Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-10-13
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MANNAro. Miss May ~, 1855.
have been thinking Coz some days
tia, nus, write 20 yoa ia regard 70 my
southern trip DID no, see anything
worthy Of no,e Along the Illinois Central
Il. Il. through Kentucky. Tennessee, Miss.
i.,ippi anl l.oai.isnA. excepting lots OF
Niger. The sol seems 70 be composed
Of red clay, which washes os, badly and
the farms &c ned % be I'll cat uP BY
guile. and ravine. The season ~a'
very backward ani until We wefe siih'
ia Eve hour. Of New Of.eAas the season
did 40, seem much farther advanced than
/, /. here now The bad. and leaves
were last commencing 20 grow the X.
X. runs through Continuous forest, al
mo-, from Cairo 10 New Of.ean'. Aai
only occasionally could se see an early
plum tree in blossom. We LEI, Chie'go
Friday nigh,. April IL. AZ zine o'clock
AL arrived a. New Orleans sunday
morains the l9ih, q, moe o'clock We
ven, over ires,le work saii q be -
miles long jas; befoie getting 70 Ne~
Orleans, Which city seemed 10 me 10 be
entirely surrounded BY water. The NV
e, being nos several Zee, niger than the
level II the streets The streets are all
nicely paved With Hat stones and have
an open gutter about Is inches vide
oa each .ias which are filed With clear
water. which ran, with quite a current
/, being pumped oai into the river at
some point oa, Of town, and - The only
sewerage the city has. notwithstanding
this. il /. sAid that IL u the heA!,hlesi
Southern tosn. We vent directly out
10 the Exposition. and found comfortable
quarter, IN the wiad.or Hotel. qaiie
near tie grounds. Room oa ground
door only sl.OO per day. meals extra.
The exposition was. and j. grand. i,
i. much better than expected to ind u ;
On, there are very few visitors. There
va. nothing approaching a crowd any
where excepting Nound the German
beer counters. They we're doing brisk
business. The display Of the southern
State. va. no, interesting nor well got
up. Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota.
made much the mott extensive and haest
exhibits Of any States. ! weni' OF
course. to the Maine keadquarer,. and
found my old friend J. B Ham Of lev.
i.,on, State commissioner. ! was glad
10 see him, and he extended the eoarie-
sic. Of the State 10 me in the shape OF a
qaid Of spruce gum. ! travelled Tor three
day. through the Exposition and saw all J
could, bat presume there are tens OF
thousand. OF objects Of in,efes. ,hi, |
did no, see. jus, walked about unill
| 70, tired, thea would rest aud - u
again. The Mexican exhib, was by
far the most extensive. and the best
managed Of any. They have bad OF
rs performers which gives concert ey.
cry afternoon in the Governmen, Bald
ing, which is largely attended, there
being chairs for 5000 people IN ffont OF
their stand. heard them twice and
every chair seemed TO b, filed &c, there
was plenty Of room 10 walk about. The
band played Difficult, music and rendered
the dtferen, selections very nicely. They
are one Of the greatest attractions TO the
show. The ground. are pretty well
shaded with splendid live.oas trees With
the southern moss waving from the
branches. This moss Is homsly stuff OF
itself, but looks very pretty and graceful
waving in the wind, It's cool gray color
contrasts nicely with the glossy DARK
green foliage. did no, hnd - uneom-
for,ably warm 10 New Orleans. and !
saw no mosquitoes there, but there were
swarms Of flies. | went oai 10 Lake
Pontcharlrsin. and the old spanish
Fort, saw the peculiar eems,eriss OF ,h.,
county. The iombs are invariably built
above the ground; they cannot dig a
grave on account Of the water This
gives chance for some very splendid
msuso!eum.. and the various eems,erie'
are a curiosity to Nofthern man. saw
S alliga,ors confined in pen end boys
were selling youn q ones abou, inches
long for IS cents each. didn't buy
any Canal Street ia New Orleans, Is
the Broadway Of the town. aud Is
beautiful street sboa, 200 feet vide
with a double roo Of trees and narrow
park or promenade in the centre. with
various statues Of Southern Statesmen
and Generals at Intervals. The statue
Of Henry Clay occupies a central and
commanding position on Canal 81 Bat
q few blocks di.ian, Gen. r. 4. Lee,
stands on . Pedestal Of least so feet
high Ia the centre Of q beautiful lit,ls
park. The main streets Of the city art
brilliantly lighted with electric lsmPs