Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-19
gTsEg FROM TULPFHOCKEv VALLEY.


But as the matter was not Of much account
the local readers Of the EMPIRR lost little by
the failure. Now, this Is oil we can conceive
necessary to say on the subject
We noticed by the ENrRE Of yesterday that
you have had n very severe storm In Dayton,
and that some damage was done by the light.
ming. We noticed the threatening appear
ances north aud east Of us, and remarked that
Dayton was probably getting q complete soak.
ing. Although il threatened TO rain here
early in the morning, the Captain Of our little
band insisted on going, as we had agreed, 10
the river, rain or shine" A. 4. f., whose
estimable lady is q semi.invalid, not having
yet fairly recovered from a lengthy and seri-
Gus illness, favored remaining at home, claim
ing that il looked very much like rain, and
that prudence was the better part Of valor."
But on Capt GuNcKEL i%nsuring to keep the
party dry Che had n quantity Of cold ham and
dried beef alongl) our chaplain Rcquiesced,
and the wagons proceeded riverward. An in
yentory Of the contents of the vehicles for the
trip would be a curiosity but rs the mention
in detail might offend some Of the party, we
will only say they comprised a general variety
of the animal, vegetable aud mineral king
doms, babies, dogs, fishing rods and cans pre-
dominating.
We arrived ut the river without rain, and
proceeded at once TO fish. We didn't wait
for ceremony, but waded right into the food
half on depth, where we remained about two
hours, during which time we caught two tur-
ties and two bass, No one of the party was
doing any better indeed, not as we'll, for but
one other fish was caught in the lame time.
There was u continued notwithstanding all
the day the thunder was muttering sullenly
in the north and east, and for q time the wind
was blowing a gale, making il almost impossi-
Bile TO ply the rod, and rendering the effort
useless. We quit about IL o'clock, when a
little dash of rain drove us 20 cover, where we
found the ladies had prepared a very tempt
ing collation., and we determined to remain
until its atiractiyeness had been lost upon our
appetite-and we did.
We do not desire to 20 over the "old story"
and tell you Of the bad luck we had in the nf
ternoon how we lost our biggest fish; how our
best bait were wasted by the chubs nibbling
them to pieces; how the turtles annoyed us,
and how, Just as we were about to play hob
with the fins a signal was made for us to
come into camp Shall we speak of this lat
ter more fully2
About 4 o'clock p. NJ. we noticed that il
was getting very dark, 80 dark we could not
see our line, and casting our eyes towards the
clouds in the southwest the scene looked ter
ribly grand IL seemed as though q tempest
was approaching, and would soon overwhelm
every thing. Looking towards camp, where
we had left the party fishing along tho bank,
the place was deserted, and We concluded TO
go and see what was the excitement On ar
irving OF the place, the whole party seemed TO
be panic-stricken; the ladies and children we're
huddled in the little dollhouse at the bridge,
and the gentlemen were Fastening TO get their
teams ont of the woods. All was commotion,
the hoarse winds bowling through the forest.
and threatening to hurl the ancient sycamores
about our retreat And in this confused CON
dition, our rods and ines tangled, baskets and
clothing strewed about in the wagons, chill.
dren crying, dogs barking, etc, etc-we start
ed ON our retreat from the river, n great deal
more like a-rout than u return home from a
very pleasant party, Had we been Captain,
we would have called u halt long enough 10
have permitted a change of clothes, and not
as we did-ride som seven miles in clothing
"wringing wet" A real tornado would moi
have frightened us half so bad as TO prevent
us preparing to die decently and comfortably
The storm % passed, and we got a little
sprinkle of rain, only; no blow ofany formidn-
BILE pretence, and nobody was hurt We have
seen but few of the party since, and we do not
know how they stood the racket A. r. T..
did not exercise quite enough faith, and had
not quite enough patience in his piscatorial
pursuit We have hopes Of him, however, be-
cause he dresses the fisherman, and seems
disposed to learn. By-the-by, he is n ''glori-
Gus good fellow" and pearS.
TMEM.-We don't want TO allude to this
fishing excursion again. 1t was unsatisfaato
ry as u lshnic, and it wound up 30 crafty
We don't believe any one Of the party viii
own TO having been to the river on Tuesday
This village was settled about half a cen
fury ago by people from Pennsylvania, prin
cipally, the valley of Tulpehocken furnishing
the greater number. Maryland also furnished
some of the early as well as the later settlers
of this valley. The GuSCKLEs, STUMPs, ScRF
FERs, EMRIcKs, ~LINDEMuoDs, and others felleC
the first trees, and cultivated the first fields
The inhabitants have always been noted fOl
their hospitality, urbanity, and love Of sport
This community comprises a largo numbe
of old men and women; more, indeed, than vi
remember TO have noted in any other commu
nifty of near the same population. The tow
has changed very much since we first becam,
acquainted here-about sixteen years ago
A number Of new houses have been put ~
here within the past two years, and the worl
of Improvement is still going on with a libera
hand. The community may be said TO b.
wealthy, and this is a good centre for ioca
trade. We have thought il might not be nm
terestingss to give the trade of this village
We may not have given all the establishments
&c, but we are pretty near correct
Printing office; Union school house
churches, 8; bank hotels, Al dry goods, 8
clothing, 3; groceries, 6 hardware, 81 nc
tons, | drug stores, 2 boots and shoes, 2
silver smiths, 2; milliners, 8 mantua-maker
2 cabinet shops, 2 tanneries, 2; coach fac
smiths, 4 tin shops, 3; cooper shops, A
candle factory; pottery lumber yard sasl
and door factory; tobacco warehouses, 2
grain do, 2; mill and saw mill brewery bill
Hard room.
OF professions we may says preachers
2 lawyers 8 doctors | dentist 2 dagueI
reans; and a large number Of loafers,
Judge BAGGoTT and Treasurer KESSEY wer
here Tuesday evening. Their visit was of
purely business nature. Yesterday we shoe
hands with q. +. WALKER, SAM REMEEY an
JIM CONNER, of your city. They report mat
tiers a little brisker up home"
A young man named GEYER, died here sud
denly yesterday morning, from the bursting q
u blood vessel. Two children, also, died yes
terday from scarlet fever. The general healt
is excellent This is the place 10 run out :
from the sultry and crowded city.
''These pure skies we're never stained with chy smoke,
We do not know Of a more pleasant, coy re
sort anywhere, and we only wonder that NOR
do not down here to %rejuyenhte.
We miss the sage %cOunsels Of Uncle Err
and we mourn for the extra soda and sarsaI
arilla prepared by PRE and DUTCHRY at Dan