BISTORT OF THE BEATER VAX** Ovreßposdeoee erf the Pittsbnixb Gazette, Beaver Valley, August, 1873. (Ptiwr No. 24.] Reference was made In mj last, to the need to |CANUFACTORIKat when every town and every neigh borhood becomes anxious to win the the trade and business that we ought to have, it becomes us to stir ourselves and do all we can to ADVANCE OUR INTERESTS. Nobody will take the trouble at this day to search over the country until they find Beaver Valley, when' hundreds of other. points are urging antTbeseeching capital ists to come to them and build them up. The fact is that a majority of our people hare become listless in this regard, and don’t seem to have any particular interest in the valley’s progress. What care they about other people’s interest, so sqng as their own are all right? But, on the other hand, there is a large number of our -citizens who would be glad to see FOREIGN CAPITAL occupying and developing our territory. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. They are willing to receive aid, but how few are they who are willing to give some thing for that aid ? This brings me to a point where an earnest talk with our people is greatly needed. There is one serious and seemingly, at present, unsur mountable difficulty in the way of such an attainment. It is fully embodied in the word liberality. Amplified, it means that we ought to be more liberal to those who desire to come among us. It is too much the spirit among us, if not to actual ly discourage, at least to “throw a wet doth” on any new enterprise proposed. This is undeniable, and everybody who has observed the actions of the people in «nch cases, will agree that it is true, Stow, THE RATIONAL COURSE would seem to be to at least show some interest in anything that may be pro posed for the common good of the neigh borhood. It cqsts nothing to speak well in favor of an enterprise, and a few words may decide the fate of the em ployment in our midst of a hundred peo ple. There is probably not a person who will read these lines but can recall some Instance in which an enterprise, dragging its slow length along, has been literally talked into a great success. On the other hand, hundreds of instances can be abown, where as worthy enterprises have been talked Into; ignominious fail ure*. and fair predictions alone never worked a success, but they are potential helps in time of heed. Now, what impulse can compel a man to use his influence against ***» project, that will benefit his own ixmne- diate neighborhood, is * unrav eled. But many such iu Beaver Vailey; Apd to-day it is ondof the great est banes ofHhe valley, th|j| so many of LEY. GOOD WORDS - Sjg Isr ita citizens find only words of censure for all enterprises proposed, la addition to this, it is humbly suggested that it might be a stroke of policy, if nothing more, on the part of some of our people to give away some of their lands. That’s the ten derest spot of all. HISTORY FURNISHES Rtaww.im Of towns where men who desired menu* fcotarißfisites, were given all the: Und tiCy needed, W> gambling in the premises, and the history, of . ftffns is, that from, villages they have grown to be large and wealthy cities. It is only a bit of policy after all. The man who had ten acres worth five hundred: dollars per acre, gave awayi five acre*, upon which, P»7 io * "fMtojia weft ttilt. end U» other ire hate gar. him a return of three thousand dollars per acre, on the sale of lots at five hundred dollars each; a clear gain here of ten thousand dollars without any outlay. How many landholders are there in Beaver Valley who would be willing to do each a thing f Yes, there are some. You musn’t suppose that we are quite that mercenary yet. There are some men, but not enongh of them. Now suppose that the men wbo own each from five to twenty or more acres In the val ley, were to make a standing offer of one fourth of their land as a free gift to any one who would construct the proper buildings and pat in operation -paying factories, how long wonld it be until eve- ry fool of available*Boil was in use? - And would the donqrs be the 1 losers? Not a bit of it. THE REMAINING THREE FOURTHS wonld at least doable in value, and appre ciate in all the essential elements of real desirability by the time the factories were in working order, and besides a great and lasting good done for others. But I am met with the old objection, that the land holders cannot afford to do this. It seems to me very clearly that they can, but sup pose they cannot, there