The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-16
CAPITAL OF cLEARFrELp CO.
A Pretty Town-Beautiful view-Mys-
tefious Cave.


A Pretty Town-Beau,ifui view-Mys-
terious Cave.
Last Thursday morning w. @. Elliott,
editor Volunteer, and his Office force, T..
Will Greene and l.. l.. Gourley, and ye
editor Of STAR and Office force, Roman
T.. Koehler and Harry Truitt, laid aside
the cares Of the print shops for q day
and visited Clearhcld The scrlbcs and
typos boarded the ITO train with p. II.
Harmon, engineer, and Barney d.
Lavery, conductor. The engineer had
just gone 10 work after q two weeks
vacation and he made fast run TO Falls
Creek. Will Coax, the brakeman, says
IL Is ''cannon ball" train between
Reynoldsvile and Dubois. The morn
Ing was delightful one for ride down
the Anderson Crock Valley. From
Rocton to Curwensville there IL enough
picturesqueness - for those fond OF
barren mountains, dotted with leaiiess
and limbless trees-to please the most
fastidious. There is signs OF life and
and verdure from Curwensvile TO
Clearfield.
When we entered Clearfleld we found
quletness encamped all around the little
city, even having full sway In its main
thoroughfares. We visited the three
printing offices, Journal, Public Spirit
and Republican. Bro. McQuown, Of the
Journal, was out Of town, Goodlander OF
the RepuJiicon, seemed 10 have some
pressing business TO look after, but
Matt. Savage, ex-princlpal Of the Clear
field schools for number Of years, ex-
county superintendent Of Clearfeld,
now the genial, hustling editor OF the
Public Spirit, found time 10 show us the
town In its every day life. Bro. Savage
hired a two horse carriage, boughta a
watermelon, and the three married
men OF the party accompanied him to
several hilltop views Of the town, while
the single members Of the party were
having jolly time in the park with the
Clearfield maidens that were attending
Sunday school picnic. There are few
places, II any, where more beautiful
view greets the eye as one stands upon
one OF the eastern hills and looks down
on the well shaded town with its pretty
paved streets. There is plenty Of room
TO build large city, and from the way
the town Is now awaking from
its lethargy and getting manufactures
within her borders, II is only matter OF
time until their streets will be filled
with busy humanity and the hum OF
industry will be heard far up the valley
towards Curwensvile. Ono mistake
they have made is TO have two boroughs
OF what should be one.
The Public Spirit is an excellent
paper, yet we have wondered what
doomed the circulation Of the paper,
but learned the secret while at Clear
field Thursday. Savage is such genial
fellow that he draws people to him like
sugar does flies. n Clearfield does not
boom it will not be Matt. Savage's
fault.
Among the hotels OF Clearfield we
found Hotel Windsor frst-class house,
furnished elegantly and has all the
latest improvements. II is a 800 a
day house.
Clearfield is an old town and got its
present name from the fact that travel
ing to the town from the east IL was all
a wilderness until the top Of the hill
WAS reached and the entire town and
river greeted the weary travellers eye.
II was formerly an Indian village. In
the hills west Of town is an unexplored
cave. Men, with ropes around them,
have ventured in three or four hundred
feet but found no end to the mysterious
cave. When the town was an Indian
village the red men had large quantities
OF gold and silver ore, but would not tell
the white man where they got it, and
some people connect the cave with the
Indians and their gold.
Clearfield can knock Reynoldsville out
when pretty town is the consideration,
but for business our town Is away ahead
Beauty is only skin deep" you know.
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