. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . er penned the Letters from under aBridge — where, by-the-way, his humble seat now liesunused, and dusty by the showers of free soil throughthe crevices of the bridge. The glen, so called, is morelike a gentle ravine than the species of vale which thatHighland title designates. A little brook leaps down
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . er penned the Letters from under aBridge — where, by-the-way, his humble seat now liesunused, and dusty by the showers of free soil throughthe crevices of the bridge. The glen, so called, is morelike a gentle ravine than the species of vale which thatHighland title designates. A little brook leaps downthrough its thick groves, and near one of its prettiest cas-cades is the grave of Mr. Williss infant child—a fit andtouching resting-place for it, beside that young and hurry-ing streamlet. From a hill just above the house there isa superb view, in the middle-ground of which, betweentwo sloping outlines of mountains, Owego is very pictur-esquely placed. The road passes Owego Creek by a substantial bridge,half a mile west of Owego, and then resumes the coursealong the valley, varying but little from its general char-acter. Smithborough (from New York 246 miles, from Dun-kirk 214 miles) is a prettily-situated village, on the rightside of the road, 10 miles beyond Owego. A bridge cross-. es the Susquehanna here on the left. As we proceed on-ward, the country evidently becomes less settled and quiteuninteresting. Barton (from New York 249 miles, from Dunkirk211 miles) is a thriving little town, beautifully situated, NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 143 three miles beyondSmithborough. Ithas a respectablebusiness, althoughthe station is yetin its infancy, andhas several goodhotels. The oldroad ran throughthis town to thenorth of the pres-ent one, and fromone of its substantial unused bridges we take the accom-panying sketch.
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