Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-04-11
ORIENT, Suffolk Co. New York,

March 3Oth, 1850.
Dear Wr0nicie:-DO you suppose ont
in five hundred of your readers is aware o.
the existence of our village? Five year,
ago l had never heard of it myself. 1t j;
situated on Long Island which is a kind
Of terra incognita to the rest of the world
l suppose, with DR.. St6rrs, that most per.
sons have an idea that Long Island is about
one hundred and twenty miles long. ffteer
OF twenty miles wide, and about three feet
thick, and this expresses the sum of theil
knowledge concerning Us. With your as.
sistance, Mr.. Editor, l should like to teach
them better. Orient, as its name indi-
Gates, is pretty well down towards sunrise.
If you look on the map Of Long Island,
you viii perceive that the cast end is sepa-
rated into tive prongs. At the extreme
end of the northern prong Orient is situa-
ted. 1t contains about zoo inhabitants
The land is fertile, and under 4 high state
of cultivation. The people are industri-
Gus, h~oSpitable, and intelligent. They are
a sober people. A weekly temperance
meeting has been maintained here for eigh-
teen years. And now, 50 far from any
diminution Of interest, the house is crowded
every week to hear homespun speeches on
the great subject of temperance The TEN
perance meeting is as much a fixture as the
series of the Sabbath. As a consequence,
no liquor is sold. and none can be sold
within the place. Public opinion is over
whelmingy on the side of temperance. 1t
was not so twenty years ago. Then eve
rybody was in debt, and everybody drank.
Rum threw its blighting influence upon
everything it touched, and then, as a mat
ter of course, everybody roted the Demo
cratic ticket. Here, all the farmers are in
dependent. They have large sums of mon
ey in bank against q time of need. They
keep their farms and buildings in beautiful
order, and the Republicans have it all their
own way. The place has been rescued
from intemperance and kindred evils, not
by great excitement, but by perscvering
effort, The people are all trained in the
temperance meetings.
And now, Mr.. Editor, 1 wish to call
your attention to another matter. l call
myself still a young man, though l began
to be interested in the Chronicle as long
ago as the close of Jackson's administ:a-
ton. 1t is about the first paper l emem-
Der anything about. Week after week
used to watch with anxiety for its appear
ance, and was not satisfied till l had read
it through. The names, 'Hapgood and Par
kcr' were names that l locked upon with
awful reverence, 1 thought the gentlemen
must be gifted far beyond ordinary NOR
tails, and when, in 1910, at a mass-mect-
ing, my father pointed out a man whom he
said was Mr.. Parker; that gentleman little
thought with what intense interest he was
looked upon by a pair of youthful eyes. As
| grew a little older l ventured to write q
Communication for the Chronicle in q
fair round hand, with regard to a little
that happened in the neighborhood.
how | toilcd and sweat over hat article,
[ sent it with fear and trembling, never
| person longed to wake and find himself
more than 1 longed for a sight of
own composition in print. Well the
camc-I seized it-and 10! the ar
iclc was all there. l read it over and
,vcr again with undated interest. Then,
Is my prose was thus introduced to the
gaze, | was emboldcncd to try a lit
lie poetry. The poetry-I thought it was
committed to the mail, and
3ad to relate, l never saw nor heard from
t more From that day to this l have
till now ycntured TO write for the
Chronicle W hat will be the fate of this
communication | cannot forsee; l shall,
however, commit it to mail and let it
If you would like to hear from me
lgain about matters and things in these re-
yions please send me a paper containing
his letter, and then, if write a few let
ers more, and you think they are worth ii,
may send me numbers of the Chronicle
i'll you think you've sent enough, and then
you may stop, as | do now.
4 WANDERING BUCKEYE.
NEBRASKA GONE REHUBLICAN.-Themo most
victory achieved by the Bepub-
leans for some time, is that just indicated
the election of members of the Constitu-
i0nal Convention in Nebraska. Out of the
y members, tie Republicans have elected
and their majority on the u~onular vote