Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-06-14
THE GRAYGERS.
THEIR CENTENNIAL ESoAMrMENrs,

Inc nliuuclpnih tunes, III uiiuuihB
to the arrangements made by the Pat
rons of Husbandry says;
OF all the hotel enterprises born of
the Centennial, the most original and
one of the most gigantic is the encamp-
ment of the Patrons OF Husbandry, at
Elm Stanton, on the main line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The fact that
leading officers of that great corpora
tion have their summer homes in the
vicinity of this spot is strong evidence
OF its superior charms, even though
compared with any ofthc other natural
beauties which have won for the route
OF that line such widespread celebrity.
Within three miles from the grounds
OF the Exhibition, and on the southern
side of that great iron artery which
conducts the life's blood Of the CONT
nent from ocean 10 ocean, stands, with
the appearance of q mammoth railway
station OF Swiss architecture, the Cen.
tennial home Of the Granger. The
location is plateau near the south
western corner Of Montgomery county,
and centering in an amphitheatre OF
hills, thickly wooded with chestnut,
on the south, covered with rich pas
tares and green waving grain among
the groves of elm and cedar on the east
and west, and romantically diversified
with bold, wooded bluffs and watered
ravincs ON the north. Not only the
site, but also the hotel (Which possesses
an air Of rusticity the more pleasing
because the structure is Of woody, offers
nearly all the inducements of most
eligible country seat. While specially
designed for the accommodation of the
Patrons Of Husbandry of the United
States and Canada, the hotel is open
to all other respectable persons. The
struture is a rectangle, minus one side,
496 feet long and 45O fect wide, with
eleven instead of but one wing in the
centre, and all these are as long as the
ends. The main portion is two stories
in height, elevated at each flank and
also in the centre. The wings are but
one story in height, There are on the
first floor 1,020 sleeping rooms, and on
the second, 1870, having comfortable
accommodations for 2,400 persons. In
the rear of and separated from the
buildings described, thereby keeping
at distance that disagreeablc odor
which frequently arises from agrceable|
substances is dining room capable of
seating several regiments at one time,
the simple comfort Of which can be best
imagined by those having ever, when
hungry, eaten chowdcr in a tent on
the seashore, while the stiff, cool, puff.
ing of Nepture ran mischievously land
ward with napkins and Mackinaws.--I
Back of this are the kitchen and laun-
dry, models Of system and supplied
with labor.annihilators that would send
John Chinaman back to Hong Kong
in despair after glance at them in
practical operation. The gas house
supplies the hotel with an article Of
the like Of which this city is innocent.
OF in the egrove of chosnut trees Is q
hospital that makes one wish ho was
sick-,just to loll on the swectsmelling
husk mattresses and listen to the sing
ing Of the birds ID the trces whose
foliaged branches sweep the roof and
windows at every breath of Wind
Near this is the physicians residence,
and also great crystal spring Of pure
cold water, and an engine which pumps
it up the hill on tho opposite side Of
the hotel, where Il is received In two
tanks, each having q capacity Of TO-.
900 gallons. From these the hotel is
supplied with the pure drink OF nature,
the honest, burnt, hard listed Grang.
ers being thereby prevented from say
ing their prayers backward because Of
dearth in the Adams draught OF their
own loved dale and mountain. There
is also on this hill, which is north Of
the hotel, large hall mot quite com.
plcted) fordramatic, lccturing, religious
and other purposes. Semi-weckly
thcatricals will be given there by com.
panies from this city, and neither for
these nor for any other entertainments
given will more than o nominal admis-
sion fee be charged-just enough 10
pay expenses. The hotel, with its
branch post-oilice, drilled fire depart
mcnt and police force, drug store, gon.
cral store, and telegraph, baggage, OK
press and railroad ticket offices, Is n
town of itself--and quite large one,
too, No inpxicating drink can be
had on the grounds, not that the
Changers favor total abstinence, but
they felt that this was their only way
TO real the "scum from tho town.
But (ct this DO sub rosa with the
reader) Treasurer Townsend Walter
q big-hearted Chester county farmer,
says that some guests carry "sticks"
in their trunks, and the Changers don't
interfere with that sort Of thing. Trains
run between Elm station and the Con.
tennial depot Of the PcnnsylvaniA Rail.
road every hAlf hour and between the
former and Thirty second and Market
streets every, hour. Tho ride from the
station to the Exhibition grounds oc.
cupies but ton minutes, Tho immense
parlors and sitting.rooms, furnished
with organs and pianos, fhoo .hs hills
and ravjnes, which arc but o fbw yards
Ito the north. and here, on moonlight