Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-01-17
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LOCAL AFFAIRS

WHAT WE WANT-We have in our
community men OF means without en-
ergy and men of energy without means,
we mean in public way-and
although the latter occasionally get mp
something that will benefit the town,
vet there is more truth than poetry in
the fact that they are not always N
couraged as they ought to be by the
former All that LewistOwn wants ia
make if more thriving town than 1t
has ever been, is for mel Of cspta &
embark at least portion Of their
means in producing business, because
all such benefit the communi at large
n-pr0ducerS we have too many al
ready, and every addition of this class
is drawback to our prosperity. A
little foresight some years ago, instead
of setting it down as fixed fact that
Lewistown was a finished town, would
have purchased the cheap lots then
OUcIGO iOl odIC5 anu Nhlio LdoOI anu
material were cheap, erected a number
of small houses suitable for The poor
and middling classes. Such buildings
would now sell at from 80 to 100 per
cent. advance. Glamorgan Furnace
lay idle for a long time waiting, like
Macawber, for something to turn up.
1t is now producing iron second to but
few establishments, and promises to
remunerate the stockholders well, as
they deserve TO be. A large tannery
will soon be erected near town by the
Messrs Spanagle, and here again
strangers furnish the capital, and we
hope will be repaid for their energy.
There are other things which iHdivid-
ual or associated capital could readily
embark in with pospects Of good sue
cess, which will yet create marts of
industry here or in the immediate
neighborh0od, and if not developed
by our own citizens, will be apPreeia
ted AM advantage taken of by stran
gers, for Lewistown, from it's situation
at natural outlet of a rich, prosper
GUS, and Industrious back country, and
the mart Of such great establishments
as Freedom Iron works and Mann's
Axe Factory, could not long retrogads
towards becoming one-hOrse towR
CENTENARY OF METHoDIsM-Ou
Methodist friends regard this as juG
lee year in the history of their denem
nation, it being the hundreth year of
their existence as a church in this |
coantry. Appropriate services were
held III their churches here and else /
where on the hrst Sabbath of the year. |
and q grand demonstration will take |
place throughout the country in Octo /
beg next, when it is proposed to raise |
fund OF two miiiions of dollars for
educational purposes as a centenary |
Offering. The old Methodists OF the |
Brother Broadbrim and Sister sunbon. |
Aet type have almost entirely disap !
peared, but the present generation
composing this sect seem to be an earn
est, goa head people, though they haze
imd aside some Of the peculiar notions
OF their ancestors, az the folio wing
figures will show The Methodist
church North aione reports about
I.O0U.OOO OF communicates, 1000 itin-
crate ministers, 10 600 churches, lO2
institutions eft learning (incuding %
eoiieges,) l3.400 Sunday Schools. more
Than 100000 teachers, and nearly
Le0O,V00 scholars. Its publications
number about 250, with i circulation
OF 100000 monthly.
IRON BRIDGE.-The Penusvlvania
Railroad Company recently repiaced
the wooden structure over the Juniata /
near Granville run with neat and |
substantial iron bridge, which has been |
the admiration of all who have exam |
med it. 1t is about 500 feet long, and |
Is a model of neatness and strength. |
The wooden bridge removed was erect.
e1 ten or twelve years ago, in place Of
the one destroyed by fire, under the
superintendent of Col Thos. A. Scots,
Then We believe Engineer of the West
ern DlvlSion--who accomplished its
erection IN few weeks, which show
dtheremark able.enerov .;,.a