Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-19
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man % 'or'ake ones business orrsay, sor,r, :,
hasrass'ng cares and set out upon ( tim q q.
. country ! With a'ieh intent found myself 70.
Gently, seated in the cars, together with man,
ss'e's mo we're strangers 70 me, but wh the
'0''ane Of safe journey OF the perils Of xm.sh
up made kindred for the time be;p~ ".
"asans - patiently q railroad travellers are =.
pspie, tau old Time should roll round that spot.
" ms wheel which Is inscribed 7:ao, A. N. II
came, and the engineer applied that power bY
1h'ch AL things in these latter day. seem to be
mpeiled; Wesay this in all difference TO tho.e
Sno suppose money to be the grand moving now.
err but IL does seem to us that At the nre.en, mi.
honof should be awarded to steam.
We we're soon conscious Of a Sigh, ,arr;np
which indicated that there must be motion
somewhere. Sure enough, for upon looking GU.
" "e window We perceived house slowly Gid.
ing past ID the direction Of the rear Of the train
Another soon followed at q faster rate. then .
third till finally they came SO thick and fast ,ba.
It was difficult to count them Finally the house.
disappeared and the trees we're seen PLAYING the
same game Of chase. Whether they overlook
one another or not we are not able to saw az thew
were out Of sight too soon to permit us to ascer
tam. Presently long pile of cord wood glided
past like monstrous serpent But imagine our
astonishment on beholding one Of New Euglands
granite hills at the same capcr We came to
the coneiusion that there must be "a general
movement among the masses" The very earth
peneathus seemed to be moving in the same d.
rection. We were now prepared to agree with
the philosopher in his assertion that "al, nat,r.
Is IN notion" Even the old sun himself appeared
70 engage in the general glee, for, leapng about
ne smiled, with his bright face in the window.
trst upon one side ofthc car then upon the other.
Presently the shril whistle is heard, all motion |
ceases and the name of town. many miles dis. |
tant from the place where we embarked. is an. |
nounced. Can it be that the little steam fixing"
at the head of our train is even bringing distant
cities nearer to uss There was sufficient de- |
lay to permit any one to leave the train. who |
wished so to do, but we remained seated deter |
mined to see the end.
Matters proceeded in this manner until to-
wards evening when we discmbarked at the |
town Of st. Johnsbury. After leaving the cars
we took view Of the train and comparing it
with the digness of all things else we came to the
conclusion that we alone may have been in mo-
ton, while outward things were stationary as
uen T 10. al h.
since we arrived safely at our journeys end
st. Johnsbury is thriving town situated in
northern part of Vermont and noted as being
the place where the Messrs Fairbanks manufac.
ture their world renowned scales. They began
many years ago, in quite moderate circumstan-
ces, as proprietors ofa mill. Having sustained a
loss ofths by fire and meeting with other re-
verses, they were on the point of failure, when
the citizens generally stepped in to their aid by
subscribing an amount sufficient to enable them
to proceed, the same to be refunded if they
should succeed. From that they won't on en-.
gaging in the manufacture of various articles
mostly of their own invention or improvement.
Their chief success, however, they found in the |
manufacture of scales, and in which they are
now almost exclusively engaged.
One of the brothers is quite mechanical ge-
MUS and has devised all the improvements He |
is regarded as very eccentric character, some |
times roaming the woods or sitting upon neigh
boring hill in apparent Inconsistencies of sur
rounding events, and for days together seldom
conversing even with his most intimate friends
Yet this presents nothing strange to one at all |
acquainted with the phenomena of mind under
intense application. AT such times he is pro-
badly devising some very intricate improvement.
The other brothers have principally managed
the business affairs yet without his aid it is
doubtful whether they would have attained more |
ordinary success. Beginning operations on a
very small scale they have gradually progressed
until now they manufacture not only greater
number than any other company but also the
greatest in size, even such as are capable of
weighing an entire train of cars.
During our stay We put up at the house of
friend and enjoyed what might be termed gen.
uine specimen of down-eastern hospitality, that
which sets you perfectly at ease with yourself
and inspires feelings of gratitude towards your
host.
After spending few days enjoying the in
tense cold, which mostly ranged between % and
S5 degs below 0, we set out upon our return
much gratified with our experience of village life
in Yankeedom. HAwKzEYE.