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Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 3: Cincinnati, 1832-1836. (search)
inguished brother, with his large family, having torn themselves from the endearing scenes of their home, etc., etc., were going, like Jacob, etc.,--a very scriptural and appropriate flourish. It is too much after the manner of men, or, as Paul says, speaking as a fool. A number of the pious people of this city are coming here this evening to hold a prayer-meeting with reference to the journey and its object. For this I thank them. From Downington she writes:-- Here we all are,--Noah and his wife and his sons and his daughters, with the cattle and creeping things, all dropped down in the front parlor of this tavern, about thirty miles from Philadelphia. If to-day is a fair specimen of our journey, it will be a very pleasant, obliging driver, good roads, good spirits, good dinner, fine scenery, and now and then some psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; for with George on board you may be sure of music of some kind. Moreover, George has provided himself with a quantity o