The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-07-30

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| description of
Iiaa1 t he country
||XE UEfk-ESlying between
: Q 1it n Il Clark S b u e
S9g1Ik a d Athens,
lii \ GJys1EH Ohio, as il is
Yl-l=44sE.SfEG for the most
eNZA((I(VSE@ part a familiar
r s1%NS@ route to many
Z.@ West Virgin
ll~/ ians. Athens
lis one of Ohio's Oldest towns and
HAS furnished the state many men
who have distinguished them.
selves in judicial and political
life. 1t is the home of the YER
satile and brainy Gen. Chas. d.
Grosvenor who has taken such a
prominent part in the recent
Tariff legislation. 1t is also here
THAT we find the noted old Ohio
university and one of the state
hospitals for the insane.
1t is quite early in the morn
ing when we leave Athens and it
Us the splendid Hooking Valley
train that is to carry us through
Ia picturesque country. This is,a
great mining region and we soon
hote the fact that we are i'll the
midst of the big miners strike"
The fire in the furnaces has been
extinguished and mines have be.
come silent and deserted. The
seioquence of Debs and Blatch.
ford is not needed to hush the
hum of industry here for the
1aboring classes are we'll organ
lied and the commands of the
headers are rigidly obeyed.
The Hooking Valley is inter
esting from Beginning to end and
before wesrealize how time has
been speeding away the train
thunders into Columbus, the state
capital. Here we find a splendid
city where many important state
institutions are located. Among
these we may mention the noted
Ohio penitentlary, another state
university and a hospital for the
insane. One can spend several
days in Columbus and be richly
repaid for the effort it takes to
see the different points of inter.
est.
From Columbus our course is
northward and it is a real pleas.
ure to look from the train window
at the delightful harvest scenes
that meet our vision on every
side. The wheat crop is excellent
the corn looks well and in many
places the hay harvest has COM
menced IN earnest. 1t is past
noon when we arrive at Toledo
on the Maumee. which is a dis
lance of five miles from where the
Maumee mingles its waters with
the vast depths Of Lake Erie. A
few hours are spent at places of
interest here and we are again
aboard train of the great Michi-
gan Central system, which swift.
Nv carries US through the most
beautiful part of Michigan. The
land is level and the farms are
superb. The corn and other
crops appear to be unsurpassed.
1t is only a short run from To.
ledo to Detroit, the chief city of
Michigan and place of great
beauty and interest.
Its now almost 200 years since
the noted French explorer, An.
tome Cadillac started to select a
site for a new city in the then
wild and unexplored west. At
last he discovered a beautiful
spot surprising all others inlove-
illness and on July 1st, 1701, De-
troit was founded. For years it
was merely trading post, but
to-day it is a city of300, 900 souls.
Briefly, Detroit IL city of parks,
having half hundred of them,
all magnificent and artistic, the
most noted being Belle Isle, which
is known the world over for its
beauty. 1t is a city of bouleyards,
being surrounded by them. all
cultivated and interesting it is a
city Of water, being encircled by
the beautiful Detroit, further.
more, it is city of business and
a city of republicanism.
Just opposite and across the
Detroit river is the city of Wind
sor, Canada, over whose struct:
ures float the flag OF England
and in the twilight of evening
when the strains of Sod Save
| the Queen float over the ripping
waters, thesentiment is answered
by the musicians on the American
side and the anthems are Yam
kee Doodle" and America" De-
troit was entertaining the big
Convention of Republican League
| Clubs of the United States and