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TAILYOR MAN—A CONI'EM:
PLATIVE BALLAD.
DY JOHN 0. BABE.
Right Jollie hi yo tallyor-man,
`As renal," mon may be; •
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De worketh morrille,
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—From the Knickerbocker.
Pl LVANIA RAILROAD.
• TWENTT-VIFTII ANNUAL REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R.
Co., PHILA., Feb..l9, 1872.
To . the stockholders of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company:
Your Directors feel much gratification
in submitting to you the following very
Petteisraztory statements of the husincsti
of your railway during 1871:
'l'l,o earning of the main line of your_
railway, 358 miles in length and 218
miles of branches, wore :
Vrtin Pus•nugers 4 3719 201 St
From Emigrant nowt,.
gw• 130,7.92 12
Front mullet 147,893 12
Vitint rxproo , Ma - ter... ' 3112,319 00
Yr nonoral Freights . 14. , 52,3,4 51
•Ityont 5164, Inures. '
13 cocoa 241,032 114
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For conducting truns
portatlon $4, 0 30.791
Fo.p ye power 3 949,047 23
V rdu+h, of,.ors I 202 121 71
Found, termer,. of nun] 3,302,266 55
For g.l 101 cep mews.— 229,041 77
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1. nvlng not Wilzinr.el
' 1 , 11 80 0110.4c3 51
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The total amount of revenues corn
pared with last year, is
1071 ' 413,7.0.919 i 83
1071117,931,701 62
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er,.ltirreinte $1388,.30 03
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The changes in the source of revenue
are shown below :
Ino,opiu Ortt.criud luttoon( rx
froiglolo
do exiouris motto-.
Tho only items of income that show
`'h doerease sire emigrants ($8,270,80), and
miscellaneous 42.11,311.101. The first
Iw accounted -for from circumstances
connected with the waa between Prance
and Germany, ...mid the latter .from the
large collections made in 1870 from other
railways for rents, &c., duo to •provicun
y•ars.
The *hole nuinber. of pas:louvre Car:
rled in 1870 was 4,802,760, and in 1871,
4,690,080; nn increase of 345,216, or
nearly 8 per cont.
The Average distance traveled by each
passenger was 32 03-100 miles, being
2 19-100 of n mile less than in 1870.
The number of tons of freight moved
(Including 524,451 tone of fuel and other
materials transported for the company)
was 7,100,204, embracing 8,161,441 tons
of coal. It was last year 5,804,0e1 tone,
showing en itlercase of over 22} per cent
in 1871. .
The average charge per net ton per .
mile Upon freights during the year was
1 8887.10000 cents, against 1 049-1000
*outs last year, 1 718.1000 cents the year
previous;: and 1 900-1000 cents in 1898,>
and per passenger 2 ris-too came r a per : mile
against 2 49-100 cents last year, of an
average decrease in' rate of freight,
charges in 1871 below those of .1870 of
10 85400 -per cent, and . in . passenger
charges an increase of.l 01.100 per cent
per mild..
!ha actual cost of operating your rail
road, including branch lines, in 1871, Pall
00-87400_por_opnt
Tlio earnings of the. Philadelphia and'
Erie railroad in 1871 wore :
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Prom o sesongora . .... $607,822 01
Brom F r eights • 2,800,35% 3:
From oxpr8:1 ra ttor.... 88 030 10
Prom molts . 24,074 10
Prom In I o •ianoons ' •
• nurser..' . 71 022 22 •
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Total into , , 312,800 per ,
vollo o ; , od 28,f:47,263 7a
Th. q , , ,•• ally% •zponio, during tho Plllllo.pwriu I
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po ''%i i °"••••• • • ••,••• • 3751,880 34
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or m , yo.povror 741.272 31
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i o rNo fitononco (dear. 206,118 07
Yor afiliotednueo of way 005,102 10 —' --
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Showing a balance to the credit 'of
Philadelphia and Brioltallewd... • 0760,000. 03
' The number of bons of freight moved
upon this lino during the year, was 1,-
828,401, againstl,6l4,2B7 in 1870;1,802,-
041 in 1809, showing a Broady annual in , .
, crease of traffic.
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freights was 1.195400 cents per ton,
and the actual cost of its movement
9'05400 mills per ton_per mile. leaving
a margin of profits of only 2 141-1000
mills per ton.
The increased tonnage in. 1871 over
1870 was 214,204 tons, and the increase
in revenue from freiglits
..$342,203.79,
and from passengers $1,440.63.. Tho
to - Tiirlitcrease—of—revenues_for_the_year_ ,
being $398,219.02.
-A . The compotitiop between this railway
and its neighboring , lines has reduced ,
the taxesnf rreight charged to the low
average of one cont.'and two mills per
ton per mile, whitih, notwithstanding
the low cost that it has been , worlted at,
does not afford an adequate minion of
profit upon the largo amount of capital
invested in the line. The sparsely 1 93 1 ,-
.urated and unproductive character of
the region traversed yields very little
local freights for transportation that
will bear liberal charges as a compensa
tion for' the reduced rates obtainable
upon,distant traffic:
The
,passenger traffic has shown a
' profit this year of $38,221.10, against a
loss in 1870 of $5,932.09.
A small. 'increase upon the rates of
.freight charged in 1871, with the annual
increase of tonnage arising from the de
velopment of the.resources of the region
tributary to the line, will hring thisroad
among the dividend paying - railways.
If its line had been in. the first instance
judiCieusly located, it would, ere this,
have proveD a profitable enterprise.
The "Low - Grade Railway" across the
Allegheny mountains, now in the rapid
'progress of construction by the Alle
gheny Valley railroad company, will
intersect and tise the Philadelphia and
Erie railroad for about 120 miles of its
Eastern, nnd, whire the gradients are
equelly favorahls, and wheii -- Cimipteted*
it roust add motel iallx to the revenues
of this line. This "Low Grade Rail
way" overcomes the Allegheny moon
tains—the - great barrier to direct and
easy transit between the West and East
—by gradients against the heavy traffic
Dot exceeding 10 feet per mile gn straight
liars, which are ratably reduCed upon
the curved portions of the road.
