Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-09-05
NOTES AND COMMENTS DURING A yACA-
TI0N TRAVEL.
New England as it Appears IN Summer.
[For the Chronicle:l

AAON A1sA
New England as 1t Appears IN Summer.
For the Chronicle:l
When we left Washington City we
were whirled rapidly along our pro-
jected route, without being particular
ly attracted by any scenery. But there
was. one matter which seemed to us
noticeable at least We passed many
farms-not plantations-on which the
crops of potatoes and other vegetable
products were in all their luxuriance
of growth and promise. That which
was most striking was that, while these
staple commodities hold the same re-
lation to the agricultural system North
and East which is held by our crops of
corn and cotton, to that of the South,
the difference between the two sections
lay in the style Of cultivation there,
which is vastly superior to ours. The
eye of the observant traveller could
not fail to be struck and delighted
with the beautiful stand" of the vege-
table in the long rows, unbroken in
their continuity, and the clean and
highly cultivated appearance of the
ground between the rows, not disfig-
ured and deformed by the intrusive
presence of a blade of grass tointerfere
with the growing crop. It formed
really a beautiful landscape, with the
wire enclosure or snowy plank fence,
surrounding the farm instead of our
zig-zag stake and rider rail
fence. They are certainly neat farm
ers, and we call attention to these ev-
licences of the fact without deciding as
to causes of the difference between the
methods of the two section in their
agricultural operations. Perhaps the
Southern planters OF cotton, corn and
sugar cane, lin consequence Of the
great extent of the fields devoted to
these products,) are subjected by reas-
on of the want of time, to too hurried
of cultivation to allow OF such
minute attention to neatness. Or it
may be ascribed to the peculiar char
acteristics OF the different kinds of
labor employed in the Northern and
Southern parts of our country-the
tidiness of the white and slovenness
of.the coIored employe. Be that as it
may, we must give credit to the North
and East for nice and beautiful farm
ing, and they seem to be impressed
with the old and just maxim, "what is
worth doing at all, is worth doing
we'll" at least in their teamwork.
One fact in our travel this summer
was variation from any previous ar
of transportation, to which
we had been accustomed. When we
Jersey City instead of cross |
ing over, and passing Through the great
city of New York, our train was re-
ceived with all its cars on board an
immense steamer which bore us
around the city for ten miles to Har-
em River, where we were again land
ed and whence we proceeded by rail
70 our destination. We shall never
orget the impression made upon us
by that night-sail.. 1t was brilliant
night when we left Jersey
City, and leaving our car seats we de-
to the bow of the steamer,
where we could enjoy an unobstructed
md beautiful view of the harbor, the
en- thousand glancing ights-gas and
'lectric-which made the cities of
New York and Brooklyn almost as
plainly visible as though in sun light,
md where tens of thousands of their
are turning day into night
II their never ceasing engagements in
pursuit of pleasure, toll and crime. In
'ur steamboat ride around New York
We had a grand view also of that mag
liticent structure, the Brooklyn
fridge, which may be fairly pronounc-
d the most wonderful triumph of
science that has yet been
ecorded. Indeed, as one is brought
nto near observation with the many
instances of similar architectural skill
Ound in various parts of the country
becomes a more and. more amazing
tudy how such inventions have been
volved from the mind of man, and it
questisn whether it be pos
ible to affix limit to the capabilities
t human genius. A retrospect Of the
alf century just closed finds that pc
iod crowded with a multiplicity of
vents in discovery and inventions,
ny one of which would have previ-
usly been deemed irrational and Chi
nerical, but in these days are no
0nger subjects of establishments, al
hough they can never cease to excite
dmiration. Among them is the art
{ bridge building, and the Brooklyn
ridge is the latest of these exploits of
science. Who shall say,
oweyer, that even this may not still
e eclipsed in its brilliancy and gram
aur bv some f,1tura yyork of human | I