THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA. MAY M, L878. ii RAILROADS. PHILADELPHIA AND READING R.R ARRANGEMENT OF PAB8F.NGERTRAINB, November 1877. TRAINS LEAVE HAKKI8BUHO A8 FOLLOWS For New York. at 8.20, 8.10 . m. fcOOp. m., and 7.6ft p. m. For Philadelphia, at 8.20, 8.10, 9.45 a.m. and 3.67 p. in. , For Reading, at 6,20, 8.10, 9.45 a. m. and 2.00 3.67 and 7. M. . . j . .. For Pottsvllle at 8.20, 8.10 a. m.. and S.B7 6, m., and via Schuylkill and Susquehanna ranch at 2.40 p. m. For Auburn via 8. ft B. Br. at 5.10 a. m. For Allentown, at S.iit), 8.10a. in., and at 2.00, 3.57 and 7.68 p. m. ..... . , The 6.20, 8.10 a. m., 3.57 and 7.55 p. m., trains have through cars for New York. The 8.20, 8.10a.m.. and 2.00 p.m.. trains have through cars tor Philadelphia. BUNDAYR : For New York, at 5.20 a. in. For Allentown and Way stations at 8.20a.m. For Heading, Philadelphia and Way tltationsat 1.45 p. in. TRAINS FOR HARRlsnURG, LEAVE A8 FOL LOWS ! , Leave New York, at 8.4ft a. in., 1.00, 5.30 and 7.45 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 9.15 a. m. 8.40, and 7.20 p. ui. Leave Heading, at tUO, 7.10. 11.20 a. m. 1.30, 6.15 and 1-.. 35 p. in. Leave Pottsvllle, at 6.10, 9.15 a. in. and 4.35 p. in. And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at 8.15 a. in. Leave Auburn vtaH. H. r. at 12 noon. Leave Allentown, at 5,50, y.iisa. in., 12.15 4.30 and 9.03 p. m. SUNDAYS: Leave New York, at 3.30 p. m. Leave Philadelphia, at 7.20 p. m. Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. m. and 10.35 P Leave Allentown, nt2 30 a. m and 9.05 p. m. J. E. WOOTEN, (ien. Manager. C. G. Hancock, Genernl Ticket Agent. tDoes not un on Mondays. Via Morris aud Essex R. R. Peunsjivaiiia R. It. Time Table. NEWPORT STATION. On and arter Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas senger trains will run as follows: EAST. Mimintown Aco. 7.32 a. m., d jllv except 8unday. Johnstown Ex. 12.22 P. M., dally " Sunday Mall, 6.54 P. m., dally exceptSuuday Atlantic Express, 9.54p.m., Hag, daily. WEST. WayPass. 9.08 A. m., daily, Mall 2.43 p. M. daily exceptSunday. Millllntown Acc. 6.55 p. m. dailyexcept Sunday. Pittsburgh Express, 11.57P. M (Flag) daily, ex cept Sunday. Paclllo Express, 6.17 a. m., daily (flag) Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which is 13 minutes (aster than Altoona time, and 4 min utes slower than New York time. J.J. BARCLAY, Agont. DUNCANNON STATION. On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, trains will leave Duucannon. as follows: EASTWARD. Mlffllntown Aco. dally except Sundayat 8.12a. m. Johnstown Ex. 12.5 i p. m., daily except Sunday. Mail 7.30 P. M " " " Atlantic Express 10.20 p. m., dally (flag) WESTWARD. Way Passenger, 8.38 a. m., daily Mail, 2.09 p. m, dailyexceptSunday. Mimintown Ace. dally except Sunday at 6.16 p.m. Pittsburg Ex. dailyexceptSunday (flag) 11.33P. m. WM. O. KINO Agent. AND FREE HOMES. 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We refer to officials In the Patent Office, to our clients in every stale of the Union, aud to your Senator and Representative luCougiess, Special references given when desired. Address: , C. A. SNOW & CO.. Opposite Patent Office, Washington. LANNELS A splendid assortment of Flan nels, just opened by F. MORTIMER. PRINTING of every description neatly ex ecnted at the Bloom field Times Office at reasonable rates. OLD TIMES. INTERESTING INCIDENTS. FIFTY YE AltS AGO malls and trav eler's from New York, Philadel phia, Baltimore and the Ohio river, at Pittsburgh and Wheeling, were carried by stage linen largely owned and man aged by James Reeslde, " the Land Ad miral." In 181 he began to run aline of stages from llngerstown, Md., to MeConnells town, Pa., and a few years afterward he became one of the largest mnll con tractors In the United States. He possessed a grand physique, being six feet four and a half Inches high, and, without any superfluous flesh, measured flfty-three Inches about the chest, and weighed two hundred and twenty-five pounds. His hair and whiskers were sandy red, and his complexion florid. Great enterprise, remarkable executive ability, strict Integrity, frankness of speech and open-handed generosity were his marked characteristics. He was the intimate friend of GeneralJackson, the associate of Clay, Crittenden, Benton, ' McLean and other distinguished men of that period. Shortly after the war of 1812 James Reeslde was concerned in establishing a daily line of stages across the Allegheny mountains. At that time there was a turnpike from Baltimore to Frederick and Hngerstown, and that portion be tween Boonsboro' and llagerstown was the first piece of rnocadamized road In the United States. From llagerstown, West, to Wheeling there were no turn pikes. The charter hud been just ob tained, and they were about to begin work. The first through stage