The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-09-16
OUR TRIP TO TUsKHaNSOCK.

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RAM ANTRIM and WB A. DEAN all OF Mon
tour county, whom we joined al the Blooms.
burg and Lackawanna Railroad Depot, we
paid visit to The ancient and venerable
town Of Tunkhannock, Wyoming county,
Pa, on Friday the ilth inst, as Represen-
taiive Conferee, 10 meet other Conierees
from this Representative District in Confer
ence, for the purpose of nominating two
candidates for Assembly, 10 be voted for
at the coming election
Al Berwick We bad an acquisition made
to our company in the person of jeremiah
5 Sanders, the able and talented editor OF
The Bsrtrick Gazette who was our worthy
aid active colleague in the Conference -
We commenced our journey on Thursday
evening by taking the cars al this place for
Scranton, Luzerne CO., distance of some
so miles, and arrived there a little after
O'Clock, P. M. We put up there for The
night with the genlemanly Propretor-Mr
BuRGEss-of the Wyoming House, who fur
nished Us with all the necessaries and COM
forts that guests could reasonably demand
This House is we'll conducted, rooms and
bedding ia excellent condition, table amply
provided with the best the Market afTords,
and the landlords bill accordingly. Al this
place We chartered private conveyance 30
take us TO Tunkhannock, "a distance of lwen.
ty live miles, the village we had sell ont FOR
We boarded ndr Cab, with two fine sleeds
hiiched before it, about O'Clock i'm the
morning, and travelled miles, when We
drew up in front OF the Public House of Mr..
NJ w. Bliss, in Arlington Centre, Luzerne
CO., where our party enjoyed warm break
fast This House is large one. and bears
the appearance OF being conducted proper
~ aud with a good deal oil care. The town
Is small, nevertheless handsome, consisting
OF about ls or 20 dwelling houses, a school
house, church, and blacksmith shop. To
the end of our journey, from this place, we
had Is miles TO travel.
The next place which attracted some at
tenlion was Factoryvile, where we arrived
after several hours ride, the nearest point
miles. Facioryvile is a shippipg point for
Tunkhannock and vicinity on the Delaware,
Lack, & Western Railroad. The roads in
this section were rough hilly and tedious.
1t being very dry season, and the dust al
places nearly suffocaiing 10 the traveller,
made the trip not as pleasant as it otherwise
would have been.
We arrived in Tunkhannock few mo-
ments before ~ o'clock M and met How.
GEoRGE D. JACKSON of Sullivan CO., with his
Conierees from the upper counties OF this
Representative District, al T. B Wallis Ho-
tel. We, with The other Con ferees of the
Dist rict, met in session almost immedla aiely
on our arrival and unanimously nominated
for Assembly, Hons. GEORGE D. JACKSON, of
Sullivan co., and john c. ELLIS, of Montour
co. Our stay in this place was short. not
long enough 10 take a stroll about the own
What we seen Of the place was handsome
There are some nice farming land r the
vicinity and neghborhood of Tunkhannock.
The Susquehanna river and North Branch
Canal run close by the town. AS for the
people of the place, we can only say, with
those whom we became acquainted we were
much pleased. They seem like sociable
and obliging people.
Harvey Sickler. the able and spicy editor
of the North Branch Democrat, took Mr. San
ders and ourseI! into bis office and exhibited
to rs his well selected cases OF type, and
all his facilities Tor executing job-worS and
printing a paper. Mr. Sickler, is District
Attorney for Wyoming co. and this office,
in connection with publishing the Democrat,
ought 10 afford him very snug living. The
type-seiiing for his paper is principally done
by two handsome young ladies', whom we
saw al work in the Office. Mr.. S. prints a
sound Democratic paper, one that never
swerves from the principles as laid down
by The founders of the Democratic party
Success 20 him and the cause which advo-
Gates.
Al q o'clock, in the afternoon, we bid
adieu 10 the town, and parted with our Sui
livan and Wyoming county friends, assur-
ing each other that The Democratic vote
would be largely increased al the coming
election, in our respective counties. The
counties represented by our party all give
Democratic majorities, and will continue 10
dc so until the people are convinced that
Democratic principles are wrong.
On our way back to Sctanton, we took
glance at the agricultural Improvements, as
we passed the different farms. The ground
through the section of country in which we
passed, is pretty generally rough so much
the case that it is impossible for The arm-
ers 20 use the drill or reaper. Their Fall
crops, such as corn, buckwheat, and pota
toes, look exceeding we'll for that land. -
The apple yield is promising one. The
farmers OF Luzerne and Wyoming counties,
raise some very fine fruit. They have
good market al Scranton. We saw them ON