Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-12
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.

Eds Tel;-Two weeks Of damp and chill
ly weather are al that southern Louisiana
has this year known Of winter, save few
frosty nights. Now the thermometer is at
TO- in the shade. Fans and parasols are
in demand, and mosquito bars are lndis-
pensible. The air is sweet with the breath
Of fowers-the bridal blossoms Of the
orange, white sprays Of fragrant jassOmine,
and roses. oh, such magnificent roses Of
every hue and shaded Plum trees, too, are
in bloom, china trees just ready to burst
into purple glory. viburnums crowded with
buds, and many Others whose names omit,
as my spelling Of them must be phonetic.
How and where shall begin to tell Of
these last three weeks Of sightseeing, OF
course, have been to the French market
everybody does thaE--and saw the
stalls OF foreign fruits, the strings Of odor-
our garlic, the baskets Of edible imported
snails (no, did not purchase any, the
beautiful ocean shells, the--oh everything,
for "hnman natures daily food" or wear.
Canal street Is the dividing line between
French town and American New Orleans;
and below that line you fnd all antiquities,
though not all ourioslties. The tall olsterns,
built OF wood and covered with tin, cone.
shaped roofs, and which supply the city
with its drinking water, are sure 10 attract
a strangers eye.--These 0lsterns are oapa-
BILE Of containing from three to four thou.
sand gallons ui 'watef (which passes
through charcoal filters on It's way from,
roof 10 reservoir; and every respectable
residence has It's own cistern, though the
poor people use the river wgter from the
street hydfAnts. -it 'N '"'il
OF course, have been up to Carrolton,
and to the garden At the end OF the route.
All along the way are handsome residences
with wealth Of flowers aud trees aud oe-
caslonRlly, out IN the suburbs, you pass an
open field with It's shedge of white Cherokee
roses-lhe fayorite nestlng-plaee Of the
mooking bird, aud also the lurking place
OF many poisonous reptiles, ...5 49, ...fl
A ride Of an hour on the cars, drawn by
danny engine, tRkesyou southeast ward
10 Spanish Fort q popular pleasure resort,
and the old stronghold OF Spain when she
held dominion here, "A fashionable res
tauIant Is built upon the top OF the EN-.
bankmeht and the'ruins Of the old fort IL.
self and only a few lines Of brick walls,
orumblInt and mOss-cOyefed, yet femHln Of
the fortihcation. Bat near the edge OF tbs
embankmeht lie'tWo guns Offorelgn make,
and left there by the Spaniardsl when they
abandoned the pla6ein 1918. Lying along
Bayou 81. John, and cnmmandinga lOvely
view OF Lake PuntohRrifain with its sail
vessels aud. steamers passing in the dis
tsnee the grounds here are cool and pleas
ant, Long wooden piers extend out snt
over the water, with airy paYiliOus her,
and there along them, The grounds ar,
laid out into mounds and beds OF shrubi
and flowers, with tail ovet-hangink trees
At the restaurant you may lunch, or din,
or wine, Upon one OF The piers lay hug,
torpedo lately washed up from the mud o
the bayou, into which II plunged itself upor
itslaunohlng day some time during th
"late unpleasantness.H lhsiead Of Roinl
out on rs mission Of deaih to the yanke
invaders Il sank inFloriously, drowning twl
Of rs confederate operators. Close by
nov q hare-legged boy hshed for soft,shel
crabs. Spanish Fort IN the summer OF 4
was a dangerous place for visitors, for n
one who went there escaped an attack o
fever. To reach IL you run close by tn