The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1886-11-18

guage used IN this call, which was
mild and polite when compared with
the language. used siu the speeches
at the township meetings, held pres
paratory to the great meeting in
Now Berlin "All opposed to the
secret, underhanded, midnight mans
ner by which Union county is to be
mortagaged to tho Baltimore md
Susqnehanna Railroad Co, are re-
quested to meet in New Berlin, on
Saturday, tho 3lst day Of July," &c {,
u series OF township meetings were
held to prepare for tho great meet.
ing in New Berlin. These township
meetings were larger than county
meetings are generally, aud when
the day came for the great meeting.
the whole county tnrned out en-
mdSSe, men, women aud children,
especially from what is now Snyder
county. Only one man, it ia said,
vas left in Lowisbnrg, aud perhaps
not 100 in the county, who did not
attend tho meeting. Excitement
ran mountain high, aud tho wonder
is that no lives were lost. Col.
Robert Barber was made president
of tho meeting He stood upon
the Mi(liiuburg band wagon aud
said, "fellow citizens" Then Jo-
eph Casey, aftorward Chief Justice
of the United States Court Of Claims
rose mp alougside Of Barbor and
said, Il nominate, Ner Middleswarth
for president Of this mooting."
Barber than called on tho. .anti,buud
men to follow him and organize in
front Of tho old Jail. Middleswartb
began to speak, but only got as far
as follow citizens, ",whon the band
wagon onswhich be stood, began to
move, aud away it went, faster and
faster. l was standing on tho side
step OF the wagon when it started
and climbed on the seat alongside
of Middleswarth,. as we turned the
FIRST corner. "Old Nor" law me
and said: Charley, God only
knows where we are going, bnt |
expect straight into Penns creek.
by this time wo woro al tho toy ef
iho hill, at the foot OF which waslthe
big dam on Penns creek, into which
our party (who hadsran off with She
wagon intended to plunges.the wag-
on in order to duck" old Ner, but
our friends then first saw me on tho
wagon, and not wanting TO duck"
me, they turned the. corner, ran
down the street and hauled up 10
front OF Aurand's hotel, when Mid
dleswarth loapod from the wagon
and returned to the Lowisburg men,
who organized in front of the old
court house, where speeches were
made by Hon. George f. Miller,
Casey and others, in favor of the
bonds, aud resolutions passed en-.
dorsing them, &c.i . This meeting,
be it remembered, was composed
only Of the Lewisburg men, and
few others in tho immediate vicinity
Of Lewisburg, and these resolutions
are set forth in the Annals Of Buf-
falo Valley by John b. Linn, Us
the voice of Union county, whereas
it was only the voice of the Lew-
isburg men, presided over by Hon
Ner Middleswarth, and the meeting
was composed, at the outside, Of not
over four hundred men, while the
real Union county meeting, presided
over by Col. Robert Barber, was
composed Of over three thousand
men, by actual count, as they march-
ed in procession at this vast meet
ing, in front OF the old Aurand Ho-
tel, (now the residence of DR.. Will
sons family) The Hon. Isaac
Slenker and Cbas. ii. Shriner made
speeches against the bonds, and
strong resolutions were passed de-
nouncing them IA fraud on Union
county. i took these resolutions to
Philadelphia and had them publish.
cd in the leading papers OF that city.
Also in the New York city papers as
the voice of the freemen OF Union
Co., and the result of the great
meeting was that the bonds and the
subscription were as "dumb as q
mackerel' from that day.
Out OF this meeting grew the di~
vision OF Union county, the bribery
prosecutions" against certain mon
for bribing George Eeinbach to sign
the bonds, the election of Ner Mid-
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