Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-06-08
Notes on the Wing.
ATHENS, Pa, June l, 1855.

this morning, leaving the New Berlir
constable under the care of Richard pross,
Esq, serving papers on your 80 alleged
fraudulent voters. The connection a:
Milton was in good time.
Shortly after leaving Williamsport, q
cry was heard, "A braken an of ~ the
cord was pulled, the train stopped, the
engine reversed, and the train backed to
find; ;him. The alarm at sea, "a man
overheard :" could not be more sympa.
thetic, or cause more blanched cheeks,
than did this alarm during the long mo-
ments the cars were going backward to
find the missing brakeman. 1t was ex-
pected that his manslcd remains would
be found, and camphor bottles were
brought into requisition. Happily, how
ever, it was found that he had fallen out
Of the reach of the wheels, and striking
upon his head, his face was covered with
blood, but he was enabled to get along
without assistance, and rode to Elmira.
The persons emplttl about the cars
suffer much more, and are far more
liable to ccidcnts, than passengers in
their cosy seats.
There were fewer passengers on the
road than ! expected to find, but being
the last of the week accounted for it, as
l am told there are generally good and
increasing loads.
Farmers wishing to see IA new country
need not $50 Wcst,'-the trip from Will
Transport to Elnlira, up Lycoming creek
and down South creek, gives every phase
Of country lifc-tangled forests, untouched
by white or rcd men, dense forests thro'
which fire has run, blackening every inch
of ground, woods thinned Of surplus brush,
or Of timber, sal mills stocked with Gum
Der" in every form, trees cut and ready for
"logging," logs and undcrbrush piled aud
ready forthc grand burning frolick, grounds
burnt over and preparing for the first crop,
grounds with the first sod upon them, YER
dant meadows tLickly studded with black
ened stumps, y young orchards, and every vari-
ETY. of dwellings from the rudcst log hut to
the stately white-house-all these you can
sec, with many smiling village and ham
let, in ride Of 7s miles, and quite as
satisfactorily as to 60 , or 5000 miles
and see nothing more striking.
Passed through a good shower in Penn
sylvania-got ahead of it in New York
State, where everything was very dry and
dusty, and streams extremely low-but
returning again into Pennsylvania, found
the same gentle aud invigcrating rain
We had seen in the middle Of the day.
The Pennsylvania Railroads l tried
have not yet acquired the solidity and
ease Of locomotion to passengers, which
the n. Y. & Erie has. Yet they are good
-cxcellent-andw what variety of see
merry and condition we encounter in half
q days ride.
Through the mould and through the clay,
Through the corn and through tie hay,
by thu margin - the lake.
O'er the river. through the brake,
Ger the bleak and drrary m"or.
On We HE with screcch and roar,
Splashins flashing
Crashing dasLlnS
Over ridges,
Guie.. trdyes,
BY the babblinG rill-
And mill
Highways,
Eyways,
Hollow. hill
Jumping humping!
Rocking, roaring.
Like 10000 giants snoripsi
Ry the lowly hut and mansion
Ey the pTaires wide eNpansion,
wher. the factory chimney smokes,
Where the foundry bellows croaks-
Dash along
Flash along.
On on with jump,
And bump,
And a roll,
Hies the fire hcnd TO its destined goal
Ger the aqueduct and bog
sn we fly with ceaselcss Jog.
Every instant something new,
Every in.tant lost To view,
Now q tavern, now stCcIlr
Nov crowd Of gaping rssric,
Now a hollow, ridge.
Now a crossway. now u bridge:
Grumble, stumble.
Rumble. tumble.
Frettiny getting in a stew
Church and st.orle, gaping people,
Quick : thought are lost To view,
Everythin. that eye survey,
Turns hurry bur y, topsy -turyy
Zach passenger is tbumped AMI shaken.
Like physic is, when to he taken.
By the foundry. past the hrt",
Through the plain and mountain gorge,
Where the tall trees their head,
Where repose the silent dead,
Monuments amid the grass
Fit like spectres IS you pass
1T hail a friend inclined.
Whish whirli idscdSi-he's lcft h-hind'
Rumble, rumble. all The day
Thus pass tho hours away
And sowe got to "home, from 'h0me,'
after another four miles omnibussins, about
Q, 2. NJ, having accomplished 10 miles
in 10 hours (about 3 hours, however, not
on the move,). This is gratifying speed,
compared with my last visit over the same
route, which occupied part of four days,
and prior visits from two to three, and at
double the expense.
As far as l have yet observed, crops
look well, but week later than with you,
and more suffering from drought.
INcoG
New JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL
SoCIETY.-Thc arrangements for the State
Fair at Camden in September, are pro.
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