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

like horses, tumbling over stones and
stumps, until they brought up at the far.
thcst corner of the slot" where they
stood trembling at my latest advices. In
another field was herd of cattle, some of
which, very demurely, were earnestly en-
gagged in feeding, within a rod of the track,
and not deiguing to cast look upon any
of US, individually or collectively 4; while
others kept one eye upon the train, half
suspicously, while the other guided the
tongue to choice tufts of grass others
held up their heads, others dirto and
snufied, others ditto, ditto, and Travelled,
others ditto, ditto, ditto, and ran like
mad, head and tail perpendicular and
another, of very masculine appearance,
observing the CONSERVATION in his hitherto
peaceful domairs, turned his head towards
81 our party" with a countenance some,
what distorted by anger, tongue rather
protuberant, paving the ground, and sta-
king his head as much as to say, " don't
know about pitching into the whole party
Of you, but unhitch your animals one 10y
one, and come down here and I'll try
who's the best Had not time to take
up his challenge, however, aud SO we left
him jubilant of victory, to repeat his de-
iiaucc to the next train. (Ptrhaps We Il
eat u stake from some of this very drove
at breakfast in New York, day after to-
morrow
So the Know Nothings" of the South,
District of Columbia, aud Silver Grays Of
New York, have constructeda "National'
Platform on Slavery, which sum up briefly
thus: .Siocery may hace all It has, get al
Il cca, and mes' ncccr Je iaie,te,ed with.
| have yet to find the first man, X. y. or
o;hcrwis who will so any PLATFORM with
that plank in it. Al. about here, as far
as have learned, the X. Ms Wi! kaolc
more than they do las year-,he Lodges
will quietly drop the v and adopt the S.
Aud then you and the - ottcr Lewis
burgers have escaped the tender mercies
of New Berlin, (along with MessrS. Eyer
aud Gundy,) and are not going to the
penitentary Immediately 1t is to be
hoped that you will all dull y consider this
period of probation, and SO conduct your
selves, by voting and otherwise, as not
again 10 incur the displeasure Of their
High Mightiness the Lords and Commons
of New Berlin. Bat as to paying my
money to make up for the reckless
swearing of those 20 or so New Berlners,
decidedly object, and hope the people
Of Union and Snyder counties, whether
in favor of or opposed to Division orIgl-
naily, will unite in such action as will
throw those costs upon the guilty party,
in accordance not only with justice but
with the evident design of the law.
INCoG.
ALLADoUT, June 2S, 1875.
The other day, visited Montrosc-
" RosEMoUNT" county seat Of Sus-
quehanua, and a complete specimen of a
New England village. Reached it by a
plank road touching the railway from
Great Bend {" Lodersville'') to Scranton.
And of all means of riding on land, plank
roads suit my notion best. In the first
place, the grade is regulated by law, and
can never be precipi.ous as other roads
are, and on the other hand, it is not so
level as to be dead and monOtonous, but
allows you to see the country to the best
advantage And then the m0itDn upon it
is so gentle, yet exhilarating not the
dull, nervous, constant rattle of the rail
way, nor the rough jolling of common
roads of the best make but a gentle, undn-
latorv, noseless, and reasonably rapid
progress, that realizes every want In riding
for comfort. There are two miles en-
ployed in getting up from Martins Creek
to the upland, and from thence to town
are FIVE miles of farms, al, of which are
"held'' some dollars higher per acre than
they were before the road was made. 1t
was mostly built by citizens Of Montrose,
not for dividends (of which none are yet
declared) but for accommodation and in.
cidental profit, by which they are well
paid,
Look on your Map, and trace the route
from Towanda, Athens, Owego, Bingham
ton, Great Bend, New Milford, then south
/ miles and across to Montrose well, a
mother aud daughter came this long round
about TO get from Towanda to Montrose,
rather than to 60 directly across, and made
the journey quicker and easier. So much
for real accommodations, VS.. map distances
Fify-fve years ago, boy of Is came
with his step-father from Long Island TO
look out some land in this then wilderness
portion of Luzerne county. In 1901,
they removed aud settled here; the youth 5
axe was an efficient agent in clearing the
land where Monrose now stands, and he
lived to see it-and was foremost in max