The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-10-18

and lndustrlously, around Iionesta,
as ii does from Turkey city to Ship.
penvillc, We will be in favor of having
another dose of the Centennial Exhi-
bition, and then we will attend.
On Thursday afternoon last we took
the narrow gauge road from Emlenton
to Turkey city. That same narrow
gauge road at present writing, is
"terror" to evil doers, and is regarded
with suspicion by those who do well.
Starting out of Emlenton, you wind
around hills, going up grade nearly
as steep as the Dutch Hill road, and
are oppressed with the idea that if a
coupling should break, you would
make the return trip at n speed that,
if it didn't take your breath away,
would reserve you for more violent
death when the machine Fetched up"
Fortunately nothing of this kind
happened. But we were treated to
some first.class views of yawning gulls
and fearful chasms, which might be-
come bloody" should any accident
occur. In some places the distance to
the bed of the stream below would ap-
proximate one hundred feet. We had
FIVE miles Of this up grade, which was
gotten over slowly and without acci-
dent. On the down grade, however,
from the summit to Turkey City, five
miles, we went at all rates, from the
speed of an Oil Creek slow freight to
that Of the Fast Mail. About two
miles out of Turkey City the tender
left the track, and the train was stop
ped. The train hands had tackle ready
for just such emergencies and in the
course of half an hour, or less, we were
steaming along again, arriving in Tur.
key City about six o'clock. We un-
derstood that the tender OH the morn
ing train had run off and smashed all
to pieces, and saw where lumber car
had jumped the track, sticking The
lumber up endwise in the mud.
We were directed to the Turkey
City IIouse, kept by Mr.. Frank Gay
city, formerly of President This is a
good house, and is kept in a style that
one would hardly think practicable in
an active producing region. The table
is first-class, the beds are clean, neat
and comfol oltahle and, in short, if
man can keep from getting confused
at the hustle attendant upon some forty
regular boarders. beside nearly as much
more transient custom, he can live as
well and as cheaply there rs elsewhere.
The hotel is situated on the corner of
Railroad Avenue and Broad Street,
and commands a fine view of the town
and surrounding hills, which are COW
cred with derricks, on every one of
which the walking. beam is kept busy,
night and day. There is not the rough.
ness, the belligcrcncy, the disregard to
the rights of others. here, that is OBJ
servable at the "front." Every man,
apparently, acts the gentleman and
wo saw nothing here that was not or.
derly and in good taste. Business is
rushing, money is plenty, and those
who are located here have a nice, prof. |
liable thing of it. The railroad, as
soon as it is properly ballasted, will
tend to give this place permanence
which most oil towns do not possess.
The railroad eompany have put up
good depot and hacks run to and from
Edcnhurg twice day.
Climbing into one of these hacks, on
Friday afternoon, we hal n long,
drenry, muddy ids to Edenburg; which
WAS onlurable only because the road
almost the whole distance, lies along
the "belt, and everywhere the walk
ing-beam was in motion, indicating
oil, money, prosperity and flush times.
Arrived at Edenburg, we walked
along the crowded streets, greeted
few friends, and called on the printer,
Clifford, who is about to start a paper
there. Seeing no chance of picking
up fortune there, we shook the dust
or rather the mud-Of Edenburg off
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