Tho revenue of the lines operated by
this company, and the - amounts paid for
their working expenses, interest, and
dividends, are as follows:
Ow Penn.ylonnin MC1.0.1 and
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$ . 22,262
And the expenses for operating them
were :
Pennsylvania nil I road -.511,8 . 4_1,433 34
Philadolithis ntiti Erio
rn l Ir o (including
70.200 03 not ern
it gn paid to that coo
p000)y 3,043,2'3 73
-$15,365,607 07
Thu- net profits of the „
year ICI upon ~1 the j,.
operations of the coin
— patty being ' 5 18,996,4'3
From which deduct divi
dends declared in nay
and November (each 5
per cent), with the
taxes paid thereon 4 9,625,082 50
Interest paid by the rOni
pony
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inures dividends
received 1,203,010 20
Paid for th lease of the
liarrisburi and Lan
caster reilnapt.. ..... . 132,039 94
Annual payment to the e
State of Pennsylvania
on account of inietest
aud - principaidite upon
the purchase of the
barks Inn.ween Pitts- .
urg end 'Philadelphia 400;108 00
Leaving a Wiener , to
credit of profit and loss
on /recount of rho
Pennsylvania railroad
of $1,470,290 78
But, from which In to 110
deducted the excess of
advances made by this
Company over tiro
amount received from •
tho United railroad
and canal compatriot;
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of New Jersey, and the
. Philadelphia and Tren
ton railroad company.
towards the payment of
ini most, dividend arid
operating expenses,
prior to January
1, 1822 030,220 23
leer profits of ieaso of
Pitralierc, Fuel It /quo
arid Chiraim railway.
an I P1.131.11rg and trio
railroad, until trans- ree
formed to the Penw.yl
- ia company trn
April 1, 1672 , 1111,824 02 n .
--- 8745,414 21
'Leaving a net *dance
MOMESSEMI
$ mu II
1,141, 141 04
1,149 67
51,0.4 12
buss nos of 1871, 0f... 6721,875 77
This balance is obtained from the
business of your railway for the paEit
year, after charging the amount (s32ly
-011 40), expended in straightening t.le
old Philadelphia and Columbia railroad,
purchased of the' State, 'and ($440,012-
45), the cost of substituting iron for
wooden bridges, steel rails for iron rails,
&c., upon the whole railroad, to mainte
nance of way, and Placing the loss on
lease of the New Jersey railroads in
1871 to'Expenso Account,
The acceptance of the enormous terms
of the lease of the property of the
United railroad companies of Now Jer
sey, is only to be justified by the very
great importance of securing to t 1
company d line terminating upon the
Hudson rive•, where accommodations
could be erected for, the reception and
storage of - the traffic of the extended
system of railways that you control
conuecting Philadelphia and New York
with rill .of the important commercial
centres of the, West—accommodations
essential to- the development of this
traffic, and *which it could not otherwise
eecurec :Without violating arratigments
with those empanies.
$l. 354'0 kl
The' amount to be paid unthlr the
lease is $1,948,500 pef samum 'for, di
vision among the stockholders of the
companies ; ,this compally receiving all
of their assets and assuming all of their
obligations.'
For several years , past the dividends
of the united companies have beau at
the rato,otten per cent per atmurn, while
their not revenues have not justified a
rate exceeding seven per 'cent the de
ficiency having been made up from
_a•
surplus fund that ' had accrued 'during
the war, which had become exhausted.
The terms of this lease requirekthe.
delivery of these works on the first :of
July last, but in consequence of an in
junction obtained by dissatisfied shere
holders; from the Chancellor of NOW
Jersey, this was not effected until the
first of Deem:Om—too late to introduce,
before the close of th 9 year, any reforms
in their administration with a view t)
lessen the cost of Operiiiini them. This
eiioumstance has materially increased
'the amount that we have had to advance,
under the lofts°, an account of the bust-
nosy of 1871. It .is believed, however,'
that by vigorous reforms Ili their future
'administrationi 'and the constantly in
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creasing tonnage that we shall throw
*upon these works, that they will in o few
years meet'tne high routil ngioed to be
paidifor them. Their revenues cannot,
be increirsed by an increase of the rates
of transportation, as these have generally
been,kept, too high tti produce the best
net results.
. In its last animal report the Board
referred to the disposition it proposed to
make of the largo interest that this
conipany has acquired in 'railways be
yond Pittsburg, for the purpose of con:
necting your main lino with the trade
centres of the west ; the object being to
•secure, by a single management of these
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works,' harmonious action throughout,
the entire system 01 railways that we
control, and at the same time to obtain
the bat results from the large amount
of rolling stock upon them, by transfer
ring, as occasions may require, portions
of that of ono lino to another, where the
deniand for its use wasmore urgent and
important to the , interest of the com
pany and the public._ With this object
in view, a charter was obtained for the
"Pennsylvania company," and all2the
interest held by this company in these
lines (except in the . Cleveland,. Mount
Vernon and Delaware raihMad) essential
to their control, transferred to it for a
sum which fully covers their cast to us
with interest, and preferred six per
cent shares amounting to $0,000,000 re
ceived in payment therefor.
• Thp capital of the Pennsylvania corn=
pany is fixed at $42,000,000, $4,000,000
of which is. to be common stock that
may be disposed of to individuals at not
less than par. Of this stock, imly $200,-
000 has been subscribed for all of which
has been taken by its manager's to pelt
feet. the organization of the compati:V.'
The operations of the Pelilisyivania
company since it entered into possession
of these works on the first of April last,
having been very satisfactory ; dem-on
strating- fully its ability, after 1071, to
make regular dividends to-its share
holdei s of not less than ! six per cent net
annum ; while the .original object that
this company had in Making these in
vestments has been secured.
In-organizing the Pennsylvania com
pany it lyaF. understood that the whole
of the net revenues accruing to it during
from ths lines committed to its
charge, were to he expended in their
maintenance and improvement. and in
additions to its rolling stock, which has
been done, and the property in conse
quence is very greatly impt.overt,- •
Since your last annual - Meeting this
company has acquired a" lease' of the
Pittsburg and Cleveland railroad for
nine hundred and ninety-nine years,
upon favorable terms, and have' trans
ferred it to the Pennsylvania company.
ECHINCE
EIEMEEI
A lease has also been made of the rail
roads of the Jeffersonville, Madtstin and
Indianapolis railroad company, carrying
with it a control of the bridge over the
Ohio at Louisville-through the Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad
company, which is operated by the man
agers of the Pennsylvania railroad Com
pany,
The chartiers Valley railroad, a branch'
line, completed during the summer of
by the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, aided by tho citizens along its
route, from 'Mansfield, on the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati and Bt. Louis railway,. to
Washington, Pa.; a distancl of twenty
two miles, has ralso been leased to the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati' and St. Louis rail
way company, to be liq'rrked at cost for
the benclit of its bond and shareholders ;
the Penn Sylvania raihroad•cpmpany own
ing' a majority of its shares. The opera
tions of this line sine it was opened for
business, have shown that its profits are
already ample to meet the interest upon
its mortgage bonds of half ;t million of
dollars.
