Be ave x^^Bahxted
' PUBLISHED SYBRY FRIDAY. > YTO^;%!^^a3 0 AWyorM IW ADVANCE.
• ' 5 BEAYER, 1873. ~ ' ■ TITM!
SBiIWBW. *l< imw |iiw.' tat I teUna ta Wwtttoowii WpljPir*,! there Uofit. Now, what Imy Ita old notion, (a which many of I —» • ’ c
«. ■*£„**,****..« bi,«go«..,«
' his flve-dollar bill could! for the being of a God is true there ere bi
. mxMowas, ** ** “ 1,00 * , impracticable, hut how could we* U end (while the supply last- many glorious things that are possible.
tkai*s hw “ - « - . -so Wthoul fttek'moß Uhlpt.' : itfor a five-doltar gold If untrue Jthey arc Impossible. To men.
__ •• «• .-^ i> i^ ard ! M, - l> i* e another poor man -of logical mioda *hbsmile contemptn- I
iff- tT'S" tS” “ tn !t * WOKm* —■ > «>•»»« of ouily at ««.. .t «<.(««.
r:: . 510 |10.4# fetera 5£ the publisher. **“** OUt 10 the*. they g|| Sftnjrt; time gold would enter into | Mr. Abbot’s discourse is like a draught of not _
’K i 3.' is 1 * lw 9jj Professional or Business Carta, not exceeding to *** usually glow to percelvartifc When As the people would cold water to a famishing msu. was nerei
lat { 4!oo 5.40 9M lines of this type, 98,00 per annum. once fully aware of its oxistenoetmme- n>ore convenient than the - E. 8.0. higher. &
fDe ,s;£ ?!§“ 7$ niiS lira wry r <Mßin it seem
is.ospn 9.00 9.15 19.17x11 received, sad liberal deduction* mads in proportion Its effects. These men are aometimesso oar oaoer would be on a oar FROM KAFBAS. and'
,3 20 11.50 ujso 9.35 to length of advertisement and length of time ol f n ij paper wool aDeon a par
... 4.n 2.35 pm 3.55 am b.ob insertion. tun of plana that they get for themaelfe* Then the government would „ .
-- J. 8 -? 0g ? Advertisements of io ituee or leea, $l,OO for one the name of “theorists,” and the geh«!s| receive more gold. It would Corre ®P o ’ M j® ooo .
trains Gum_ _____ : -~= «Bertion,aod 5 cents per uae for each additional community look upon them as belngaiao SBlfefeom other sources than custom °* I I
( ; 1 ‘ aeertioa. impracticable to no lees degree than' w|ffiiP?WUhin a few months we would July 4th 1873 )
3.15 am 9.30 am 5.30 pm 9.90 v« AU advertisements, whether of displayed or blank those of the ODOOSIte class whom th*V .. u ", . . w .*-
1 9.15 ; 12.02 pm 8.05 12.15 AM ones, measured by lines of this type. a s * ' J BB ftom l T y payments everywhere, and Owing to my very limited experience I
PliLm 8 06pm Special Iffbttees Insetted among loca. items at w “ enom alarmiats. The world odHpreney would be settled Upon aas a public correspondent, I feel some
"t oo J o!os 2.27 cents per line for each insertion, naiew otherwise knows but little how much it owee to wHPbaaia. The evils of immediate re* what backward in presenting vou a brief
g ooam* ( w .4 15 li’aoAM 4gfoe<l opoa ** the “““t^ qaartcr or year. , the two classes, alarmists and theorists shJpdU would be avoided. Prices account of my trip thus far*; but very
IT ! t!i9 r AM la ® " 9k Mough 10 rank . ; be so suddenly affected as to little perhkps of what I may say will be
ii.oo : 10*53 sics 4.20 insertion, with either of these two claaeea of people, ftraphsinese. interesting to your readers; however, I
, 4 00 P *l-‘.so ii.*4sam B.w> Marriage or Death annonaeements published free lum willing to acknowledge that llw: ia so simple that any one can shall offer this aa a kind of introduction
f’. rTmtsb^ — of charge, obituary notices charged aa advertise- evils of a depreciated currency have it, and slrnpUcity is general* to something which, I trust, shall be
Occerai Passenaer and Ticxet Agent, ments, and payable tn advance. been pointed out to me by others, and IV nnlfidered a great merit. I can’t see more interesting as I pass htrtber along
r^L BT t“. ot , ti ,rop “ *?r j “ , ‘’ , ? ~hepBop,i!
