The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-08-23
A PRAYER FROM THE Country TO THE
CITY.-In 1850, Ebensburg contained
about 900 Of a population. In this year

Vi our LORD, lSoV, we NUMBER something /
over 1000. A pretty large increase, all
things considered. We were at one time
vain enough to think that Ebensburg was
indeed "branching out" We are not
sure but that we even imagined that it was
no longer eye anciente village" But
that 1t was town. And pretty good
sized chunk of a town. at that. And when
we came to think Of what it acould be, were
the Eb. & Cresson r. r. only completed
were our incxhaustible mineral resour-
ces opened out, and our valuable forests Of
timber afforded the benefits accruing from
an easy transportation to market-we often
INDUCED in private chuckles at the ex-
pense Of some Of our eighboring villages,
which would find themselves cast far in
the shade by our rapid strides in the scale
Of progress. But a slight change has come
DER the spirit Of cur day-dream. Miss
Belle Belleami, Of Sara ,oga, and chevalier,
and suite, paid US brief visit the other
day. Miss Belle spoke sneeringly Of our
public buildings, of our public improve
lnouts, and Of our public appearance as
town generally. Miss Belle eyed our
we'll l-paved sidewalks, our rows Of beauti-
/ ful shade-rees therealong, our streets, and
our pIank-roads with cynical disdain. Miss
/ Bellc did not even deign to descend from
her pillion and try the geological forma-
/ CF ~
! Nor to hear about that wonderful "mocca-
sin track" Nor about those equally WON
de: full mammoth petriGed bones" And
-ye who have tears to shed prepare 20
shed 'em-in the hearing of many Of our
chopfallen citizens, Miss Belle deliberate
ly and openly expressed desire that her
chaperon would purchase the entire town
and surroundings, and present them to her
for keepsakes Behold the fruits Of this
sarcastic thoughtlessness. Business Ian
guishes. Business is depressed. The very
founts from whence business springcth
are dried up. So is the town. and the
inhabitants Cruel Belle! That the CAP
ital Of the ''Star of the West should be
almost annihilated by your unlucky re-
mark But so it is. And such being
the case, the voice of our prayer ascendeth
as sweet incense:
Remove, ola, Belle, we beseech you,
your embargo on our prosperity. Allow
us to bask once more under the agree
able illusion that "Ebensburg is destined
for till become city" Say you were
only in fun. And hereafter when you
visit US be dumb Belle. That we may
henceforth flourish and bloom even as
doth the rose Of the wi!derness--perhaps
unseen and uasung Of men, bus not a
whit the less lovely or beautiful for all
that. World without end. Amen.
THAT WoEDEEFUL DIsCoyERY.-A CO.
temporary last week informed the public
that the laborers on the Eb. & Cressou
Z T. route, while ezcayating at some
considerable depth from 5he surface, net
d long since, discovered au Anchor imbea-
ded in loose rock. And stranger still,
that the name Of Noah was found legibly
traced on it in Hebrew characters The
whole confirming an old theory that the
ark rested on the Allegheny mountains
after the food Since then, q uainuter in
spection has developed few more facts.
Namely Chat upon tEe reverse from ta1
inscription is stcnograph:c delineation OF
man, holding in one hand a bottle Ia
bolled ..Old Boy" in the other the motto,
The blessings Of government, like the
dews Of heaven, should be cdistributed, &c,
while through the band of his dilapida-
ted hat are tucked couple Of vi}lainous
shora-stelnmed pipes. Underneath, in the
original Hong Kong lingo, are the char
acters which translated into English would
form the worI "Moydicai." This start
ling discovery gives rise to several very
! important queries: First, has this Nor
dicai any Identification with The individual
Of that name still living, and if SO how old
is ne? Second, Does not the discovery
aivc some insling Of the origin of Nor.
dicai's familiar quotatiOn-"BrinS youi
arI; to an anchor? And third, whel
,riU wonders cease
ATTENTION, RA IL-SPLITTERs The
Secretaries of the different Lincoln, Ham
-, tba conn