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The Cincinnati and Munkingum Val
ley railroad, which passes through the
most fertile portions of Ohio, Mtersect
ing the Little adiatni lino at Morrow,
was connected during the. past year with
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis
railway by aline from near Dresden to
Manesvillc, sixteen miles. It forms an
additional through - route to Cincinnati,
and is controlled by the Pennsylvania
company through the ownership of a
large majority of its shares. Tire
mortgage upon this line in but Little
over slo',ooo per mile, to meet the inter
est upon width it lukti - already ;on pin
profits front its local business.
The Mansfield, Cold Water and Lake
Michigan railway has also been emn
mencid under a favorable truffle con
tract with the Pennsylvannt coimmtly,
from Mansfield, in Ohio, to Allegany,
Michigan, with a branch from Tiflin to
the ithportant city of Toledo at the head
of -Lake Erie. The whole route tra.
verses a'fertilo region, the resources of
which will ho' appreciated by the fact
that the eitizuns along tho lino have
agtued to grade, bridge ;tad fornibli tile
erems•ties Tor the whole railroad, to'be
Paid for in the stock of .tho company at
par.
.il'contract has also been made With
the Plymouth, ,Kankakee and Pacific
Railroad to operate its lino as lso'cin as it
is ready for business.
In addition to 'these leases thetPenn
sylvania Company has entered' nto
satisfactory atThngement to operato the
Vincennes and Cairo Railroad as soon .
as it ix completed, thus extending their,
lines to the latter point; from Whence
the International Railway is being built
southwestwaiAly into Texas.
• These and minor arrangelionts for in
creasing the business of the Pennsylva
nia Company must . add largely to its
mention,' while nt the same time they
will materially augment those of the
parent company. ,
All such contracts and arrangements
made by the Pennsylvania company are
to be submitted to and:approved by the
directots of the Pennsylvania' railroad
company, but none of which aro to ex
tend beyond the Mississippi on the
west, or Chicago on the northwest.
' The. Pennsylvania company wits or
gliniied by the' election of. Thos. .4,
• Scott, esq.; as PreSident ;• Wm. Thaw q,
esqt, Vico Presiddnt ; Gdorge B. Roberts
and Hugh J. Jewett, General Solicitors.
who together,, with J. N. llPOtillough,
.11.-H. Houston and' Hon. T. L. Jewett,
constitute the •board of managers. All
of those gentlemen have had. :long' ex
perioneo in the management of transpor-•
tOon and of xellways, and are Mrdnontly
qualified to secure thO sueecas ofeuoh nu'
. -
enterprise,. •
The genbral management of this ex
tended property,. now-amounting in the
aggregate to 8;200 rnilos'of railway, has ,
been entrusted to J. N. M'Cullough
CARLISLE, PENNA.gh THITRSDAY MORNING, =FEBRUARY 29,
_1872.
esq., who has gained an enviable remita
tion,by his energetic and judicious ad
ministrntion of the business of the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago, and
Pittsburg and Cleveland railways. All
the railways committed to his manage
ment have, during the year; been able
to meet I rom their own revenues their
obligations to their'creditorS and lessors,
exco t the Litt latni arul_the
anapolis and 'Vincennes, while in the
aggregate they have yielded reasonable
profits rto the lessee. The lines that have
fallen short of their'obligations, it is be
lieved, from the development of the
local resources of the couj , try„,toversed
by the last named, and the completion
of the bridge across ( the Ohio river at
Cincinnati, at the southwestern end of
the first, now near ly ready fur use, will
'also in a few years become profitable to
the lessees.
The adjustment of the rates of freight,
and the management of the finatices of
this. company have been committed to
Mi. Thaw,:l f r ice l'icsidene, whose long
experience in transportation eminently
qualifies him fur the performance of the
duties that have broil assigned to him.
The board, in its last report, stated
the circumstances that induced it to aid
in the construction of the Baltimore and
Potofnac railroad, a lino extending from
the 'Northern" central railroad, under
Baltimore and through l'itshington to
the south bank, of the - Potomac, whence
it is continued by the 4..lexandlia and
Fredericksbm' o g railroad c,itirp . any to'the
Fredericksburg mid Bichmond
which connects at Richmond with the
whole systeM of southern railways ,south,
or that point, now largely controlled by
the Southern security company, in which
this company bur: me a ShaVolmider to
motc3d its investnwnt in Ow 11,t1t fmore
:ma Potomac railroad. TN•Southern
sectuity company is .comp
Bernell fi Madly" to o;tr intece,tt: and ob
jests, and of which Gen. (7. IV. l'af,s'is
President.
The Baltimore aml Potomac, railroad
is nearly ready for ttse between the
"smith bank of the Potomac nail
more, and the timoTh under the latter
eity,will be finished it in; flue, en•nin4 .
winter. When this is celheted, there
'mill be an unbroken railron‘l Roof our
feint-inns opposite New Fork, ft om
Philadelphia, and from Baltimore, to all
points - Of importanee in- the South At
lantic atnt„aulf States, operated cont
nously by locomotive lower, and with
the single object, in view, to promote
the internal commerce between the
North and Smith by the adoptio , n of
rates: of freight, that, while 'they yield
.a reasonable profit Ilion their transpor
tation, will, at the same time, be dliced
- at figures which cannot fail to seenre
the movement by it of a vast amount or
tonnage, that is now forced into other
channels, or lies dormant upon southern
At:the instance of the citizens of the
growing and prosperous city 'of York,
the Pennsylvania railroad company pur
chased the stock of the Wrightsville,
YM•lt and Gettysburg railroad company,
upon whi.e . h ue the bridges had been
destroyed by the Confederates, during
their raid into Pennsylvania, immedi
ately before the battle of .. Getty,lung,
and since only tttup'lWall . ly retailed.
They hare also purchased the stock of
the bridge recently crested acrw,s the
Susquehanna, at a cost of abiint
000, in place of the one burnt by the
citizens of Columbia, to protect them
front the ' , Mel invaders ; and intro con
solidated the stock of both with that of
this company; thti. extending your 1%61-
road to York, whine it c',nniects with the
Northern Central lailroad, . and by it
and its.branelles with Gettysburg.
Phis lino, in addition to the traffic of
the rich and p.pulotis region it trav
erses, opoir.; tip a jn•nlitahlr Lusioess iu
the luuripurtatiuG of Jr..' ores, for
which there i..;lll)yr a large durnaml at
31,u-iota, Itoatil lig, and vicin
ity.
branch has been
extended doting the year sixteen miles,
throilgh a fertile country, to the Hell
hetnaVe iron OM 111,11(1 , ,It S MOVI9SCIII'S
Coco, t 7 it . titinspot tat ion of which pro
diet, it is'believed, will fatly repay
company of this lay. It is also pro
posed to aid in tlrt_t construction of a
branch lino to t•ho ialttable ore deposits
of Blair and Cent', counties, comMenc
-
lug at Tyrone.
