Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1865-08-16
PENN'A. AUGUST l6,, lsaa
A. DAY WITH THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS,
Z OR THE EXPERIENCE OF DR. T. H.
- BURROWES In VISITING MlFFLlN- d
TOWN AND MALISTERSVILLE.

OK The EAfEnlENVE UFs IN. 4. H.
$ BURROWES IN VISITING MIFFLIN- a
TOWN AND MALISTERSVlLLE. g
Five o'clock in the morning Of the 9th
Of July found US, with q companion Who
had charge Of the boys uniforms, at She
quiet cOaunty-town Of MiAiin, in il, ,yuniata.
An hour made :he necessary arrange,
ments, and by six We were OF the road
With boxes packed, in an open spring
wagon, behind an active PAIR of horses
and at half-past seven pulled up at, the
school BY the rural hamlet of McAllis-
with Col Mcfarland, the yet
crutched veteran Of Gettysburg and other
battles, at the door, The glad faces of
seventy boys. too. attssted that tie visit
was as welcome as it was. well timed
Tor they we're just abop, sf start s;for
mother aud bone" and only awaited the
!.new clothes" .,..,.-. -.-,4 .s.. 5'
The ride had beer delightful. II ran
eight miles across one of the finest val
ieys or series of valleys in the State
Shade mountain on the north, broken in
outline by numerous gaps and inderta
tons, with the more regular line Of the
Tuscarora oa the south, bounded the hor-
izon in opposite directions, but within no
narrow limits. The interior space being
the whole breadth Of the country, was
not less than twenty miles, including the
tlue Juniata along the foot of Tuscarora a,
and the space to the north, watered BY
Lost Greek and its branches, and varied
BY that rolling character of surface which
adds to the apparent distance and gives to
every turn of the road new feature
In this beautiful valley and at the early
iuvieoratipg hour at which it had been
rapidly traversed, the scenery of Juniata
seemed more attractive than ever.
Give us, after all, our own Penusylva-
MIA landscapes,-with their mountains
and hills, their rapid rivers, their dash
ing brooks, their clear glancing springs
and here and there a lakelet their tree
and vine clustered homesteads, their rich
fields, their scattered shade trees and their
overcoming pieces of wood land,-in
preference to all the broad prairies and
sea-,ikc lakes and almost intermiDable
rivers of the mighty west, We do ike
to quench our thirst at the clear sparkling
brook by the wayside, with enough of
motion in it to keep its life from stagna-
tion. We do like now aud then to get of
the dead leve! Of the tramp, tramp, tramp,
be it walk, or trot, or gsllop-over the
prairie, and to try other muscles Of the
body, whether cf man or horse, in mount
ing and other sensations iu the enjoyment
Of the hill top. :. In q word, we like va
riety and though the fertility of the
west mag be ezhaus,less and its produc-
lions almost spontaneous, we prefer the
but kindly response which the
mother earth of our own State make. to
The stalwart demands of her sons. There
IS not only manly exercise, but pleasant
variety in them. We may be unlike 9TH
srs in this still we question whether we
could long continue to take pleasure in
the absolute ownership even of a dollar
mill, ere some money King to present
US with one, that should drop into the
hand its golden grist, at the fixed rate Of
one per second-neither mere nor less,
and all a!ike-bright, round and yellow
but still al alike and alway. the anne.
But, to come back from the yellow
boys to Orphan boys;-there they were,
clean washed, boots blacked, hair comb
ed and smiling, like other boys waiting
for their new suits. Out of really one
hundred sets, it was the task, and no Eight
one, Of Mr.: Roger to rig ssixty-eight ap-
plicants in four hours, But at last the
work vas Done, with only two or, three
insists; and these of that encouraging
kind which time will surely, remedy by
growing up he wearer to the size Of the
sarment,-provided only that the gar
ment shall last the process of adapta-
So 800 Doh AS-i,- --1'''' -
''Vu sf. Q, asjssd .Asa.lg-l .foll.t1
The boys were brought to the d-assing
room in squads, awkward at entrance
but neat, erect and, shining at exit /; and
it was pleasant to- listen to the hearty
hurrahs with which the newly attired and
transformed were received ppqn their
first appearance on the play ground: OF
courea ~ &c he a.l,n,a lcac and lass IoYd "a