The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1866-10-25

| ful citizens.
The .udden advent aud exit Of this
Community hsd its prototype, although
under q different system, within hall q
mile Of 1.utoDis. 1he nvlldering
wood ahd growth ui trees Of halt a cen
fury marx the spot where vas laid out
10 beautiful iOrm the sitc Of Instantcr.
lts plot IL duly recorded in the archives
of " Kesn county. Mr.. Cooper a large
auduNner III this section. was the nsti
gator, it not the founder cf this settle.
.nent. As the streets vere marked out,
,he buildings went pp Ike magic--the
ii regions only furnishing a Parallel.-
dow such population were to be sus.
taiued in the midst of such q wilderness
can Only be answered, that as the
chidrea Of Israel were Ted on mama
and quaila, so might the Instant rltes be
ted aud sustained" there eau be no 9th
er answer. Madam kumor, who is as
often right as wrong, spread report
that the land title was unsound, and on
investigation such was found to be the
fact. Work suddenly ceased and the
settlers left H,sJat,r. Its appropriate
name is LETT upon the record,-but 9th
erwisc will cease TO be remembered
when this generation has passed away
Who does not remember Ole Bull
the prince OF fdders. lie had made
fortune by Scraping cat GU, and being a
man of liberal ideas, conceived the idea
Of amtlioratlpg the cOndi'ien of his
couuuymcn, Swedes and Norwegans. by
founding colony upon the Communist
system IN Potter cnunty
He had been made the victim Of some
land speculator, who had Induced him
to purchase a large tract in deuse will
derness, and OF course heavily timbered
10 settle this tract, his poor countrymen
were ready to unite, AS they were to be
employed aud fed by their patron, until
they had cleared farms and could sus-
tain thcmtclvcs. 1t required large
amount OF funds to co!ouize, aud as these
people had large appetites, it was diff
cult to transport provisions sufficient for
their susteuance. These settlers, who
in Imagination, saw turkeys aud chick
ems in abundance, roast pigs running
round with carving knife and fork stuck
n,'h =" ,"," ,I "hS Lond ,na,. ~ ',.a ,nt ao.h ar
H., ~ az" H EIa TnII,s f,a, @ 49,. %o; ,i,"r ,ho;r ~
colonization, he found them clamoIo Gus, il
not threatening. His replies to their
wants were such as any sensible man
"a,,iJ | ,~aI.o g ia ,ros ~ hntohar ND
as,,iI ,". n,l,; hoaf 49,, ia ba~
Io",N "t. ""PP' ,n;,L aL,,,.a.'
md oays ;" ria nnsbot of the afI,;r
was WTo vorr tents. oh. Swedcs aud
Eo,wocians oll of Won and providc far
vorrsnIyrsn y Thcv did 50
mic visit cf OIc BplI to his colony
w,s cLron;cla6 in tbo n,ners and ann:
;nrl, sntn ,hn.o who wero tnllv iutnrm
c5 nr ,ba facts He was renrcseuted as
beino received and f,osted ?, by his
o,.otraes. and Of his " playinr to them
ON lis fiddle. their national airs and
ballads uutil thnv went fears oG ioy -
Ole HuIl snen. ms fortune. wHich he
had only to reppir by a rctura 10 his tor
mor concerts.
One other scheme was about this cine
in nr,s,rees. which merits attention. if
not laudation. Had it been simply
Yankee cn,crprisc. it wouli scarcely have
been remembered to this dav--so proli
6c are those inauisitive. u!edi diing en-.
terprising ecniuecs, whose numerous
schemes reach every part Of the country,
whether forest or Iraire-but this Of
which We relu le vas f German orsin
yic,or Dell,,n well educated and
worry mncb or = gentleman c,ncpivei AN
lax nF c,I,nil,r;nn in I'm, c,nntc nt
yhn, !. now calInd New Fhuder. ON the
cas-, branch Of the Clarion. ub1ut the
wear lSl5-9. 70 obtain his people, he
made contract with the Belgian GOV.
elument for a CERTAIN number Of families.
then under support from the raJlic
funds. The stipulated price per had