A Month in the United States And Canada in the Autumn of 1873
A Month in the United States And Canada in the Autumn of 1873
William Bleasdell Cameron
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. O... V i1.. .. F Vv. H-n atid 144 THE STATES AND CANADA. Montrose on the other; Eome lies hidden by inter- vening hills and wood, and as the shades of night are about to clothe all nature in her sober livery, we reach the city of Athens, and we instinctively look about for any feature which was likely to form an in- gredient in what induced those who named this place after the capital of Greece to do so ; but we fail to dis- cover any one of any kind in common with those gleaned from historic... sources. On an extended plain, neither flanked nor backed with those gigantic forms of nature which inspire man to heroic deeds and aspirations for glory and immortal fame, it lies partially concealed. By the mean range of buildings in the main street there are no indications that any of the citizens have risen to opulence and ease. There are no chateaux on the confines of the place, no picturesque villas with dressed and cultured grounds and shady retreats, no well trimmed and regular fenced desmesnes; but the same features pre- vail which are common to all the newly formed places, where all these external trapping, adornments, and decorations are left till the more important and necessary works are efficiently done, and there is a raw and universal look of discomfort about the suburbs of these now places.
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