These iinrovements, with those 'lll—
in operation, to the extensive coal
fields of Allegheny mountains, will
bring, the chief elements ti.:ral in the
manufacture - of iron together as cheaply
and of as fpusl a quality-as can 1:n found
in any other part of .the Strite, übirb
will doubtless in:liter large addianial
capital to seek these points for its in 0.
duction, and thus materially increase
the local tonnage .and profits of your
railway. •
A. branc'h lino is being constructed
:from near Greensburg, in West niorelatul
county, to 'Connelsville ; extensive
coal field surrounding which place err
celebrated fur the valuable properties ol•'
the coke that they produce, the con
sumption of which in Pittsburg, Chicago
and other Western cities alfords it grow
ing and important it:Milo with NV:doh the
cars that would ns return _empty
to the West [nay be feuded..
A. lease of n lino recently constructed
between the Pennsylvania. railroad, at
Lewistown, andthe Northern Central
railway below Sunbury, was entered
into.late ii the 101st yeu• by this 'Com
pany, to be worked at cost. This line
- will furnish-the best outlet' for—the an
thracite ta'affie at and beyond Pittsburg,'
seeking a markgy in that region, while
• it 7:vill_suPply . tho furnaces at Lewistown
with this fuel, and those of Danville
with iron ore front the deposits along its
route.
Tho large inerea . so of tonnage center
ing at Pittabrirg, from the extended
system of railways controlled by this,
company west, of that point, already
demands greatly inereased facilities for
its accommodation and proniPt Move
ment, Which in , epasequenee 'of the
broken topograpliy of the lands ridiii
ceutto our line in that'city, itiediflicult
and very expensive to procure.' To
overeiniie as far as 'practicable those
s difiletilties, the President miit iiicommit 7
I Ape of - the , city councils of Pittaburg
during the past numpuw, and 0 plan was
a'dopted as the basis of agrnoment
betw,eint the 'city Midll this company,
wide'', if ratified, will go far to remedy
the troubles and. deteutiOns that exist
at this 'point, and increase the safety
and convenienee of the citizens of
Pittsburg, while they'Avill at the some
time add materially to the..thrpeditiolt of
our trains in passing through the city
limits.
The plan involves the necessity of the
erection of numerous bridges over and
' the_ra.ilw_a.y_at_the_strcet_erossings,
and tho sinking and change of our tracks
at points upon the lino,- entailing an
outlay by this company but little short
of one million of dollars, which expend
iture, however, may bedistriblited over
several years. lint looking to the rapid
and the' increasing detention to our
trains that this must cause, if level
crossings aro, maintained, it is believed
that this laago disbursement will be
fully justified. " %." 4- 4 i . •
The difficulty in passing.'ireights from
the sukkt,li branch of the Monmigahola
through? the tunnel under Grant's hill,
and 'our yards adjacent to it, has been
..,
found so serious that it has been deemed
advisable to coin Moe a 'line at once
through Birmingham (under the charter
of the Pittsburg . , Virginia and Cfintrhes
ton railroad company), to a point above
T ur tl e c r e e k, fr o m whence a branch lino
will cross the Monongahela to the Penn
sylvania railroad upon a route of better
gradients and. a shorter distance, than
that now used. The Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston line is,,to tic continued
up the' Valley of the Monongahela,
tlfrough a, fertile and populous region,
containing exhaustless fields Of the ,best
- varieties of bituminous coal; and must,.
in it.ielf, prove a prolitabie enterprise.
'rho increase or the tonnage of your
main line timing the past over the pre
vious year w.ts '2.'2,' per coo. to transport
and accommodate which very large out
lay:, for increased rolling a N1.11 , • 1( , NM
e11:ito, additional sidings, Ware!, lIISP
1.111, e‘ter,,i , a) of the third. track, and
the constinetion of new branch lines
ha - ,e heel! required. These, tog!ether
-with tho payment, 01' *1,11it1,i?..2 I of de
bentures, hay; been met by the distribu
tion of inewas-il capital stock at par
ratably among ,tun, and a sale .of
seemities obi:need in aiding the con
struction of other works. ! •
The-demand for additional facilities
to meet imfol tire.-511 .5 0 of a em:-
I homily increasing business, promises to
be quite as „resit during the present year
as, the 'last. Such extensions . of Your
works are unavoidable , end Incident to
railway propehy, and must be met to
preveuk unnecessary competition, and
satiety the public obligations that yon
have assumed, which in this, as in, must
similar eases, are in harmony with your
best, interests. To provide the nicanste
(mired for the, objects, it is cleeined'by
your board advisable to offer to each
shareholder whose name may be stand
ing upon the books of the c , mmatiy, on
-
the twentieth of Felwnary, instant, the
Opportunity to subscribe at par to thirty ,
per cent of their present holdings, to be
paid :is called for - instalments of
twenty' live per cent.
he company now owns stooks and
bonds, including those in the sinking
fund—nearly all iteoptired in jitirfcctitiLt
its present system of lailways and eatinds
—annotating :tt par tip ;55,010 000, which
at :1 btu' estimate of their Naille, arc
win tit t: 4 13,1)(10 OM). ..111a ny
tit les yield Ito 'present i 11C0111V, but in
the aggt egate they can lie gradually dis
posed of foe at least the stun ti,dittratod
as their value_
If the state of the market 'during the
year will justify the sale of any or these
securities, the instalments upon the
stock it is proposed to distr:dutte may
he so rapidly called iti.
The surplus net revenues of your
wet ks during the past year, without
considering any increase of their prollts
,if title it is prOllol4
to I,l . oiitiO 1301111il`, 614', Were 11111 , 10. iu
Iti7l, to meet the ustlal div . dends yten
pet' cent upon the atit/i/L.n to ettpita/
$E..k 4 0f the campany it is pl'ol.ll4'll to
Alld 1111111113 11'1111'11'1. not
111011 - Llyd 11113' inconia font', our struck
($ .4 ,000,000) in the. Pennsylvania coin.
parry, which eau heitmfter pay regular
dividends to its shareltolderA, or from
the i::;;;ital,000 stock-held in the 'Penn
sylvania canal company, tenon, alter
this year, will he in a condition to divide
itA: - net e.truiugv, nor any illt:)111c timit
our largt, iutet (-A iu coal proverties.that
this ctiutp.uty has found it necessary to
purchase 10 prevent the diversion ut
this tralikr from Lilo canals that we con
trol —built by the Stale expressly rur
thu iley . elopment of these intere,ts—to
thtelelif rival, iniprorements.