discioeed to the publisher, will be thankfullyrs t I tW UlMe evi " hftVe ® een WgjW^ l by of course, I know that every I left home pa Sunday, June 15th, at
solved. Local news solicited bom every part of plana proposed by other men. Kever- in gold and stocks will oppose noon, taking passage on the good steamer
goikg soutii—main Liya. . the county. thelesslh&ve ideas upcoa great many by the ductnations of the mar- Josephine, bound for the upper Misson*
__”i MFB’a.j mah.; juxpk’s. | accom PubUcation offlce ila Tu» Radical Buttoma that are peculiarly my own* I are enabled to make such ri. and long were the hours of that first
! rjs“ jg« < 7?^!S!!S , i!!yS m<.w *»*, **» “»«• n« «y la 9“ foitg|,c, - > wh|ch >««° «ftw»oo>8tanoA«w—»■>««»»»»
; ! io!:3 s'.aa be addressed to SMITH arena,beaver. Pa. ting cheap transportation; a plan for re-
j JJ-}g ®-*> r: -.r—: -, forming the civil service; a plan for.ieg- ■ ihteresls of the people. more rapidly. We had for onr pilots Mr.
j i.iopm B.'uo 2BOM WA&HIITO TOM. ulatlng the relations of capita! and labor, inofe this plan is thought of the Jacob Poe and his eon from Georgetown,
I r j-j?. : . - and among.other plans I have one for re- it will appear and (I am who lam happy to say performed.the dn-
GOI NG Noitra-MAiNjjNx ‘ B«mmpitou of Specie paymeut. suming specie payment. oottlteot) the more practicable it will ties of their offlce with credit and ability.
j j_!°*' coereepoMdenoe «f the Radical. It would be a useless and %a endless thought no little apoo the Wc were drawing all the wal r, hut with
i s:io P * Washwotok, D. 0., July 1A 1873. to enumerate the many plana that sntyt. i have studied all the projects skillful management never lost a single
110.2* i 4.30 ; beer have been proposed. The first and most been proposed, Incinding the moment of time, except In the fog, or on
jis’.oemi s!5B ftbe obvious quesefoa is as to the proper plan and its most remote op- account of some unavoidable occurrence,
! jo eg on t time. Some tew would suggest immedi- have tried to eliminate from and let me say just here, in all my steam
nAST-RivKR DivisiQs ' »ur, - oAj resutuptlon, but the general opinion ia feaiarea that seemed least pract- boat traveling I have never met with a
, , : vhic t l b»t this Is impracticable, even impossi* most complicated, and the re- more pleasant and agreeable set of offl
( her ble. and that if it were possible it would my oogltatloDs I have given above cers; of Capt Todd and his son, the
i!oo A *i s'.r ipo bring with ft evils of greater magnitude in|M|brief Bpace as possible and there- clerk, it is only a repeated stqry to speak
” n \ f' aai than thoee which aow oppress as. They sbraewhat crude form, I trust of their kindness and ability aa steam
b 1 ;re therefore favor resumption at perqte it carefully and boat officets.
J i u, tim ® (which time is always in the fiimrifl myridcA tod lam Qaile_ a Wow’ A >t Onßon jnit? w on Wfldnag» -^ll^-^.-
WiteT-HiVBH MVMibit. ' n future)-and urge a gradaftl' U. -ev
VOLUME V.
n iTTSBURGH. PT. WAYNE AND
I ciiicaqo RAILWAY. —On and after June
train* will leave stations aa follows:
rtAtIONS.
t’KtsbnJ'gb
Rochester.
Alliance . •
OrrvUlo •
Crestline ■
Fonsst
Un»
fort Wayne
Plymouth..
(;tuca?o.
stations.
CSiea?o-'
fort Wayne ....
Luna
Forest
. t Ar
Cicrtkw •• {■ D e ,
jlansfleld
Orrvilie.
Alfcanca..
Bochtf«« r
pittsbargii
/CLEVELAND & PITTSBURGH R. R
Vj On and alter Jane 39. 1873, trains will leave
(rationsdaily, (Sundaya excepted) as follows;
STATIONS.
t>velttod.
tfiidwn.
