The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-03-19
a vis,t to Trent.

ED HERALD ITO those that are scquainf-
ed in the village Of Trent, the following may
be stale--possibly sounds TO them as an hy-
perbole-but 10 the strsnger. the unscquaint-
ed. the .'nninitia,ed.r it must surely give
him slight ides ofthe place
When made my visit 10 Trent many re-
ports. which have Iain in my mind as fos-
sils lie on our genial doctors table, were nn-
earshed with much less muscular exertion
than would be expended in lifting The
| sphiogis,on" OF the sncients left this
place al such time and arrived in Trent
some later. The trip would have been mo
notonous lad il not been through the princi-
pal farms Of this part OF the country. We
will omit the incidents Of the voyage" and
begin ut the city limit which Is one-half
mile west Of the "Y." We passed the coun-
ny residence Of one of the principal business
men Of the place ere We were aware that we
were In the city limits. The first that we
became cognizant Of the fact was when our
attention was attracted by The ear splitting
twinkle of the Putnam Academy bell. The
bell was held in the hand Of the principal,
Ar. B young boy oftwo hundred pounds
The principal swsyed the small. bell back
ward and forward. here and there. to and
fro, with as much ease and dexterity as
colored porter raitles a dinner song on
forty pound steel triangle. The bell making
on an average the unprecedented speed Of
fifty motions per second, and the clapper
number Of vibrations denoted by the tenth
term Of the geometrical ratio l. 3. g. 4, &c
Just a, this moment our ears land they are
full grown were startled by the screach and
yell of Zimmerrnans steam saw mill situat-
cd far up the mountain side.
The next object Of interest was a cider
press or mill. or possibly both. No cider
being made at this time, We next turned our
attention to the city smithyn The gentle
manly smith bade US how dye" and We
drove on without interruption until We
reached the Y.n In the vertex Of the an
gle stood the remains Of a Blaine and Lo-
gan pole" tIt is hitehing post now Now,
upon looking ahead, the imposing structure
known as Brugh's store loOmed up before
us We plucked up courage and bOlied
in" Here we met the genial hearted saw
millers. And now, for a moment, let US
lay aside hyperbole, or sarcasm, or irony
anything which might crate harshly upon
the ear The saw mill men are happy, in
dusirious, stalwart. good looking young
men They are in manner courteous. in
conversation aifable, in all. pleasing This.
we venture TO say, can be said OF few who
follow saw mill life.
From the awning Of the store. or the piaz-
"a ofthe hotel they are separated by a step
may be seen the farm offs. A. Putnam. This
farm is now being sold in ieI,-acre building
lots The lots command fair prices, one
thousand dollars being the lowest paid.
Mr. Putnam does the logging for the Zim-
mernan and Fletcher mills. Grabs are used
for fastening the logs together. This, We
observed, for we visited the mill, brought
in an abundance of logs, covered with So
perabundauce Of mud Much, very much
more could we tell Of our visit, bat time
and space will not allow. Remember, eve
rything within a radius of ten miles. and
outside OF Glade, BAkersville and New Lex
ingion, belongs to the city Of Trent. In the
language Of the bard,
" Where does Trent end. and where begin"
LEISURE.
NEw LFx1ScroS March Il 1850.