is one other course yet open. If yon cannot GIVE YOUR LANDS, SELL THEM CHEAP. It is more or less discouraging, when yon need five acres of land to set on foot an enterprise that will employ a hundred people, to be met by that people and de manded the highest market price for the land. It certainly logical that if you can sell that five acres for half market price and add a quarter of a million dol lars to the wealth of the town thereby, that it is much better than to hold the five acres for the next ten years and prob ably not sell it at all. There is no gain in this grasping and holding on to what we have with so much pertinacity, when a little letting go would benefit ns the more. But again. There axe scores of men among us who arc the happy (?) pos sessors of A GREAT DEAL OP WEATH. That wealth is lying dormant and doing no one any good, except a small dividend to the owner. Would it not be of more benefit to-the possessors and their neigh bors to loosen their grasp a little, and aid some enterprises that might come among us if encouraged? Man does not live to himself alone, and when he attempts it, there is such a thing a thing as a retribu tion, brongbt about by the violation of the laws of society; the laws that bind ;man to man in Interests, and makes one ■dependent upon another. But why discuss ibis topic longer? IsaJtlt as plain as the note on a man’s And if it were discussed; would it open the eyes of the people to a long neg lected duly ? The WHOLE VALLEY OP BEAVEK is suffering and dying for the lack of this liberality, and men can’t help bat see it. Bat beyond these considerations, there are many other needs that are patent to the most obtuse mind. Of course, these cannot be dwelt upon here. But among the INDIRECT NEEDS OP THE VALLEY, needs not belonging alone to the valley, there are two'that will eventually, if not immediately, call for action. These are, the improvement of the Ohio river and the completion of a ship canal to the lakes; these water courses we need and must have them in the near (utnre. What we had of a canal has been closed to us, and we are left to the mercy of a sin gle railroad to the lakes- , AN IMMENSE TRADE V is for us along the valleys on the line of the canal, and the short-sigbtedneas/and want of interest that allowed it to be closed are proofs enough of the lack of interest that we have in ourown advancement and prosperity. Last, but not lejtst— ' FINALLY, AND IN CONCLUSION— and, I might say tventy-fourtbly, I lay down my “gray goose-quill” with the consideration of consolidation. I wouldn’t talk on that subject 4£ce ;o face with an average Beaver vail fan for the worth of an interest in mines. Consolidation! Would you like to see Bedlam Babel—a geneW'muss? If yon do, just go to Rochester, down there in the east part, and tell that people that you hold a petition for the consolidation of Rochester, Bridgewater and Beaver, and want them to sign it. If you didn't go] home a wiser and a sadder maojjhen 1 have failed to study deeply the subject of consolidation. Bea ver Falla had some pretty high notionsot her greatness, thought she had arrived at majority and maturity, and proposed a union with New Brighton. Hot exactly officially, but sort of informally—end then —and just then—and not till then, did that sadly benighted and misguided town learn that there was a latent power of re sistance, a slumbering volcano, beneath the surface of good old New Brighton. • p J*'- s '.’ >' ■’ : . v, 'i I" »; i, •' -•■■■•. > ( i THE BADieXL ; FRIDAY, SEP*BM»ERI2 r iB73. i* ~ ♦ e. * * j 1 Many were the hearts that were tronbr led and wonderfully ontof homor, bat a keen sense of propriety anddlgnity kept Sown the turbolenoe of die storm and made calm Ibc raffled surface. Conse quent upon this agitation, a meeting was held in New Brighton la July, 1873, com posed of representatives of the three con tiguous boroughs, and many speeches were made prd and con oh the subject. A strong feeling was developed in favor of consolidation, bat so definite action taken, eJttOpt the appointment if a good, solid committee whose business {it was to keep a vigilant on the agitated ques tion; From present appearances. It will takd laother committee to find the dß* appointed; But this subject Is an old one, hating bpen agitated here 87 yean ago, and thenWcity named. Mr. it T. G. Gould wrote a very interesting letter Sept 13,1888, in which, after giving a few reasons for the consolidation of the little towns then here, dabs thehew made city Beaver