Kevenna
Alliance...
bayard
IVeUmla.
p'.nabnrjli
• TATI OS 9.
meborsh
Bayard • ■
Karensa .
Hai-on .
C.cwiaad.,
IiULNIi
STATIONS.
5.45a* | 10.50 am ! 6.40 pm
5.55 i 11.00 5.50
0.57 >l3.o7p*t «.B0
8.00 1.03 i 7,50
9.30 ; 2.35 9.26
.. j 1 10.40 j 3.40 10,30
' GOING'
Baiiair
bntepon .
.'■.oabcunllo
Wells vi Do.
. Rjehester.
-'h:wbar:.’!i.
SIiTIOHS
_&c&ster.. ....
:St?abenvUle ....
Bfi'teport
fklUir
TX6CARAWAB BRANCH
.. Arrives
vi iuJ.i.l) Wam* I.oopm | Bayard, 9.455m*400pm
Bayanl.li.lo* 5 o,'p. m. | N. PhUa. 3.00 *7,3o pm.
P. B. MTBRS.
frer.erai Paaeeneer and Ticket Agent.
PENNSYLVANIA. R. R.
j December 22d, 1372, Trains will arrive
'*od wpan ae follow*:
•r IA',Il A ' , I, WAHa - WBBTWAHD.
luwgh Trains Leave Thronjih Trains Arrive
Union Depot.
„ * Bxp <*, ~-i>o ami Mail Train, 1:06 a a
Ma . Tnis. 7:46 a m Past Line. l,'-35 a m
! r‘'f- r) Ex „ W. 30 pm l Pittsburgh Kx. 8.00 a m
L f j r '? l 1:10 P m Cincinnati Ex. 8:40 am
r.a.-jdelp a Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Bx. 12:40pm
rasMjne, 8:50 p m PacificJExpr’s, 1:10 pm
i.orAn. • Way Passeneer, 9:50 p m
fe* 0 . 1 ’ 6:10 am; local.
p i.iiinsb :l f i Walls No 1 6:SO a m
u ,V ‘ v . 'O5 l1111 Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m
* "If lo:-* a m • Wilkineburg Ac
w e V‘' n N h°''’ . 11; 45a m> Nol B:2oam
«■ •■v.nsburir AC IWailsSoS, 9:10 am
. 2:4»1 pm! Johnstown Ac. 10.10 am
'a'.sNoi. 3:20 p m : Walls No 3, 1:45 pm
i Ac. 4:00 pm, Walls No 4 3:30 p m
hrr '; n ,Accoia- Wilkinsbnrg Ac
□'•dstnNol. IS) pm N 0 o 4.45 pm
K.iii.oii A,-. No 2 5:40 p m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m
i N11 „ 8; 15 pm Brinton No a. «;50 p m
ir. ~‘n r; ; 8:20 p m Brinton Ac. No 3 7:25 p ra
:l .No.ii ll:usp nj Brinton AcNo4 11:16pm
,' }u v ~'! Kx P ress - Cincinnati Express, Fast Line
ai '■ . inl '* n Ac. No. 3.leave daily,
jpii, Lxprusp driily, except Monday.
- u oi her trains daily, except Sunday,
r ,n C ac „ P rt ‘ s 8 leaves Fiitsburarh at 2:50 a m ar
, ; i a ! f ‘ ljlri ' ,bnr S B t 11:40 a m; Philadelphia 3:30
\ u ?- i ; more 8:00 p m; Washington 5:40 pm.
» )«rk «;3ip m. y
Express leaves Pittsburgh at 12.20 pm;
s .u, v “• ir psbiin: 10.20 p m; Philadelphia 2.30 a tn;
* ° r k bid» m.
1 ■ in.lup.uti Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p
.p'c! ■ it Harri-bnrg 10:45p m; Philadelphia 2:50
v " ;mure i;ir > B m i Washingtons:ooa m. New
■ ■‘•S ii:lo a m .
n . ’phi-fi Express leaves Pittsburgh at 5:20 p
81 Harrisburg 2:55 a mi Philadelphia 6:55
•1 .7. New l„ rk 10:14 am.
