Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-11

other ills which horse flesh is heir to, not
witbstanding they travel as far in ont
hour as the best horses of SO could posi-
bly, travel in day; and Furthermore, the
fire horses are not quite SO likely to be
stolen as the food horses-they won't carry
everybody, and it isn't every horse thiel
who will risk his neck on their backs
Such is progress. Who knows but that,
fifteen years hence, we will be able to come
over the same route in eighteen minutes ?
1. appears no less probable now than COM
ing in as many hours appeared fifteen
years ago. At that time, who thought Of
those terrific monsters, called locomotives,
ever running up to the very top of the
Alleghenies, and at rate of speed never
then heard of,even on dead level i? Why,
very few, and those few were considered
either idiots or fanatics. But it is even so.
The crossing Of those immense mountains,
which was once considered a tremendous,
and tedious, and dangerous undertakings
now rendered one Of the most delightful
excursions imaginable. The once gloomy
and hideous crags, and caverns, and rocks,
and ridges, now appear to be combined to
beautify the rapidly recediug scenery, and
add to the pleasure of the flying passenger
The west, instead Of having its focus in
Ohio, has removed to anywhere this side
of the Pacific ocean. A great many per-
sons, who came here from Union county
years ago, thinking that this was "the
West" have pulled up stakes and made
another trial to hunt up the location Of
that region. 1t isn't here, and they know
it must be somewhere and they have &C.
cordingly taken up their line of march
towards Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, &c. ,and
yet they write that many persons in their
The Rocky Mountains now take the place
that the Alleghenies used to occupy, and
are now as near the Pacific ocean as We
used to be to the Mississippi river. Pitts
burg used to be the halfway house ; now
i. is St Louis.
The wheat crop Of Ohio is immense. 1t
is not quite so well filled out as last year.
but am told there was just about double
the quantity sown, which will more than
make up for its lightness. There has been
some new wheat already sold in the Chilli
cothe market. The heaviest part of the
grain will be cut during this week. There
were many reapers Of different mauufac-
tories entered for trial last week. learn
that Duttou's was considered the best, and
was sold on the ground.
The "dear people" are beginning to be-
stir themselves considerably in regard to
political matters. There was large meet
ing of the free-soil, free.speech, free-press,
and Fremont friends in Chillicothe, last
Friday evening. The Democracy didn't
like it, but they couldn't help it, poor fel-
lows! The greatest joke l have heard
lately is in regard to some of the hind-te
Democracy, who say they can't 60 Frc-
mont because he wasn't nominated by
"nationaP' convention!
1t will probably be comfort to many
of your shivering subscribers to know that
they have not monopolized all the ague.
When landed here, about the first chap
l talked to was dusing himself, and grum-
bling about the ''confounded chills." He
informed me, also, that "most everybody
had 'em," and he took it easily, as though
it we're natural institution. l, however,
have had no symptoms Of it since leaving:
guess the shakes couldn't keep up with me,
and probably are waiting my return.
We have had some melting weather in
Buckeyedom, and good deal of the dry
article, too; but, it has made beginning
at raining, and We may now expect plenty.
J**s.
*Not thousand miles from Fort Paul,
in the year eighteen hundred and fifty odd,
train of cars came roaring up towards q
well-rosined Dutchman on horse back.
Lagerbeir beckoned with his hands, and
sung out at the top Of his voice to "Schtopl
schtop ton't you see I'm comm schtop
dare!' The engineer, however, thinking
that he would surely clear the track, kept
on. When the train came up pretty close,
Du,chy's horse wouldn't stand it any long
er, but gave plunge side ways, throwing
his rider close to the track. When the
engineer saw this, he pulled up as soon as
possible, thinking that be was done
Dutchman the passengers, too, thought
he was ready for interment. But
great was their astonishment and de-
light, after they had stopped, to see the
old codger rise ON his hands and knees,
and, with face turned toward the crowd,
apparently unhurt, bawling out at the top
of his voice, ''Co to h init your schmoke
wagons p This sudden turn of affairs was
as surprising and ridiculous, that the pas
sengers couldn't stop laughing even if they
were to be choked for it.
The Pittston Gazette complains OF the
location of the Depot Of the Lackawanna
and Bloomsbury Railroad, which is mile