The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
DEscRiPrivE LETTER. wR,rER
Baltimore Amesieaa Correspondence. He had an aus.crr face. s,eeI.sray ha.

z AssNs A SsAsAtb&6&a NV2SN. HIS QOif f<>tCN comfortably n an armchair upon .hs uppe; deck of the steamer Mary Powell The ame was morning. and the boa, was discovering 10 the eNeutssonis;s the beau ties of the Hudson. Near the gen,lema an sat a select audience of one At this small but appreciauve assemhlage he boxed insently. His eAsnes,ness en- trAneed like the stony glare of,he Ancieni Manners eyes when he hanonholed the smuggling wedding guest. Evidently there was something smpor,an, to ee sad: "ies, slr, asser, H." he. ex. claimed: empha,icAliy assert Il. The descriptive let,ef-wr,,ef IS either crank or simpleton. The statemen; is sweep ing Certainly il n: but the time has come when the reading public should arise n is males,y and s,t anmistakah.y down upon ,hexe ad ective abusers. The newspapers can, afford 10 render sala- able space 10 inspired idiots, who revel in golden sunsets, magnificent stretches of gorgeous scenery. billowy wastes and a.. that sort oi fasry.land nonsense Who reads descriptions no~-a-dayxs Nobody. They're drag on the reading market, hos many oi your Baltimore people have ieA,. kennedy's exquisite word DOT. ,,ait at ed S. Nsp's Aeosi ore n eVesl sso How many can lei you oi 0eerse A.ftea fa~ase.d's splendid 5e- seapaoGs h,s Fsies oi ;ae heSa- pease No; over i.,y iH yeaI aheie population ai 4sozN0. eeple talk about William l.aeS descriptive powers. Ne; they szan h,S 3eseup:,ons as they would fA, oi Inc ssoIy. Nc aae eNt ecIs Mark iwAua IT sraqhsc stissns. ye, nlne,, nlne out oi l possible hanasc3 ml,, 1Iop his descriptions ,lse hot srddlc cakes n ogde, 70 aaifs on ,e hi> oSes IL is the same every where. Who cares fl the yoaGs iAay 3!d so oa; on ah est arsien an Gay ls bright IS the ox-eycd !Aisies tha, hned hl.isl3es by winch she passed Who eaIes i the we Shty doctor oi divin- l;y sa@ n he es..aWS ui mountain gian- ic.r tsS ma. rsi.s cn; s;apenjly ot 5it4ue hand Nctk We've heatd ' a.i s!e cns ai .Mes before | inc Nihtbsts and
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 Na s.i as; j 5; :eo h4i4 netcl yei s4N sue II ,hese verbose lunat1cS lu pfsn, 7a. hat l pfa,ea a ti,s.,aa pile- t.ElHe a.# h, s,l se la 7oe8ostaa and kae every Ia : t.ke U i .ala .he 4u.e. cover ie beyond ta1 sail Vth ali thls. asuisHs he sz.tpflsed to lcasn ttat yea ..ge gong ;n in1lot a little ar;is le ou sog.e new spAi e and s.eiHet the paaent edit | staf 1husIsautiy he has cit some ot < tready ~ta.en. dia yo1 s4l : ,ha ..ht so aai :, sAoa aee oan' ot ihe ;ty esh yes. sadesstand ~ea. 1 aPpese yes ~i.i began bs saying ihsi at hali-pasi eisni Q lock you boarded the s~lt, and oommod,oUs steamer.
 ha. was my intention why nel v i crtainiy. certainly swift and com- H5asol.s. a. course. Netet saw steam. boat ,ei that was no, swift aud com modious. fl you had bearded Soah's ark you would undoubtedly have ,ele -raphcd to the .iMeta3a ;ta; ske \ a> swlfi md eoGmodious Alter that na are gong on to say that ihe boat WAS soon a,ioat apon the plae,d bosom ai.ays ms IT. ;he p,a5id. even i ! cyclone .s aboB lIiaCid bosom ai he Hads n mi s~iEiy plo@lns ts way ,htoa-l .h, gentle MaNee, Nt.lc tte te
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 .saecl .hol..h ,o pi ouise ye1 sad something about your g.ainess ,e sei away from the siiil us atmos pnere of bri g. ais and to once mosc breathe ;he plfe and nnada!,ciaied all of the nser .Ha the mountain
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 erialnly knew !, You remarked too. Ina, the day vas clear and btigh, ioa would have said the same ,hlng 4 !, had been as dark ss the record of one oi your Eighth ward politicians ot If the weather had teen as bad as the grammar of the Baltimore school commissioners Then. again. your letter had not pro. ceeded Ney far before the indescribable beauties of the Hudson began To unfold l themselves You said the escursionisss stood speilbound al the enir ancing grandeur of the view, when, in fact, hall the people you see are either reading the morning papers, fast asleep. of utterly un- 1 concerned whether the entrancing (, | oetera IS on exhibition or not need no, d~ell upon the details Of your letter, bu, you worked up your adjective yocabu- lay through the grand to the sublime, and then you saw the pahsades. An he Palisades. you exclaimed, wha, , ma)es'ic creations they are High and solid they arse from the nver side for ,esses of irnpene,rabie power Gibr2l- ,ars Of uneonqaerable strength rock bound seniineis ,hz, seem 10 perpe,ually guard the beautiful nyer that glis,ens be- low like plAcid slab of dcep-,in,ed ,uI- quoise. Tremendous in their -
 Stop, Sop. l say demand to know, sir, ho~ you go; hold of my ruanu- serips Anybody sho would -
 be calm, my young friend. be calm. l never saw your note book, bat twenty <