I 1 is --:CYYV i v ;i I I ;? a. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "he is a freeman -whom the truth makes free, and all. are slaves beside.' Terms, S2 per year, In advance (VOLUME XII. E BENS BURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1S7S. XUMBLR 13. TJIK UK AD ALIVE. MTrtMGIIT VISIT TO A FAMILY VAULT llli IJODV 6NAT.IIEKS BECUET. Within the memory of many now living . 1 . J . . Be reeineetl -.misr, or uooy-suaicner, pneo i dii,'iisc,nS iraae, anu uaa lor tus clients . i I A C - 1 le D)"'. It'aiUOU .Hill lilHIUll UlgeS HIKl 'ijsit:ians of tlie day. Criminals executed J: tlie drop and unclaimed dead of tlie hos :a!s bad ceased to be interesting subjects J r the anatomists, and with the refined ii,te if the epicure they Inn ced for tlie ,.ps?s cf the delicate nurtured and refined d were leauy to run great iisks auti pay iijre pi ices to secure them, (.waves were ruthlessly robbed of their intents, and even tlie w alled tombs of the ipuletit and high born were raided on, and j.eHewly introduced tenants removed to 1,3 under the Knite or the operator and ic microscope of the man of science. Ilundieds of stories are related of the outbid deeds of the body snatcher, but fining them all none is mote remaikable I iJ soul-harrowing than the one just about t be narrated. The facts weie given to ;se wi iter recently, and it is believed that ley aie now published for the fust time. In the town of Kihnare, u the north of eland, reside many familiesof distinction. 3 be bead of one of tltese was Mr. Hell, a V mtif gentleman of twenty-five. He in littrittd a large estate from his unci', and Jenuived from his former abode to take 'jns.sin.-ion of the family mansion in Kil :ure. He martied the only daughter of a wealthy East India merchant tesiding in l.ivei pool, by whom he had two children. J i the fourth year of their wedded life Mrs. ji'.ell was taken suddenly ill, and cxnired hl.e next day. '1 he symptoms were of a 4 cuiiar nature, and the limbs so increased j i ize ininiedia ely after death that a mag a itieeiit diamond iing of great value could 9 t be lemoved from the lady's finger and n .is buried with her. Of coin se t his fact y a well known to the inhabitants of Kil j ,.ie, as Mis. lie II was the w ife of the most c iiMdeiable man tbeieabout, and naturally jil.cieft re all concerning her was mailer of (conversation and rumor. Ti e old chinch yard of Kilmare s'ood on j'be side of a bill, and immediately in the fuari f the church and adjoining the chan- kel ;is the tombof the Kell family. Here, :n accoid nice with immemorial usage, the l" dy of the deceased lady was to repose, lt d there it was deposited on the third day tifter her demise. After the ceremony ihe key of the vauli was put in its usual place ly tlie sexton in the vestry of the church. The day had been gloomy, and as night diew on a thin rain fell, which increased ;.xr about n.idnight to a smai t show er. Mr. i.en, who was about retiring, went to close puni-en winnow, and as he did so he fan c ed he saw a white figure crossing the !in in fror.t of the house. The next mo .iiftit it disappeared, and, satisfjing him If that he was the subject of a delusion, !e commenced to undress. .Suddenly the rear tones of the door bell rang through building. Mr. Hell paused, and moved 'waid the door of the apnrtment to listen. In a few seconds the sound again leverbia-t-d through the house, and Mr. Hell open f lthedo tr and stepped out into the cor f.'.er. At that moment as he glanced down tic stairway he saw the horisi keeper mov tti? t -waid the front door. Then lie heard terser tlie lamp she cariicd on the table, nd of-eu the lock and bolts of the massive I;"t. Then a dreadful and prolonged niek followed, and at the same moment Jir. !:r butler ran along the hall towaid tlie front door. Mr. Hell had reached the heid of the stairs and was in the act ot de tending.' when the butler i eached t he spot heie the housekeeper lay on the ti-r np Hiently ii a swiMin. What was Mr. Hell's Mi'piiseto s.e the butler raise his hands, f his gae ;ii,on (he door, and then sink to h'Mioor, as though Miuck dead Ltteily bowildeied and confounded, Mr. bell hastened down staiis. Tiieidolit that net. his gaze when he leached the centerof '' hall almost fioze bis bl-uxi. There '-"a the ti.;uie of his wife in her crave -'t-ies leaning up against the pillar of the ith one hand thrown across her t'avt. For a moment Mr. Hell w as almost ' vercomo, Then he remembered the white 'i'tre whidi he saw crossing the lawn a seconds before the bell lang, and not!lt., Kiance S,wefi ,im .i:xt ,he ar. n it-r t .. . r . . . " , '" me ttguio befoie him weiediip V";Z ith rain. "Juha n.y dailing, my wife !" Mr. Hell tic aniiM? ,,! .1,. j . .i i ', and s!ei)iud towaid the riuuin. It fade a nuitcn aii inn-iiri iiimn.na ,lje utxt iubtaut it was enfolded in bis Ihe ttf ttiat ensued baCl-s all descrip ' n- It was indeed the wife; but that day J :ed, who was restored to the anus of the -'laved husband and children. Timer. ,,at"'n Rl''ch sheofleied wasveiy in) ; ... Ct,and ""satisfactory. For a bhort aier l,er supposed death she was -ye or all that went on around her, but v, 81:0 Kns r'aced iu the coClii she lost Ciousrifts ;t,a ,;.! cfn. ' oniu lllilb I 11c liirtl. ioti m C( 'iiscinusness she had was one "Pu:i. t; ien she saw an indistinct glim- lller .. .".