The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1865-10-12

ERENSBURG AND CRESSON hAILROAD
I'm and after Monday, October 0, 1865,
.-,ius on this road will run as follows:
LEAVE EBENsBURG-
A. 6.55 A. ", connecting with Mail
Train East and Erie Ex. West.
it53OP. NJ, connecting with Mail West
and Altoona Accom-. East.
LEAVE CREssoN-
4t1l. 90 A. NJ, or on departure of Mail
Train East.
ats4O p. NJ, or. on departure oi Mail
Train West.
THE MoUNTAIN.-A stranger who So
;ourued a few weeks in our midst last
summer, in quest of health and happiness,
has been writing the result of his obser-
v,ions here and hereabout to the Pitts
brrc Leader. His description of Ebens-
burg and citizens is unique: "
This town is beautifully located on the
crest OF the Alleghanes, and it appears to be
a model one in its way. Politics, law, and
r.Iigion seem 20 be the only Industrial pur-
srrs Of the citizens, for in al caudor, the
absence of any manual labor IS one OF the
most striking characteristics of the place
ADJ vet contrary TO the generally accepted
theory that idleness begets vice, this place
;s without exception, the most moral and
ouiet town lot similar population) in the
State People do not think of turning the
n lock when they retire, nor are they particu-
larly watchful of vaiuables, for they can boast
of no burglars or thieves, and all the crime
committed here has been the work of stran-
gers to the town. The inhabitants are kind,
sociable and very intelligent"
- .hu1 ,,,DO
Ebensburg, he appears to entertain a yio-
lent antagoniSm toward our near neigh
Abor, Cresson
"Your correspondent visited the CressoE
Hfouse and found it closed, the cold weather
4.iriying the butterflies of fashion into more
/ rongenial quarters than the bleak side of Il
bnountain. OF course | would not desire to
Tuiu gigantic corporation as the Penn
sylYania Railroad Company, but the sea-
fon is now over, and my pass on the road
sboUt expiring, l would respectfully submit
b few passing remarks about the Cresson
3IOuse-a thing kno IN abroad a fashion.
rle resort, and a cool retreat from all the
res of the world, including the care of the
Arcket-book. The house itself is very fine
Ase, being large and commodiOus, and sur
APaHded 6pon either side by pretty little cot
a,es. The scenery about the place is tame.
asthiag but dull mountain sides and
sights surround it, and the house is in too
ose proximity TO the railroad to be quiet or
ecuied. Your correspondent can in truth
ee DO inducement offered by this mammoth
esoci 10 parties who would pleasantly spend
be summer in mountain retreat, for there
Re plenty of more preferable places all along
he Pennsylvania Railroad, between the base
the mouutaja s1d Altoona The prices,
0EeTer, ut the CCesSOa House are nearly as
ei as the atmosPhcrc about il, and the ta-
IS are managed uPon S6e "Dollarian' prin-
be Of stuff at dinner and stSrve at break
H and supper. To give the picbeans an
A of how rich people live, 1 might cite the
USf fare (for which they pay too fair a biIIl
Que day. hut shall spare the sojonrners
merely state that an honest mechanic
III modest appetite would clear the tables
ttor the supper OF twenty fitsiiioHaie guests
- still feel hungry, for at the CTcSsOn il is
polite to go to bed with a fall stomach
fat pocket-book. One rcdecming fea-
e is worthy of notice, however; If the
nogeTs Of the house do charge one dollar
twenty-five cents per meal, they are
nall! severe on the lovers OF outside pleas
for pasSable cigars are sold ut fifteen
rs ais the same price per glass, and wine
spiu,uous liquors can be quaiied at four
MS ior dollar f; and if the fast young
Ps would play billiards, only one dollar
hour is charged for the table"
BOi-ioy JOY.
III, Another order Of things is soon to be in
oil Garaedr for new house in opposition to
les one at CresSon Is TO be started next sea-
md al hocnsburg and a stock company with
81 geo as capital is aOw being formed in
We aleIpha. The site selected Is within
Jei minutes walk of The town, and upon the
nd II OF one OF the prettiest mountains Of the
lie HHeghauy chain, and in the heart of n beau
ext maple grove. view of The finest of
SGPeS, extending twenty miles OF either
o" VIII be afforded by the contemplated
y, and as 1t Is TO be conducted in lber
~ !et economical style, pleasure seekers
rs Of summer" '''