The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-03-19
From our Travelling Corresp ondent.

IIOHI Uuf lIdteliIg SOTIeSp OHueHt.
WHITE HAVEN, Pa. March 10th. 1870.
Mr.. EDITOR L am tempted again to
drop you line, by way of passing time
Since my last. at Shamolin, have reached
a point several thousand feet above my level
at that date. You will notice now that |
am occupying one of the high places. or. i'll
short, am enjoying high life And it strikes
me life is enjoyable here. high or low
Just for the sake of the privilege. it is said
thatthe average does not exceed five persons
Il day killed. wounded and missing Il ma
.ority of the latter. In consequence. one
need not be surprised to meet a wagon, IA
coffin and corpse. on every road he drives
out on They greatly prefer to shoot at or
club strangers, but if they are not at hand.
they go it on each other, apparently for the
sole purpose of exercise i'll the grand play
of head breakage. first secondly. that they
may have grand parade next day,-a first
class Irish funeral and | must say those
funerals are Interestingly vehicles, the
/ horses. the mules, and three persons on
seat, they. like the wagon. full. Two tray
cling men were killed, i'll that vicinity. three
weeks since. | was shown the points yes
terday. took the precaution. i'll driving
over the mountains, yesterday, % miles. to
hire a team and driver for the day. for
which was charged the modest price of
| $1,000. The sleighing is No. 1-15 inches
of snow, the thermometer at its lowest
! point above zero, Il pair of No. horses.
! three robes-and it would have been Il pleas
/ ant ride in Cecil but that word "Sthopr'
was in my mind, and l had an irrepressible
fear of one of those Short-Stop mountain
toll men. giving us military salute. OF
making lis aware suddenly of presentnsent
without our order.
If capital punishment should suddenly
/ he abolished in your State, and there should
be Il number of men under sentence. and
a doubt entertained as to the legality of
hanging, &C.. just buy each of them Il new
pockct-book. well filled with paper or any
thing else, and send them to Buck Noun
tain, Pa. and if they live ten hours, write
me down Il fraud.
Since | was in that vicinity. last Summer.
there have been many changes.
have gone up by scores. Where there is
coal, there is and must be capital. One of
their collcrics cost sixty to ninety thousand
dollars to start, and in this vicinity there
are twenty-SiX in a twenty-five mile drive.
| passed through twelve towns larger than
Elllton. and you would be surprised at the
amount of business done. some of the stores
selling from $250,000 to $780, 900 worth of
goods yearly. To give you an idea, | sold
nine bills of goods on my ride.-fve dray
loads. One of the towns. or a portion
thereof. caved in. three months ago. swal-
lowing up to the depth of forty feet. three
houses and two families-eleven in all Six
OF the inmates were gotten out: the rest
persisted i'll the burning buildings. The
street is sunken for 200 feet at that point
There are here several millionaires and
some magnificent dwellings but they look
out of place the rugged mountain heights
the stunted growth of timber. the moss
clothed rock of ages. the tortuouS streams
washing away the very footingS of these
monster sentinelS of time-all seem to unite
i'll saying this is fitted only for the home of
the wild man and other animals of like
nature. But these people seemingly be-
come accustomed to Deaths doingS, and its
tcrforS are lost sight Of In some places a
man : life is of less consequence than a
wheelbarrow. Judging from an expression
Toe Of t1,yi,
one of his men had gone off the gang
plank, falling some forty-sx feet, he ex-
claimed" Yes. damn it a. and broke one
of them new barrow>, suppose" &c
In my last you made me say Shamokin
had 700 inhabitants; it should have been
1000: town don't stand at 700 here seven
weeks from commencement.
Families range here from seven to twenty
one. averaging one-l,alf goats and the other
half children. 1t is said that three of these
goats with 9oatees, will keep away the
, worst cases of small pox, even though the
poX had a bull pup to back it, They are
too strong for the small pox and bull pups.
| jointly. How's that for high flavor?
More again. CONSERVATIVE
THE FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE