Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-03-12
For the Lewisburg Chronicle.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.

For the Lewisburg Chronicle.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.
Probably score of persons | have heard
to-day lamenting that the new Admins.
tration has to commence on Friday, which
is an unlucky day" "...... .(By-the-by, one
day in Wyeth's bookstore, Harrisburg, a
"wee strip of a girl" came in, and said
she wanted zone of the Lancaster Alma.
macs, for Pa, cause he wants to know What
the weather is going TO be next week. =
Wherever you find John Bears AlnianAc
the Lancaster selling because II :U~,-
tells the weather, yon may saf,iy s: j.
down that Friday is "wery unlucky" IN
that community, and the Moon is grcai r
character there than the Sun. Nai
ParIaking of any such fever, however,
took the cars for Philadelphia, the day
beng rather tempting Tor outdoor enjoy
mentS.
The scattering'y displayed towns Of Ma
rietta and Columbia are much older, and
also larger, than l had anticipated. there
may be considerable wealth there, but if
so it is very unequally distributed if we
may judge from the size and appearance
of the many dwellings and shops Lewis
burg, Nilliamsport, Towanda, Mon:rose,
and other towns III this State with hich
| am acquainted, bear much better proofs
of ge"er1 PROSPERITY and more uni)or-
nifty of possessions and solid comforts. than
some of these antiquated spots however
thckly settled. Another thing | did not
like to sea, and ths. was the throngs idling
upon the sidewalks of the lcng hcncd street
when the cars passed, gaping as Idly as if
they never saw the lrla-hurse with his
steam breath before Your neiahbor of
the -Witonian | see think you viii see the
engine in Lewisburg about the time the
Su-quehanna runs up s:ream-ani we may
expect great many spectators to see the
tico novelties, for some time afterwards :;
but when they have both been in operation
s or 10 years, people who hare any bust
ness will be much better employed, L
reckon" than to run and see the cars ev-
cry time they pass. Idon't begin to think,
from my limited observations, that the
Maine Liquor Law would bc carried unan
imously in either Marietta or Columbia
But, glorious old Lancaster county !.
what Ration it Is. Today, saw enough
to convince me of its inherent and pros
pective greatness Broad acres Of fertile
soil well watcred, is a good foundation for
sobriety and ineustry to flourish wiihal,
(aud where they have not water otherwise,
| see they have occasionally windmill to
raise it) Several farmers were plowing,
some cattle grazing, aud much promising
wheat as ever saw. 1t is mostly sown
in drills, the space between being reduced
to abeut four inches, and I am told they
are now beginning to drill cross-ways,
dropping less seed than when only once
seeding) and esteem it better for the grass.
Saw no signs of of winter-killed wheat.
The morning was pleasant, but about
noon we saw afar 10 the southeast lower
ing clouds; about the middle of the after
noon, snow-Aakes; and before night, we
found ourselves in drifting snow-storm,
and getting into the city in the darkness
of o'clock, it seemed more like mid-win-
ter than the dawning of political millen-
ium. Don't know how you may like it,
Mr.. Editor, but the bright promise Of the
commencement day of the new Admins
tration, closing in storms and chill winds,
is portentous omen" to me-! The
first sound that strikes the ear, is the hoarse
news-boys shouting the new " Presidents
message" followed by the groans of the
bigoted Wings who voted against SCorT
because his daughter was Catholic, and
who now find a Jesuit" at the head Of
the POst-O Office department-and while the
former are rejoicing over the raPidity of
their selling, the latter are penitently
mourning over the equally rapid convic-
ton that they are "sod.' QUL