Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-27

IReported for the Utica Herald
con have You seen that curious beast
The rhi-o-noC-e-ros-is,
With u horn upon that nose of his.
Like an elephants prObOscisf
SEARCH FOR THE PHILOsOFHER's STONE
Extrayagant tales with regard To n monster
aerOlite said to have fallen in no less distin-
guiShed a place than the backwOods town of
BOylstOn, in the county of Osweg0, having
reached uS-the writer hereof set out upon his
mOurnful pilgrimage on the morning of the
Goth instant, full of high hOpes-visions of &c
curate statements" startling phenomena"
etc, in top heads" and display lines dancing
ia his repOrtOrial brains. Accompanying the
writer Of this truthful history were ID. S Heff-
ron, Dr NJ. NJ. Bagg, DIR. G. l.. Hogeboom, s.
W. Chubbuck, George klinck, T. W. McLane,
aud W. J. Bruce. The first four named are
really scientific gentlemen. thoroughly con-
verSant with minerals and chemicals who
went out prepared to witness the third wonder
Of the world and experiment upon it to their
hearts content.
INCIDENTS OF THE JOURSET
How we got to Richland station we need not
describe, since we were quickly carried thither
in the comfortable ears Of the New York Cen
trail and Watertown and Rome railroads. But
at this point we began to realize that .sJor-
dams hard road to travel
The distance to the town line of Redfield
and BOylstOn, we we're assured was twenty-one
miles, and that over a road none of the best
Hon. Mr.. Hoard, NJ. c., of Jefferson county,
armed with pOrtentOus looking book on the
subject of meteOrolOsy, joined US here but ac-
tualiy deserted the party on account of
threatened rain soon afterwards, and probably
TT this moment is chuckliny at tho thought
that he Il mot to be Spldi" A careful study
Cf the map IF OswegO county failed to reveal
the names of MIR. James Hadley' and MIR
sanger, prominent persons in connection with
a. II. A..
we said, and We received present information
from a respectable farmer that he knew Mr.
Hadley-''Why, Hadley lives half or three
quarters OF n mile from Wright'S tavern, on
the town line between BOylstOn and Redfeld "
This Tailed well with the published reports of
The osWeso Palladium in regard to the locali-
ty- HIrlng conyeyances here, the whole party
still further increased by the addition of Sec
ond newspaper man, proceeded four miles TO
the village Of Orwell Now be ii known thst
Orwell boasts of no hotel with accommodations
for msn and beast. An early breakfast had
ShaTPened our appetites, and something was
necessary To be done. After various inquiries
discovered that the entire resources of the
place consisted Of eggs and pepper-sauce. 1t
IL presumed that Shsnghais are abundant: at
all events, the party purchased some eight
dozen eggs, which were kindly boiled for us By
the proprietor of n store" These were de-
vOured lncOntinently, partly in the sOlidiied
and partly in the liquid form, and it is proba-
bic that standing around a dry-gOOds box in
the street, which served for a table such an
other scene as that band of EGG men, pre-
sented, was never before witnessed at Orwell
Had Frank Leslie's reporter. (who is said to
have started 10 sketch view Of the meteor
obtained a correct representation Of this bat
tie Of the shells. his fortune would have been
secured
MORE DEsHRTIuN
The character of the country ut Orwell seems
TO have frightened two of our party, for they de-
serted Us here. Had they only known the rich
sight which afterwards greeted our eyes. they
would have recOnsidered their determination
The deseTters were T. W. McLsne Of Utica
and Mir Wright, Of Jefferson county How
much they lost by not pursuing the march
LAHENTABLE IGNORANCE
As we JOurneyed on, the lamentabIe iyno-
rance Of the people excited our sincere com
mISseratlOn- Occasionally we would iDauire Of
some person, who, with remarkable perseye-
rance, seemed to be trying to hoe corn in q
stone heap, or plough in aquarry-" Have you
heard anything about a big stone falling in
this part Of Il Q ;Ountry!' 'No-haint Re ,rn
on what isty' We were disgusted with
such ignorance, and hardly spared the time TO
enllghten man who ''didnt take the papers. -
n one case something like the following dia-
l0gUe took place:
U'ican-Haye you heard of a stone falling
anywhere in these parts?
Rustic-I-a-
Itican-(ezcitedly)- What is there about il ?
Rustie-Wall; the other day feller cum
along and he picked up big stone and il fell
agin,
With imprecatiOns upon the clown. the party
JoSged on. Arrived some miles further on we
encountered two men in the road To whom was
put the usual interrOgatory. The answer elec-
tTihed the whole party. Yes" said the farm
er, - I've hearn that right over here ON the
town line stone fell down that covers whole
half acre, and knocked the trees hither and
y"n Being asked where he heard the story
ne replied that u neighbOr of his said he saw
II IN his paper, and he was glad somebody was
going to see about il. We hailed this as an
indication that newspapers did occasionally
penetrate into the ackwOods
But W. have neither the time nor the space to
detail AL the incidents, many Of them of the
most iaughable character which befel US We
wJald write out. if we could how one member
81 the party, tired of the plain diet at Orwell
Inquired at farm-hOuses for cold yictusIs. how
we drank milk from the pantry Of hospitabIe
old lady how the superintendent reep.I
ihr"ugh tho Windows of log school house un-
der the mistaken idea that the school didn't
- any more how he found out his mistake
ami ApOloglLed tn the ''schOOl ma'am' for his
GhIntcntionSl rud"nesS; how we loundered
tAT0aSh the mud If wild eat road un-
equalied IN horror except in John Browns
tract, how stick went through r wagon " heel
eP'-t a uVputJ rHtGlU- VINO Insisted upon
ridIng while the rest were padding through
On shank : horses;' how we got stuck in the
Tree sol, and how we got out; with various
other interesting particulars. more amusing i'm
Tue seeing than they could possibly be in the
writing.
Az ENrERPRISISG NAN.
We saW one thing during our journey over
'he miserable apology for road which leads
'hrouSh thr centre Of the town of Boylston to
i's eastern line. which we are determined shall
ut pass without suitable mention. Far in the
woods, n mile from human habitatipus. and
tEe.ve from any kind Of place on the afore-
,'I road. stands an unpretending tenement.
nuiiI OF heIllock logs, in the style of srchitcc-
,ure made famous in lS40. Around this rural
dwelling the earth what little there is in an
available shape) has been scratched up with
noe aud few sickly looking beans ard pota-
I'e' thrust their noses through it, looking at
can other as if to inquire why the mischief
'ney had been transported, Hes.ian-likc, to
sush an uncongenial cline. The owner Of the
premises Is evidently one Of that perverse gen
aloa, seeking after sign And he has
X, IL A large board, handsomely painted.