The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-03-25
MANTUA STATION.

On saturday morning, eD- IftHI ds
s: IA your correspondent left this sta
ton en- route for New York City, via
n. Y. l.. L. & w. Ry., arriving in that
place at 6: % Sunday morning, with
nent of any kind, landing on Manhat-
tan Island in the cool gray o! Il winter
morning at the foot of 23rd street. The
days which followed were mostly given
to sight seeing, the various points OF
interest being: Harlem, via Metropol-
itan Elevated Railway (at one point
some I2O feet from the ground), Brook
lyn Suspension Bridge, over whose
lofty towers the cables are already
stretched and a fOotway constructed,
but for the completion of which will
require two years more Castle Garden,
and the Battery, the latter once Il fash
iOnable promenade, but now almost
given over to emigranEs; City Hall, n.
Y. Post Office, Exhibition of American
Water Color Society at National Acad-
emy of Design, one of those floating
cities yclept an Ocean Steamer, and the
crowning glory of n. Y, her Central
Park, as well as others of less note.
The evenings were devoted to amuse-
ments indoors, the principal attractions
patronized being Haverly's, Booths,
and Daly's new Theatres, CHECKER
ing Hall (Concert.) California Min
strels. on Broadway, Niblo's Garden,
,,,1 TO inn
sion prevailing with some people, Cen
trail Park is not inclosed by high
fence, with gateways jealousy guard
ed, but is magnificent open prospect
something like thousand
acres, with terraces, walks, drives,
groves arbors, lakelets and brooks,
rustic bridges, costly statuary. free to
all. and easy of access from the city by
street or elevated railway and carriage.
Policemen are stationed at proper
distances apart to see that nothing is
injured and that visitors conduct them
selves as they should, 1t is worthy of
the great city whose property it is, and
in the season of foliage and flowers
it must be a scene of wondrOus beauty.
Nearly two weeks of time slipped away
in the above described manner, when
we again turned westward as far as
Rome, via Hudson River and N. Y.
luxurious coaches and double tracks,
smooth as a house floor. At Rome, the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh
road bore us away to Adams (57 miles,
IN old Jefferson Co., and from thence
we journeyed to Belleville (the seat of
1 fine Academy 8 miles, by carriage.
This point is only 4 miles from Lake
Ontario and n fine little harbor, giving
ample facilities for sportsmen and
pleasure seekers. Jefferson Co. is a
fine dairy region, the surface of the
gently rolling, and though the
winters are usually long and tedious
and abounding in snow blOckades, the
season is delightful and the
air invigOrating. Pulmonary diseases
prevail to a greater extent than any
,ther. The people who do not sue
cumb to the climatic rigors of the
winters, are hardy and enterprising,
and many of the sons and daughters of
Did Jefferson may be found scattered
We retraced our steps as far as Unica,
at about IL o'clock p. M, and
stopping at the Baggs House until
(by the way. travellers will
ind no better house in Utica.) Tuesday
a train on the Del. Lacka-
wanna and Western road was boarded
md we set out for Binghampton, stop
,ing Off one day at the beautiful town
If Norwich, in the Chenango Valley, |
md capital of county of same name.
4 light snow was on the ground and
he trees were covered with frost, and
Is we wound along the foot of the hills |
bordering some clear sparkling stream,
With the sun now shining out, and saw
IN the other hand the fair eXpanse of
,alley dotted here and there with COM
ortable farm houses, and now and then
,ne of those handsome, cleanly viii
ages for which York State is noted, it |
eemed more like some creation of i'm
,gination than a sober reality. AT
Il: Al a. M, on Wednesday, we again
got under way, passing through the
villages of Oxford, Coventry,
Greene, Chenango Forks, and making
at 2 p. m, where a delay |
If some four hours occurred in waiting
or westward bound train. Another
hight ride, via Buffalo, brought us in
he misty GOODNESS of the early morn
ng, to Painesville, where another stop
vas made. Here we were entertained
)y our friend J. w. Smith, leading
druggist, who kindly took ms about the
,ity for a drive, and we must certainly
give Painesville the praise of being one
If the handsOmest towns in Northern
Ohio. A call was also made on (have
orgotten the name) editor of the North
ern Ohio Journal-a staunch Demo-
,ratic sheet-whom we found a very
pleasant gentleman, as editors of DEM
,cratic papers are apt to be. At about
p. M. the journey was resumed and
We reached home via Cleveland on the
evening of the 4th: after almost three
weeks of continuous travel, visiting
md sightseeing, and best of all, find
ng our little family alive and well.
While in New York DR. G. NJ. Rich
mond, formerly of GarrettsvilJe and
Of San Francisco, Cal,
now located at "a West 3Oth street, was
our host and did everything in his
power to make the stay pleasant and
and we hereby extend to
him our sincere thanks for the same as
well as for many substantial favors
Fhe DIR. is engaged in the practice of
his speciality being a novel
and beautiful method (his own inven-
tionA of Ii inx hot h x,aral,lai.,