The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-01-22
Ner Middleswarth.
LEAr IRON rnE POLITICAL msroay
oUR couSTRy.


Gated in what was then Northumberland,
afterwards Union, now Snyder county, Ia.
lie was rennilcss. fricndlcss. aud without
education. IL Is doubtful whether be even
had the advantage Of even the rude schools
OF his time, ana he located what was then
almost wilderness, ana Is stili one OF the
most IrlmitlVe regions OF the state, AL
though free schools have been In opera
tion, and the scream OF the iron -horsc re
sounds through the yet thick forests OF
Tue Beavers ne was na'urai leader. ana
had he bcen norm nall q century later,
Wou'u nave oeeh ~ iioerh rs no was sa-
gac,ous anu aplc. tor nearly n'ty years
ne was prominent WIN Tue po''ich move,
mems OF ,ne stare, ou, neve, met untii
~ 1000, wnen, ior the hrst Time ne TOOK
DIE seM IN congress 10 serve single term
ne was ,neu won h'go 'hree score ana
,en' ou, us s'ep was rs elastic as u ne
ueneu tne rh'ages OF years ana ne was
one o' 'ne most ihuus'rious members OF
'uc house'-ms appcarauce was aitoge'h-
er e"i.e, ne was 'a'per aoose meu'un
n,gn', .'ou'ly ou'n, WIN singular oreau'n
U, vuee.' neu,y neoN, siuh'e shou'uers,
"uu "e'u '""' was VI oo'osSe' s'Ae anu
sAq".s"e "ourLtn ,.. u,e,s phu mnnue,s
ny Ias 's,ele'y p'@iH, ~ "nu uis horny n"nus
,V' WY 10y y, nv VI nosua, 'o,, n'nong
n's "'""'',"'u ~ 'u'"Aoes anu ne'as. ne 'nale
~ iOi ~ M. "u, uo o'o's'o"'''s au
WI o'r a,,- W. 'o"s. - ~ I,iI' .u,su sy"'suoes'
ion ue snoLs w;,h onna, aoonnm o,v - pnu
i;sL onJ carn,a, a,,J -, ',,.'.,,11
,s, ,yas ono or ,ho ,nos, an,or,ai,;n. and
insirnct,vc man az bis ,ime hn, hi. shor,
torn of ,orvice In ,L, ,a,;,,,i n',1nciis n,
an ady,,ceI ,,.a r,ato Cas-. n,,.iIa ~ ~
SI,tc spnrcciot. d..,in.,ni,L,I nil
,ies az ,i,c ma,
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and v,. ds;,-,n,,I =, I,Ss",y VIZ u" W
was gckle In IL, i,v, "uJ u,p' wv l..
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,nd ,uy vi. 10y 'o' n'ru'es"at.I' .,t
ona 'err n'ni uaon ".'u s'v'' V"'hasiasn'
az, oon'es,s VI 'no house was re
~, sao'e 'or Tue 1'''erness OF ,he striie.
,'uuleswartn " hsa oeen speaker Oh 'ne
'o.se 'he preceding session anu rs such'
n'u slgneu the iree.senooi p',,' Us 'no
oP.sse' - reIu'reu 10 s'su M o'''' ~
ecr,hying 10 'he governor 'heir passage
oo'n orahcnes Oh Tue Le9is,a,ure' ne
nau e"rnes''y OPP oseu anu Vo'eu "Ba'ns'
,"o MEASURE, ou' Wnen 'he oe''n,su P'npn,
,e. ""s iSaoneu oh'on oUu"'y NV sohoo'
~" WIS mere WIN M'uu'cswar'h nn'ne
.lencu " u us opeaSer' ms 'ohPeu'or
"as "r. iearlch' anu he n"ue 'se issue
on ."1 nc" n Uu'ous ileo-seuov' o'". ~
'"'n u'p M'uuiSs"ar'n p'o'cs' 'nH, "e nau
oPPosea ,ne p''', anu 'u"' nc "ou'r "o'S
no,e s,'o'er'y ior ,ls rsPea' ,nHn n,s Hh-
HSs,, Stn;,t ~ ~ 'n's Mr' 'vaa'eH 'ns"o'eu,
eAn,u,.Ihg 'he ihInli'o'v uerh"n types oil
'he oiuSla' Jaws, ana vehement III lhe Ia
,v,.e r'', i"nSunee ol tnc people herc'
wv" o,'Iu"', "'' "1ouIeswar'n
hsne s'snea 70 u"e on,' now coulu ne oe
oPposeu 70 aoliI 70 wnrch he signed MS
onlO,ai s, appro'ai Inc ars"ment was
' oouo'us,e, anu ,'rn, wave o' popular
p,iS rep'oo",i,Sn s"eP' 'ne ueflh'h ie"oer 'n'o
=. P,',a'e ,'iv hi, preause ms name was appehi
1u " ',' MS P'oP'c u'u NOV approve
.na ,em !sa's, hI"tSe', Wv ""SIaNe was
mnde NV scnljny W;lJies~,r,n % 'O"eus'", he'.s ~
IN. JIo.s. In isos '5a All -, -, ,o.,
h. was snso.er of tb. uorss a,,J taii
w.sths non;nes az hi -. ,a. 49,
but was i.ccatsJ hv hi, ,ha' .I,a' -
! In IN. sloc,ion q, H. V,iIi. C.ts
II.,s of philodaI,hia H.
ma one of ,ha hssi nrasid;na ooSo.s ,So
counirv ana wos bonorad ,;,h H. - ha;. ~.
of the conyent,on ,ha, nom;no,sS Tnhn
Duincv adams for prss;d.n, ;n isS, AZ
,houoI ba was rrs,non'i,a "ani;I', o..
The s.not. n. neyar sr..ooasJ nn,;I ,o,y
whan ,ha aoa,h I'm. w..I''
had bsaien Mida,ss in lInion aonn,. NM.
| for ,bs Whio no,,ina,;o, ,,.o -. kss'
m.do . va,a,ou "a. an, -
oanoaSa5 A. M;J,u"s 49, ~ was
al ovar ,hs sama W. va..,aL ",Is ''so'i S0.,
ha.,sn hin, For "a uo,sa on r. ..
sahaoi anas,ion ,an -. 49,.
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~ ,ha W.. ana;Sa.S f". Caa' a1ar'nH- ~iN
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e'eo'su ~ '"as,i, s,n
wa 49, Ia, IA ,as T., Sooo
40 a;,s, J ,ba ,.n ,a - III liz 'ea-
eI
gueu them as ne nrSueu a9ainst
the SCHOOLS years beforo 20 4