Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-08-16
FOUR LARGE TRAINS Go.
-Four Brass Bands-Penns Valley
almost depopulated-The
Trip and She arrivals.
10, OsO PEOPLE on THE GROUND.
EINVOLKSF KSFEST.
Union County has q big day and
feels proud of 1.-THE happiest
feeling and no disorder-A
grand success and no acci-
..-s dent.
Going Home, Minor Matters ctc.

Il
When. Col. Slifer, the gentleman
Nv and efficient President of the l.. &
t& s. &. Rail Road, on that memora-
BILE Fourth of July last, invited the
people of Centre county to take part
in the annual Harvest Home Festi
val of Union county, but one feeling
ran like. electricity through that vast
| crowd assembled at Spring Mills
and that was Affirmative response.
"Yes, we will come, Colonel, ut least
three thousand strongl" was the an.
swer by many voices.
The weather was very much un-
settled up to yesterday morning.
Heavy rains fell on Tuesday after
| noon and night, and it was feared
that "Wednesday morning would ush-
er i'm rainy day. But this did not
in the least uusettle the purpose of
the thousands who had bought their
tickets and had made UP their minds
to go. Happily the Heavens smiled
with favor on our festival, and SEEM
ed willing to SUSPEND its blessed
showers for n time. Toward mid
day the sun broke through the clouds
in all It's splendOr and glory, and we
had a most beautiful dayl ....
AT the earliest dawn people by the
hundreds came pouring into town on
their way to the depot. 1t was evil
dent that they meant business. We
went to the station with our family
at an early hour and found hundreds
already there. In an instant train
lsNF& &nmN
moved down the road u short piece,
to make room for another. This
soon followed and was also rapidly
filled. A train of twenty cars in two
sections, filled with 1900 people, ex-
elusive of train men, is what left
Coburn Station yesterday morning
for the Union county Harvest Home
Picnic.
At Spring Mills another train in
two sections, of eleven cars each,
was crowded with ITO people, max
ing a grand total of 500 from Cen.
tire county The AIillheim COrnet
and the Brush Valley Bands were
on the train from Ceburn, and the
Farmers Mills and Centre Hall
Bands on the Spring Mills.train.
AT 81 the trains left at COburn
and Spring Mills, the several Sec
tions about five minutes apart. AT
Millmont we met the regular up
tram with its engine brnken down,
| and had To take back to Lewisburg
thesix cars of that train, SO that We
had train from Millmont to Lewis
burg of sixteen cars, all well filed |!
Arrived at the grounds within
half mile from Lewisburg, at 114,
where Col. Slifer received and con-
Quoted us to 'Centre county Head
Quarters. This was an enclosure
about % feet square, into which the
baskets and other ct cueterd of our
party were slowed. and where an ex-
tenSive Lemonade Manufactorv was
soon to deal the delicious LIQUID to
thirsty thousands, without money
and without price.
BY Il O'Clock all the Centre COM
ty trains were in, when Ditner be.
came the general subject of conver-
sation and action. In every direc-
tiOn, all around and at every place
in that beautiful grove you could see
groups of greater or less extent clus-
ter around the baskets containing
the good things brought along. All
fOrmality was as a discount and the
matter was soon over.
In the afternoon each one, each
family or party, enjoyed him or
themselves at pleasure. Suffers
were there by the score, with all the
delicacieS of the season; the six
bands on the Mifffinburg
and Lewisburg each furnishing one
made the woods echo with sweet
est strains; quoting was the pass
time of the more prosaic; the Fly
ing Horse, that popular concern of
yore, was there and done a brisk
business; nearly every tree had a
| poster stating where good and de-
sirable things could be had. 1t was a
| V0iksfest in the best and fullest
sense of the word. We took a stroll
oyer the grounds to see the sights
| and make an approximate estimate
| of the numbers present. Consulting
several gentlemen friends, we think
it is entirely safe to say that $4,000
persons were present. Since the old
Derr mill was built in 1772, there
never was such large gathering of
people in Union county as the Grand
Joint Harvest Home Picnic of yes
terday.
Trains were run all afternoon at
short intervals to Lewisburg, and
hundreds of our people availed them
selves of the irstoppOrtunity in their
lives to see the beautiful town on
the historic West Branch.
The last train to Centre county
left at about O'Clock, and arrived
at Coburn without any mentionable
incident at 8, p. NJ. We all felt a
little fatigued, but well satisfied with
the pleasures and enjoyment OF the
day.
[Our account is necessarily brief
and much condensed, giving but the
general facts. We will give addi-
| tional facts and incidents, together
with our own observations and i'm.
pressions, next week.