-iini. her f a"-v fieveie pang shot through r,, " j ' ' 11,1 a powerful ettoi oi t she de t'i S'lW a w"ln;u stamling by hei t'le.V VVm";ili fchiieked and lied, and i,,li Vs' " '''"Covered by a small lamp 'c lay on the n.w tl,at she was lying iu ac '"M.i the family vault. men'ttSa V6"''11' came to her every mo l.ron'ri releasi"ff berself from the ilw7 sbe sfepi.ed to the ground and PM-d o,n of lue vault, the d-or of which Mill c. C pP"- 1ow" 1118 chinch yaid whin i ,,i,,'s-,i to ,,,e ,nAh s"eef, along reari , W!4,kt'f" for half a mile until she hTJ, Ute ,"""e- Foitunately the the i I,-, , f j t,16I,a, k was unfastened, and . weiied up ihe roadway to the dwell raniii refit the iler knows. She "t I oMeffa,Ued Ler LeaUb aud ,ived to a theii f 'astne woman who stood by and Kt.i I , c',Iil1 whe" t,,e corpse arose Xexi J r into Kll1-Je flight? .ish.!,..,1. ,amL f,"JJ tin- I'laiihMo.l i-ur u-Kr ot the vault. It was -1 (ttin ...i. :i . Vei f-., nr.nuu usu uiy stoou in tue '"UlitU I 140(1 "y ',e fiext(m- " had heiiti , " rem"ved at the same lime yi u a, 7 of tl,e vau,S uke,- The t . I Vr;,!' ,r''sle'T tsilv6! Jecl of Uie "",ani however, was ..uOVc."'1(1, . As al'eady stated, M,s. rn i?.,n I L u Wl1" valuable diamond o 1 S':v- Tl,e desiK of H'e wo 3l4ll c-jin V- .eal tLi, f-ni the supposed i'ltbe'ft . "ilnK iraposKible Ut remove UdeH aief ,,d raised t,,e ,iand 'f tmjr ,Woinan lr n.outb, and in ber withdraw the riug with her teeth, caused the pang which went through Ihe frame of the evident victim of a trance and aroused her to consciousness. On the finger, just below the l ine, the marks of teeth were distinctly visible for several days after Mis. Hell's resurrect ion. Kvery efToitwas made to keep the re maikable circumstance a secret from the gossip of the neighborhood, nevertheless every exertion was used quietly to ascer tain w ho the robber of the tomb was. The general impression was that the gaib of a female w as assumed as a disguise, and that the depredator was in reality a man, and probably a professional body-snatcher. It was thought that the irrr.ni kable cir cumstances attending .Mrs. Hell's supposed death bad aroused the desire of some med ical expert to possess the body for the pur pose of an autopsy, that he had employed a person to steal it, and that the body snatcher, discovering the valuable jewel, bad resolved to gaiu possession of 'it fur himself. .Soon after this extraordinary occurrence the Vicar of the parish resigned his living aud removed his family to England. Sev eral years passed away, and the incidents herein recoided were Almost forgotten. Mis. HelPs father died, and Mr. Hi-il and his family quitted Kilmare and took np their lesidence at Toxteth, near Liverpool. During the Cailist riots in 1840, James Hmuswas arrested for murder, and lodged in Lancaster jail. He w as tiied, convicTed and sentenced to be hanged. Hifoie the last sentence of the law was executed, be made a confession of many cnmes, and among the lest of his exploits as a pro fessional body-snatcher, in which business he had been engaged for many yea is. The following facte aie taken fion. his confes sion. In July, 1820, lie was living in Belfast, having tied fioin England to escape pun ishment for his offenses. He done several small jobs in Belfast Tor the doctors, and on the night of July 20lh, in Ihe year nam ed, a well know n physician of Belfast sent for him and told him he had a very deli cate piece of woik for him to peifoim. A .Mrs. Hell, a lady of great beauty and the wife of a rich piopiieter, had just died of a very peculiar disease, and Hie doctor and his associates desired the body to in vestigate the cause of death. The doctor paid him so much money down, and dis patched bim to Kiltnaie with such instruc tions as were necessaiy. He was to seem e the corpse, and a coach would be ready at the chuicli-yatd r,ate. in which there would be two assistants, who would be ready to aid him at the given signal. He went to Kilmare on the day of the fiiuei al , at which be was present. He ex amined the lock on the door of the vault, and was sa istied that he could easily re move it. At iu id '.light he went lo the chuich j a rd armed w ith a wrench, a pair of she. us anil a pick lock. Fust satislj mg himself that the coach was in wailing he cnteied the grave yaid and proceeded to the vault. The night was daik. and rain was falling. Creeping