1; .!' V' ine J oa . Ve s Pittsburgh at 8:50 pm; arrives at
: ! ' ,:4 ' t ;V n: Philadelphia 9:50 a m; Balti
a m; " a=lungton 11:30 a m; New York
' * p fll
h 1,.' ..’ lr , cb Trains leave Wall's Station every
1-; ,‘,: r :,; 1 : •' 8 m.reacbing Pittsburgh at 10:00 am.
: win- I- 'L uavi; Pittsburgh at 12:30p m, and arrive
fjii, r„ V ,u 1:30 P m - heave Pittsburgh
firv Bnnton’s 10:30pm.
: 11,. fj'-k.ET OFFICE—For the Convenience
it le.'sH <lf Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania
f Nf. e Bn >' Olive opened a city ticket office
' 11 uvL-r.uecorner ofSmithfleld street,
r j u ~1 t° r Tickets, Commutation Tickets
V . u * Principal stations can be pur-
V 3,1 - v ‘‘our oi the day or evening at the
iii • u ;“ ;f v charged at the depot. j
1 ' n h.i '.'i Vl ’ be checked through to destination I
1. ri,. residences by Excelsior Baggage I
K i- 1 ' ur b e rs left at the office. j
■, a.-r information applv to
A ATT. 1) iL BOYD. Jb..
ritra - -Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
\ LU:g uen y valley railroad
r : '° r y ] r, 15th, 1873. Three
*'■! ,i'rri [“’d- except Sunday. will leave
■' icity tine, for Franklin,
u.,1 u-,;.’ u, '‘ oan d all points in the Oil Regions,
5 '-uai.d Central New York.
I’v.Leave. Arrive
i'v,;.'" 7.10 am 8.35 pm
sikas‘ ~ 10.40 pm 6.15 am
On ho na r 10.30 a m 4.45 am
8"( la \v, ri 8.40 am «.30am
I '' Ac ■■ ■ 0.59 a m 8.00 ala
L-.i,; ,• , i) ‘ • 11.40 am 2 10 a in
‘v Uuir.,n v Ac 3.25 p m 10.30 a m
w*i,rb« . 5 00pm 3.55 am
H ihon A ° 6.00 p m 5.45 pm
A 8.50 pm 7.20 pm
,1- ,?, ncla -‘ ,rain leaves Pittsburgh every
a arriving at Parker at 11.35 am.
II ‘'hu-oVi’. 1 l e *- ™ ker at 4.40 p ta, and arrives at
■ | T,~ t H p la. *.
,ir i’i ' a> ,, pi 1 ,', 51 v° froinSoda Works (Sunday)
If ‘ hor ? h ’ nt « to, and leaves at
U. iliiAY LAWKfiNCS.Qcn’L Sapt.
1 A *. Ticket Agent.
accok xaii.. Issrs'a.,
V ■ »
«.30a» :1.15mt 4JSOn»
TrW 230 6.06
8.40 8.10 7.15
9.80 4.20 8.29
tI.MO I 5.25 9.45
jll.lo | 6.40 10.00
» • i
Doubtless there will be entire agree
ment among all classes of the community
concerning the proposition that the de
preciated condition of our currency en
tails upon as many evils which should, if
possible, be remedied. There was a time
when the people talked upon this sub
ject, when our ablest financiers wrote
upon it, when our Congressmen made
speeches upon it and brought in bills
looking to such a consummation,- when
our Treasury qfficialsrefened to in their
jrepbrts jina theTe wasa time when
the question was one of exceedingly great
interest to the public. But now we sel
dom hear it spoken of. The people never
mention it, the newspapers neglect it, the
financiers have abandoned it. Congress
men have turned their attention to other
i matters, the officials of the Treasury
, avoid it ; in a word, it has ceased to be a
question about which the public feels any
great concern. This is a cause for alarm.
We are slumbering in a dangerous place.
I am not an alarmist, but I look upon the
apathy to this question as a very un
healthy sign. We seem to have settled
down to a determination to “bear the ills
we have,” while apparently we are per
fectly unconscious that other and greater
ones must, sooner or later, follow it. Our
physicians tell us that the existence of
one disease in the bodily system makes it
much easier for more serious and more
complicated ones to fasten themselves
upon it. So it is with our financial sys
tem. The evil of a depreciated currency
seems to have fastened itself permanent
ly to it, and when greater financial dif
ficulties arise we will not be in a strong
and healthy condition, able to meet them
and cast them off. We ail see this evil,
but we seem to be resigned to it, and like
Micawber we are “waiting for something
to turn up.” We have ceased to act.
