TWO DAYS AT SYRACUSE. 153 



niory, that stands in the park near Onondaga Creek, 

 would furnish a brilliant equipment for some modern 

 Minerva, were she to visit this interesting namesake of 

 Sicilian Syracuse. 



To the stranger looking out for characteristics, the 

 Salt Works are the most prominent among them. The 

 sheds stretch along like enormous stock-yards at one 

 end of the city, but looking into them one discovers 

 great vats and troughs filled with salt in every stage 

 of evaporation. There are two ways by which the 

 article is manufactured, one by solar and the other by 

 artificial heat, with thirty or forty companies employ- 

 ing their chosen method. 



Another striking feature is the unusual number of' 

 public halls. This is due to the central location which 

 makes Syracuse a favorite point for conventions. It 

 was my pleasure to lecture in one of these, " Shake- 

 speare Hall,'' on my first evening in the city, where I 

 was introduced by General Augustus Sniper. After 

 this engagement, I went by rail to Buffalo, on business 

 connected with my proposed lecture in that city, and 

 returned the following afternoon. This was very un- 

 usual, as it was contrary to the practice of my journey 

 to avail myself of the railway under any circumstances. 

 My advance agents having completed preparations for 

 my lecture at Rochester, I made arrangements to re- 

 sume my journey on the following day. My short 

 etay here gave me another opportunity to look 

 about this interesting town, and to realize its charms 

 at the prettiest season of the year. Some have be- 

 lieved that its situation, importance and beauty w^onld 

 win for Syracuse the honor, so long bestowed upon the 

 good old town on the Hudson, of being the capital of 