up by the side of the chinch he reached the tomb of the Hell family. To his surpiise he saw that the door was open, and a faint light binning inside. Stealth ily diawing near, he glanced in. He saw the Collin lying along I lie marble slab, and iu front of it a woman was standing. A second glance showed him that a woman was at woik Hying to leniove a ring honi Ihe linger of the dead. A sudden thought struck him, ami slouching down he leach ed iu at the door, and wiih his shears, which he had brought to rid the corpse of its cumbcisome shroud, he cue a piece fiim the skirls of the woman's dress ami retiied unobserved. As he remained for au instance peering at the strange scene, to his honor anil astonishment he saw the Corpse rise aud raise the hand which the woman was apparently iu the act of put ting '.o her mouth. 'Ihe woman gave a shiiek, rushed through the door and tied, leaving the lamp Inn uiug on the door. The body snatcher guessed at once the woman's design, and, inipiessed with the conviction that she was a peismi above the ordinary rank, he lesolved to follow and see wheie she went to. He ha! no double iu tiacking the rapidly letiea'.ing liguie. It passed out of t he church yaid at a small wicket on the noith side of ihe chu'eb and enteied the paisouage. Sati.-fn-d that he possessed an important secret, out of .vl ich he could make money, l.e re; in tied to the vault. The light was still binning, and he signalled the men in waiting. They were soon on the spot, but on entering the vault they discoveied to their utter auiazenieut thai the cotliu was empty. '1 he body-snatcher kept his secret, and the mysteiions disappearance was a mat ter of unmixed surprise. Extinguishing the lamp the men qait the chinch yard, the body-snatcher returning to his quar ters in a small inn, and the assistants go ing back to Helfast in the carriage. The next, morning the newsof Mrs. Hell's restoration to life was abroad in the town. The body-snatcher lingeied in the neigh boihood until he asceitained that the cler gyman had quilted home for a friend's house. Then he called at the parsonage and asked for the lady of the house. It was with some difficulty that ho obtained an inteivievr, as ihe domestic infoiiurd him that the lady was indisposed ud con fined to her room. My business," be said, "is of very great importance, and it- is absolutely ne cessary that I should see her." After the lapse of half an hour, a middle-aged, handsome, stately lady entered the pailor, and. cazing with considerable dignity at her visitor, said : "What is your business with me, sir?"' ''Let me shut the door, ma'am," he said, and, quickly stepping behind the lady closed the door. I think we have met before, ma'am," he said in a firm hut respectful tone. "Sir !" the lady exclaimed iu offended accents. I am sure we have met before, ma'am," the man said. "You are mistaken," the lady replied, "utterly mistaken, sir: you will oblige me by quitting the house immediately." "You foigot last night, ma'am, iu the vault," the man said in a low tone. The cheeks of the lady evidently blanch ed and she gave a gasp for breath. In stantly lecoveiing herself, she said : "I don't understand you, sir. You are laboiiug under a mistake." "Well, I may be," the man replied, "that's a fact ; but my impression was that I saw you last night in the vault when yon were trying to remove the ring from the finger of what you supposed to be a corpse.' Lsatgg fcSwdJ VP . KLfgs- ill rlnW & Tk-rH, -4f lfe- I JTSsV f Hird's-eie Vieiv, Silks Dress Goods Jlourninr Goods Cloak in gs riannels Linens 7.Tuslins White Goods Laces JliObons Trim mings Embroideries rrinecs Z"phyrs and Worsteds Neckwear Gloves Toilet Articles Stationery JTloivers C Feathers The lady hid sunk into the chair and was deadly pale. . I?y a powerful effort (die oveicame her momentary weakness and sa'd in Mrong tones : "I don't know, sir, what you speak of. "i on are either laboring under a mistake or yon are a lunatic." "Do you happen to have a dress i:kc this, ma'am?" the man asked, drawing from his pocket the piece which he had cut from lire diess -f ;he occupant of the vault the niuht befoie. The lady's face grew white and dry. yietiid to speak but her tongue clove lo the roof of her mouth aud utteiance was impossible. "I am reasonable, madam," the mnn said : "I know your secret, but I will k-ep il if you. in ill make it worth my while." "How much do you requite"?" the lady asked, acquit ing the pow er of speech by a great effort. "Twenty pounds will satisfy mc for ihe present," the man sail, "and moie, at an othei time when I nuer! it." The money was paid and within a month the man lcunned and demanded mote. The lady evidently revealed the stmy of her d sgrace and crime to her husband, for he paid ihe money and soon after re signed his living and 'retired to England. This part of the condemned