Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-02
HERE AND THERE.
md haer ,oot inc for a long time for a

sketch OF Gen. Alexander Ogie, whicn 1
knew had been printed In one OF the old
magazines l found 1t the other day IN
p,,,pa,n for lSS3 and tore 1t out FOR repub.
lication In the INrkLLtdENCER, where, l
am told. readers OF that esteemed coutem.
porary will find Il contemporsneously with
this This sketch was published anony
mously at the time but it has since been re.
published in William Elders Periscopics, "
a series of personal pictures ol life and
character in the Southern tier OF Pennsyl-
vsnis counties The sketch is full OF life and
yigor. Its subject was one ot the notable
men of Pennsylvania. He was the father
OF the scarcely less famous Charley ogle and
Alexander, jr. The former is memorable in
the political history of the country as the
author of the famous speech in Congress
against Van Bureu's administration. The
entire distribe occupied twelve hours OF de-
livery, and fills many page OF the old GLOBE,
That part of 1t which gave him his appella.
ton OF Spoouy' Ogle was an attack upon
the extravaganza OF life at the White House
In the table use there OF a set Of gold spoons:
but 1t is said that the great speech Of his life
was n memorable effort made In the Somerset
court house describing the visit OF Gov.
Ritner of the committee to notify him OF
his nomination by the Democracy, Ogle
WAS large part of that committee and his
account OF the event was one OF the most
picturesque productions OF native American
oratory. l commend the readers of this
generation to study the character of the
founder of this famous house.
ran up the Delaware valley the other
day, with the mercury at about Hn, and the
afternoon sun blistering the west side OF the
car. When j came down in the morning
the early passengers were shivering in
fall overcoats. The ride from Trenton
up beyond Phillipsburg and to Msnunks
Chunk is one that Lancaster people seldom
take, but II can he commended for variety
and picturesque beauty. The Upper Della
ware Is very beautiful stream, and the
growth upon the hillSides on either bank
now Is tipged with the fret unts of autumn.
The sumsc bushes are all atlame and the
young NAPLES have begun to turn. / asked
Mr.. Buckalsw the other day, whom have
always thought knew all such things, what
the word " chunk meant he didn't seem
to know, but we agreed that IL WAS probably
| the gap made by the river cutting through
the hills. a. that seems to be characteristic of
| the scenery at Msuch Chunk aud Manunks
| Chunk. This latter is the station that marks
| the junction of the Belvidere division of the
Pennsylvania railroad with the Delaware,
Lsckawsnns & Western, as il runs from New
| York to Scranton. A few miles up the river
| Is the famous Delaware Wstsr Gap which has
| hotels and summer boarding houses perched
| all around on the hillsides. | am told that
| about htty thousand dollars a week Is spent
| there by boarders and tourists during the
| months Of midsummer. All around Strouds-
burg there are scattered good hotels and
boarding houses, and the roads are delightful
! Tor bicycling, driving or walking from there
the entire way up to Milford. Strouds burg
seems to be brisk place and, like many
| ether OF the towns of Eastern Pennsylvania,
| Is adding silk mll TO its industrial features.
-
An odd book picked up on a book stall the
other dsy,is "The Life OF Martin Van Buren,,
| Heir Apparent to the Government, and the
| Appointed Successor of Gen. Andrew Jack
| son. written by Davy Crockett 1t makes nc
pretensions TO great literary merit, but is a.
rough and ready as its famous author. 1t was
not of the usual order Of campaign biography
| by "bosom friends" but is a very severe ar
| rsgnment of its subject 1t was printed II
1885, in Philsdelphls and copies of it are
considered quite valuable by the book hunt
ers who make collections in its line.
| -.
This Was the frontier ststesman's view o
politicians In his day:
Statesmen Isicl are gsmesters and the peo
| pie are the cards they plav with And IL Ii
| curious to see how good the com parison hold!
| as to all the games, the shutting and tn.
tricks performed with them sort OF books, a!
| they are sometimes called. From "three up
| to % whist" from 8 " constable" to " pres
] and in both cases the way they cut and shut
| fie is a surprise 10 all beginners
| -
| Davy was something careless as to orthog
rsphy and grammar and such gems of frank
ness as these shine through the pages
81 have gone fur enough on this book +
show what mean"
"Van Buren's parents We're humble, plair
and not much troubled with book knowledge
and so were mine. His father hung out hi
sign on post, with a daub on IL intended TO
q horse, and with the words, ''entertaiumen
for man and horse" and so did mine; fo
both kept little village tayerns He has be
come a great man, without any good reason
for il, and so have /. He has been nom in aztec
for president, without the least pretensons
and so havel. But here the similarity stops
from the cradle he was of the non.committa
tribe; never was. He had always two way
to do a thing; l never had but one. He wa
generally half bent; tried to be as strsgh
as gun barrel. He couldn't bear his rise
| never minded mine. He forgot all about hi
old associates because they were poor folks
| / stuck 10 the people that made me-" &C. DC
| -.
One who enjoyed some breakfasts and sup
pers at Penryn park this summer and VIII
recently visited it and found it rather iorlorn
sends me this autumn valentine:
Our season now is busted, the waffle iron
| The beefsteak does not simmer on the CRATE;
Chickens crow with scorn, before Us in the morn
| The autumn leaves are rustling where we ate.
| -
| AS one travels through this vale Of tears
hunting campaign subscriptions and dis
pensing with political wisdom, he jostle
against a variety of people; but really thinl
the worst Is the young and very fresh senss
| tional preacher who mistakes CAB for grace.
| STSDBAD.