Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-07-06

hearing succession of crashes in the
forest, aud on fastening towards the spot
where Montrose now stands, found the
patriotic inhabitants celebrating "thc 4th;
they had prepared large number of
giant trees, by partially cutting, so that
a few blows of the axe would cause the
downfall of one upon another, that upon
another, and these upon others, and by
that means a very respectable noise
Considering the number of inhabitants
was manufactured, at the least possible
expense, and to the manifest furhcrauce
Of their patiotism and their . cleaing."
The people of Montrose have succeeded
in obtaining from the County Il contract
for erecting IA second Court House, upon
the public ground where the former stood.
1t is the most elegant, airy, commodous
structure have seen in Northern or Cen
tral Pennsylvania, containing, besides the
Court Room, all the County Offices, with
archcl vaults (>upposei tire-prooD and
numerous other rooms for Juries, fuel, ,&c.,
&c. The contract price is SIS, 500. The
land costs nothing, plenty of excellent
stone is dug from free-to-all quarry a
few rods distant, and the Jail is a separate
building. The probable cost Of lands,
l,,;l l,n.r. G., Of -, n N
Lewisburg, would be $4,000 The rail-
ways in the eastern section of the county,
largely increased the population and cap
ital of that portion, and also had given
rise to some talk about removing the
county seat but the plank road and other
public improvements of the citizens Of
Montrosc, and their success in obtaining,
by open and fair means. the new Court
House, will probably fix that site for at
least another generation. The villagers
are foremost in every enterprise for the
pubic good, and the tax of $4,000 ere
ateS comparatively few murmurS.
y Flral Fair was Ecil in Elmira on
the Goth inst, which elected very gen
eral interest. At these exhibitions, during
the noon of the annual vegetable courses
of time, there are not only the various
kinds of flowers brought out aud compar-
ed, but also early vegetables aud grains Of
every description, and also by way of va
riety some Of the best preserved "rrI-',
potatoes, &c, of last gear. This, with
the Fall Exhibition Of later fruits and
grains, and the Winter summing up of
Crops, Animals, and Farming in aggre-
gates, make hree seasons of public amuse-
mcnts and recreation, all tending to moral
As well as to physical Advancement, and
without the admixture Of any necessary
counterbalancing evils.
Yesterday, during ride Of eighty miles
By railway, we witnessed S,c Or seem dlf-
fcrcut connections made, all in good
time nearly to the minute. Thus, hund-
reds of pcrsonS-perhaps thousand in
all-wcre served, exactly at the expected
time, with travelling facilities, at an ex-
pcnsc comparatively small, aud with very
little trouble. But had one Of these con
nectons failed of being made, what COM
plants would have arlscn-what iIdigna-
ton manifested on the spot, and retaled
over and over again for years TO come
Couvcrsng with an ex-rlilway conductor,
recently, vas better informed as to the
variety and scrupulouSness of the arrange
ments made for the Transaction of business
and the prevention Of accidents and
considering the number Of component
parts of an engine, cars, and railway, and
the various Offices assigned TO so many
different men, it is rather a matter OF
wonder that there are SO ,tetc accidents.
For all men are certainly more or less
erring, careless, or vicious end there are
defects in machinery and implements
which no eye can detect, and they wear
out aud their strength and adaptation fail
as well as those of men.
I Aud then, how many "visits' you
can make in short ride on the cars
During the aforesaid eighty miles, we met
and chatted with new-married man We
had not seen since his union-apother, at
whose house we had called few days be-
fore and found him abscnt-some relatives,
we desired to called upon: but with whom
by this meeting we interchanged sufficient
news aud good wishes-Rev. DIR. Samuel
II. Cox, now of Owego, 1--WE heard him
lecture in Utica twenty years ago,and never
saw him since an editor with whom We
formerly exchanged some pretty severe
cannonades, now all forgotten except to
laugh at-a young friend with whom q
casual acquaintance was sufficiently con
timed. business fashiou-and finally three
old friends who were going TO the same
':poiut" we were. All these meetings
We're purely accidental-(perhaps L had
better write Providential,) but all were
about as good as a formal visit, quot to say
ylsltot'oa.)