City, and says, “I sh»ll,lhere fore, from this time forward, consider my self a resident r of Beaver City.” Several articles have since appeared in the Reaper County warmly '"advocating the movement. As shown in former letters, we have here six towns, each joined to the other, except where separated by the , Beaver river, or Brady’s run. Neither of these towns alone exerts any very great influence or commands very great res pect from home. There are too many towns in this broad land of 4,500 pehpie, for one of our valley towns of that num ber to expect to gain any great promi nence. Bat it is a very different thing when a town gains a population of 20.000 people. Then its influence Is felt, and n it towers head and shoulders above thous ands of towns like we have here. It is certainly trne.tbav a city or townof 20,000 people won Id have more influence than six towns lying together, the whole con taining that number. There is something in a name after all, and it is realized when we test it in a practical way. New Brigh ton or Beaver or /the other towns, are scarcely known qtftside of western Penn sylvania and eastern Ohio. But give these towns a name representing the whole of them as one city, and'it at once gains character abroad. There are sever al theories broached relative to consoii4a tion here, as to what it As a faithful chronicler you. One is the six valley and the territory tiguous to them, should . city, making fully 20,000 the prevailing sentiment warrant, should be call* Another is that Beaver, Rochester ought to be 001 ing a beautiful river city people, fully as large as the city of New Castle. This, with the splendid facilities for shipping on the Ohio river and to al. most every point in the land by railway, wonld certainly make a prosperous city. Exclusive of the water power, this la the moat advantageous part of the valley. The next is that Beaver Palls, New Brigh ton, Fallsto.n and some contiguous terri tory should be constituted a city, and would embrace a population of about 12,- 000 souls. Each of these plans has its champions, and each has its defects. It would seem that the first were the best, if practicable. If the people could be brought to see the immense advantages to. be derived from a union of this kind It would certainly be better U all the towns wefe in one ration and working in the same interests. In a territorial the scheme la entirely practicable: There are the very best of facilities for immediate inter course between the different towns, and better would be added if one interest fill ed the miud of each. But it is too soon probably to make a practical movement in this direction. Not too soon to talk it up—not too soon to say it ought to be done, and not too soon for every friend of such a movement to win converts to bis faith and make it a certainty in the near future. But if this be not practicable now for want of friends, the other two ought to be. And if the other two schemes were carried out, It ought ta be done with the end in view of making the other possible. Either of the two would give us a city large? than any of our neighbors. We "could have two cities each as large as the city of New Castle, and each of which would eventually con trol a greater influence than that live lit- tie city. Some of tbe arguments in favor of the move as given by some of oar lead ing citizens, are in tbe fact that by it we would have increased railroad and postal facilities; an impetus to local Improve jnenls; capital and manu factures to us; erection of gas works, wa ter works, street railways, and the quiet ing of local jealousies and prejudices. Well, isn’t that just what we need ? But, then, remarks some of our most respected property holders^\ u ccnsoUdatlon means taxation,” and, if consolidate, there will be increased taxation. Not a whit mote than there ought to ibe now. If we had all the needed Improvement*. From the stand-point of progress, it would seem that the reason for oonsoUdation largely preponderate over thoee sigafnst. Bat it is not the object here to enter Into a dto cuJaiqn 6f all the points pertaining to this question. That oan be better done on another occasion, hot It certainly does seem that a move! of this kind Is impera tively needed. Bat enoujgh has been said on this question. » The people of Beaver Valley iave a fair history the past, and it is in their own power to make their future whatso* i * i ever they will These letters /were in tended to ahosf whet we have been, wh»t par advantages, &c, are, and