Longworth, surrounded
by their descendants to the third generation.
If any apology is required, the same excuse--of his being a well-known
public character--may be made for saying so much of Governor Chase and
of his family.
LETTER X.
CINCINNATI.--MR. LONGWORTH.--GERMAN POPULATION---"OVER THE
RHINE."--ENVIRONS OF CINCINNATI.--GARDENS.--FRUITS.--COMMON
SCHOOLS.--JOURNEY TO ST. LOUIS.
Vincennes, Indiana, Nov. 1st, 1858.
My last letter brought us up to our arrival at Cincinnati, and our
passing the evening at Mr. Longworth's on the following day. Next day,
Wednesday the 27th, Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Longworth's daughter, called and
asked us to spend that evening also at her mother's house. She took me
out in her carriage in the morning to see some of the best shops, which
were equal to some of our best London ones in extent and in the value of
the goods; and in the course of the day we called at Monsieur Raschig's;
he not being at home, we made an appointment to call there late in the
evening.
The party at the Longworths was confined to the members of their large
family, all of whom are very agreeable. There were two married
daughters, Mrs. Flagg and Mrs. Anderson, and the grandson and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Stettinius; and we also saw the little
great-grand-daughter, who is a pretty child of eighteen months.
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