The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-12-06
Correspondence of the Jefersonian.
DINamAN's, MY. 1866.


1Ir. Editor A short time ago | thought
would take a walk. When All. made his
excursion he rode, but as do not particularly
admire his example in many respects, and
as | did not intend to make speeches to be
criticised by an unfeeling public, walked
Besides this, everybody had been talking for
weeks about the fine weather, and thought
it woulI be fine thing to takea long walk.
Accordingly | set out one mourning, about
ninc O'clock, with an elastic step under me
md hricing air around ME, directing my
steps towards the tr-states corner, some for
ty miles up the Delaware. Making more
than than a mile in less than min-hour'
soon rassed the aboriginal village of Shaw
nee, thinking as passed it of my last visit
here of few weeks previous, when depos-
| tied ballot for gentlema who was elect
ed, whilst somebody else, who had more
friends around Shawnee, but who hadn't E.
nough elsewhere, wasn't elected.
And now the less distinct whistle of the
Iran-horse led me to think that was pene-
traing those depths where no railroad is,
and no telegraph, as | wended my way
through that hedge. bound ana rock-ribbed
valley, " hich opens for narrow lane from
Shawnee to Bushkill. BY the way, if this
valley is a representative Of Middle Smith
field, ] cannot say that | admire the neces-
sary surroundings amongst which modern
7 0ouri-hoS Rut tboSa ,rero mora
| y the nominations of thought, the periods Of
which I woald occasionally round By light
ing, beside rock, one of my Cubas, when,
IN less than FIVE minutes, would smoke from
Havanna to Pennsylvania. This may be
patronage of home-induslry, whoever is re-
sPonsibe for the cheat, or however much
might be inclined 10 have it otherwise.
AT twelve-much beyond my expectations
when l set out-I rea ached Bushkll Just
here | must say, that the best thing have
seen thus far, is a very neat, modern, com-
modious, worthy school house, which stands
on the Monroe side of the creek at DushkilI.
This, after having passed three or four cab
! ms, called school houses, ,cas refreshing. If
all the school houses IN the county of Mon
roe were Of the same Bushkill class,
would yet have great hope for great things
from this county.
| At DushkilI had intended to rest and
| dine, but the house at which I used 10 get
| refreshed, some twenty years ago. is now
dressed in It's most private attire, and, rather
than intrude, | determined u walk on, some
two miles further, and ''tie up at the raft
mems eddy. At two, had my dinner
The corns, which | had pared and oiled the
night before, were easy. The adamantine
road was inyiing-no dust, no mud, smooth
and solid as rock. Refreshed by hearty
dinner-wiih coffee as special auxiililry.
which was not good as had drank before
and re-refreshed by my cigar as a walk
ing desert, | pressed moderately on at the
foot of the mountain pointing north. Be-
tween Bushkill and Dingman's the state of
things is much as it was in our grandfathers
days, which Is a sort of StGtu quo. Enter
prise is a word not acorked out by the inhab-
tanis Of this long-settIed region. | suppose
il any restless youth happens 10 be born here,
they send him elsewhere to operate on so
modern word as enterprise. | understand
that democrats live here, till The land in
their way, anl manage the elections after
the same style. The road these people en-
| joy, through this district, has been mmor-
talized by travellers passing this way, but
the people have never yet immortalized them
selves by nobencss of purpose or devotion TO
the Union.
Contrary to all my anticipations, | reach
ed Dingman'sa at four o'clock. In fact, had
run altogether ahead of time according to
the table had made out before | started
| felt filtered, too, because was careful to
start on the same day that the Stroudsburg
and Milford Stage goes north, starting lii
tie in advance, 50 that if must ride would
be on the safe side. But here | am at Ding
mans while the stage lays over at Deck
ers!' | rode once in that stage, some time
ago. when the driver had mule and horse
TO make time with. The driver and the
mule, and the horse, are all dead now, but
The time" Is going yet. would say, just
here, that | feel, at this ''iime,'' very much
like sitting down, which | will now do.
A. B. b.