Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-07

streets delightfully."- SHADED with uees. and is
noiet for an old and we'l->nrpoti-d Academy.
of the principal teachers IN which l. Mr..
Sanford ,he son-in-law e the late Pr->.Taylor
furmerlv Il Lewi>hurg. The climate seems
cold and damp and probably freezes TO frost
as soon as any place within one or Two huut-
red mile>-bul the land Is good for grazing,
and supports an enterpri>ing and refined pop
nlaIlon. The most surprising thlng IS that
this large town, with new paper, on rail-
road. is with the Railroad Itself and Cortland
the counly seat)-as found al loss Of So
without a Magnetic Telesraph. Under the
same circumstances Pennsylvania would not
be so far behind the age as that.
Some pleasant COMPANY. ola and new. was
here enjnyed-and good nights res, broken
| only by the hearl-apPealing cry, near al hand,
Of chilli for Nam and the andlady. Il
seems s., dow lady sojournng here had lef,
Two small children and gone 10 a party with
! promise to return al q cerIain time The by
awOke and heard the clock slrIke a late hour,
( bat no muiher-and after waiting IS long as
he could he alarmed the house. KIND ladies
/ aros- and hurried 10 souihe him, but IN vain.
unlrl at length Mamma came, " hen he sobhed
You said you would come by Ten, but you
| didn't woke and you were nj here. and !
| was 'iraid you were gone or dead have no
/ father, and Ihoueht now ! had no m"iheT-
I and the tears flowed afIesh. Her efforts 10
| calm him ayailed not; he repeated the words
/ h,S rio yIsarTei Ndtlrs
was exhausted and he sunk again TO sleep.
/ All this time his sister slumberet profoundly,
| and shnnlt thank God she has nutihe nervous
susceptibility of her broiher-and the parent
# wise will hereafter be more careful Of her
promises and seek 10 remove that imid sens
itiveness which may make her orphan boy her
burden instead Of her strength and support.
vARIETr OF SANEs.
Central New York as well illustrates the
Cosmopolitan sources Of our nomrnc a'urc as
any portion Of the Union. First We have The
grand old Indian names applied 10 bodies "i
water and TO couniles-such as Mohawk and
Oneida and Chenanso and Ontario and Seneca
and TIoga and Genegantslei and OTego and
Canas,oia and Canasersga and score OF
others have heretofore mentioned. Then
come the Old World names-Greece and Troy
and Jerusalem and Marathon and Tyre and
Sparta and Jordan and Italy and Oxford and
Venice and ErIn and Coventry and BAH and
Genoa, with others before named. Anoiher
class is iha, Of our early great men-S0ldiers
and Statesmen OF The Revolution, and PresIt-
IT,
local infuence-sUch On atdIIIon 10 several
already givenJ as DeWiu. Fulton. DIX. Perry.
Marcy. Benton, Rochester. Schuyer, Cay &c
Names of ilIuStrious Greclans and Romans
are also con>picuous-Euc!Id and Canilln>
and Aureiirs and Iysander and CATO ant OVID
and dTnlly and Scipio and Fablus and PomPey
and Semrronius and Hector and Brutus and
Sulon. besides the co!orei republican HannI-
bal and numerous others We have quoted or 4
m ghl unore Inc frequency Of ih's c'ass IS
attributable to the fact that those townships
thus designated were taken MP mostly ty
soldiers Of the Revolution. burning with The
love Of Liher:y. and anxionS 10 perPetna'e in
this manner he sacred love OF men reno~ned
for h-rnism or for other viriues. As The
country fli.i with ropula'i"n. and required
new names To he aided l. those Of the Hrior
ab ricioal. classical or p-r>unai derivation.
they were supplied hy such passing events a.
N 80 a, Lodi. Nasarino War>aw. Moscow &c.
or-glrauIns from all ieid>-'>west Auburn,
Elnira. Cazenovra. JuniuS. ScroerPel, Penn
Van. Ithaca. Ncravia Clinionville.were added
10 he entertaining li>i, YET incomplete.
The power Of association makes certain
names sound mosI agreeable 10 one person
whil- harsh and uuiove'y If nj r-pul>ive to
q hers. O,-n on ihi> launt names OF females
have been reproduced (as from oblivion) with
a charm that made them fall Ike lingering
music upon the rar->uch a. Wealthy. kuih'
Dena>, Speedy Dnrcas, Consider, FPorah.
Mercy. Deborah. Dolly. Los. Desire, Abigail,
Adaiine. Arr-misia Isabella. Pn.cIla, Pn-oe. T,
Temperance, Chloe. Lydia. PhIlura Thankful.
Rhoda, DeIiyerance.o olive, Patience, ,Prntence.
Stella, EIiha. Parnel. Miriam, Sn>y. Narcissa.
Esther, Consider, FaiIh, Hope. Char'y and all
the si>lerh uoi Of graces, beauty or i"veliuess
too numerous here tn insert. hut which may
be found in detail in Family Bibles that are
not sought To- he kepi concealed. Have nj
time 10 study them out, buI doubt not that 'hry
belong 10 some go,d woman who was e'ihef
schnol-maie or insiructress. Playfell"w-e>s. or
hired girl or visitor at home-sonehnw they /
have rooted a noun-personal In nv memory.
CALLING our RAILwAY STATIONS
On one road the names Of sIGFi'ns places
were no, anuounced-ihe conductors &c. pro- |
badly thinking il unnecessary. inasmnch As
they knew every spo, -jusr as easy as the boy
knew his daddy" But even if they are sure
no passenger wishes 10 leave a; given STA
,ion, there are those travelling for pleasure or
70, information 10 whom the conductor could
very acceptably vouchsafe LILLE knowledge
Of localities. The Company whose servants
are not too stiff or too stingy 10 repeat iact
a thousand times day if needed or requested
with correctness, fulness and ch-erfulness. IS
the company for my cash and makes route
popular with the people. There were some
nnpinjay conduc,ors-mos,ly hair and watch |
chsin-who deserve to be impaled for the
good of the nomadic steamer and railway pub |
hc-brusque, naughty. self suficien; chaps. !
who must hav. been appointed BY favor and
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