what we yet need for a successful future. While this has been done In a plain, practical and necessarlally brief manner, It has been 8989 (be less honestly. In closing the series, II liflow with the earnest hope, that as the years of time a&a?. f crease upon us, that they tpay find the of this beautiful valley enjoying the greatest prosperity, peace and plenty, and reaping for honest labo|* the “kindly fruits of the earth,” \ rtesltahern to return<,o7 thanks to those woo 00 willingly aided me in the gatheringof material for these articles. Whatever there If of merit in them is I dne to those who farniaheCk|he tacts and incidents of which they are composed. It was the intention allSnt to write a complete history of Bearer Valley, but was abandoned for want of some necessa* ry material, which it did not |svm possi* ble to get. This may yet be done.at some time, if onr Jeople will correct any errors in the articles published and gather the material yet wanting. \ own part, apd of those who have been interested in rradlngthe articles, I .return most sincerely my thanks to tbe proprietors of the Pittsburgh Gazette, who so kindly and willingly opened the col* nmns of their daily and weekly papers for the publication articles. Beaver. V I — - - \ $ A Deep Biver.t Says the Stockton Gazette: road between Merced and es the Merced River, that stream is about two hundred yards in width, and even at this season of the year, when the 'water is quite low, it looks like a dangerous and deep stream to crostfTsLast Thursday, a patent-medicine agect, %aveling on horse back through that section, came to the river and hesitated about attempting to ford it as be saw the wide expanse of rushing waters. There is n 5 bridgeVany where along there, so after some indecis ion he concluded to swim his burse across. Spying a boy fishing in a small punt tied to the bank, be said : “Hello^bub!” “HenoTyourself.” “Gan I get you to take my clothes across the river in your boat?” M I rekln you kin, if you’ve got any soap.” “All right, I’ll give ydu a quarter to take over my clothes and this carpetsack to the opposite shored / To this the boy: nodded the /stranger disrobed, turned over the clrpet sack and habiliments to the juvenile, who paddled out Into the stream, and mount ed his to swim the river and enjoy the luxury of a bath. With a splash at every movement, trite horse step ped into thd stream, and walked across— the water was nowhere more than eigh teen inches deep ! To say thatlhat med icine man, perched on theM.bara of his horse, was a man of iniqnity/W the space of half an hour would hardly do justice loathe occasion. There were enough “dams” along the Merced that afternoon to supply a hundred mill-sites. CkrrjrlaK out the Joke. While we were lying in camp at Ross viMe, Georgia, writes a correspondent,the Sixth Illinois returned from their furlough with a-number of recruits. One of these having exhausted bis supply of clean shirts and not having learned to be his own laundress, asked a veteran where he could get somoniashing done. "Do you see'those tents there by the church ? Weil, go there and ask Mr. Mor • gan, be |oes washing. He’s a crusty old 7 cuss, but if%ou talk pretty nice to him he’ll do iUferyW” The recruit went as directed, and found K>rgiij walklngynfronl of bis tent, as Was his cuslom/Sin the uniform of a high private. "Where will*! find Mr, Morgan asks the recruit. V ‘ "My name is Morgan. What will yon have?” "I came here to get some clothes wash ed." “Ahem? Who sent yon here to get yonrclothes washed?” "John Smith, of the Sixth." “Corporal of the guard !" The'corporaKapproacbed and saluted Morgan. “Young man, go with the corporal and show him John Smith, so that he can bring him here. And yon come back with him, and bring all tbe dirty clothes yon have.” They departed, and soon returned with tbe guilty veteran and a huge armful of dirty shirts, socks, etc. "Did you send this young man here to have his clothes washed ?” said tbe Gen eral to Smith. "Yes, sir, for a joke.” , "For a joke! Well, we’ll have the j.»ke carried ont. We do have clothes washed here sometimes. Corpora), take this man Smith and that bundle of clothes down to tbe creek, and hate him wash them, fold them neatly, and return them to the owner! Bee that he does the job hp handsomely 1” —An'lrish paper says that "In the ab sence of both editors, the publishers have succeeded In securing tbe services of a 'gentleman* to edit the- paper this week.” —Why is a prudent man like a pin? Because bis h&d prevents him going too far. 