The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-09-07
TOURlSTS 4!

a Trip Over The Sunbury 6 LeUis-
town Rail Road. At euery Station
The Distinguished Traseiers greet
ed by dense and tumutuous crouds
of old Men, Mdrriagable Gris and
Small boys. At Duuiore Station
Ouer 1wo Thousand Curious Peo-
pie assembled TO get a peep al The
Tourists.
The officiating editor Of the Post
having had the honor Of adding one
to the Mt mericsl strength OF the Tou-
rists resigns his editorial chair, tempo
rsriy, aud the er otcio editor takes
up tho quill.
This interesting party (I wish We
couls give our readers wood cuts CO.
pied from lile.like photographs taken
wher they were young aud Handsomely
consisted Of Messrs, ex Sheriff Bolon-
der, proprietor Of the Washington
House, District Attorney Parks, Mr.
DeWalt. Lumber dealer and Manutac.
tarer, Il. j. Smith Counselor .at. Law,
Jere Grouse, Prothouotaiy and pub
lisher Of Post, and w. Ii. Haus acting
editor of Post, all Of Middleburg Boro'
The above named gentlemen after ex-
tsnsive aud expensive preparations
started on Thursday last OH an excur-
sion westward over the Sudbury and
Lewistown Rail Road, the objective
poiot being Lowistown, with the four
fold object Of seeing the Elephant,
Inspecting the new rail road, picking
up large speculatious which are lying
around loose all along the route, and
attending to some business matters.
The party arrived at Adamsbure,
where it was re-enforced by the arri-
val Of Mr.. Samuel Lupfer, the biz tan
merry man of Beavertown, and brother,
shook off the dust, and stepped out to
the depot where train was in waiing
for them-trains always wait on tardy
passengers-consisting OF one engine,
ono emigrant car and three Pullman
Palace cars with neither sides, backs,
nor roofs on, used for conveying rails
spikes &c. They were costly hud.
died into the Norwegian emikrant Cal
and having properly adjusted them.
selves the shrill whistle announced
that the moment Of departure had ar
rived aud away goes the train d
lightning speed-,hs tourists hold
their breath and shut their eyss--iu
an instant tho Conductor shouts, Nc
Clure city out popps the heads oi
the tourists second elspses-th,
conductor shouts "heads in"!! sns
they oil popp in. The unusually
short time given the passengers to see
the sights at the different stations
aroused tbs indignation of the Tourist,
o. they expected to alternately make
speeches, but Superintendent VIM. II
Brown who,is apushing Railroad mao
proficient engineer and attentive to bust
ness. defeats the plans of the tourists 70
immortalisiug themselves by outri
valing Andrew Johnson's famou
Swing around the CIRCLE" by givinI
orders to ''push along" Thus the aux
ious thousands assembled at Dundor,
Station e. ring been forswrosd o
their csmiog by . telegraphio dis
| s .ch) are disappointed and thei
hopes and expectations blasted 10 tn
twinklitg Of an eye. And thus .oo
we're the two bachelor tourists disap
psinted-in vain they strained thsi
eyes looking out on the flying plain
to see the fair damsels who take car
"ths cattle Of o thousand hills"
Conductor Wm. i. Morrison. Who !
an adabls, courteous gentleman affol
tded the passengers all the comfort I
his sommsnd. Arrived at Lewiston
they put OF their hats at tho Nation,
Hotel, where they received 6rst elias
sccomnodations. The next mornin
they again boarded the train and |
uee season arrived at Adamsbura
When they partook OF . "big dinnoT
H Raudsnbush's Hotel. s0 I
They report the road smooth su'
substantial, and the unfinished porto
~ esiug pushed rapidly forward