We have almost ceased to think about it.
Now, all this is to be depreciated. It is a
very unhealthy sign, and we have good
cause for feeling alarmed at the lethargic
state of the public mind on a question so j
important to the most vital interests of I
the nation. |
I do not pretend to say where the 1
blame for this condition of things lies, j
For a number of years after the close of |
the late war we started on a career
great prosperity. Ohr paper had become !
so much depreciated that it required over
two dollars and a half to buy one dollar
of gold. Less than years ago the premi- j
am on gold had sunk to less than ten per (
cent- But that was as far as we ever got. i
It has since risen slowly and gradually, j
with slight flunctuations, and on Satur
day last it was quoted at 115?£ In this ;
neighborhood it stands. Something !
must be done, for things cannot always I
remain so. •
There are two cla*es of people in the
community of which I desire to speak.
One is that class who so readily perceive
the evils that exist, who can so eloquent
ly point them oat, but who are utterly in
capable of suggesting a remedy. Such
people serve a most excellent purpose.
Without them society would “go to the
dogs." They serve in the capacity of
sentinels to give ns warning when danger
approaches. One ot the most eminent ol
this dlass fjs Mr. Wendell Phillips. He
can tell ua in language Uiat arouses os
into life of the evils which surround us,
to that foatfltidtt of things w,
become practicable. . Horace r Gteelejr
used rosay “If you want to respme, Se
same.” Bateaid those of the opposite
school, “This won’t do. We haven't the
specie with which to do it. and, if we
bad, it would not do to resume now, dor
each a proceeding would so upset prices
as to ruin business." It was therefore
thought best to let the matter take its
natural coarse, to allow the value of our
currency and of specie to gr&dnally ap
proach each other, so that the transition
wonld not be perceptible to the business
community. We have been following this
plan, bnt the values of the two kinds of
money do not natnrally approach each
other. On the contrary they are becotn-1
ing mere widely separated. Gold is
worth more than it was three years ago,
or rather greenbacks arc worth less. We
are told that this Is because there is too
great a volume of paper currency in cir
culation, and urged to con
tract it. On the other band we hear the
cry from all parts of the country, espe
cially from the country people and resi
dents of country villages, of the scarcity
of the circulating medium.
What are we to do? We all want our
greenbacks to appreciate in value till
they become as good as gold. How are
we going to accomplish it ? By selling
gold and buying bonds? We have tried
this, but it does no good. Bonds keep
up, but greenbacks continue to go down.
Let me give my plan.
The government receives annually from
custom duties about one hundred and
ninety millions in gold, a little over half
a milliion daily. Inutead of selling this
gold to the gamblers of Wall Street, I
would endeavor to get it into circulation
among the people. If the gold and silver
of the country could he distributed among
the entire people there would soon be uo
difference between its value and that of
greenbacks.
1 would suggest for accomplishing
that result, that Congress pass an act in-
structing the Secretary of the Tresasury
from sod after a certain day to exchange
this gold for greenbacks, a certain amount
each day (say a quarter of a million, for
we have the gold with which to do this!
and to prevent rings and cliques from
monopolizing it, let it be provided that
ibis proceeding bo not limited to New
York alone. Let the government} de-
positarics in the various cities and towns
tbroughout the country be instructed to
make Ibis exchange to a specified amount
each day. When the amount bo specified
shall have been exchanged let it stop till
the next day or the nest week as the case
may be. To matte still greater provision
against the possibility of the coin being
bought up by gold gamblers let it be pro
vided that no larger amount than (say)
one hundred dollars be exchanged for any
-one person on any one day.
teUpecUWe : n'i
■*
V l Porta* Beaver Radical, j
Tlie |<tea of OoA—An Anehar to Uie
iWlBdwaWL
Everymanjatall Acquainted with what
isgoingon- in the world of mind has no
ticed the tendency to go from one extreme
to another. This is especially true in the
dome la of religion- Indeed one' extreme
begets another, and the relationship is
acknowledged in the maxim that "ex
tremes meet.”
The anthropomorphitic conception of
God is so gross to the cultivated mind
that it drives a man into materialism and
atheism as the least of two evils. When
the intellect finds oat that it has been
fooled in believing a dogma which has no
foundation in truth, in pride and anger
at the insult, it rushes to the opposite
dogma. Now while this is natural and
usual it is uot wise.
