Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-04-04

Especial Correspondent Of the Phla. Times
HARRISBURG, March 20, 1877.
"Where away this time?" said the
madame.
"To Harrisburg"
"Do people ever stop at Harris.
burg9' she said al thought they only
went through"
| found that the State Senate was
largely gathered in tho sleeping car,
though it was forenoon. Such is the
effect Of habits. No parlor car runs
through to Harrisburg, lest it might be
misunderstood; they puton asleepera al
high noon and then the State Senator
takes out his lunch and collects biz
party BY saying: II want two pairs" "
1t is one hundred and six miles tc
Harrisburg, upgrade = nearly foui
hours stoutpull. Although the scenery
is like the Pennsylvania races, ming
ling OF everything, with Scotch-lrisl
stone heaps and granite highland,
strongest, there may be said to be only
two sensations--lager beer at Lancas
ter; with such aprctty brown woman
at the bar, and the big stone field neal
Mount Joy. "Ab," said the Allegheny
county Senator, chats the effect o
icebcrgs. They moved South thi,
way, dropping great gravel, and al
the way to Georgia this stone fielt
runs, making course for fugitiv,
slaves, who bid among the bouders.
At this remark an English tourist tool
out his diary and wrote "Beautifu
thought" and remarked "Are we
long way from a reservation, begu
parding?"
We looked out througha snow.storn
in March on the cold Swatara foo,
and the red brick hudde of Middle
town, where Cameron planted himsel
in the dawn OF internal Improvement
and put up bank. "He often smile,
nowadays" said legislator, "wber
you ask him how he found such ant
I
such a henchman, and replies HI,
found himself strapped with u load o
lumber at Middletown and called OF
me for aid to get home, and | stakee
him." Here the Englishman draw,
out his diary and writes: "Horribl,
reminisconcel A man called on .
banker, at Middletown, you know, io
funds to get home, and the demon tct
him to stake, and, dare say, burned
him"
We observe the Susquchanna, anc
the State Senator gives US a geological
hint; he says the Alleghenies slippe,
down here and spilled their decivitc
forward into Lancaster county, so tina
thepeople farm on the mountain apron
Wepass Lochieland see James Young
big barns just below, on a hill amids
his thousand acres, and see Cameron
stock farm back above the mills an,
canal "Don Cameron" says our au
tbority, fused to walk up and dow
here in everlasting prcoccupation. II
had an iron mill, a cotton mill and
railroad on his mind. He was think
ing about riches" aWhat was Simo
preoccupied about2" "Nothing. II
always seemed to have plenty OF time
You know he was an old printer, an
he usedtopick up type by typcand pu
'em in a composing stick. We'll, su,
pect he was picking up men, type b.
type, and putting them in his politics
composing stick" ] turned to tb
, Englishman to see if he was rccordin
this beautiful thought. On the con
trary, ho was asleep.
We were now at Harrisburg, an
got out in the snow. All the hotc
omnibuses had trucks attached to then
to carry baggage; the omnibuscs wen
swinging around thestreet corners an
the truck followed tamcly, a negr
standing upon IL, steadying himself
Such were the State legislators 4
these days, the attachments and bag
gage to political managcr-a parrc
of trunks and dnrkey, going invoI
untary toward the Lochiel House
The main street Of Harrisburg Is
short affair, closed al ono end by do
Ipot, at the other by bridge. The,