man's con fession was made known to Mr. Hell. All the parlies to this strinre transaction are dead, and hence Ihe names used here are fictitious. The writer's inf.. i mant.Jliowev er, vouched f.,r the truth of ihe story, and there is no reason to doubt his veracity. A Grkat Printing Piif.ss. Hoe's per fecting and folding puss seems to teach the very ultima thule of newspaper pro duction. The recent improvement of the Hoe. Company resulted i.i securing .1 rale of dV0!) copies :m hour, but a still more im portant addition has been made to the ma chine, consist ing of t he combining with it a small folding mechan ism of novel design, which puts out of usea iotn full of ma chinery and pei forms the n 01 k of twelve men. The entire process is automat ic. A roll of piper is hung on a horizontal axis over the press, the end or the big t ibl is pushed into the machine, a level stattsthe re vol u ions, and as the roll unwinds coin plete copies, neatly folded and ready for the mail, issues iu two streams at the end of the machine, no hand touching them from the time :he loll is swung into i s place till the folded paper are githeied up. 1 lie nominal speed of the new infecting and folding press is about. 3.000 an hour grea'er than that of t.ie earlier pet fee! ing press. Put since the work of the new one ioc'ndes folding, its real speed exceeds even this high figure by just the time required to fold an entire edition. It is beyond all sorts of com put -son, therefore, the fastest pi hit ing machine ever ile vised. It cm de liver 18,000 papers au hour folded for mailing. Selk-Wisimng Clock. A German lias invented a self-winding clock in which the j winding machinery is operated by the al- j lernate expansion and contraction of gly- I cerine, or other suitable liquid. A piston on the surface of the glycerine is s; con. 1 neeted with ratchet, wheels and toothed 1 racks that motion in either direction will , wind up the weight. The inventor thinks ' that the contrivance will be especially val uable fo.-self-registeriDg meteorological ia-sUuuieuU. John JFanamnkera Grand Depot, THE second year of tlie General Dry Goods Business at the Grand Depot is just opening. It is proper lo say that what was deemed an experiment, the first year, experience proves to be a success, and we now propose to grently improve on the first plans. The principles of 1 A. uniform low price for o very tiling; tlironskout the House. 2 One Price and no partiality. 3 Folitenass and Patisncs to ricli and poor. Cash Returned if buyers return c os (even though Dress Patterns) in reasonable time and uninjured. A very large stock of all kinds of newest Dry Goods always on hand, arranged on one floor with plenty of light to see them A thousand people oan easily be waited on at one time. Where so m nny goods are selling every clay the people are sure of getting only fresh goods. Earnestly desiring to serv the people welt, and inviting them, to vi&it the Grand Depot whether they wish to buy. or "only to see the fashions." wVIf not coming to the city to see the magnificent "ii. S nw nook for Spring, send for samples, des-orih-ing clss of goods warned. We do a large business throujh the ma i I. Very respectfully, JOHN WAN AM AK ER, Grand Depot. Thirtoenth and Market Sts. PHILADELPHIA. Can the Dkad Win at Caiips. A very curious law case came teeeiitly before a (leimati court, arising from the foil-twit, g circumstances : A cenl leman sat at a faro table ill the town of Koethen, in tvixotiy, phi ing wit h the usual attention and silenn;. Several plays weic made, and the caids which the gent lem.in emit iimed iiiK-liaiiyeii-ly tokep forwaid won repeated!-. The gold pushed towaid Ihe winner by the croupier, however, was not drawn by him, and, after several more accumulations hail made Ihe pile inconveniently large, the keeper of the bank rather angi ily requested the I'oituniite man to take iu his money. With his eye fixed on the cards, the player took no notice of the request. "Hi aw in your cold ?" was air .iu tillered by Severn! round t he table. No answer. "Monsieur. J'ou incommode the other players!" said I he croupier. The same mot toilless silence. A peison sitting next the offender took bold of his hand. Tho winner was dead. As the body was being removed tlie crou pier drew hark the money he had shoved toward the dead player, alleging that the g line based upon leciprocai engagements could not exist bet rveen ihe dead and the living. The heirs of 1 1 e defunct presented themselves Ihe day after, declaiing that the winner bad reguhnly commenced he came. 1 he question was cairied lieliiie j tlie tribunal of Koethen, and will probably depend upon the videnee as To the point of time when the player ceased to live. Hon and the Angels L-ox Dow. It was raining, and the streets weie gloomy and uninviting. The procession was head rd by an express