The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-08-16
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Friend Leader.
With tue thousand sounds that
rise from noisy. clamorous Broadway
in my ea,s, with the hun lred tink-
! ling lights giimmering adown the
long street and the mass OF people
hurrying below ma, come thoughts
Of the peace and quietude that must
rest tonight over BrookhaveD, and
with wish that ! were there in
p rson | take up my pen and deter
mine to he there IN spirit and fancy
and have a nice chat with its dear
residents about some Of the novel
SIGHTS | have witnessed In yankee
| dom
| was not at first so much struck
with the SIZE and magnificencp of
New York City; ind el, Broadway
somewhat disappointed me at the
| first view; hut now after traversirg
the great lcnlth Of its Avenues and
seeing the grandeur Of huudred
streets almost equal, each one TO
Broadway, | am ready to be amazed
| n it. size aud the vast amount OF its
| wealth.
The elevate railway first claim Il
INV entire wonder. | was shiDe-
thing 81 novel to ascend a great
flight Of stairs, buy a ticket and
wait in station up in mid air for
Il train, and when one Genes rush
no along to bolt in hrcathlessN
| dor every thing here is done in II
curry and 90 shooting IF FAR above
The houses and people beneath. +"
look from the windows while thus
sailing amid the clouds, and see the
crowd take the size OF a procession
Of children. one feels a kind of SUI
prriority over those creatures of the
dust.
Central Park we visited soon after
our arrival here. To be in the heart
of a great mctrop Ills, it is indeed
wonder and thi & of beauty; but if
we should find it away in some for
est | har fly think we would look at
it twice. Ii reminded me wonder
fully, in places, OF some of the banks
around Old Brook" and other Lin-
coin county picnic ground. 1t is
merelv beautiful old wood in its
natural state with great green banks
aud hills covered with forest trees
and vines. Immense gray rocks are
here AID there down which the scar
let Trumpet vines Chamber in pro-
fusion. A very fine csrraige drive
puns around in it, and beautiful
iluumerable walks wind in and out
We stood before the Ely plain
Obelisk and wondered what could
be the meaning OF all the one-Iegoed
cranes aud ZigZag lines, and etc cut
on it. But we gave il up and went
away thauting out fate we live in an
a.e Of sensible writing. How
unromantic TO have expressed tervent
words of love by the rude image OF
an ungainly crane re!osing on one
leg!
We paid a visit to that most
stiff backed, intellectual city, Boston.
last week. We came to the conclu-
sion that for crooked streets and
winding ways Boston carries OF
the palm" We also concluded that
he was superior in the line of
churches. Tncse lat a,e indeed
lovely. Great old grey and teown
stone churches, all angles and ga
bleS, stained windows and spires
They are said to he modelled after
the celebrated cathrdrals in Europe,
and we were net prepared to prove
otherwise.
We went TO the famous Bunker
Hill Monument aud inscribed our
names in the Visitors Register and
prepared to ascend it 1t is a great
square tower with winding stairs
through the interior, and am not
prcpaIed TO say the exact number
of stairs, but, judging from a-c"nd-
ing 1t once my sell, should say some
where in the neighborhood of a
million. This may not be correct.
| only have my own secret opinion
of it. Suffice it 50 say that every
one | saw r"ach the tor sat down
and bIeW and bieW and was very
red in the face ard cross-looklng
Up there we saw the on,y artili' ~
that cur county began its war tor
independence with. Two little can
mons, each one about the length Of q
dudes walking cane. We Tad quite
respect for Our country when VT
eyed those worthless things and be
thought us of the grand end they at
tanned.
The little city of Cambridge claim
ed gond part of our attention arc
awoke within us some awe and r yer
euce for there We stood benea h The
old tree under which Washington
took command of his army. 1t i,
well taken care of, for the people
with zealous care, banded it intc
heavy hands, and placed round its
grand Old roots railing IF iron
Some envlous wind has taken away
its browning glory, but in spite OF
this loss, it stands erect in its ma
jesty a fourishing though topless
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