The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-02-19
BERWICK, EVANSVILLE AND VICIN-
ITY.
EDS COLUMBIAN:


We thought that we would occupy a
fragment of this week writing for the
columns of the COLUMBIAN, which is a
weekly welcome visitor 10 many homes
Of Columbia county. The first faint
glimmerings of spring are coming with
the sunshine and the notes of the blue
dird, we feel assured that most people
welcome the departure Of winter, SO
pregnant with sudden changes of the
weather and the vicssitudes of grippe,
death and "fat grave-yards, and the
advent Of spring time with its balmy
breath, singing birds, green lawns,
fields and trees and blooming and
fragrant flowers and the health of the
people will be on a sounder basis too,
more desirable than all else beside.
Evansville still nestes among the hills,
but shows signs of activity, and i'm
provement.
+. d. Fowler is running the mer-
camille business with a good line of
goods, and is also post master he
halls from Berwick, and has become
fourlshlng citizen of Evansville. DR..
Adams is full of medical practice Jas.
Adams runs the Touring mill, and
not far away is the steam saw mill of
Mr.. Mack who is busily engaged shap-
ing lumber for the surrounding country.
The thriving farmers hereabout are
Joseph Lamon, Eliot Adams, Silas
Meyer, Gideon Michael and VIM.
Walp, who proposes to sell his excel
lent farm and retire from agriculture.
His farm is not so large, but in excel
lent condition, chance for somebody.
VIM. Lamon one of our leading citi-
zens, aside from agriculture, is busily
engaged as Supervisor and Assessor.
Geo. w. Miller still keeps the Noun.
tain hotel on the old Tioga turnpike
with large farm attached. His place
is winter and summer resort for
pleasure parties. The young people
Of Berwick and vicinity pay him visits
and have good time generally. By
the way he owns the Gunter's chain
that measured out the dimensions of
Berwick over a hundred years ago /;
also bureau desk made in Germany
over two-hundred years ago, which are
valuable as antique heirlooms and OBJ
jects Of curiosity. Philip Sponenberg
not only farmer, but busily engaged
huckstering to the people the necessary
blessings, and ailments of life. We
have prominent citizen of Berwick
with us ruralizing, E. J. Bowman. He
lectured for us on last Wednesday
night to a full house on "Our impres.
sions make us what we are." The
audience was delighted with his elo.
quence. He spoke an hour, and many
expressed themselves as wishing to
listen to him, at least an hour longer.
This lecture would stamp him as an
accomplished orator itself, though we
have had the privilege of hearing him
upon other occasions at Farmers In
stitutes at Berwick where he acquitted
himself in the finest style. Without
his knowledge or consent we say it
without hazard that he is not only one
of the first orators of the State, but
any where else. The m. c. A. of
Berwick has had series of lectures for
years, yet there are not few citizens
of the town and vicinity who say that
we have home talent in the person of
E. ]. Bowman equal to any lecturer
that has ever appeared in Berwick.
He will lecture for us on the evening
of February 2and, on "Washington
and our Country" and large audience
is expected.
Berwick is on the improvement
plan. The Car-works firm are enlarg-
ing their capacity to turn out IS cars
per day. They are about to put up an
annex foundry to make malleable iron
SO that they can strap and line every
car with iron of their own make.
Large steel works are going up in the
spring at the rolling mill. Mrs. Lizzie
Jackson's son.inl law and c. r. Wood
ms son, William, are to be the propri-
etors. we understand This is a great
impetus to Berwick, and will almost
double its population. Berwick can
boast of nice cemetery, good church.
es,good preachers, fine Opera House
excellent Y. M. c. A. Hall, good
hotels, water works, stores &c, but one
thing she lacks. She has not kept up
with the times, or with her prosperity,
in the shape of good newspaper, ed
tied with ability. There is chance
for so nobody to walk into Berwick
and plant newspaper that will reflect
credit and character upon the place
and its growing interests. We have
never been citizen of Berwick, but
we reflect the sentiment and opinion
Of not few of its citizens and the sur
rounding community.
c. r. Woodin is an exceptional
case. He does not make money in
Berwick and then run off and spend it
elsewhere. On "Berwick Heights" he