Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-07-21

HuyrSercy, Penn, July II, 1854.
To tnE ED1roR or 1nE FnrE PRr,,
There is a maxim "that tn. one half of the world |
do not know how the other half lives" This being |
SO, every letter and telcgraphic despatch, which
veys to either Of those halves of the world facts Of
watch they are ignorant, assumes an Importance
wlich is undcrvalucd by many. How few Of US who
live in the rich vallics of Pennsylvania, or gather
our treasures IRON the hearts of her stoncy noun
Trims, know how your hardy sons of toll garner up
wealth and rear up their neat homcstcals among the
mountains of Northern United States. And on the
OTHER hand how few of your intelligent and obscrv
ing people know anything of the men, the manners
and the Of life Of those of their national
brethren in the great Keystone State, as we are
prold to call her. will make occasional effort
therefore to 'posi mp" Vermont to some of the
characteristics OF people and the greatness OF
our State. My sketches can only give an outline'
which your readers imaginations must fill out for
themselves
We will take our start from Philadelphia You
know where the Quaker City lies, with her RICH
angles her clean streets and her staid habits, her
cautious and her rightfully proud merchants, (proud
Of their stern intcgrity) Come with Inc then and
step into the cars and let the securely slow" mules
drag for mile more till we cross the Schuyl-
Kill, to what is called West Philadelphia, then
listen, W-h.e-w the whistle screams, and the Levi
athau Of carth-steam with its harness of iron and
spur of fire, has in charge. Away go, over
a STATE Railroad, along the track of which are bur
ro,yed So many hundred of the party rat, which eat
up the peoples treasures oh how the cars rock,
and Jump, and swing, and twist, and jolt, and bump
"a, ,ba ,l,o
shin road, instead of Railroad but you are mis-
taken. it is the Pennsylvania Railroad and for six
weight miles YOU suffer but thunder on, generally
safely but slowly, till you arrive at our beautiful in
land city, Lancaster. Along this .ixty.cight miles
YOU can see some of Pennsylvania agricultural
wealth Spread out before behind and on both sides
of Won. for MANY miles YOU sec the richest lime
stone soil studded with farm hou-es and the Penn
syyania barns Looking at these great store houses
Won would saw that the owners intended to prevent
the necessity of tearing down their barns and build
ing greater These barns are the characteristics Of
thrift. Wherever YOU find them, it isa fixed fact
that their owners have found tho gold that the pillow
alone uncovers
This Railroad lies through portion Of the gar
den of our State Prosperity and wealth follow
this population everywhere. Germans, Of intelli-
gence, industry, and energy, they produce other
results but Pre- sperity ard wealth. And ! may be
excused II in this place here add that Larca ster
County is now standing in the front rank, fighting
our Common Schools and our system! of education,
/ up into strength and favor
/ A. D!erville mile west Of lancaster, we leave
/ tie state road and take CUmpany's road, un-
der tn control of the Central Pennsylvania z. R.
/ Company and on through similar country, covered
/ with like population for thirtv-six miles, We are
F hurried with more speed and security till we reach
/ Harris !h the Capto! Of the State Till within
few years, it looked like politicians nest, two
thirds of the wear filed with the a.y hum fdrones,
who had but little to do until the 'sncubors" met
and then one.thirl of the wear. the noisy buzz OF
pot-house politicians. Now new life ha. been
breathed into IT, and the whirr of the SPINDLE and
the strong breathings of the engine make bette
music Harrisburgh has increased rapidly in four
wears. in population and wealth, OWN. to the man.
utactorie, which have sprung MI in her borders.
Ibear the whistle. and we must start again. Soon
an the rent Central Rairond. we dash on with a
new velocity for we are on one of the best roads
in the country. In the eastern bank of the sus.
oncbanns for five miles when we cross. by a bridge
of nearly mile in length to the western side, and
onward we ru.h 10 where the Jupiata emuties into
III. ..b;, river " then we take il, bank and up we
70 like the rush of the wind with our ",ow catcher
tsnd,ny toward the Allcpbauy mountains.
Nou the stranger begins to wonder how such a