The eunitnerei,il interests of
which have l'or 0.1 :natty ye!lirs
horn appartoitly oI ltiuit.iry, have
during the pa'it; sodson, gt ;allying Cl.
denees of revival. It has liven the set•
tied policy of this "eoutpany to encourage'
the dev'elopinent of this intorest by
'anticipating its deniand for increased
-:111:1 facilities for the
(list ibutinit of products to the consumer
and shi ; :per :it the lowest practicable
amount of elooges.
Tho racili Lies Itet'etofore allorded to
the, grain trallie, which i 3 that, Vd111:111
11115 5110%011 (110_011/St autivity, ItnVe, until
last year, been greatly ill advance of
its requirements, and, in consequeoca of .
the limited demand fur * their 1180, their
adaptability lb the business that (bey
woro,iututnleil for could pot be. fully
tested. The 'lafge grain elevator upon
the Delaware was built :after the plans
found so,successfub in Chicago and other.
points io the 'West, but it (loos not scent
td lie_ adapted to. the bus' nelis •of' this
pert, where it has helm. 1110 cuStern to
keep di11h1.614 lots of grain soli:trate fur'
inTitead of..Alirckwing_thein_
togetheraccordindto their elinisilleatio6 -
as Intl cLiced in,the West, and its arrr,ilge..
tfielits will have to:•be modified,
- -
For I.be'riMrpoSo nf Meet hid the de
mands the 'local ,grain ,trade'of
.this
'city and hurrinnuting country', an exteo
sivii_graliary has been erected On the
Schuylkill, wero each car load of grain
may ho kept in separato „bins. ,'Phis
building has' Muni. calmly successful,
and its capacitrMay ho doubled 'Without
ithOav - ytnipendi Wm.
But the largo volume of: agricultural
'producbi that this company can, tlirongh
iltentimOrdits colpitiating railways, bring
to.this city froin tics West; r'oquires still
larger facilities than OXitit, for their ne
commodation to induct) this- truffle to
reinain with:us. Wo scii‘no_placo so
well.located maladapted to .the objedts
desired—that can be had at so small An
outlay—as will.be provided by the open
ing of Delaware avenue by tint city,
scifitbw r ard to Christian street, of a width
of no less than 80 feet. A double track
railway may then be laid upon this ave
nue, from which turnouts can be run
into the existing ivarchouses upon it at
the most convenient point for shipments
-and-on - to--the,—adjacent—wharvoth—By
this plan a large arnhant of capital may
be saved in the erection of warehouses,
Which can be better employed by this
company in the increase:,qf its equip
ment. Such an arrangement can only
be carried into effect through the co
operation of the corporate authorities,
who will doubtless appreciate its im
portance to the revival and increase of
the commerce of,the city.
Under the authority given by you at
your last Annual meeting, the American
,stcainship company of 'Philadelphia has.
'won fully organized by the election of
Lumbaert, cal., as president, and
• Edmittul Smith, esq., as secretary, and
treasurer, with a capital of $704,700, of
which this company owns $400,000. The
first mortgage six per cent currency
boards of the company, amounting to $l,-
6e,'000, have also boon issued under the
guarantee of this 'company, and all of
them taken at par, giving a realized
stock and funded debt capital of V,204,-
700.00 all of whicit has been secured
without-discount.
The four steamers that will. constitute
this line between Philadelphia and Liv
erpool have all'been contracted fer„to be
built,in4his city, of American (roil, by
ti c'enterprising firm of William Camp
ions. The first vessel it is e:gected
-will be launched in Juno next, and the
remainder as rapidly an practicable
thereafter. The cost. of these vessels .
under the contract will be $'3,080,000.
All of the steamers ire to be alike in
in, del and machinery ; the length of
each to be 355 feet and.the breadth of
beam .10 feet. They will be arranged to
carry 70 first el iss and 03-1 steerage pas
sengers, and have an estimated tonnage
capacity of 3,017 tops, (,1d measure
ment.
The ,teamship company has appro
pi lately named the four vessels that are
-Bow twin.: constructed after the Snttes
traversed by the i'aihrays of this com
pany, : Pennsylvahia,• Ohio, Indi
ana and
In selecting the models and machinery
of these steamers the company has re
lied upon the experience and ability of
the eminent mechanical engineer, B. 11.
B:u tol, esq., a member of the .board. of
directors, to_%,liotn whatever credit may
attend their qualitievs sea-going ves
sels, or in their adapta tion to the busi
ness of this port, will be-dtut.
Of the full success of this enterprise,
nilh the eoroperation of this company,
and the system of rnila•ays it controls in
the West, the Board does not entertain
a doubt. •
As some fears have been- expressed
that .the profits of the broad gauge rail
roads would millet by a competition
with those of the narrower system, it
is not out of place here to state that in
(nir opinion this cannot be their effect
upon any leading line of railway. The
only malmial advantage that the nar
row gauge (say three feet) has over the
broader wa.).4. is in the economy of
its construction over a rough and dirt - -
Lint countay. To secure nth; economy,
shorter cuswes, and consequently
longer tiuo must, be resorted to. The
saving in dead weight carried in one
system over the other is not important,
as the heavy engines and cars used upon
the aortal gauge (four feet nine inches) is
not due to the width of the track, but
the necessity of maintaining higher
spe,ds, and the movement of heavier
Ulan is obtainlible, with economy
and 'Sof,:ty, op, the nail ow gauge. The
equipment now used on the narrow
gange is was icr titan that formerly used
upon the four feet niiminch
The adoption or Iltu pr o per gauge; to
be 11,11 in each ease, must be determined
by the circumstances that surround
the joaposed iln 1211.)reinent, a; neither
eau be
,judiciously adopted, until:all these
.areicnown and considered: The narrow
gauge is considered not applicable to
lino between Philadelphia and 'Pitts
burg. Experience has shown that the
g,olgo of . , your railway, which had its
ui igiii iu the law of England, regulat
ing the gauge that had been round best
for common Toad - carriages, has been
found of ample width, for the best
results, in all first-class lines where
apred of traasit;is,;becessary, and the
miiou"nt ortralivortatitin_lauge,
The getiviT I office Of the company iit
this city having become inadequate foi
its business, it has been sold to the Le
bigh Valley. railroad company. Thu
buddin g trill be ready for use by the
'gr.:l, of Ain il next, and trill, it is believed,
ho sufficient for the neconunodation of
the business of the' comp:Lily for ?many
years..
Toth directors desk-a to express their
aelisiouledgfnonts to the officers and
emphiycas generally for thcir, strict
at
tentieu to and successful management,
of the business of the company. The
yicquisiliou of the lines in Near Jersey
to their duties Anil reSponsi
bilities. These lines have beau brought
under the general manageMent of A. J.
Crissatt, esq., who has, during the past
year, so successfUlly'Conductm) the busi
ness of the Pennsylvania railroad as
General SuperintMulant.
