Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-10-12

could attend to the Fair and the Railroad
meeting at the same time. As all our
citizens were, or should be, equally inter-
ested in both enterprises, it was deemed
by all means the best and most appropriate
time. What Farmer could object to the
Railroad? What honest man could say
that it was not proper time, when the
Farmers and business men were assembled,
to devise ways and means to start the Iron
Horse through our county, measure
which would raise the value of every acre
of land in our Valley? 1t had been
stated that calling the meeting just at this
time, was political maneuvre. He as
serted, on his honor as man, that it was
not so designed. Himself,and al the other
men who signed the call, had done so in
good faith, and with the sole design and
aim of advancing the Railroad, and of
seeing who were, and who we're not, friends
of the Road. He moved that j. FOSTER
WILSON be Chairman of the meeting,
which was responded to by very large
number present.
At this time, symptoms Of disorder and
riot began to appear. Two little knots Of
men had assembled in front of Capt Wilt,
and began to cry out No?'-"No Nee
ting !-" Humbug pa Lewisburg
Trick -" Hartley township put up at
auction. ~ &c. &c. The leader of the
MIFFLINBURG knot appeared to be a
pill-maker named Fisher, with spectacles
On nose, and q countenance which looked
as though q portion of the "thousand
quinine pills . day" would do him no
harm. This Fisher is stray Yankee
from "down east" here q few years, and
VIC suppose has not q dollar of stock or
interest in the Railroad or anything else
of a real estate nature. His chief occu-
patton, just now, is writing for the Star
over the signatures Of Paul" " Peter"
"John," Juvenis," " Hartley" "Hart-
ley, Jr.," &c. &c. As he had to yell for
each Of his assumed names, his noise was
very prodigious. Beside him we're num-
Der Of young men and boys, who each
tried to see how loud they could halloo.
The leader of the NEW BERLIN knot
appeared to be Dacid H. Roush, ostensi-
bic editor of the Times, and son of the
Prothonotary elected by Lewisburg Dav.
made as much noise as he knew how, and
with him number more of the same sort.
At this crisis, Capt. JACOB GUNDY, the
President of Agricultural Society, arose
and calmed the tumult. He said he had
taken stock in the Railroad, and felt a
deep interest in its prosperity, but he did
not desire to have any disturbance on the
Society's grounds, and advised the friends
of the Railroad to hold their meeting in
the town, and hoped that those who were
vociferating "No meeting!' would have
decency and honor enough, if they wanted
no railroad meeting, to keep away and not
disturb it.
The friends of the Railroad took the
sensible and good-humored advice Of Capt.
Gundy, and giving notice that the meeting
would be at EILERT's, left the grounds Of
the Society.
Assembled again in front Of Eilert's Ho-
tel, Mr.. Wilson, Chairman, took the stand.
DR.. S. Fl. KNIGHT, of Hartley, address
ed the crowd, and stated that he felt so
deep an interest in the Spruce Greek Road,
that he was willing to double his own sub
scription. He alluded to the activity of
the friends of the Lock Haven and Tyrone
route, while We were comparatively asleep.
He said the chief thing in this enterprise
was, not to profess friendship for the Road,
but to TAKE STOCK in it, and feel for it
in the pocket.
Col. ELI SLIfER then addressed the
meeting on the importance of railroads to
all citizens, giving additional value to
every acre of land and to every article of
farm products.
During this time, the MIrFLINBURG
and New BERLIN gangs made more or less
disturbance, in front Of the speakers, en-
deavoring to confuse and interrupt the pro-
ceedings.
The object of the meeting, as expressed
in the call, was, "the Committee on Sub
,criptions to bring their Books, that it
may be known what amount Of stock has
been taken," &c.
HARTLEY township, was called on for
her Books Mark Halfpenny and John
Wilt reported ELEVEN Thousand Dollars
subscribed
LEwIsBURa being called upon, G. F.
Miller, Esq presented subscription book
for TWENTY Thousand and Six Hundred
Dollars. He remarked, "It has been said,
Mr.. President, that Lewisburg has made
. subscription to the Road, but when pay
time came their book would be hid, and
not found. We now offer to you, Mr..
President, our Subscription,iu in valid and
binding form, for over Twenty Thousand
Dollars. We desire you to have the book,