing over places that once were teem-
ing with agricultural wealth. After
and en- before passing the State
line the country begins to grow more
and more romantic and beautiful. The
evidence of wars devastation show
still palmer and more sadly
suggestive. A lovelier country there
is not, not even California, nv dear
Cslifornis, whose praises / have al
ways sounded.
Along the road to the right rises q
line of hills well wooded and water.
ed; there are hundreds of little streams
running in every direction watering
the plains and moistening the beanti.
ful flowers that border their banks.
Orchards bloom in rich profusion in
deserted gardens, and lonesome look
| ing cows stand up to their knees 10
clover. Fences are down and the
rails lie scattered about. Stone walls
are demolished and all seem to speak
of the past. For natural beauty
think have never seen a prettier
place outside of California, and its
very wildne.s Of tangled vegeta.
ton proves that it is rich land only
waiting to be titled However. one
must not infer there is no cultivation.
On the contrary there are many
farms in q high state of perfection
and these show what can be done
with all.
From the State line to Decatur the
country through which the railroad
passes is mostly q level or rolling, but
it is 30 beautifully interpreted with
trees and brooks that it is never mon
otouous, but always unfolding q new
beauty that Q moment before was en-.
tirsly unexpected. Here and there
q low chimney standing in the midst
of beans of debris, tells where fam
ily has stood, and q line of dilapidat-
ed cabins in the back ground, show
where the quarters" had been, but
oil ia desolate. The trees and green
things trying to bide from sight the
ruins man has made and thus remove
Q perpetual pain.
Enough Of the poetica' side and
something Of the practical. l am
obliged to stay in Decatur all this
week, having by my forced stay in
Pittsburg been made to miss the boat
that only runs weekly to v alhermoso,
aud 30 can only say what / see
here and next week l will give fuller
information from valbermoso, my OBJ
jective point. Since l have been
here l have used my woman's prerog-
ative of asking questions until half
imagine I may be taken for . blood
relation to the immortal Paul Pry.
Decatur is on the Tennessee river
and about 25 miles from Valbermoso
Springs, and is about at the centre Of
the Tennessee Valley from all direc-
sions. The Memphis and Charleston
and South and North Alabams rail-
roads cross each other and the Ten
nessee river here lis . town of
1900 or 1000 Inhabitants, and is
about Is miles above the Muscle
Shoals. It was burned, with the ex-