Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-08-20
Letter from the Shamokin Regions
From ''our Special Correspondent"
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Acgy cd' in .Shamoh,m To'c"ship, !
Night Of Aug. 10, 1853.
DEAR JAcK-Did you ever feel SEN
sation of don't-care-ativeness in superla-
tive degree, Such was "pcrcizely" my
mental diagnosis as l dropped down here
this tOrrid summers day. | don't know
man, woman or child herea5outs, and
net soul knows me. Don't know whether
| nm Lecomptonite or Republican,
Wing or Democrat, an American or ould-
country man, and sha nj stop to ascertain.
Don't know whether Kansas is overrun BY
pesky Border rufhans, or free as the Spread
Eagle seen and described only by our 4th
of Ju- lyars. Can't say if the CHRONICLE
is able to "gct OUT this week, or what will
be in it, or that it's of great consequence
anyhow. Am not jubilantly hoping for
"the good time coming" when Printers
will not be obliged to work body aud soul
harder than any one else with the poorest
pay for such double-geared labor-dou't t
mind it, either, for just now I'm a gentle
man Of leisure, "taking mine ease in mine
inn" Really, couldn't tell who carries
the day in India, or whether there be any
India. Don't know as there's an "enter-
prising journal" in the world, an ink keg,
sheet of superrOyal paper, roller mould or
type-no signs of any, here, certain, and
that would be proof sufficient to satisfy
some wiseacres that there are no such van
itics. Haven't heard whether or not the
Tclegraphic cable is bobbing around !"
among the big fish two miles from the top
of the mammoth salt pond and if it's an
cutter failure" what care &? my moneys
not therein invested. wouldn't give, at
this halcyon hour, drei Jorstant to read the
Queens expected Message, (even if the
pleasant idea were INDUCED that she could
write Que J nor would take the trouble
to exchange a mulatto penny for an "ad-
vance copy" of Mr.. Bucks reply. D mt
remember whether wheat's up or down.
whether the weevil left half crop or only
crop aud half Don't remember who
they elected President in lS56-can't say
who'll succeed in 1860 Never heard a
word about the Unions being all split into
ovenwood to light the caudal appcndage of
the Comet that destroyed this our world
one remarkable April day some years ago.
In short, | don't know nothin, and
don't want to-"
Truth to say, once in two or three years,
both "unknowing and unknown" | love
to sit down, with nothing to do, unob-
served and uncaring, without newspaper
iu my pocket or an editorial in my head
without chasing up money or hunting an
item-and rest-dream-inhale the pure
air-take my Gil of real milk, fresh laid
eggs, et Get, that in the country do
abound-and sleep one good, long, deli
cious night away, perfect nobody for the
noDce among lot of nobodies who know
"nix" and care "nihi" Such appears to
be my happy case this night. BY what
accident was thus cast away, is no mat
ter-to think as far back as that might
mix me up with the world again. Suffice
for YOU to know that l am here-but how
| came, and when or where going, l tell
you | don't know, and do not wish to be
bothered on the subject. For the time
being, l am a cosmopolitan-have not a
care, or a thought that would weigh a
feather.
After a hearty supper, and for hours
feasting my eyes on the green drapery of
nature and watching the changing hues Of
the clouds as they we're acted upon by the
setting sun until dark, l DID revive lit
tie, and took walk up to "the store,"
which, with hotel, comprise the :'busi-
ness portion" of the burg where l am
stopping. The "swains"and "milkmaids"
of the poets we're all too tired, after hard
days works, to be very talkative or senti-
mental, and the loungers who happened in
we're concerned wholly about the Shamokin
Bank. This institution has recently been
ranked, by the currency biologists, among
the genus Wild Cat and has certainly a
bad name, even in Shamokin. The talk,
here, is, that Robinson, the first Cashier
and manager, was "keen fellow" and
that $4,000 were loaned to sharper in
Ohio, who has "done" the Bank out Of the
major part oe the same that the honest
country stockholders paid 10 a portion of
heir shares, but that the big bankers who
ont hv thu thousands maid in next TO no.