Beaver is a very homogeneous kind of
a place, and very far removed from the
dangerot heresy in any form. Yet doubt
is the order o! the day. It is in the very
air, and cannot be fenced out of any
town, or any family. Let us not be alarm
ed. It is the sign of life and progress.
Hence there are minds among us which
are compelled painfully to differ with the
majority in their thoughts about Qod.
Allow me therefore to recommend to
such a discourse on “The Idea of Ood”
published in the Toledo Index of the sth
July, by the editor of that p*per, Rev. F.
E. Abbot; in which he makes the nearest
approach to a demonstration of tbeLexist
cnce of Ood that I have ever seen.
1 differ with Mr. Abbot in that I belong
to the Intuitional School whereas he be
longs to the Scientific. I bold that all
properly developed and thoughtful men
instinctively believe and trust in God.
He comes to this conclusion by a short
cut acrosa lots. Mr. Abbot wants a dem
onstration. Like a surveyor with com
pass and chain, he starts from the place
of beginning and surveys round all the
angles of the field, blazing the trees, or
setting the posts, at every step, so that
any man may follow after him. I think
the belief in God is so important in its
consequences, and so satisfactory, that in
the present partially developed state of
the human mind men adopt it intuitively.
For you know, Mr. Editor, that there it
this difference between men, and espe
cially betwen men and women as classes,
that one reaches a conclusion by a slow
and painful process ol reasoning which
another may arrive at by a single glance.
- Those ot us who are intensely ortho
dox may indulge ourselves in the luxury
of abusing Mr. Abbot as an inffdel; but
in my judgment this discourse of his dh
the idea of God, so satisfactory to men
of mind, will be deemed a sheet anchor
for ns in that storm of opinion which is
gathering, and which is bound to sweep
mber of thinking
Bam.
ening, Jane 18th, and there re
mained until twelve o'clock the nest
day, when we left for Bt. Louie. 1 Boon
formedthe acqnaintance of oar new pi
lots, Messrs. Williams and Frazier, the
former of which I soon took pleasure in
recognizing as a brother. It seemed a
pleasure to each of them to instruct
strangers in regard to the history of the
country, &c., as we passed along. Upon
arising Friday morning I found we were
abont to enter the great canal at Louis*
ville, Ky. It took some four hours to
pass through, during which time ttook
the opportunity to inquire into the cost
and probable expenses to keep tt ops—a
yankee’a first inquiry—and I was inform
ed that it cost about $6,500 dollars per
month to keep it np. The two gates of
the middle lock cost $45,000. The whole
presented a beautiful piece of workman
ship. Reaching Cairo, 111., on Sunday
afternoon, we changed our coarse down
the Ohio to contend with a strong and
steady current, filling the hanks of the
mighty “Father of Waters." So great i
was the change that it seemed it would
lake a week to reach St. Louis. i j
In ascending this rapid stream I
thought of the beautiful comparison to
some men’s life. At first it is calm and
pleasant; how smoothly they seem to
pass along the stream, almost unconscious
of its constant crurent, until maturer
years of responsibility are reached, then
to them everything seemed raffled and in
a spirit of contention. They seem to re
gard life as one of our great poets have
said—
“a scene of fancied bibs and heartfelt care.
Closing at last in darkness and despair."
Finally, with the constant turning of
the wheel, we reaohed St. Louis on Tues
day evening at seven o’clock. Next
morning I was employed on the levee in
helping the clerk to discharge the
freight. We were both kept busy for
two days, during which time the beat of
the sun seemed unbearable. Here I met
friend Rev. J. H. Aughey, who had
shipped his household goods at Rochester
on board this steamer for St. Louis-
We left St. Louis on Friday afternoon,
June 27tb, for Sioux City and Yankton.
Upon reaching the mouth of the Missou
ri we found extremely h igh water, and
thus Car we £ave had a very strong cur
rent to contend with. As we'pass along
we see beautiful fields of grain washing
away. In some instances whole farms
are washed away in a short space of time
by a sudden change iu the current, bat
yesterday I saw a family leaving their
home on account ot the water cutting
the shore, and I thought of the foolish
man who built his house upon the sand.
