Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-06-12
Fenced SOuaraS.

| Under the present system the public squares
OF Philadelphia are not pleasant places to con-
template: Penned in by high, ugly, useless rail-
lngs, which forbid instead of inviting visitors.
The squares have shabby neglected village
look about them. Every Philadelphian who
| goes to n. Y. city comes home impressed with
comparison greatly to our disadvantage in this
matter OF public squares. There this stupid old
notion of surrounding the squares with railings
have been swept away and the people have free
access. Let the railings be abolished and let us
have squares that we can make use of and in
which we can take some pride.''
In addition to the above, it is stated by the
best legal authority we have in the village, that
legally the Council had no authority to enclose
| Market Square.
PROGRESS
We take the liberty of commenting little on
the above. What may be true in Philadelphia !
in regard to fenced squares does not necessarily
| hold good In a town like Sunbury. There are
no cows, or geese, swine allowed to run ut
large in Philadelphia, and open squares, there
! fore, may be preferable there, but here in Sun
bury where only the luxury of one square can |
readily be indulged in 4 fence not only beauti- |
| fies the square and the town but keeps the COWS
and geese and swine from defiling the green |
sward enclosed by it. In Philadelphia, all around
the public squares is densely packed with build
lngs, and an open space, without a fence most
! certainly Is luxury there, but Sunbury isn't
| Philadelphia About the power of Council TO
| erect the fence around the square we heard con-
siderable at the time of its erection, but the talk
was not backed up by law then. and it is now
little late in the day to stir that matter again.
In our opinion "Crab" would be a more suitable
| signature to the above than "Progress," as the
tendency of the writer's ideas are rather back
ward than forward.-Editor DAILY.
We fully concur in the comments of our neigh
Dor of the Daily, with the exception that sold
Croaker" would probably have been more appro-
pirate as his signature than either Progress" or
"Crab." Philadelphia may be tormented with
its old croakers as well as Sunbury and it is very
evident that "Progress" has not learned that the
| fences around the Parks in Philadelphia sill re-
main, after an agitation against them for two
years, which is an evidence that the citizens gen.
orally are opposed to their removal. The idea of
of erecting an improvement costing some eight
thousand dollars-an improvement greatly ad-
| mred by every stranger that comes to town
one suggestive of enterprise and public spirit,
and in year or two to tear it down, creating an
other expense, is worse than folly. If "Pro-
gress" desires to see our town 60 back to what
| it was quarter of a century ago, he will be dis
! appointed. The days are passed when he could
find no occupation more suitable to his inclina-
tions than sitting in the shade along the river
| the hills awaiting the approach Of some fo1y on
imal, for the purpose of securing its scalp ana
the premium therefor, to produce the jingle
| of silver in his pockets. If he desires return
of his halcyor days We would advise him to en-
igrate as they will return no more There is a
progressive element among us that will never al
low the enterprise of the place to retrograde, and
if it is too burdensome for 'Progress" TO sit upon
| the corners indulging in his usual amount of
"croaking''-if he is tired of living in live
town, and cannot bear to see the rapid increase of
| business produced through the enterprise of its
citizens, it would be to the interest of business
men if he were to seek quiet home in the far
West, where Improvements are not yet being de-
velopeJ. There iron fences would not appear
like ghosts before his vision.
DRowSEp.-On Sunday morning last, about s
o'clock, Henry F. Diebcrt of this place, accom-
panied by VIM. Patterson and Chas. Giltner, two
young men who came down from Washington |
vile Saturday to attend the concert, went out
for bath in the river. After being in the water
short time, they concluded to see who of them
could swim across and return. They swan
across and while returning, Deibert and Patter-
son became exhausted and sank. Giltner man
aged to save himself. Both bodies were found
about 10 O'Clock Patterson's about half 4 mile
above the bridge, near the spot where drowned,
and Diebert's below the bridge, at Riverside. An
inquest was held on Patterson here, and another
| on Deibert in Riverside, he being found in Nor
thumberland county. Diebert leaves wife and
four children to mourn his sad demise. Pattei-
son is a son of Simon Patterson, of Washington
vile, and is unmarred.-DSReil!e 4naeTican.
Two young men. named David Snyder and
Edward Kisner, both living on the HaDey Hills,
were tried by u Justices jury at TurtGtsilie, on
the charge of having disturbed the peace ia that
place, ON the evening of the 3oth of May. They
went to the Dividing Ridge School House where
young man named VIM. Hockey was instruct
ing class in singing, and by their conduct, in
company with others, broke up the class. They
were arrested, and the jury brought in verdict
of guilty. The Justice, A. s. Wagner, imposed
a fine of $50 each, and costs, making bill of
S32 4S for each. Rather costly amusement, and
will scarcely bear repeating soon, unless the pa
mic ceases. The rngleader has not yet been ar
rested, but will, no doubt, soon be.-Daily OF
Wednesday.
! The Daily of Tuesday says: POSTMASTER
Smith received the following letter on Monday
It contained no signature. The letter was post
marked ''Benton, Pa, June 5":
"You may notify the Commissioners of North
CUMBERLAND county that if they sell the peoples
| land for back tax, they had better keep their
| buildings well insured for they'll find il dear
job for them in the long run, they can depend on
that, and all that is in any way concerned in the
devilish business or encourages it will fare
! alike"
ANOTHER WARSISG.--On Monday morning
| last young man named Lewis, attempted to
/ board freight train, at the weigh scales, while
moving, fell under the train, and had one leg
/ so badly crushed as to require amputation. He
was dragged from under the cars by some
persons who saw him fall, or he would probably
have been killed instantly. DR.. Robbins of Sha
mokin, was called in, and is attending him. This
| is another warning to those who in the habit
| Of jumping on trains while in motion.
| THE PoTAToE BEETLE.-We find that this
pacious insect has become numerous in this Sec
ton of country, and is playing havoc with the
potatoe plants generally. Many of our farmers
are kept busy hunting and destroying these in-
sects to prevent the entire destruction of their
crops. The rapid increase of this beetle is noted
in 4 western paper as follows:
''The great numbers in which this insect ap-
pears will occasion no surprise when it is known
| that the female deposits many as 1000 or
! l. 200 or even more eggs at time on the
leaves of the young potatOe. These eggs are at
! tached by one end TO the under node of the
leaves usually in clusters of from one to two
| dozen. The larvae hatch in few days, and feed
| on the leaves of the plant for about seventeen
| days, and then descend to the ground, where
| they change into pupae at the surface of the
earth. The perfect beetle appears about ten or