The General Sup:Handout of the
Pliiladoluhia and -Erie railroad, W.l.
Baldwin; esq., -- also - deserves the thanl s
of the stockhohlMs fur his close admin
istration of, the affairs- of tlint railroad,
nOtwithsianding the low charges
tondo for, its use, has shown a profit
upon its operations!
By oetler of thqq ,, Mard,
• .T.•EDoAlfilli PrOSidellt
A LADY stopped' on ex-Senator Doo
little's fdot white getting into a Wabash
Avenue stage, in ChieagO. She blush
ingly, bogged • tho - . gentlonian'a par- -
don, whereupon he said, "Miss, fora
bright - 8,1M:1y-sniff; liko . that, I am-per
fectly willing tlint you should dance the
Boston dip on my favorite cores."
AN old lady walking with her two
daughtera on a moonlight night, 'dis
played hiT knowledge of astronomy by
pointing liAnyunward and-ixclaiming :
"Oh, my dears, do look at thorn boattti
full:it:lra—Juniper and March P'
SIMON SINIZT'S SON SAMUKI,
Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes.
Seventeen summers' speeding storms,
spreading sunshine successively saw
Simon's small, shabby shop still standing
staunch—saW- Shnou's self-same sign
still swinging, silently specifying :
" SiMon Short, Smithfield's solo surviv
ing shoemaker. Shoes sewed, soled
-superfinely : ".
spouse, Sally Short; sowed shirtSl,
stitched sheets, stuffed sofas. Simon's
six .stout, sturdy sons—Seth, Samuel,
Stephen, Saul, Shadrach, Silas—sold
sundries. Sober Seth sold sugar, starch,.
spices ; Simple Sam sold saddles, stir
rups, screws ; Sagacious Stephen . sold
silks, satins, 'shawls ; SkeptihalSaul sold
silver salvers, silver spoons; Selfish
Shadrach sold shoestrings, soaps, saws,
skate.; Slack Silio sold Sally Short's
stuffed sofas.
Some seven sumaiers since Simon's
second son, .Samuel, saw - Sophia
Sophronia Spriggs .Somewhere. Sweet,
sensible, smart Sophia Sophronia
Spriggs I Sam soon showed strange
symptoms. Sam seldom stayed, storing ;
selling saddles. Sam sighed sorrowfully,
sought Sophia Sophronia's 'society,. sung
severaPserenades slyly. Simon stormed,
scolded severely, said Stim seemed so,
silly, singing, , sudh shameful,. senseless
songs.
"Strange Sam should slight such
splendid 'summer sales!" said Simon.
"Strutting , spendthrift; shatter-brained
simpleton I''
"Softly, softly, sire," said Sally,
`Sam's smitten—Sam's spied sweet
cart."
"Sentimental schoolboy!" snarled
Simon. "Smitten Stop such stuff!"
Simon sent Sally's snuff box spinning,
seizing rally's scissors, smashed Sally's
spectacles, scattering sevoi•al spools.
" Sneak Mg scoundrel Sam's shocking
silliness - shall surcease !"
ScoWling Sinion stopped speaking,
starting swiftly shopward. Sally sighed
sadly. Summoning Sam, she spoke
sweet Symfmthy.
"Sam," said she,. "sire seems
singularly snappy; so; soupy, stop stroll
ing the streets, stop smoking segars,
spending specie guporthiously ; stop
sprucifig so ; stop singing serenades—
stop short! 'Sell saddles, sonny ; sell
saddles sensibly.❑ See Sophia.So . phronia
Spriggs soon ; she's ' sprightly, she's
'staple; so solicit, sure ; so secure Sophia
speedily, Saul?",
"So soon? so "soon said Sam,
standing, stocic still: r
"So soon ! surely," said Sally, smil
ing, "specially since - sire •liuws such
spirit."
So Sara—somewhat seared, sauntering
slowly, shaking stuliendously—LSarp
suliloquizes :
" SoPhia Sophronia Spriggs-Spriggs
Short—Sophia Suphronia Short, Samuel
Short's spouse—sounds splendid ! Sup
pose she should say—mho shant !"
'Soon Sam spied Sophia starching
shirts, singing softly. Seeing Sane, she
stopped stmehing, saluted Sam smil
ingly. Bain stammered shockingly.
"Sp-sp-splendid summer season, So
phia:",
"Soule ‘vhat sultry,' suggested So-
"Sar-sartain Sophia," said
(Silence sei•cnteeu seconds.)
"Selling saddles still Saul ^•'
" Sar-sar-sartain !" said Sam, starting
enddonly. "Season's somewhat sopo
rific I" said Sam, steathily stauhelling
streaming sweat, shaking sensibly.
"Sartain !" said Sophia, smiling sig
nilicantl•y. "Sip some sweet sherbet,
Sam." (Silence sixty seconds.)
"Sire shnt, sixty sheldmlt es, Satur
day," said Sophia.
" Siaty ? silo!" said Sam. (Silence
seventy-seven aeconds.)
See SisteiSusan's sunflower,: !" said
Sophia, socially scattering such
silence.
Sophia's sprightly sauciness stimu
lated Sam strangely ; so Sam suddenly
spoke sentimentally. “Sophia, Susan's
sunflowers seem saying : "Samuel
Short, Sophia Sophronia Spriggs, stroll
serenely, seek some sequestb;ml spot,
some ..ylcan shade. Sparkling spiihg
shall sing smAoothing strains ; sweet
songsters shall - 'silence c secret sighing ;
super-angelic sylphs skill—"
Sophia snickered ; so Sam stropp6d.
" Sophia r Maul Sam solemnly.
"Sam !" said Sophia. ,
"Sophi, stop smiling. Sam Shores
sincere. Sam's seeking sumo sweet
spouse, Sophia. Speak ! Sophia, speak!
such suspense speculates sorrow !"
"Seclc sire, Sam !---itelc sim."
So Sam sought site Griggs. Sire
Spriggs said, "Sartin !" • •
ti
'B
LA N C I LT (1. CUO U 7'S
Mark w ain lectured In Sac:muse re
cently, In that city thee() dwells a bar
lion who, o . ier since the appoaraneo' of
Marie Twain's essay on barbers, has
vowed.to make OM:amorist's imagina
tion a 4ill3X1,01;i011CO to him. Ills op
portunity came On Wednesday arm:noon,
and thoSaracuso Courier thus" describes
the incident :
A. gentle Man present• whispered to
Jake that the man in his chair was
Marie
Mark Twain, •and on that• hint Jake
"went for him." Selecting the dullest;
razor in the shop, ho sharpened it up •a
little; and then seizing, Twain by the
nose, with a grip that would bring down
a bullock, he commenced to' lather him.
lie soaped him from chin to eyebrows,
and pushed the lather-brush about an
inch up his nose, and thence into both
ears,„poon_Twain in_thaineantime_snort.-
ing and spritterlng like a steam -engine
blowing off steam. In vain he persisted
that he.did°net - want his forehead- Aid
eyobroWs shaved.
