Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-08-30

mail aud passenger train on q rsilWay, 90
holy day, may be excused, perhaps, on
the grorud of public necessity or mercy :
bot the Lebanon Es,Iey Railroad ComPa-
ny does no; Iun passenger trains. 1t is
therefore utterly iuercusablei in iIs'yrsnoy
TO its employees, aud its waD'on violation
Of Sabbath laws, 81 this desecra,ion Of the
hesvenly-sPpoin,sd day of rest, designed
$50. the Ease Of creation" just to resiis.
little more gain !
Approaching the venerable one storey
stone Paxton church house-sai1 80 be =
century old found the former !og study
room of the pastor was goue, bu, 10 lie
stead, beyond the grave yard, just over
the rcViue where they cuea buried slaves,
has arisen goodly stone parsonage, With
decidedly comfortable look sbou, it. A
Sunday school of 60 or 20 scholars wss
held IN the uorning: its supsrUtendent
is grandson Of Rev. Col. John Elder,
who va, over half century the pastor Of
the church. Abou, one. third Of the school
sas Of the colored persuasion, mostly con-
/ ;rGbauds, aud decidedly 40 interesting
though somewhat, mIscel.ueous sssor,-
meu,. Their teachers professed sstisfsc-
ton With their lsbors; the scholars, rang.
ing from 3 to 50 years, behaved we'll, sDd
although some we're ra,he. dull, others
were decidedly progressive. In the sb-
.euce Of the pastor, (Mr. Mitchell, } Mr..
Shesrer preached, ,rd gave q short but
encouraging account Of his two year.
lsbors among the freedmen a, Washington,
and also received a collection IN tbair
behalf
Some of the Deeds for lands in tbi.
neigbbOrbood, | unGer.tand, reach back
to 1870, and the descendants Of the Ruth
erfords and the Elders still occupy farms
taken up by their fathers, divided and
sub-divided as increasing numbers and
means make eniucrtly proper and profit
sble. Looking upon these smiling lands
and comfortable sbodes Of hearty, intelIi-
gent, vir,uous men and women, one is
reminded OF the sentiment
.'lf.olid h.prines, prize,
Within breasts that jewel lies,
And :hsy fools vhO roau;
This world noUgtt .Ursf ran testov,
Trol oar oEa .et. cur ysys n"i nov,
And ihsi dear rpcI-our hone"
The Paxton Presoy;erisn chursh-its
first pastor, its house Of worship, its hon-
orei membership, its eeme,ry-this is .
history yet to be written. 1t should be
done at once, as It's memorials drop away
year BY year. Its present pastor, or some
other competent person, should take it
up, and would soon become absorbed in
the interest o. work which | think Tie
public would appreciate.
Afternoon, started ou, to attend Sun.
day school, conducted by few Of the
we'll disposed, among the uahappy chill
dreu Of the Dauphiu county slu.house,
but found that that barn Of . dwelling
was occupied By sbropg Of persons sppa-
ren,ly very hungry, and fess,ing IS if
some joyous event had occurred. On in-
quiry, sscerssiued it vas "s house Of
mourning as veil as "a house Of fess,ing"
The Almshouse Superintendent, removed
BY death, had been buried tba. morning,
when, after sermon in English, snd
another in German, the inmates, friends,
relatives, Deighbors, and taxpayers in
genera! were having a soc.sbla interview
over real good dinucr at the county ex.
perse. General IS is this u ost iDcougru- !
Gus and iadefeusible custom, it 10 crafty I
ing to know that some intelligent and
thoughtful people are waking up agsius,
il, and to hope, ,hst, as liquor drinking q,
funerals has been done away, SO german.
dising may also soon pass out of use on J
occasions when mourning is more suitable
aud copsonsnt With right feeling THAI
feasting.
A; 6 o'clock, heard sermon from Rev.
James Colder, Of the Free Will Baptist
church-and at evening, another from
Rev. J. Walker Jackson, o! the Losnst St.
NJ E. Church. The latter was an excur.
siSs essay on the commandment, "Thou
shalt not stesl," in which the speaker
most graphically aad earnestly pointed
out the various ways in which the tpirh
of the text was violsied-hitting almost
every swipdler and violster of strict justice
4 rap, except the substitute broker, Who is
jus. now thought to be the worst and
meaness of ALL
And SO, if seeing and hearing .
great dea! Of good, does one much benefit,
had my share yesterday. W.
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CoPpERHEAD HowLING-You often
hear Copperhead srog-shop keepers, gene-
rally the worst of the class, talk loudly