Yet for rich soil, I believe, I have nev
er seen its equal in Pennsylvania. It is
so productive that hundreds of bushels
of wheat can be bought for 86 and 85 cents
per bushel.
When running my time is employed in
standing a regular walch .«* ateeremaa *
wbeo lying in port la*t Msm aamtant
clerk. We have ao bar 6a tbi« boat, a«*
everything ta done in decency and fa or*
der. \
Since writing like Above I here been In
formed by a ditteea that this rim bee
not been so high for several years, and
wm never known to be over three feet
higher. Somellojee in making a croesieg
it seems almoet like gulag to sb*-4ww
and three miles wide la many places,
I will try aod write you again before
leaving the Stales.
STOCK 8419UT6 IN NEBRASKA.'
BY PttOF. J. O. BOTLBa.
Lincoln, Nbbbabka, 1919.
About the 20th of March, I took 4hw
train from here for Chicago, 542 mifeft
Leaving this city at two on oae after -
noon, I ordinarily should have reached
that Queen of the Great Lake* at three
o’clock on the next afternoon. Bui on*
arriving at the Missouri I found it im*'
possible to cross, for according to the
local phrase it was “gorged with ips.**
It was as if a glacier had rushed down
from an Alpine ravine and blocked up
the track along a Swiss valley. Such -a»
iceberg bad not been seen then before
during thia season, and it was nest
swept down the river.
Meantime however, several care fitted
with cattle and‘hogs for
sent back 25 miles to Ashland to spaad
the night in the yard where they had
been kept through the winter,. I w.eat
with them In order to inspect the Ne
braska style of stock fattening.
One yard 1 visited is on s neck of land
between two rivers, one fresh and ooe
salt, so that no salt is needed for the
stock. The ooly shelter was a doss
fence four feet high on one aide, and bay
cribs orv another which broke the feres
TBftogn toe WTSter oad
been tbs severest ever known, the cattle
were in good condition, and none of them
had died. Tbejrhad.no covering what
ever overhead.
The food of the stock was aural): In
dian corn, each car cat into three, pieces
and shoveled from a wagon into huge
troughs scattered here and there in the
yard. Wild bay in the side cribs was al
ways within reach, and some of
cobs and ail, was ground in a horse ohII
into coarse meai.
The hay cost only the cutting, being
free on what in England would be called
“commons.” The corn was partly raised;
close at baad, ninety bushels and up
ward on a single acre—and partly bought
at 15 cents a bushel.
The cattle were Texas —bad been
driven last year 1,200 miles from the far
southwest. The first cost was $l2 per
bead—and $6 more for driving to the
✓
yard. Five dollars more will pay pas
sage to Chicago. The lost lot of a hun
dred sent from this yard sold tor four
nod a half cents, or more than fifty dol
lars for each beef.
No business is growing faster in Ne
braska than stock raising. None will
pay better- Indian corn is too bujky for
distant transport. It needs a condenser.
What it needs it finds in cattle and hogs.
Hog skin and cowhide make the best
bags—bags that bold ten" times more than
canvas bags Of the same size.
Ashland is a new .town on the "Bur
lington Route” from the Mississippi
River to Ft. Kearney, and twenty-five
miles west oi Plattsmouth. In that land
district over 25,000 homc-steaders and
pre-emptors have filed claims at the
United States office in Lincoln, and about
3,000 have bought B. & M. Railroad land
on ten years’ credit and 6 per cent in
terest. On land contracts since 1872,
nothing of the principal is payable till
the end of four years.
—The indications are that there will te
| three tickets submitted to the voters of
Schuylkill county the coming fall, the
Labor Reform party manifesting a deter*
: ruination to enter the field again. Oa
| Tuesday the standing committee held a
I meeting at Pottsvilfe, at which the follow.
! log resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Reports have been circulat.
ed that the labor reformers would pot
nominate a ticket this fall ; therefore,
Resolved, That we will not abandon the
field, bot will use every legitimate effort
| to inaugurate a vigorous campaign, ba
j lieviug the labor reform principles to be
Y .beat calculated to secure the welfare of
the people of our county.
John Siney, President of the Miners*
and Laborers’ Benvolent Association, is
opposed to the nomination of a ticket and
thinks there are other (hatters to consider
just now of more vital importance, to the
workingmen’s interests.
NUMBER 29 ,
Very truly yours,
J. S. Biuoaa.
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