"Keep still," said Jake, "I I know my
Mildness." •
Aflor soaping him until lie looked like
'au albino, Jake laid.on the blade. The
fret stroke brought tears into Twain's
eyes. The second brought him to a sit
ting,position With an'exclamatisin
"I say, that is too dull to shave
mo with."
'', , Lay down,"
_sus Jake, thrusting
him down in the chair - again;
ruse! tvlll Micrnmir I know my hind::
Twain groaned, and Jako pulled until
the beard is ., as off, and a good portion of
the skin with it. After shaving, Jako
proceeded to wash him off, selocting tho
dit•tiost towel in the shop, ono that was
need for wipinWoil" hair dy,o, and .was as
Ispotted as' oseides coat. Jake soused
the water into his eyes and nostrils, and
thou wiped them oft'. ,
The spectators by this time wore .un
able to control their laughter, and burst,
out in loud peals, in which Jake heartily
joined.. 'TwaiM:saw the joke, but kept
quiet.
When ,Talco told hint his hair was'eorn
tog antrofiered to sell — han a a c
of hair resVrative, price three dollars
per bottle, Twain replied :
"Well, I rather want my hair to fall
out, I have too much for comfort."
Jake then Offered to sell.him a bottle
of "Bloom of Youth," tolling him thal.
ho was badly fceeliled.:..;
"Am I ?" said Mark; !,`.well, I rather
like that. If . l . was gochl looking, and
fair tb gaze upon, the ladies would all
fall in love with me, 'and that would
makemy-wifti uneasy. A's it is, she al
lows mprib - roam about, thbeomitry with-'
out fear. She knows my ugliness will
protect me."
. .
,Jzike saw he could not persecute Mark
any further, and, after brushing hitumfi
in a lusty and vigorous manner, swirl :
"Mr. Twain, how did yon like your
shave?"
"Oh?" said Mark, "this is nothing
new. Every barber in the country goes
for me in the same style. lam used to
, and, in fact, I rather lilce it."
'' againy" said Jake.
"Trot if I can help it," replied Mark
Good day !"
[To. the Itcto kt.l,]
WooncoTE, February 24, 1-872.
EDITORS OF Tru ITERA D : 7 y have
been much amused by tlAe fettepi of your ,
correspondent on whose ifF.4i e ... ;uistle,
took the 10terty of commenting, anal who
now signs himself '1 A. G. C," which, as
I take it, stands for " A Genuine Car
lisler," the man who wrote to yon chosen
years ago ; and whose letter `Grua have
lately IT-produced. Ms reminiscences
are quite entertaining and to some ex
tent instructive. 'I will not- repeat the
fears expressed in my last, as to the
probable moral epee( of some pf the
hypercriticalLhiugs he be
spy. ; s o
lm t s i i: ot tsl
e v
g,)o t d o
to
be accomplishedity hisdetters, seems to
me hardly likely to be commensurate
ith theAronlile !Ip is taking: In other
words, What he writes is rather more
diverting than improving.
Then besides, his praise is quit 6 -too
prOfuse and uudiscrimhiating.
praises everybody and everything.
Every one is either "estimable'' or
"accomplished" or " useful" or " re
spectable" or "talented," or something
else that is honorable and note worthy,
at this rate, by the - time he is done, he
will have whitewashed the whole town
and made saints or heroes of all the
people raise, in its place, is a very
good . thing, but there may be "some
thing too lunch" .itof it, especialry - if the
_subject be still with , us in the flesh.
De mortals nil nisi bonum is a itiasim
which I accept, but when the living are
under discussion, the obligation to say
nothing but what is good, I for one do
not acknowledge.
Not that I grudge in the least the
award he has made to the' Cadet, and
the Dramatic Actor, and thoCoryphems,
and the Captain ; they are personages
of the past, and every worif he has said
about them is true. But the Bishop is
still on the stage, and the time has not
yet come for making up his record.
When it does come, we shall overhaul
his war-record, and ask where his heart
was in the times that tried men's souls ;
We shall inquire into his attitude on the
slavery issue, and query whether lie was
"sound on the goose." Wo shall, also,
institute a scrutiny into his relations,
and leanings toward the Anglican church
,abroad, and make ourselves sure,• if
No can, that he has nit been
the least bit spoiled by "Canterbury,"
or "Oxford," or ;' London," or any of
those other fellows in lawn, on the other
I side of the, water, of whom we republi
4danrs'and protestants, are
naturally a good 'deal jealous. To- be
sure, "A. G. C" is rather non=com
mittal on the subject of the Bishop as.
Bishop, but still his line phrases of
"high dignitary," distinguished Pre
late," "every where known and highly
honored," have an eulogistic squinting,
calculated to forestal judgmeld, and
anticipate future Inquiry,. Don't let its
be in a hurry with our encomiums ; and'
when the time collies, don't let us "lay
it On Ni What is it that
the Sc!i:iliture says-about "daubing with
untempered mortar?"
Now it wordin• two about those "Son
day sauerk I cut dinners." The way "A.
G. C." state, that erne " cannot but
make the judicious grieve." Its• effect
is to make ti hungry man's mouth water,
and it would not , Thc surmising if some
of your : young . readers should be going
y.O Mr. Burkholder, or Mr. 13entz, and
asking them to get up a dinner of the
same kind. Putt let the cas(i - bo stated
without this fine adjectives
'savory" " luminous" " .du paps"
"albrosial" and the and then let
us see 110 W it will stand. A reeking
dish of fermented cabbage, bolstered up
by chunks .nt greasy pork, and made
endurable breut-thmat whiskey. That is
the dish which, according to "A. G.
C." old Carlisle epicures pronounced,
" fit for • the Oils." That is a dish
which, in the judgment of your humble
servant, if not given in too large qnanti-.
ties, would, make very good swill for
swine. 1 am' not objecting to sauer
kraut in' the abstract, nor, in extreme
cases, to a small quantity in actual fact..
If a man find himself in a position where
he auk either cat sauerkraut! or starve;
by all means let him cat, asking no
questions for his life'S sake, .and drink
ing whatever may. be necessary to so'.
cure him impunity.: Bat' I hold, that
any ono who can sit down. to dinner, at
Bentz's ,or Burkholder's; and after
surveying • the table or reading the
Drill of fare,, can deliberately • ask
for speck mid sauerkraut- ought to be
relegated hack to the days of Nicholas
Ulrich, and refuseii all share the ad
vantages of modern progress.
