The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-11-29

women ana children, may be added.
Other avocations must necessarily
follow, and multiplication goes on, end
the 10000 people are soon made up
There are but few Of the first settlers
to witness these changes: james Beos-
man, William McCauiey, Jesse Kyler
John Green, Judge Horton, and few
others, are witnesses up to the present
Little did James Rccsman think that
in his day the land be had cleared, the
house he bad built, and which had been
for so many years his quiet home, was
undcrlaid with material SO useful -
aud that in his day, men ike moles,
were to be digging out the substance,
and the very earth shaking from ox-
plosions Of Gunpowdcr underneath or
that he should pass over ,he site OF the
first Kersey mill upon railroad Car.
It is not likely that Judge Horton
will soon again get lost aud unable to
identify his own dwelling; nor viii
rafting and running" be the engross-
ing topic during the foods. The whis-
tie Of the locomotive is the stirring note
chat s;artles all business into lie and
activity, and the hours count in place
Of days as heretofore. The weekly
mail, slow but not irregular, was less
complained Of for its time, than the
lightning speed Of tho telegraph, or
minutes Of non arrival Of the daily mail
at the present time, The nou,arrival cl
can Of oysters, or some article OF dress
by the express Of to-day, or lot Of
-four Or merchandise by the f.st local
train evokcs the temper Of the cypcc.
taut more than the disappointment OF q
week in former days. In those days ol
early settlement, no one expected tt
| pay for dry goods and groceries under
twelve months, Or that slei2hing would
admit hauling the shingles z, Rafting
and running" was legal tender, auc
grudgingly allowed, AM 80 per cent. OF
the creditors claim was deemed prompt
I ness and liberality in the debtor; now
80 days is the extreme limit Of credit
and "greenhacks" the legal ;cu3or--i
they can be had.
Then rafting pilots were paid 81 {,
$l,5O per day, now the wages OF q cap
tain Of one Of cur government steamers i
by these pilots dog9edly received as pit
tancc, and unworthy thejr vocation. -
Then the allotted hours for labor wer,
from ten to twelve hours; BOW there i
Freeman's Bureau" that demands
contract;on'to eight. The maiden .wh,
laid up sufficient ut one dollar per weei
to buy a fitting out" now demand
three dollars and goes satisfied. TEol
the healthful fruits of the country-tL
huckieberries, blackterries, apples an,
plums, for jam and preserves, were cou
sidered rs luxuries-are now discarGe,
for Zante currants, raisins and ciGou.
The condiments 10 the shape of pickle.
&o', from their own gardens, and frol
, pure vinegar of their own p.akiug, ar
cast aside for the dysPeptic preparation
Of copper-tainted gherkins aud chow
, chow used in their stead. The fn
suckers, so plentiful in the Clarion j
the spring, are met with uPturned ros;
aud the early shad of the Couneoticu
or the trssh cod from New.5undlan
only, are declared " Gt to eat"
Then the people Of Riigway wer
content to worship on Sundays in Ii
dollhouse; DOW, they actually st1k c
building church.
Al these charges grow out Of thei
5 communication with the world, whic
railroads render SO quick and easy, ~
, ELK county will soon take her place .
one OF the important counties Of tt
State. n, W. PA.