Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-07-04
Editorial Correspondence OF Lewisturg Chronicle.
MILES EAsr or CHnIfcuTaE o,
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f Picked my teeth until =, ?. NJ, when u
0 came the 'Chamois' bul'gine, bawling an
t roaring like ali wrath, and dragging
Q respectable e-sizcd train when be saw me
be stopped ,and no doubt would have takel
. off his hat if he had had one on; | took
seat on board, and away he went, sioppiu,
e at every fence corner tvget bigger load
= Have had very pleasant trip thus far
but very monotonous frr the loss of sleep
The first night, taking coguizance of tb,
Objectionable features which so vexed the
placid aud good natured soul of j L. L.,
got as far from the ladies' cabin as
could crawl, and, as light bodies usually
get to the surface, found myself on the top
shelf. Coaxcd my self into the idea that |
was asleep several times, but to my great
astoni>hment the craft would bump against
the side of lock chamber and nearly
tumble ME from my lofty emiucnce down
among the grumblers below, and | soon
ascer'ained that sleeping on the packet is
more ideal than real. The second night |
was unceremoniously wskcned from maps
every few seconds by the conductor poking
me up to look at my ticket again, or by
the locomotive Of passing train coming
along with its noisy 'pitchy chitchy, and
it did appear tha. they were sure to whistle
Just when they passed my window, and if
| happened to be snoozing scare me out Of
years growth.
/ 1t was a beautiful trip on the X Il. from
the Junction to Galirzen, on the summit
of the Alleghenies. At Altoona a second
locomotive was attached to assist up the
heavy grade Of the mountain side, aud it
was most picturesque spectacle to view
from the window those two fiery monsters
apparently racing each other at full speed
up the mountaiu--winding around high
hills on one side aud vast gorges Oh the
other so deep that the tops of the largest
trees appeared like small shrubs f,r, far
down below us-anon turning suddenly
and rushing in between walls of solid rock
forty feet high in plsces-then rafting
over trusscl work that tries the strongest
nerves, and before. you know that you are
off the cob-web frame work get pitched
into darkness SO dense that you can only
see the sparks which dart past from the
locomo'ive-and hen jump into daylight
so suddenly that it makes you vince and
wink like a fash of lightning in the night.
| know of nothing that so practically dem
onstrates the power of mind over matter,
as train of cars tearing up to the top of
a mountain. If anybody had pr'phcsed
such thing fifty years ago, he would have
had straight j,cket on in less than no
time At Galitzen we dismissed one loco
motive, and started down this side alone.
One sight nearly made me boiler :" As
We were pitching around a corner, saw
another train coming full tilt right square
towards ours; Ugh !, ('hought y we're
gone. sure ~ but before had time to say
it the thing went kissing pas. on another
track which | had not noticed.
Never saw more splendid running than
was done on the Ohio {, Pa r. t. west of
Pittsburg. 1t was the lightning express
train, and was put thro' more like flying
than anything of just now some places
the road was pretty rough, but that made
no difference-al we had to do was to hold
on to our seats TO add to our speed, We
met freight train toddling up on our
track and time, aud had to back several
miles to switch to let the lazy in:e-lcper
pass; but when We got the track again to
ourselves, it was sight to see the way we
made up time to Crestinel
Fell in with Rev. Mr. r at Pittsburg. He
saidthc feelingin that Smoketown in regard
to the Sumner outrage was overwhelming,
and would tell most efectually next fall
in fact find, even among the class Of per
sons who have taken no active part in poll
itics heretofore, ANY more than TO cast their
vote, that they are vide awake on that and
on the Kansas question. The Republicans
| am informed are vastly in the asceuden-
cy, hereabouts.
The wheat crop, ell along from Union
county, looks most excellent Harvest is
commenced in this neighbcrhood, and will
be mostly finished by the 'gellorious 4th.'
Corn everywhere is backward l saw but
little that is better than some | passed in
Chllisquaque. The cold Of last winter
damaged the fruit here much; there are
good many cherries, ripeuing fast; apples
will be toler4bly plenty; but peaches, pears,
and pums are very scarce.
They are building a Court House in
Chillicothe for $3.50, ,000-a 'leetle' ahead
Of Lewisburg. Ague is as bad here as ou
the West Branch-almost everybody Of
responsibility has il in these corn and ba-
con diggiugs. o but it is b t We have
no thermometer out here, and it gets just
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