Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-29

| a few minutes chat with him.
The Captain is the head centre of the
CLAY township Democracy, but frankly
admits that, politically, things look
very blue to him but he seems to take
times easy and to feel that "What
can't be cured will be endured" some.
how He says he has got along SC
far, and thinks he can stand another
term of Republican rule yet. He has
big crops and is likely to get good
round price for all he can spare, con.
sequently is happy and feels easy. The
Captain is not the only Democrat that
thinks so and will say so, too, when
cornered but as class, especially
the leaders, they love to find some
fault somewhere, and if there only
had come plenty of early frosts oil
blight, or earlier drought, so that they
could have blamed John Sherman and
his resumption policy, and the Repub-
lican rule with it, oh how happy
they would have been to-day.
We proceeded to Five Points, thence
to Squire John Smiths and on to his
son Smiley's, where we found the pro-
prietor, squirrel-like, just depositing a
load of shellbark hickory nuts in safe
keeping for future use. Dismounting
we proceeded to take in the farm and
contents. We found plenty of fruit,
but, oh! the nuts again! Hickory
nuts and acorns, enough within a
radius of one mile to feed all the boys
and hogs in a county. The acorns
were so plenty that they were lying
on the ground touching one another
and the half of them not down yet
and as for the shellbarks, the trees
were bending under their weight OF
nuts. In less than an hour we had
gagged nearly four bushels in the
hulls, and hundreds of trees yet to
hear from. This must be on John
Sherman's account, and to please
Squire Smith and his family, who, by
the way, are all good sound Republi-
cans. We spent the night in this
"nutty" country saw more big buck.
wheat and corn crops, and next morn.
ing left for Marion township, where
we took dinner with our grandmother
Mrs Mary Turner, formerly of Parker
township, and mother of John M. and
William Turner, of Parker township
The old lady enjoys excellent. health
for one of her age (eighty-four, we
bclieve); smokes her pipe regularly
and loves to see her children, and
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
(of which she now counts twenty-siA
living) come to visit her. She has
passed through many of the days and
times that tried mems souls anc
women's too; has never yet enjoyed 6
ride on railroad and never till lately
saw a train of cars. May she see
many happy days yet on earth.
The farmhouse where we took din
ner was surrounded with splendid
apples, beautiful grapes, fall flowers
late peaches, ripe tomatoes, and lots o
chestnuts on every hand. If this par
of the country is not the land of plenty
where can plenty be found 7
After dinner we "took the bacl
track" and in an hour or so reined
up at the door of Mr. Adam Black
who, we found experimenting lot o
lazy boys threshing buchwheat, anC
he himself looking on and contentedly
enioying a pockctful of chestnuts
Though good Republican, he love-
nuts and fruits and will lay down hi
ak. or hoe, or fail anytime for the SAKE
of indulging his appetite. We ais
met Matthew McGregor, regula
luke the beetle" Of ye olden time, bu
lifelong Republican, 50 we forgav'
him for borrowing our plug of tobacc'
to get chew and cutting it in halves
then transferring one of the pieces t.
his own capacious pocket Farm pro
ducts here are pretty good. Crop
this season have been pretty good 81
far as threshed out, except buckwheat
Mr.. Black says his would have been al
average crop if those boys had no
carried off so much of it, after it wa
threshed, under their toe nails. w
were of the opinion that general foo
wash all around might improve matter
considerable. We put up our horse 10
over Sunday, and, on inqurinS, foun'
the man of the farm, Alfred Black
absent on n trip to your town with
load of burned lime.
The lime burning business is still
carried on to considerable extent i
; Cherry township, and commands
ready sale always, as it is OF a YER
superior quality.
Next day Sunday we attends
church at Pleasant Valley and me
many friends and old acquaintances
also listened to II regular scientific SCI
mon by Rev. Lawrence, but was sorr
to learn that the Sabbath School ha
been allowed to die an ignominiou
death, Just one week previous to on
visit, for lack of support. Prayer-mee
ing was announced for 5 o'clock, I. M
but Judging from the interest taken
the Sabbath School that it would.be
tame affair, we did not attend; sine
! learned that there were two leadin
members present. The rest stayed
home to hunt hickory nuts, club ches
nuts, and talk politics tae balance {
r the day. We suppose this is the
way Of serving the Lord and the
own appetites, especially the latter. :.
In the evening we went to the NJ
T.. Church ut Anandalc, but the preache
was "behind time" for some reason
| and we failed to connect.
: Anandale is the home Of III. @. Nj
Q Coy, the Nasby of Anandale, once
: Representative at Harrisburg, once
= Justice Of the Peace and once ASS
: ciate Judge. He would be grey in ii
| service of his country were it not Il
0 the free use of Bachelors Hair Dy'
0 and n vigorous constitution. lie hf
c been n success financially, POLITICAL
n and socially. May he live long an
8 prosper. H. G is the shining light
8 the "burg;;" once an Aboitionist, a