The Columbus journal., 1879-11-26

CLARION, GEAUeA Co., OHIo,l
November 18th, 1919. !


first saw, from the deck of the steam
boat, years before the Lake Shore
road was thought of, the long, low,
uninterrupted line Of forest along
the Ohio shore, it seemed to me that
had come as far to the westward
as any rational ambition ought to
bring Q new-fedged Anglo-SaXon.
There was even then, / believe, a
muddy village called Chicago, but
there was not yet State of lows.
while the majestic ugliness of the
Missouri still remained to most
white people an undiscovered de-
delight. Bryants beautiful poem,
The Pralries," was probably thot
out somewhere in Middle Illinois,
or possibly to the west of Dubuque,
while, when he said: -
"On these plains
The bison feeds no morei twice twenty
leagues
Beyopd remotest smoke Of hunters camp
Roams the majestic brute, in herds that
shakS
The earth with thuDd'ring steps,"
lie doubtless had his mental vision,
pnconselously to himself, fixed on
the vicinity of Keatskotoos, or, per-
chance, where the no less majestic
din OF an equally laundering tresd
Is now borne even 10 these OHIO
hills, ominous of doughty tug be-
tween the aboriginal! queenliness Of
Genoa snd the rising glories of
Fullerton.
Since then 1 have spent years 10
1.-The London O.: the OccideHt," as |
once heard Dr. Cox maguiloquently
style tlIat city which plain people
generally know rs New York; years
auder the Southern Cross, and years
smid the endless sunshine Of your
western plains: and now, nfter y.
wears OF absesce (excep: on aying
trips) have fcund my wey back to
the borders Of Lake Eric. the land
of ny schoo! days. and lis homo
geneou-, Gcd fearing p"pulation OF
New Englanders, Oh the children. or
grand children, OF New EnglaHdrrs.
Ny proseut parish, indeed, Thought
trt, intelligent and religious, Is the
most Homogeneous cainTpuuity in
v hich I have ever iived. plymouth
Rock itself IL no; n.ore OF one piece.
usving lived most Of mr. life IN
places where races and religions
where there were any OF the latter.
were pretty handsomely mixed up,
IL Ia not An unrefre.hins sensation
10 be set down, for awhile, where
pretty much everybody, for nesr
five miles squsre, goes TO church.
and goes to one church, and where
everybody is evcrybodys cousin, or
suat, or grandmother. The West-
ern Reserve of Ohio is. indeed, q
New England of the Lakes, snd
Clsridon hill, $50 feet above Lake
Erie, sitting serene among her sig.
ters, aud looking benign!y across to
the spires and towers OF the more
populous but less exalted Chardon,
listens. amid her spple orchards, her
naples and branching elms, with
placid mstronly surprise, to the tales
which an occasional pilgrim, like
myself, brings back Of the land OF
the beaver and the grssshoppcr, the
land which, although only forty
eight hours by rail from here, al
ready seems romantieslly distant.
And even yet, we have not become
so accustomed TO rushing to and fro,
but that ga thousand miles" has O
somewhat awe-inspiring sound to
the car. Genoa is Just lOIS miles
from East Clsridon.
need not say that Cisridon is
overwhelmingly Republican. Still,
in this one particular il must yield
TO Monroe Precinct. In Monroe, we
polled, when ] lived there, some 20
Republican 70 5 Democratic votes,
while here Hiey poll about une-fifth
Democratic. Did my parish fiji the
whole township il would bs differ
ent. Nevertheless. ] have not OBJ
served that my people think it
necessary 10 call for the Strong Man,
or 20 propose the substitution of
Gcnera Grant for the constitution
spd lsws Of the United States
hsve not heard him compared 20
ihst very eqGivocal character, Gen.
srai Monk, chiefly renowned rs the
rsstorer of royalty. In this Western
New England, mcuibers ~ sbe Be-
publican party, I think. could make
ehin 70 rub Oh swhilc longer with
out calling fo- The restoration of
royalty, whether il the line of
Guelph or Of Grant. Nor has any
body here sid. in my he'rins, thst
-he bolds the destiny cf continent
heflnd those ctoec.!ccked lips Of
his" II the poor man really hss
such . fssssal morsel sticking in his
shrost. woa't some compassionate
,oui rviieve him os It a. oHcef If
mol, he viii surely CHOKE 10 dcsth
long bssore next Juse. There are
people, isdeed-and those no DEM
sosAte-w he s~y, that be does we'll
to keep bis lips locked close, since
IL tao sSfAnrz aurthin1 rnmes ont