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Madison is said to be a very thriving place; it seemedto be declining or stationary to me. Indeed, referring to'the census of the United States, I find that the population of the county is entered in the year of 1840 as having been 9, 025, while in 1850 it was only 10, 031. Ah increase of ten per cent in ten years is tantamount to a decrease in this country. I did not like Madison. I heard that cholera was in the town, and the Madison House was uncomfortable and exorbitant in its charges. We slept here one night. The following morn ing at seven o'clock we took our seats in the railway cars for Indianapolis.
After leaving Madison. We soon came to a hill ascend ing the banks of the Ohio River to the tableland above. It was a very steep inclined plane-steeper than any I have seen in England or Wales-but a magnificent engine, made in Eng land, drew us slowly to the top. We then passed through a country that was very pleasing. Forests of oak and beech trees covered the land. Here and there, the trees had been removed for a small clearing, a farmhouse, a village, or a rising town. The cars rattled through many of these towns. In their streets, stumps of the recent forest yet stood two or three feet above the ground and obliged all wayfarers to turn aside. Hence, we have the origin of the American expres sion to be stumped. The busy community had not yet had time to dig them up; this would be done when its citizens were more settled.
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- Publication date2024
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- ISBN 13 9781527710719
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- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages43
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