When "A. , 0..,0." was coming. up
tow a, stopping at every house, and telling
us soma incidents connected with, its
history, why did he not pause at the
.building opposite Dr. Armstrong's,- after
' wards Mr. Lyon's, ptit•ni by old %111 r.
spook, and toll u& atoOt tiro well in bat,
property. Perhaps ho Inver bearclabout
it; thon,l dill toll the story .
NUMBER 9
The "water smeller" poiuted out a
spot where a spring wOuld be 'found,
which would bring the evil under the
roof of the back building or shed.: Who
Well-digger broke ground and- struck a
vein of clay. This ran dowii a' crevice
formed by..the junction of three great
rocks Ile dug rapidly, meeting no•re
, sistance, till at last his mattock struck
Ttltrorrgli caust`r)f clay, alai up .
stream of water so strong that It was
just as much as he could do to got hauled
up before being submerged. It was a
singular coincidence, show biga very un
usual geological formation.
Perhaps you don't believe in "water 7
synellers." When Dr. Mason' corn
mein:oil building the house, now owned
and occupied by Mr. JohnstouMoore,
Ito selected a sprit convenient for his
well, and set the men to digging.
They dug and bored and blasted, and
dug and bored nod blasted again, but
saw - no sign of water. "Come
Duffield," said Dr. Mason, "let
its see what your peach stick can do."
Mr. Duffield cut a forked shoot of the
last year'd growth, and moved around
with . it in his 'hand till it turned. •Ffe
kept on the line, indicated by its turn
ing, till it brought hint to a spot where
it,stopped. He struck - out in another
direction, moving around till the stick
turned again. He followed it as before,
till it brought hint to the same spot as
had done the other. " Let your men
dig there, Doctor," said Mr. Duffield,
"and they, will 'be pretty sure to find
water." 'They dug and found a spring
rising . * that point and forking off in
the two directions indicated by the
converging; lines of the peach Minh.
That is a trite sfory. I got it forty years
ago from the 'lip4 of the Reverend
gontleMan, who held the marvelous
poach stick.
I notice iu the olu letter which von
have re-published, bearing the signat ore
of" A Genuine Cftrlislur," that the writer
hesitates a little about the word "Pelly
guts." lle need fi'ot' lea 130 mealy
mouthed. ,The use and etymology of
this wont; has been discussed in promi
nent literary papers and by some of our
learned philologists. IC your ' , readers
will turn to the "American Educational
Monthly,'• of August, 180, an4l-vfmtd-thr
paper there tin " Pennsylvania Tdioms,"
and to the same magazine for Foto nary,
1873, which has' a continuation of the
subject, they will find much to interest
them in regard to forms 01' speech, ite
enliar to the people and eupccially to the
Scotch Irish of' ) Pennsylvallia. Among
other idioms discussed, there is this
one of "belly guts.'' In the- article
of August, 1.870,
the writer says
"The delicacy or tile-.;hops, forty
years ago, was undoubtedly mosey
sugar, a kind of molasses Candy, (not
cake, as Bartlett in his dictionary de-
fines' it,) distinct • from belly-guts, of
which more presently. It was black,
arid made in little round patty pans
presenting :t scolloped appearance, like
our cakes of maple sugar. Baly-gals.
nn 'the contrary, was the 'name given to
long drawn, twisted, whitish sticks,, of
what we now call molasses candy. The
origin of the word is not clear, but the
retineil notion is, that it is a corruption
or the French be//eg ;plates. Among
the culinary receipts of the "Tangier"—
Smith Records, is one for making " Al
mond puddim: in quits," whilo the same
book reservos the spelling " guttos" for
the intestines.
Tho writer of this article, in the
American Mihaly," seemed inclined,
at the time of it, to accept the belles
goultes theory of the word's derivation, a
theory which, I think, was advocated in
your paper by the Rev. G. D. of Illinois ;
but in the suitplomentary number of the
A,seriesh" for February '72, this
theory is abandoned and anothbr
broach e d, which . is rogardcd with more
favor. The writer quotas 'from two of
his Cori espondents, one of .whom (the
Rev. L. MeK. of Delaware,l gays :
"Illyiod.a, (pronounced - hePy 1:9)
was a term much in use among' tho old
Porit;tn, to denote articles of luxury,
particularly those for the gratification of
the stomach. It has an evident allusion
to Phil. -Tll, 19; and its use, in that
seM . -,e, may ho seen in their sermons and
religious writings pas.vint. 'Taffy' or
mute pi'operly toffy,' at one. time Lilo
Most fascinating to children, of all eat
ables, 'natarally got the benefit 'Of this
epithet bell illoth, which those extremely
good people, had they lived in our clay,
would havo'probajdy flung at our ice
creams and other gastric luxuri(..l6."
The other extract is from it letter of
S. S. esq., of Philaclelphia, who, IV-
fert•inz to the fot•egoim, derivation:say:4i
"Belly guts I .swallow wqhOnt liesitit
tion. I heat d only last. evening; a sort of
eunfirmat iota Or this. ety:11010U, by ali
old..fashiOurd Delaware man, wb , ..? was
,itt a_ _shoeY:(4l- at - ent of rver.io - tcf
tbG tiniir dinto 1. It is ()filo lu . iporMittie
to us non• unfortunately, but I may, re
mark that the article is nut pet:Mc:ly.,
but a hind red swout."
„.,
Mr. 'Editor,. it is easier to find
with another• Wri tor tlnt to write holier
one's self. 1 peivoive t.harl I ale' nit any
more instrautive [hag `f •A. and
nut half so amusing, So I stop,,„' •
)(out's, RoStk:Cifttlly, '
LOWER Ali l"1'L~211Ei T.
A You.Nu lady oneo maeyied a man by.'
the name of Dust, against, tho Avishes , of
her parents. After a short Limo they,
lived unhappily Logetlier, 'and she re
turned to her father's •lioiiso't bat lid
re
fused to'reeeive her, saying, "Dust then
arL and to Dust shalt Mom rettam."
And she got up and "dusted "
Timm is n'othing. lnoro devoid .or
•oinnuco than tho 'not of patching old
rowscrs:, So says n young laily.
Wirt is kissing your sweetheart Bice
enting sourifwith• a fork? • Because' if
takes a long time to get 'enough of it.
NEW OntEANs gilis.complain that the
young men ,"don't tease them enough.'
-IT is said' to bo curious, but truo;that
navy peOplci sloop bardest' on 'soft beds.
A. YOUNG lady, recently betrothed,
wryti that "'C. O. th", moans call on Dad.
OLD 91IIOrs are never so mooh at sea
as ylhon , lhey are on shore. •
itvoin—working i.oal mine.
MI
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