Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
,pv,sRuRG uN1oN COUNTY, PENN, FRIDAY, MARCH 1854

At Pcttstown, just time enough IN the
deepening twilight was afforded to no'ice
that it is clever sort Of place, approx
mating Lewisburg, perhaps-and to lay
hands on solitary peach-pie, to which no
New York anti Erie anathema attached,
and which excited the admiration and envy
of my fellow passengers. Coiling up in the
corner Of my scat, with folded arms and
genuine anaconda otium cum d'ynitate,
anticipated an carly introduction to the
thronged and gas-lit Metropolis, when 10
the cars emerged from the Pheni1ville
Tunnel plump into three foot snOw-bank;
and nir eoomerous was the first report OF
the Engineer. (No up-train at all to-day }
A long retreat aud fresh start with q full
bead Of steam, put us through that barrier
triumphantly. But the frequent rseur-
renee Of similar though more stubborn
obstacles, besides ovcrhauling cumbrous
coal trains that could only be avoided by
going back for miles to switch Oft on to
the other track, began to create suspicious
that we might possibly get behind time
after all.
While worrying with one tedious drift,
with my face pressed against the window
glass, thinking of Job and his patience, my
heart tbrobbed with added impulse to find
the clear, calm starlight shining down
upon VALLEY FORGE, clothed with wintry
robes, as when Washington and his mar
, tyr.heroes there wasted and suffered with
: more than heroic fortitude-enveloped IN
. gloom, deeper and more hopeless than that
of midnight. Alb, it is well betimes to
yividly recall the deeds and merits OF our
! revolutionary fathers. Life, fortune, sac
= red honor, and bleeding footsteps on frozen
5 roads, we're sacrifices the world never before
, witnessed in such cause. Shall they be
again?
t But, that was long time ago, and this
t "sitting on raip' in snow-bank Is
. present reality. And isn't reality always
, ahead of reminisccnce Besides, what did
Washington and Job know of railroads
0 and car-detentions? They were not in a
hurry to get to Philadelphia, just then
0 The fact is, however, that scientific dcvel-
h opments Of late years prove that Mr. Jof
$ knew great deal more about matters and
things in general than he used to get credit
o for half century ago.
= Well, to conclude, We eventually con
s quered every snow-drift we encountered
l. until a mile below this point, when the
e Conductor blandly informed, at . O'Clock
), in the morning, that We "must give it VI
n so" until daylight, for it was impossible
IS with all their engines to get any further
9 So the combined weakness of feathery
o snow fakes and the whistling wind hac
n proved too much for locomotives, 2OC
d passengers, and mile Of loaded coal
It cars. Well, there is potency in sof
is words and gentle influences, that the world
It in general, and angry belligerants, do moi
:. always appreciate. The Engineers and
n Conductor on this (Readiug) Railroad
e appear remarkably attentive to the safety
and comfort of their passengers.
It To make the best Of it, We returned t.
this station and reused the landlord, aaC
IS while some went to bed, some got tea aut
N bread and butter, and others put dowI
bad whiskey and the Maine Law at the
II same time. Others went over to Norris
D. town, where l have friends who l should
.. like to chat with, but as it is not exactly
a fashionable hour for calling, l postpone
it. The hotel not being comfortably warm
> | concluded to retreat again to the car
- ! where, with borrowed pencil and stray
scrap of paper, 1 have killed part Of thu
: time in this epistolary fashion, on the crown
: of my hat. If should land anywhere il
IL particular, after daylight comes, you may
perhaps hear from me again, as l believe
- printers are fond Of coppcrplate manu-
: script. L. e. H.