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We offer for sale the following prop erties, etc. A pleasantly located farm, situate in North Se wickiy township, Beaver County, for sale. Con /tains 119 acres, lies on Harmony, New Castle and Bsighton roads, 90 acres improved, balance in tim ber. consisting of Oak, Locust, Chestnut, Ac.; can all be worked by machinery, soil is very produc tive, excellent for grain or pasture; land lies un dulating. good springs all over the faim; underlaid with coat, limestone and ore: good sand and build ing stone; fences are rail and board, in good con dition; good orchard of apple, peach and other va rieties of choice fruit; grapes, shrubbery, Ac. Im provements consist of a two-story Irame house of six rooms, good cellar and kitchen, smoke bouse, corn crib, new barn 50x40 feet, stone spring house, close to schools, churches, saw mill, stores, S miles rom Brighton, 8)4 from Beaver Falls. 1)4 miles from the line ot the proposed Baltimore and Chi cago Railroad. Price $11,900. NO. 70. A GOOD DAIRY, STOCK OR GRAIN FARM In Big Beaver township, Beaver county. Pa., con taining about 140 acres—of which 1-20 acres are cleared, 85 acres first bottom land: 30 acres in oak timber; balance oi cleared land, gently rolling; all under fence, on the P. Ft. W. &C. Railroad ; building on a good township road one-half mile from Homewood station; soil is first class and all can be worked by machinery. Improvements, one newly weather-boarded log boose of 5 rooms, two stories high, veranda and frame kitchen, with pleasant surroundings, one new two-story frame noose of 4 rooms, portico in front; a good cellar; spring of water and weU close to honse: one new bank barn, with stone foundation, 40x60, with plenty of stabling for horses and cows; corn crib, smoke honse. and all nsnal outbuildings; a first rate orchard of various kinds of fruit trees in good bearing condition, and a young orchard. This place is in & very pleasant part of the county, with eve ry surrounding object to make it agreeable and at tractive, and Is a first-class farm in a good neigh borhood, close to school®, churches, post-office and station—will subdivide this tract if desired by the purchaser, for sale. Price, $BO per acre, in pay ments. George K. McCready, owner. NO. 73. A SPLENDID GARDEN OR DAIRY FARM, containing abont 107 acres of which 89 acres are cleared and under a high state oi cultivation, we]) fenced, mostly poet and rail, and iasplendid order; ten springs on the plate, two orchards containing 935 apple and 100 peach-trees, bearing and In good condition; about 97 acres of the beet quality of timber; a good frame barn 60x88 feet, with stabling underneath; a new,frame stable 16x90; a new com crib, a good frame house of four rooms and cellar, a good milk house, an excellent enclosed garden patch: plenty of small fruit such aa cherries, plume, quinces, grapes, Ac. Near to a new school house. miles from Industry on the' U. A P~ Railroad, good roads t» station TheeoH is good and the arm Is well fcdspted to dairy or stock purposes, and is considered one of the beat. Price 80 per acre, in payments. Benjamin Todd, Owner. maylO-ly t ANTED. We will give men and women BUSINESS THAT WILL PAT from $4 to f 8 per day; can be panned in your own neighborhood; it is a rare chance for those out of employment or having leisure time : girls and boys frequently do as well as men. Particulars free. jAddreaa J. LATHAM A CO., , 908 Washington Mass. BUIT-Qt & 8 ° n. CAN PIANO ” PASSED - togffiSS'- - - ■ . •} ■ PVwn dependent The Ani^ lcan Phmo popular loßtrameTs; nefll J be«; for mmjied territory, 417 Broome St.,N:Y. / ► a cfe /SSBS I " |(/ ,/6 linn ssi . >3® a i I* -« hiVf ~ %lr $ *< l** 2 5&2 Rl> W •’Sajo % w star* l aac £ HcEcSr «- O 5,1 H^§Ko v '2 . w jSirii3"2 P s§i2a? 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To Farm, i Any Legal Writing**' Do not l»U to call at- th« offlof EBERHART & B ® t> s ° GENERALINSURANCE ASKN^ REAL ESTATE BROS Ho. 22S BROADWAY, HEW BRICT 0 * aepW-ly ' Beaver C«&•' If Yon Want ADMINISTRATOR’S NOT#- ( ESTATE OP ELIZABETH JORDA3 . Xetters of administration on the este beth Jordan, dec'd., late of Big Bear? Beaver county, Fa~, haying been gno undersigned, all persons Indebted W “ arc requested to make immediate t all persons having claims against saifl notified to present them properly aut> for settlement. „ „„i, c/ v>cu augmt J. 8. HUDSON* 1 -5 -“C a , AND THE BEST WITH THE JOHN THOR^" ■w. X..® 1 ■i *t [jaai b u