Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-11-02
Local pondence.
Burnside, October q, 1870.
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BURNSIDE, oclODer -, 1917.
! Mr. EDITOR: [ come again, Oh, Knight
of the quill But my budget of news this
week will be light, and | am afraid not very
interesting. This very day we had u fstic
skirmish in town and the sight unnerred
me.
In the Indiana Progress of Oct, 18th
/ there is an Interesting account of trip to
! Clearlield, made by tvo Of our young friends
| from Cherry Tree-Ed. and c. Most peo-
| here could not get the run of it right.
met our postmaster the other night on the
street, and he hailed me and inquired very
! seriously, whether or not l had peru.ed that
letter in the Progress. replied in the af-
firnatiye, and then quoth he, Why can't
some of our young telers take trip some
where, and write such a beautiful account
of it" A brilliant idea flashed across my
unusually dull brain, and responded, Mr..
K, dang my buttons if | don't take trip
if I can get suitable companion" 3" l i'm,
mediately despatched u message to my
friend Hi. F., and the next morning he
came over with his "hoss" who he calls
Grey Eagle, and the mill wagon, and about
eight o clock We set sail, our destination,
Lumber city. The first place worthy of note
after leaving Burnside, IS Sweet Auburn.
We reached it after drive of about mile,
aul concluded to call on our friend W. b.
We found him sitting on the versnda, pick
ing his teeth with harrow pin, Ee reined
a.. - L u, .
Eagle to white wire clothes line Oar
hostess entertained Us with the kitchen pi-
apo for whle, Song Of the shirt and
leather breecheS, when, I'll excitement, 3
rushed in and exclaimed, HI, your old
gray hoss has faiuted, AM tore down our
new pateat white wire clothes line. Come
out, for land 5 sake, ana lets try to ger him
up" We rushed out and pulled and haul
ed at Grey Eagles bride. but the "oll
cuss'' wouldn stir. Finally we captured a
couple of rails and snc:s.lei in raising the
venerable steed to his pins again. tender
ed M respects to ". 3. in the shape of a
cent, but he declined, saying, cant buy
anything with that At the rate they sell
goods in Burnside.
The next place to be mentioned is Mi
chaclsV;ile. We arrived opposite the town
sbout noon, but the fog had not raised and
we dill not get to see many of the buildings.
We had just cleared the outskirts, whe n,
all at once. Grey Eagle stopped, coughed
once, succeed twice, and fell over again in a
ct. HI Jumped out, gazed for a moment
on his fallen steed, and exclaimed, BY
heviug, your soul, old Ben. We are in for a
walk home" We tugged old G. +. to one
SIDE of the road, left him in care of a re-
sponsible person, and r7traceI our steps,
arriving at 4. II. SIS. about 9 O'Clock, p.
NJ, took Il drink and halt pound of No.
shot 10 hold it down, and retired Cor the
night.
"Fun many g glorious morning have seen,
FIatter the mountain tops with sovereign eyesetc-
An interesting religious revival is in pro
gress at PatchinyiIle, and quite number
of erring ones have returned to the fold. y
It Is conducted by Rev. J. A. Boyer, an
able minister aud very popular man with
all classes The Lyceum meanwhile is sus-
pended, but will reopen when the meeting
closes, and | will try and be there to take
some notes.
Mr. Jack p. has just returned with his
lady from a long trip east, Williamsport,
Philadelphia and Wilmington, lie is as
fall Of Railroad as ever, and says 'She
must come" A meeting was held this
week at Homer for the purpose OF consult
ing an Engineer, but have not heard the
result. traterualy,
LUCKY OLD BEN.