wanon, in which sut a ! eray-haiied ,,1,1 lady lienealh an old 11111 ', India, which partly sheltered lo r and the ! diiver from the lain. She was bowed with j giief and sorrow and wore tlat tiied. j meaty aspect of desp-iir which betokens I hojv.'essiiss. .lust behind her was a rough j coliiii of plain, rndressed pine a pauper ; Coffin. What- it contained could onlv bo I guessed by inf rencf. In a lumber wagon 1 jus behind the co.'Iin came a family of ' children, drenched with rain and shivering I 111 their wet ns. Ibt they were all ciy ! intr and bowed with anguish. It. was "a I sad sight and told a tale of poverty ami j sorroiv in language which spoke louder I than woidS. An ated widow, too proud 1 to give her deceased consoit a pauper's I bin nil. A srd and soirowful family inn 1 borroved wagon. No friends, no hearse, J no cofiin bu: a rough pine, box, no car j 1 imjes nothing but. a dienohim? lain, a j dreary join uey and a gloomy return. It I was the most elf-'Cting fnnertl that, ever ; passed throiith t he st reefs of Kansas City. Jiansita Lity Mo.) lime. There used to be now, poor fellow in a mm gone West the United States tail way mail service ran east of I'niltng- ton. whose eyes were so Ci ookert he cm Id carom with end out tit them. lie could hold a postal aim's le:gth before him, lead the address with one eye and 1 k around the curl ami lead the message on the other side with the other, and watch a mm try ing to climb in at the car door behind Into, nil the same titnn. llo left the set vice be cause he always had to go to the door on the other side of the car to see the station. Burlington Ilatckeye. When most men give their wives ten oeuts it looks as big as a trade dull it, Thirteenth Street, Ladies X IHsscs' Suits " Sacqucs & Cloaks " Cndcrwcar Hosiery Upholstery Goods Dlankets and Quills Trttnlis and T'aliscs JZabber Goods Horse Covers Men's C Dgu' ClolJiing Hals SJiocs As Yol" Sow so Sham. You Keai The season for uiiideiiiug is close upon us, anil the following hints for Aptil are useful ; Sow mortgages about Jour house. A summer Cottage coveied with inoit gages has a very sti iking elloct. Trim the sausage bushes anil see that :he.y grow in a cool shady spot, so that the fruit when ripe shall not fiy tint in the hoi sun. I X I fath ow's the time to plant rich insane lets. l.Miylhem pretty deep, since it. is better they shouldn't come up until late iu Ihe fall. Pins need a light sandy soil. Sow broadcast. lloopskirts should have a top dressing of waist, niatet ial. Seaweed needs a good deal of irrigation w it h salt water. Cook aud pailor stoves may be set out in about live weeks. I'mbiclias need a good deal of iriigatiou before they will open. lyggN should be sown broadcast iu 1 ich loam and well harrowed. Now is the time, also, to plant youi hofs I hat yon may have baked pig for the Pom t it of July. If you have a hot house try and rai-e a light spiing ovetcoat. This, however, needs great care. Pew succeed. Xeic York Tt:t ic Stouy ok Matit's Little Lamb. Tim 1 st on Adrtrther stijs that, little Maiv's name was Maiy Sawyer, ami she lived in Steiling, Mass. She is now Mis. Taylor, of Somei v ille, a vidimus l.niv over 70 yens old. One nioiii.ng she went out. to the barn and found two hi 1 Ic limbs which had been Imin :n the night. One was so we..k and sm 11 that, her father said it w;:s no use to try lo raise it. Mai i "s t n der hi'att. pitied the liny creatine, and she begged her father to 11 v to stive it. lie gave it to her caie, promising if it. lived that it should be her lamb. The day that it went to school and was tumid out, it happened that a yoti::g p. an was there who saw the whole transaction, and he wiote out thestoiy in theverses which the chil dren know so well. The lamb lived and thrived, and had lambs of its own ; it ran iu the fit-his wilh the cattle, till one day a C v, with sharp bonis, while plnyirg, toss ed it into Ihe air, anil it fell bleeding at the feet of Mary, who happened lobe iu he field. W It h deep gi iff she watched its life go out. F10111 the lamb's wool a quan lty of yarn had been sotin, antl Mis. Tlet brought soiiie of ir t.i Aitnt Tahitha's Ice, and sold it at 2 cents for each piece, so that up I o last week, Mary's little lamb bad earned t-MrJ toward paying for the Old South Church in lio.ston. The "Pnow.ir" Weoping. The brownest wedding we have heaul of t-k place in Tusoaloosi lecently. The griMitn and bi ide weie Mi . David L. ISiow n and Miss Minnie Iion. ami the ceieinoiicy was pel formed by IJev. John Ibowii. and the reception was given by Mr. Henry Ilrown. Miss Minnie Il:own has brown eyes and was atliied in brown tronxxru , while Mr. David Prow-.i was likewise dicss'd 111a brown suit. Altogether, Ihe occasion was a brown iilT'ii. and ., me inf- Mftaof the Oak City in ext en d mg congral .1- lailonsto nr. ilrown ami .111s 1.1 own con