St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-31
THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.
A Brief Sketch Of a Great City.
(From our Regular Correspondent
,he Queen of the West,

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.on the banks of the beautiful river"
The Grand Army meets in Cincinnati
in September. For that reason alone,
would be glad to write so Interestingly
of the city, that many who are undecided
might be induced to 60. am sure none
who make the trip will ever regret it.
Great and novel preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the visit
ors, and, as no more hospitable people
live than are found on the banks of the
Ohio, am sure recolections of the en-
campment of 1898 will be an ever-re-
curing source of enjoyment to those
who attend.
A realizing sense Of the greatness of
our country and the strides it has made
in civilization, comes home to one after
visiting the great or even smaller cities
and towns of the land. There are excel
lencies peculiar to every place. there is
the reaching after new thoughts and in
ventions which may prove of value to
the growing municipality; there is the
pride of locality, showing itself in beauti-
full parks, public buildings, factories and
educational institutions; and, lastly, the
steady growth in culture and refinement
which we find in all our towns-differing
only in degree-from North to South or
East to West. Whether one travels from
st. Paul to New Orleans, or from Port
land, Maine to Portland, Oregon, he will
find like conditions. 1t is this civiliza-
ton and pride which makes us what we
are as nation, and it is this undis-
counted element which in time will make
our people potential rulers OF the earth
and the largest factor in the worlds
humanization and civilization.
The residents of Cincinnati term it the
Queen city of the West" and l, for one,
am not disposed to dispute the claim.
1t certainly seemed garden spot to me,
coming as l did the last of November to
green grass, singing birds and bare side
walks, from land of ice and snow.
My first impression of the city was
that it was more like stirring town
with its happy people, clean streets and
market days--then that it was me
tropolis of halt a million population.
BY this do not mean that the people
are not enterprising, for in that respect
it is typical Western city; but, some
way, the people seem to enjoy life NOR
and to have more time to enjoy life il
than in other places. Perhaps this il
owing to the many Southern people
living there, or to the large German
element with the negroes thrown in fol
life and color; and perhaps it is due te
the general closing Of stores in the even
ing and the making of every Saturda,
afternoon halfholiday; or, finally, be
cause Sunday is more a day of recrea
ton than with us in the East.
One section of the city, divided by tn
canal, is called cover the Rhine" Her
are all the beer halls, concert gardens ane
the bowling alleys-it is the Bowery, ii
fact. The poorer Germans live in thi
section, while the people of color liv
everywhere. The Americans and tn
citizens Of means of all nationalities
dwell in the suburbs as a rule.
The men and women were the charm
of the place to me, and l enjoyed NOR
than anything else going about among
them in the markets and places G
amusement and wondering why it wa
that care seemed to sit so lightly upo
them.
Cincinnati is situated in a natural am
phitheatre, the walls being high bluffs o
rolling hills, upon which are bull
some of the finest residences of the West
These suburbs are very beautiful.
The city is accessible through its rive
valley, along which winds majesticall
the Ohio. The river bottoms for mile:
enriched by frequent overfows, are use
as market gardens. OF these there al
hundreds in, and close to, the city, b
virtue of which in the off season, O
rather the usual time of scarcity, tn
markets are supplied with "green stuff
at prices scarcely touched in Vermont
times Of plenty.
Ienjoyed cucumbers, radishes, lettuc'
young onions, asparagus and straw
berries in December-a thing our liant
lady would not have allowed had price
been high, for we were not charged a
cording to Young's Hotel tariff
Occasionally / was permitted to go t
market and l found good steaks an
roasts could be bought from to 1
cents, chickens from Z to 8 cents an
turkeys from 10 to 1914 cents per ID
while eggs were from 8 to 20 cents pr
dozen. Southern cooking was not
good as New England cooking ever
thing being overdone and dried up.
Rents, also, seemed to be low; b'
wages were too, yet it is claimed thu
this city is "the paradise of workmen
having the cheapest provision mark
and fuel, and the lowest rents OF any CIT
on the continent. A larger proportie