The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-04-03
fks frevsls and Adventures q Tin.
otAy SMpki6s ID Scarch Of q Nome
IN Inc West.

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Timothy snipkis, the fienet of 4
family, sftet mature reflection thought
beat 10 pull Up Stakes rs he cSpfctsed
w. and ledsh The highly refined and
cultivated soc,sty Of g., And iss
hcighBorhdod, and dnd home IN A.
nothet part Of Tho c6untsy where neigh.
bdrs ~ero Adt I'd near And wnsfs he
could In stcpping out Of His doh.icil
imagine lie "was mcnAtck Of all he
surveyed !" Aid where he codld take
The advice of an old friend Of his And
grow up With THE county, tho At tic
same time secfesly hoping tl,e country
would NOT grow any more shAn II hAa
already: 50 converting all He land
and household goods into n,oney, by
disposiny Of Them for ono foutih of
their worth ID some Of his more sen-
sihlc neiylibors -he packed . few ar.
iiciss which were ABSOLUTELY needed
into = wAi,h With Ills wife and child
ren and started On Bis jddrnoy. Aftcr
being fairly launched--or in other
words fairly started. He thought he
would try 4 new route. So proceed.
ing towards the South West he took
road which for depth. ravincs and
depth cf mud is not surpassed IL oqall.
I'd In This country Of America. Such
joltiig drd iostlins there was, that If
shu s,iipktns family had no, had THE
finest dispositions Ia tile world. thcfc
would have been \ variety OF eolors on
cheeks and eyes rs well d. On elbows.
As It was, the elbows of this dcv,ted
family coming In contact so often, it
became necessary to resort to the bot
tie Of soothing salve which Mrs. s. had
taken the precadtion to bring in order
to heal sundry bruises. However fol.
lowing tho example Of tho head OF the
family, they borc their let beautifully
Aud finally emerged into = broad tract
Of prairie which was delightful 10 be-
hold.
The lr.srt kalf-thst was the wife
and children would gladly have settled
there. but no such idea crossed the
mind Of Snipsins ST. Tvs West--thc
beautiful far West-Has sIuring him
OH to whero civilization WAS not 50
near. and where nothing in the shape
Of ncishbors would impede his vision.
After the trials incidental to such Il
journey ths Snipkins family finally
tuathcd what Mr.. y considered II very
E,dorado. Though like the road we
read Of and espcrirnce in this life, It
had been hard road to travel. being
for the last l50 miles composed of hard
flint rock ground 70 course powder n
bout the site of hens eggs, and which
caused the tires Of the wagon to bp.
come very much un,ired in moro plac.
es than one) Lp before the vision Of
.Mr. y. stood two beautiful ya,es garris-
oncd by noble forest trees on either
side. 1t is trup tie gates were origin
ally made Of lumber sawed ~ n tenn;
porary saw mill, but there wefc two Of
them side 10y side, dne noble tree form
ing tho post which divided then The
view beyond these gates was enchat-
ing to the eyes of Mr.. ). A long
through extremely narrow valley tor.
Inins,ing in woods. Aud at the com.
menccment OF the valley and just he.
yo.d the gates, stood n mansion three
stories in length instead Of height.
sroat Improvement by the way On the
Old fashioned way Of building one story
obuve another rs is the case in the
East. On tho outside Of the mansion
MAS MI appurtenancc called in com
mon phrase chimncy-but such \
chimney. II had tho appearance Of
being built Of variesated marble, and
.Mr. y, f!rnily settled in his mind that
il WAS composed Of marble from the ID
original states Of our Union. Tho how
il could have been transplanted to this
locality puzzled the brains Of Mr.. ).
not n little Until just at this crisis a
neighbor who lived four miles from
there clianccd " pass just at that time
aid told Mr.. s. il WAS made of nU,liinY
but the stonS cct!iI,ion tu that part ot
the country. Mr.. b could realize this
fact but clung to the former belief.
Then If you could have seen tia beau,
,itui ou,buildings-a smoke House
please excuse tire phrase-to the West
Of the mansion, dtg vut of the side Of
the hill, AMI sp arkiing IN tho sunshine
with the radiance Of q thousand gems
this was . sight to clrsYmthe eye Of Mr..
IS. This radiance was cstissd by the
small PARTICLES Of mica and silver and
lead tilt with which tho stores aud
earth abounded. and which caused Mr..
s. to ,hinH he had silver mine some.
where III his plantation. To the left
Of tho house WIS the dotnicil for the
horscs other and More couiniUIf
words tho stable. Thm WITS extensive
measuring Is by Is H. having two
managers without division and IN which
was u hugo sycamore trough for the
horses to feed from. One Of tho horses
Hut icing accustomed to such u rciincti
lrticlN In fcsd frot,, thnilvht he wOn l.l