fidently expresses, a hope that the name We i of Utown mav ever b t rttnated.' guess it will. Decatur (A'a.) JVV-m, The Old Vorfafje Hail road. AX INTERESTING P.lrtS OF LOCAL IIISTOUT. The following which we find in one of our exchanges will recall very vividly to many of our readers the halcyon days of the old Portage llailroad, when Summit vilie, Jefferson, Snmmei bill, and several other villages in this county, wrie the cen tres of business activity and the scenes of many a j -tyful gathering. It is proper to j say, by way or explanation, that Ihe via I duct at Iloise-sboe bend to which tefeience is made is known as the "Viaduct," abint a mile east of Mineial Point station. The paper from which we quote sis: On Monday evening of last week, in Phil adelphia, he fore the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Mr. Solomon W. l.'oUTt. I Civil Engineer, real a piper entitled " ll-on- iniscences of the first Uiilroad oyer the Al legheny Mountains," in the const run ion of which woik Mr. Holier! s was etgit-d . The speaker said lint an event of great Importance in the history of lVnnsyl vania was tlie iindertakitlg of an exte.isive system of interna", improvements at the expense of the Commonwealth, hut the history of this great en terpris, which cost ahout foity mil lions of dollars, lias never tieen written. The bright hnpes with w hich the work was began, the large premiums at which the live percent, loans of the S'ate were lor a time sold, 'he great revulsions of feeling and th fall of prices, which caused the loans to sell at one time for about ::j cuts 011 ihe dollar, the subsequent sale of the S'a'e works tn corporations, and the complete recoverv of the S'ate credit, are facts well worthy of re iieinhrance. The geographical posit ion of Pennsyl vani a is peculiar ami retn.irkihle. Washed on its southeastern tinnier by the AMnmic titles, it extends on the northwest, to tlie shores pf Lake Erie, and includes in Allegheny coun ty the head cf the Ohio river. Various lines of internal improvt 111 -nt were nron -sed in 'the early history ot IVtmsvi v.mia, but the rugged topography of much of its territory de ayetl their execution. The level character of the country bet ween Albany and I'citValo enabled N'-w York to 1 construct the l-.rie canal, which w as opened for use in October, lS'.Ti. This si i .11 11 '.ated ac tion on the pari ot the Legislature of lVnn syl vac ia, and the Pel nsylvaiiia Canal was begun on the 4 It cf .Inly, 1HT,. 1 1 the year 1 s7 the writer (?Ir. Ilnberts) entered 1 he s-r ice of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. 11" is a native ot IMillad'-'phia, and was educated at Ihe I'rielllln Academy. H witnessed the (-nil- s'ruciioii of ihe M iiit h Chunk (gravity) railroad, and of 'he Lehigh Canal from Mauch Chunk 10 E.is'nn. When the woik on the L-high was done, Sylvester Welch was employed by I he S' at e as principal en gineer of the Western l;vi-ion of the IVnn svl vania Canal, and removed to I '.' 1 i rs vi 1 ie, Indiana county, among tho A 1 ! ghenies. taking the writer w' li him. Alter miry 1 iscoiiragemeiiTs, the can.il was opened in I lecetiibi-r, 1 s:ti. f"-om 1 iMsburgli to ,T olios 'own. About this time there as tntich it- -citsion as to the best mode of crossing the Allegheny Mountain, so as to form a con ttcc ti.'il tie! ween the canals on jts e.-ts'cri; ami western sides, and it was first proposed to carry the anal over 'lo- mountains, but fliis w as found to be impracticable. On the Cist of March. 1-llM, the law wa pissed authorizing ihe Hoard of t' fi::i dun tuissioiiers to commence the construction o" a " portage" railroad over the A Ueghei-.y inoiit'.tain, anil they appointed Silvester Welch Principal Engineer, and the wti'et his Assistant. On the Sdi of April (forty seven years njo) - pl .rat ioits were t-gtiii near t lie sum tn i 1 with a pat f y of si x teen per sons, Ihe weaiher being very cold, and the running of the line commenced. The rail road over the uiouctatns was to connect t e western division of th" canal, which nun. tiience.l at .lohnstown, with ihe ea-tem vision of the canal, which terminated at Hollidayslcirg. The dis'ance from H.1I1 davsbnrg 'o j-il n-tiui n is abicii ,'', tni.es and the summit of liluit's dip is about 1.4'" feet above the former and 1 C-U feet above the latter. The highest ei-vatt n of the road, as ascer'aim-d by recent r ii'r ad sur veys, w as 2. .! feet, or Ml le.