Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-29

According in previous Uuli.Nl n large
numhrruI tho p.l.yrus Ul Mount Joy mud
vIriuit, assembled on ruo.doy evening
the 2ll 1855 WuttW WALLACE Es1,
was rilrd to- The chair, and John Shaw mp.
pointed Secretary The President having
stated the object of the meeting, 10 be- to
take measures to procure The removal ol
the county seat from Clcorlcld 20 Mount
JOY, called for subscriptions for the O.
rcction otthc county buildings sForty-scy-
en- thousand dollars were unanimously
subscribed 10y responsible parties.
Oliver Coukliu, Jos. Owens, Morris Wal.
lace, T. A Owens and Joseph Lounsbury
wcrc oppo!nncd committee to draft rcso-
lutions, During their absence j. Bishop
Shaw Esq. was called upon to address the
meeting. lie proceeded TO do so as fol-
lows -
Mr.. PRESIDENT, and fellow citizens Of
Mount JOY There is, as you know, at
the present time q great excitement
throughout the county in regard to the re-
moyal of the public buildings from Old
Town, and have no doubt if we make
the proper eXertion we can procure their
removal to Mount JOY. Cheers We
have been suffering here for a long time
by reasons OF not having the public build
ings but at last the dawn approaches,
and now the final and glorious result de-
pcnds upon ourselves, for
"lerdling bondsinan, know you not
Who would be free themselves must
Strike the blow" Great applause !
Among the various claces that are com
pctitors for the great prize, Curwensyille
and Mount Joy are the most prominent.
Before these, I Shawsvlle and willie,
dwindle into insignifcancc And soon,
very soon, Curweusvillc will be compelled
to yield, and victory will perch upon our
banner. TO your tents then, O men of
Mount Joyl Buckle on your armor and
prepare for the fight! Thnnders of Ap.
plausc.
The great season given by our adversary
is that Curwensvile is on the high way to
Erie. Groans. But my fellow citizens,
what profit can the people of this county
derive from that? Do the people Of Erie
do their dealingat Curwensyille? Dothey
buy their whIokey, Tobacco, and other
necessmies there? Do they get .heir
backsmithing and shoeng done there p
No, Mr.. President, echo answers no.
Cheers But where are we located. sir :
answer, sir, on the shortest route be.
tween the Susquehanna and the great Sin
namahoning: Applause and let me tell
you, fellow citizens, the trade of Sinnama-
honing is of more importance to the peo-
pie ot this county, than the trade of Erie.
Another reason urged by the citizens OF
Curwensy.lle is, that the country round
their town is good for agricultural purpos.
es, the soil being at least half an inch in
thickness. grant you, Mr.. President,
this is q strong argument, but here, too,
they must yield to Mount Joy, for by ac-
tual measurement our soil is Just five
eights! Cheers. Thus, sir, we beat
them one eight, and feel satisfied that if
this argument be properly urged before
the legislature it will settle the contro-
yorsy in our favor. Great Applause.
But we are told. on the other hand, Mr..
President, that the removal Of the county
seat from Clearlield, will be n great loss to
the citizens and property holders Of that
town. True sir, such may be the case.
but it is their look out and not ours, and
| hold, with the other "sharp" men Of the
county, that the motto Of every business
man should be,
Put money in thy purse,
NOmatter bywhat means Cheers |
The removal Of the county buildings here
will put money in our pulse, and very
soon after it is done, we will all be build,
ing large brick palaces like they are now
doing in Old Town. Applause Thus
you see Mr. President, their loss, will be
our eternal gain Terrific Cheers
| think, sir, we can easily beat Curwens-
vile. We have "seen" their thirty thous-
and dollars and event ten better" TAp-
plause. We have surpassed them in
depth of soil, and have no doubt we can
surpass them in every thing else, and if
they should hold another meeting ald sub
scribe larger sum, then we viii double
their subscription
"Shell out McDuff
And damned be he who first cries hold.
enough -
The speaker took his seat amid raptur>
Gus applause The committee reported
the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, In the course of human
events it has become necessary that new
NONl' iOboN oilOhlNA bN ltNltNA III llllS tOull-
ty, which will cost somebody "a large
pile" and whereas we, the citizens OF
Mount Joy, like some other people are
fond of "a nice operation, - and desire to
make "a good thing Of it"-regarding
ourselves as possessed Of sufficient sharp
business tact" to 60 into "a speculation, ''
therefore,
Reso,rcd-that the removal of the coun-
ty seat from its present location is abso.
lutely necessary, and highly cXpedient for
the following reasons;-lst Because the
people of C!earfeld refuse to erect the
buildings at their own expense. 2nd Be-
cause their removal would depreciate the
value Of property in Clearfeld, and in
crease it at the new location. 3rd Be.
cause if we could get the public buildings
at Mount Joy, we would make "a large
pile.'
ReSOlred-that we are opposed to the
removal to Curwensville, because-There
isn't level ground enough to put the build
ings on. 2nd 1t would only be taking
them from one set Of ,elavars' 10 ,r;, y