Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-27

LENA. ILL.,, JAN. 18th 1871.

LENA, ILL.,. JAN. 18th 1871.
Friend Kurtz.-Thinking that a few
items from this place would interest at
least n portion Of your readers, | shall
endeavor TO give you a short history
of the doings and sayings ofthis place.
To begin with, this has been remar.
kable winter thus far. We here had
generally two or three days ms fine
weather as we often experience during
the month of May, then for four or FIVE
days in succession cold as Greenland
blowing hard enough to lifl person
completely off their feet, but a person
gets used to such things. One of the
scareest articles just now is water, near.
ly all the wells in this place have Civ
en- out and water is hauled one half
mile from town. and retailed by the
pail, The prospects now are that the
supply ofwater will be short until we
get plenty of rain.
You deserve great credit for enlarg,
ing aud improving your paper, hope
YOU will be amply repaid for the labor
and expense. by an increase in the CIR.
eulation Of the paper No one who
has ever lived in old Centre, and now
lives in the far west, can afford TO be
without it, coming us il does every
week bringing with it all the home
news telling of every event of impor.
tance transpiring in the county.
Events, that to Il great many would be
entirely unknown, were they without
the Reporter. | have seen from time
to time in the columns Of the Reporter
notices of large hogs, weighing from
four TO six hundred pounds, here il is
almost daily occurrence to see droves
of hogs weighing from three TO five
hundred pounds We shipped one
last week that weighed nine hundred
and twenty pounds. There have been
heavier ones than that shipped from
this station. The shipment of live
hogs from this station 10 Chicago du
ring the month of December 1870,
amounted 10 twenty eight hundred and
forty one head, and if the shipments
for this month continue as they have,
thus far, it will be nearly double. Pork
is bringing from 1915 10 $3.50 per
100 ID, dressed Pork 1915 TO S6,25.
Business is dull here at present, great
many people are out of employment.
There was a wedding here few days
ago, Mr.. Daniel Alexander, was mar.
ried TO Miss Hickman, both parties
have friends and relatives in Penns
valley, TO whom this item will be
news,-the gentleman was a pupil OF
the writer in the old Rock Forge school,
many years ago.
/ have not seen very many Centre
county folks this winter. A number
of the people in this neighborhood are
at present in the East visiting friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Musser Of Lena
lefl two weeks ago TO pay visit to
their friends in Centre county, and /
presume are by this time feasting on
the fat of the land somewhere in the
Loop, they expect TO make call with
all their friends ere they return.
What has become OF all the Buffalo
Run news? Has that poetry machine
frozen up, or run out of steam, or is il
getting ready for spring campaign. |
expect if the owner Of the machine sees
the Reporter in its new dress, he will
be for grinding out poem on its sty-
lish appearance. Emigration west.
ward is again the cry here, all say let
us sell and 60 west where We can get
homes for nothing, scme ofthose homes
for nothing are good, Others are good
for nothing, let me say, where a man
has good comfortable home all paid
for and is doing reasonably we'll, let
him stick TO it. have lately receiv,
ed letters from different parties in the
east requesting me TO get them situa
tions, to all such would say, il you
can get any kind Of employment At
home during the winter stick, TO it
(although you make but fifty cents per
day. until spring then if you still have
the western fever, come on, there will
then be room end work for all. The
election in this county last fall went
Democratic, an unlocked for event TO
nearly all. To-day it is showing very
fast, has been showing since midnight.
and still there is not two inches of
snow lying on the level, but plenty Of
snow banks along fences and houses.
This is one Of the greatest counties for
wind storms, | ever saw. There is no
such thing as getting along as sit here
writing, the wind is bowling fiercely
and the snow is drifting in at every
crevice Stern winter is upon US in
all its fierceness. / presume you had a
mild winter thus far as well as we, last
week the people talked Of digging gar.
den, now they are housing up and pre-
pairing to wait until spring does come.
One thing | would like to know, are
deer and bears plenty in and around
the Bear Meadows this winter, who will
let me know? | often think of the
days and nights | spent in the Seven
Mountains in search of game and feel
sometimes as though | would like to
spend short time there now, TO see
what could be done but l think it is
about time for me to close, hoping that
the circulation of your excellent paper
may be doubled and that it may prove
a success.
COLORADO.
@-A-
THE MAMMOTH TREE.