-t high'-r 'ban tin- highest point on the l'c 11 ns ! a 11 ia llai! road. The get-.cril design nd- i L lilroad was M,is : 'r,,. the elevation was tobeev planes, which er- to bl 1 f tr th" Portage line, nil part 01 1 nne 1 y i :n ! i neil straight in p'ar an-I ti ge some ha and profile to Ic on an loss than half .1 mil" long, and t o hive ,11, llegrecs. So angle on elevation of about five that Ihe avertig" heigh Veicollle tiy en b plane might be a! were to be wot ke. il' L'OO feel. 1 hese plane- :i stai tonal v stea 11- gtnesactl etelh-ss ropes. A stnie'ed ibere cere ten inci . i i 1 1 maiety con ned planes, ti i e 1. w ii h an ag jre ntl their w iio'e j on eni h side of the mo-miai I gate elevation of L'U''7 feet. length tout lions of rai miles and f-mr-'t tn lis. The sec roa-1 beiwccn the plant s were lo- ci'cd with Very ino.i. ri :c gr.t.'i s and Hi" minitnnni rat! i us of en r va ion was a. .out 4 "if feel. n these sections the cat's ffl-le to be ilruvii by horses or mal'-s. There Were eleven 1-v-ls. si-'-ill.-l, 01 ra' InT grule lines, ami ten iiicli'n-d planes on the IV-Mag". ilif w h lie l"'igil. f ihe r-'tl i bi i n g .So (ill It '.l iniii s. !' he tcat.es w ci e 1. 11 m beretl easiwanily from ,1 -di tistow n, a'.d th ascent fi-om that place lo ihe summit wa 1171 ..rt It'll feet ill 'j:; .! P I littles, and Ihe.b- lit frctii t,e Ktl'titn t 'o lit I da s " ' y V.VM 7l-U't f et in lit 11 "i 11 Pes. Almost the only pari of the I'onag" K ulro.t.l now in Use is the llor-eslioe bel.ii ll.idllct. Il-ed by the Pctmsj 1 v.mtti Uittrotnl as ; put i f ii in. tm lint. It was bu li at a cost of ah ml S."."i flfMI. Mr. K let t s gn ve m my details of 1 he w 01 k of cons: rut tm 1 a-i ! 1111 1. h-ii's attecitng tw operations. The road Wis graded for a d m lile track, an I a'l the culwiis and britlg-s were built of sto;.e. Th- wiiii r h oi tm western half U'ni-r hts 1 h irg, while W Milnor H iberts h:nl t hitge of tlie eastern The first tr.tt k and lurco its irnf itt .l n April, lsiij, but the si c -nil track v. as no comii'.eieil nut i 1 1 s.;.", Tic-ra U n. .1 o-, b,.i i, iracks wee tmjioi lei', li-mi lig'i.ei. ano hat I to be ban let I it p I h" A 1 legh' - li n-s ! -,- Ic .1 st power, ,1 slow iftd latioi'i.i i- process. I 11 lo cating tht line, our 1-vein.g 1 is r tti. -i t were gflo.l, btlt the 1 list I'll lltt-:i s l'.-r Itl-.llitltv curves w ere poor, ami I lie w.i. k w 1 miiiil done by a s'i r e vol s coi 1 piss. At that 1 1 m the imp irtancc of si I a i g li m-ss 011 a Ial iro.lo wa not a ppi e. la etl. At 1 he st ip.e bend of t he Cone ma 11 L'h r'vr, ftnir tmles Srnni .1 o!i us? m a n. a Imi.i.i-I wis j made tl.rongti n St i' ot i' n 1 1 1 .litu, ten which the s'tet t w o and a ha. I liiiiiii'i w as t -1 1" and 13 f"t-t high 11 tn ilres a beid of n -aii II il s The b-'t.'-h of t ,, et, titn'i i w a- ''(l li-i't v i ie w i t ' 1 i 11 the a 1 1 1. Tie cost was :;7.."i(i0. 1 lie r d w great, ilnral le l ijl wav, an stone stll.i wi re I'.st d itis'. : Yet il had to I e s e p I l et i.-. ! On the '.''i'h of Novetnbei is intend- d as i w 1 ' h 1 h ' s v 1 " w . i . f .v-io.h-11 tib s. i 1 I en V e ll s IS U ab hi 1 t wi lyearsanilaliattlrotii ine iiigoin'tig of tin ..e. .. 1 .,.,.1 : Tv, ,.(),,,t ,'ee ,.., I'l,.:...:el.,::i.l r'epre. i setitiucr th" Hoard of Trade, who were, re ' tnrning from Ohio. On th" lS li of March. 1834, when canal niv.giM "! i,p-"--.!, tb as a public highway, tin- Sta'e furnishing ' he mot i ye power 011 the incli tied planes only. The experiment of making the road a pit hi ic highway was very unsatisfactory. I mli v id mils and ri nil. em ployed their own drivers w ith their ow n horse" and cars. Tho cars were miall, had four wheels, ami eat h would carry almu' seven thousand pounds of freight. Psnally fmircars made a train, and that n umber cotild betaken up, and as many let down an inclined plane at one time, and from six to ten such trips cmild le made in an hour. The drivers were a rough class, and as it was not practicable to make lln-m woik by a time table, the consei.ptei,-e was that tin-re was tntich confusion when there was only one irack through the drivers meeting each other at points where there were no ttiitiottts. The matter Anally liecame io bad tha', af ter flinch opposition, the Legislature passed an act allow ing locomotives to lie used on the road, and the It rst one used was the I'.cstoii, constructed in the city of that name Wfore the days of heavy locomotives to 1 limli steep grades. The nnmlier ot 1-tcontoti ves was gradually increased, ami in ls.'U Mr. M. W. Italdwiii of I'hilauelphia. tiiiilt three. The business of the road ill 1S4" amounted to fiO, IK10 tons of freight and 111. (too passengers. The cost of the road at the close of Ihe year 1."'" was $1. ":.