284 JOURNEY FROM CINCINNATI TO DETROIT. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Journey from Cincinnati to Detroit Macadamized road Leba 

 non Passengers Agricultural Notices Pau paws Cider 

 making Hotels of the United States Customs of the Country 

 Columbus Details to Sandusky Mr Hamilton on the Pros 

 pects of tlie Union Sandusky Cider making Perrysburg 

 Mamce Ohio Michigan. 



AT two o clock next morning, I was seated in a stage-coach, 

 on my way to Canada, through the state of Ohio, and no 

 less than two hours were spent in calling and waiting on dif 

 ferent passengers, before getting out of Cincinnati. I was 

 delighted to find Mr Gemble amongst the number who in 

 tended to have gone up the Ohio to Wheeling, by steam, but 

 learning the water was too low to admit of vessels sailing 

 with certainty, he was induced to proceed by land. When 

 day dawned, we were passing through an undulating country, 

 over an excellent macadamized road, newly formed by a com 

 pany, in the most complete manner, to the distance of twelve 

 miles. There was a toll-bar on the road, which is to be ex 

 tended to Springfield, in the state of Ohio, and there commu 

 nicate with what is called the National road. We passed 

 through the village of Lebanon, the parent seat in this 

 country of the religious sect of Shakers. The village is of 

 considerable size, and the bar-room of the hotel was filled 

 with a set of drunkards, which I had not seen any thing re 

 sembling since leaving Canada. Xenia, in Green County, 

 is a neat place, and we reached Springfield after dusk. 



Next morning we left Springfield at three o clock wdth the 

 same stage party that had come from Cincinnati the day be 

 fore. W 7 hen light appeared, the ground was thickly covered 

 with hoar-frost, and ice was seen in several places. This was 

 on the 12th October, in 40 degrees of latitude. Ten miles 



