Identifier: picturesqueameri01brya (find matches)
Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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purified, and sent forth into the wide world to fulfil its mission. In its trainis power as yet but half discovered; in its train is light as yet but half developed. Butwith it rides Death on a fiery steed, taking his victims hourly; Ignorance and Careless-ness do good service as his aides; and the daily papers record the list of mortality. Sofar, our new slave of the lamp is a dark master; and the world waits for the mindwhich shall put the yoke upon this doubtful, dangerous servant, and make it do itswork in safety, as steam and electricity do theirs. 67 530 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. The population of Cleveland is largely composed of the descendants of the New-England pioneers, and to their thrift belong the miles of pleasant streets. There is,however, a large German element, also. In a letter written by one of the early land-owners, in 1805, the following promise occurs: If I make the contract for thirtythousand acres, I expect, with all speed, to send you fifteen or twenty families of
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Black River, near Elyria, Ohio. prancing Dutchmen. Whether these prancing Teutons were or were not the parentsof the present race in Cleveland, certain it is that the city has prancing vineyards andflowers and wine, dancing and music, which never grew from a Puritan stock. Alongthe lake-shore are German gardens, public and private; German vineyards, and Germancountry-houses. Thither the people resort when the work of the day or week is over;and, sitting on the grassy slopes, they smoke the pipe of peace, and look off over the THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE. 531 lake, watching the sunsets which are the glory of Cleveland. The sun, throughout thesummer, sinks directly into the bosom of the water, lighting up the floating clouds withgorgeous tints, which cannot be surpassed the world over. Crimson mountains lie onthe horizon, their soft peaks fading into rose; then comes faint pink, tipped with gold,which lies against a deep-violet background, shading away higher and higher, until itmingle

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