-! :Wi7 ti'.' at the conttact prices. The l'ennsi I vania railroid w as organ tzed in 1S47, and in September, 15."iii, opened for trav el from H tit risbn 1 g to a point of connection with ihe t'orlage Uiilroad at 1 fnncans vil le. In 1S."i4 the company ceased to make use of the State road, as they had constructed a summit Inunel and did tint use inclined planes. After a protracted negotiation the S'ate sold its line to the company, and iu August, 1S.7, the (Jovcrnor 1 1 a nsfet red the main line of canals and the Portage K ttlvoa.l tn the l'ennsi lvatna L tilroad company. Shortly thereafter the Portage went out of use. In ls.ts; was puVislied in L-it'don a bo k called a "Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America." by D tvid Steiensoti, s in of the dis'i ngutslied engineer of the I Sell Lock light house. e mh that America "now 1 umbers, ntnong its many Wonderful a t ticial litn s of 11 m in 1111 .ca' ion, a tin-uniain railway, which in lo'dness of design ami diiliciilty of execution I can compare to tn modern works I have ever seen, excepiing, p-rhaps, the passes of the Simplon, and Mount Cenis iu Sardinia: but even these remarkable pass-s, viewed as engineering works, tint not strike tne as leine tnore won derful than the Al egUeny llailway Iu the United States. M ichel Chevalier, Iho distingnishen Frene h engineer ami poll I ical economist, vi sit eI the raiiw ay ami gave a desci i ptnm of it in bis tiook on the public winks ot the United States, which was published in I'arisin lh4ti. The paper, w bich contained, in addition to the above, a great deal of information in re gard to the railroad history of I'ennsi 1 vania, was listened to with much ailetiiu. yOT A MA .' IS 17.V(i GIISL. A YOUNG I. A DY S UU l-:( I IONS TO M TItIMO NY A CON T It A ST lM.TWKHN I.IKli EL Ii'Kl. AN I) AITI-U MAltKlAGE. They were seated together, sid? by side, on the sofa, in the most approved lover fashion his aim ci.ci; cling ber taper waist, A;c "Lizzie," be sai .:, "yott inust b.tve tca.l my heait e'te this ; j ttu must know bow deai ly I love you." "Yes, Tied ; you b ve certainly Wen vety aitctuivc,"' said L.zzie. "Hut. L z.ie, tiiilmg, d.t you love me? Will you be my wile?" "Your wife, 1 red ! Of all things, no 1 No, indeed, nor any one else's." ''Lizzie, what tl 1 you mean?" "Just wh u I s;y. Pud. I've two mar 1 icil sisteis." "Ceitainly ! and Mis. Hopkins and Mis. .niiuner nave veiy g.ioa Lusuauds. I be- .icve. Sipeip'e say; but I wouldn't like to stand 1:1 either M iv's or .Ntli'b hoes : hat's all." "Lizzie, you astot;ih tii.'' "Look bete, 1-r tl ; I've h td over sleigti t uics this w inter, thanks to you ani mv 11; her gen: I, men fi tends." F.e.l wmccd a little be re, whether at h- 1 emeiiiln aiC" of Ih-tl 11 pud iivetv iil r :tt Ihe Plea of J .i;:zit s sie 'gate,-' w it . 1 ber : lit r g- niletnati 1: K-Liils. 1 cannot t.osit ivn. y ai;sv i 1. ll'i.v ntat-.y df yon think my sisters liave had ? Not the sign ,. .me, either of (hem Such p: tty gii Is as May and Nellie weie. too, and s much atU-oUou as they used lo Live !"' "Now, L'zzie "1 am beid of going to tbp theatre oc '' isit 11 a lly, as well as .1 JcclU'e or conceit sometimes, and shouldn't like it if I p isctl iitle-t l.ng any such eii'.ertainr"'iit to fu invai iat'y t"Jd that times weie liaid s:;d my hiishin-1 c.'al.iu't afl'ud it, u,;J iien lo have bim sneak ttj" alone," "Lizzie, I.i.:.i' "And then, if o.ue in a dog's age be did condescend logo with me a 1 y hei e 111 l he evening, I shoucit.'t like to Ue left to pick iiy way along s .piety places, al the tlsk I hie.iki'ig n:y itik. Ie walking alopg; it.c insci.c.isty i y n.y s de. m tft A rfe. ,ciidc;ii, coi.gi.sg iiii'uic, and 1 need the protect n .11 . I .1 st.o ig aiiii.' "L .z ", this is all i.m st'tisc." "i ni tiie youngest in our family, and ! -thai s I've In 1 . spoil,,. At ail t evfs I kiio v it would b t.tk nty hetnt to liav my hosb. mil vent .ill Mic i:l temper vthich h c cc ;ls f: iti ii.e w .ii , 011 u, defenseless I'M'!. "Put, Li :z'e, I p'orivse yo.t that I " "On yi s, I imI ; I l;iiw what you are g i ng ;. saj ih.t y.u wi l be tliltcienl ; on: .May and Nt d h ive told me lime and .tg in tint 1:0 l.-::ct iitisbiud-. lii.fi theits cv 1 !ied; Pu d, lis a Liver, you are j.ist pei 'cel. and I shall bate a a fit !y to jive ou up. Si til, if you a,, l.ent on n".M'!;;. tht ie mc plenty of gills iho lave not i.:.n 1 i. d si-teis. or who aie lint . ise en-'i;.;; lop -!; by 1 heir ex iniple, if . iiey ) tie. And d.tu"; fict.ibo:it tne, for i've ie tl .ili I can bud some one to lid your pi 'C, "' P. it Iff.iie l.'zz'e b;:d concluded Fred m ide f u- the 1: i -r, tnitttnitig soiuething; "tinmcnl'i -i.able to p.-'cte ens," "11 .e ! " e.ctiii 1. d I.lzzi, as the door f 0 1 d ! h a bang, "1 knew he was no . in 1 l!i in the list. That's pit cisely 1 l.e iay J.-Lu and Aleck swear, ,-.lui slam lies, when things t'.nj't gi just right. l!.;'tl in the a pt ilcct bai of ; husband, 'it I'm so -1 y he ci.ne to : he point so soon. 1. he was j 1 1 a sj-b i;did beau," A mn. praising pti. ter, siid it was sr x c ivil a l--verage that, though taken in arge qui:,' it ,..14, u always liit.de bitu fat. T h aieseen I hd un.e," sud auol ber. 'wht-u it made you lean." "When. I sh uld liKa In kirn v?" iiiqinisl tliB 'uli;ist. Vil li. -'- is;fi' ucy iLiu ist L.Ll -iii.ii Ufa II
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