Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-05-19
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MAY 10, 1854.
White Deer Township.

9 White Deer Township.
r. Although one Of the smaller sized town
ships Of Union county, White Deer is
among the first in population and from
slslO to 1850, her per ceatnye Of increase
vas greatest of the Townships, and only
F1cellcd by Lewisturg among the Bor-
coughs.
A resident of the county for nearly
seven years, yet it was only recently tha.
The writer visited the interior Of this north
east corner township; but the views of the
1farms and small manufactures exhibited
The most substantial proof Of industry and
thrift, and told plainly where her $50 vo-
aers hail from. In company with our litho-
kraphic artist, Mr.. ", who has keen eye
or whatever outlines are necessary to make
,bp Map of Union County, We had occa-
ion to visit not only all her business marts,
but to trace many Of the public roads and
3streams which accommodate the wants Of
#the community, and to admire the snug
dwellings and huge barns which prove her
farmers not unworthy of name and resi-
dence in Bufaloe Valley. How charming
the evcr.new song Of the birds at the open
ing Of this genial season! How beautiful
the wilderness of bursting blossoms, aud
the wide-expanded and deep-tinted verdure
bf natures carpet! How refreshing the
air-how glorious the sun-light-of gen.
nine spring day! Often did ADDIsoN's
lines, slightly varied, arise TO memory
"uo~ has hind Heaven adorned this happy lan.I,
And scattered blessings With a bount-ous hand!
Faith yields 10 man her unexhsu-t'd stores
FIR blooming hiilocks and from sunny shores
With all the gift. that Heaven and earth inlpart,
The smiirs Of nature and the charms ofart-
No proud orpressor in her valleys rcisns,
81 No dire disc s~eeps DER her happy plains"
a A considerable portion of this township
was settled before the Revolution, and some
Of the dwellings yet remain. We found
Judge NJ. preparing for brick dwelling
Iby the side of the block-h inhabited
by his grandfather nearly 80 years ago,
and which. after having sheltered four or
i've generations, is still comfortable and
zcommodious.
The forbidding range of mountains
which on some maps bounds the south
pide Of the White Deer Mills Creek. We
Hid not find; but an easy descent to that
&tream soon brought US to the Forest Iron
Works, with store, hotel, smith shop, and
all the surroundings Of most promising
business location. Green, Howard & Co.,
xlaid the foundations for this enterprise,
(which KAUFMAN & REBER are enlarging
and improving, with fair prospect of
good return for outlay of capital, labor, aud
pnxiety.
But the capacity Of the land Of this
township for almost indefinite improve
ueut-the Iron Ore found in many local
ties, easily brought out, and said to be of
n excellent quality, are not the only re-
|ources Of wealth and happiness within the
leach Of the people of White Deer-the
Water Porer Of While Deer Greek is an
Element almost untouched Railway COM
nunications on one or both sides the River,
Fill doubtless attract the necessary capital
llong this stream, which is Turnpiked at
Me lower end, and there is q Charter for
- Bridge over the River at its mouth At
present, In addition the Forest Iron Works,
miles from the River, and Caldwelps or
Highs large Flouring Mill on the River
Road, there are two or three other business
Operations commenced, eorthy. of public
bupport, and We should judge from the
character Of their projectors determined to
eomn,and success.
The Woolcn Factory Of STATEN, MARI
Co., is five storeys high, filed with
machinery Of the most approved kinds,
working up several tons Of Wool brought
rom Philadelphia lin addition to that sent
rom the adjacent county, into Tueed.,
Bstinetts, Cloth, &C., which find a ready
market in Philadelphia again, whence per-
hsps they are sent back to the same region
for sale! Below this is the Machine Shop
Of J. NJ. SAsEMAH, . most industrious
nsehanip, who has some proofs Of his own
Inventive genius, and vkc deyo.es himself