Hue be tween Baltimore and the Ohio river was organized in relays. These relays were to lodge the first night at llagers town, the second at Cumberland, the third at Uniontown, and the fourth at Wheeling. The stoges were of the old-fashioned kind, somewhat similar to the modern ambulance, open in front, with a mere rack behind to hold one or two trunks. Persons rarely traveled in those days with a trunk. The passengers all faced the team, on a level with the driver. Saddlebags, then the usual baggage of travelers, were slung around the stand ards which supported the roof. It was the custom at night when they reached the lodging place to give their saddlebags Into the custody of the landlord, whose wife put them under her bed and delivered them to the trav elers in the morning. Travelers often carried largo sums In this way. Shortly afterward the construction of the turnpike between llagerstown and Cumberland was begun. The bill au thorizing the national road passed Con gress In 1802, but the construction of it was not begun until 1815. At that time there was no coaches running across the Allegheny mountains day or night and that was the condition of affairs until about 1827. Mr. Reeside having given the Post Office Department great satisfaction in the South, Judge McLean urged him to take the contract for carrying the mails between Philadelphia and New York. This was In the latter part of 1820. Mr. Reeslde had not the capital tQ stock the line and the money was advanced to him by John 81atterthwalte,of Lebanon, Ohio. lleeside put on his line, and between 1827 and 1834 reduced the time from 27 to 12 hours to the trip. In the meantime he became the con tractor for the mails between Baltimore and Wheeling, via. llagerstown and the National road, and from Philadelphia, Harrlsburg, Chambersburg and Bedford to Pittsburgh, upon which routes, prior to his taking hold of the lines, no mail had been carried at night. He Intro duced the system of running day and night between Philadelphia and Balti more aud the West, reducing the time from four days to fifty-two hours, and thereby earned the soubriquet of "Land Admiral," bestowed upon upon him by Joseph R. Chandler, of the "United States Gazette," who, in giving him that title, said that he could leave Phil adelphia with a hot Johnnie-cake In his pocket and reach Pittsburgh before it would grow cold. The carrying capacity of mall coaches between Philadelphia and New York was at first limited to six passengers, leaving Philadelphia at 2:30 P. M., and reaching New York the following morn ing at 5 o'clock. This time was subse quently reduced to twelve hours, the mail leaving at 5 P, M., and arriving at 5A.M, ; ' This service was performed by land the year round. The day servlce.at that time, between Philadelphia and New York, was performed . by the steamboat Philadelphia, Captain Abijah Jenkins, leaving the foot of Chestnut street, PL 11 delphia, at 6 A. M., running to Trenton, Across the Peninsula from Trenton to New Brunswlok, mails and passengers were carried by coaches. It rarely required more than four coaches, carrying nine passengers each. These coaches connected at Long Dock, one mile below New Brunswick, with the steamboat for New York, of which Cor nelius Vanderbllt was Captain. During the winter season, when navi gation was suspended, the travel requir ed only a dally line of two coaches, car rying nine pnsi!iigqrs each, between Philadelphia and New York. These coaches were, in the beginning, of the egg-shaped, or round top model, without any railing or capacity on top, and with but a very slight boot behind for bag gage. The mall was carried in the front hoot. While Mr. Iteeslde was carrying the mail between New York and Philadel phia, the celebrated controversy over carrying the malls on Sunday through Pennsylvania and New Jersey began. Violent opposition was made by relig ious denominations, and frequently at tempts were made to stone the coaches carrying the malls. Chains were placed across the streets In Philadelphia, which compelled the coaches to stop until the guard removed the obstruction. These occurrences excited high feeling, and the subject of carrying the malls on Sun day was discussed In the celebrated Sun day mail report made to Congress by lllchard M. Johnson,' giving him the reputation which had much to do with his election as Vice President of the United States. Col. Dave Crockett was another inti mate friend of Col. Iteeslde, and fre quently spent days at his house in Phil adelphia. Speaking of Crockett, John E. Reeslde says : " I was a young stripling then, and it was my duty to drive Colonel Crockett about the city and out iti the country on business and pleasure. I was with him when he visited Derringer's shop, then on Fourth street In Philadelphia. Der ringer wa3 the maker of the rifle and pistol. I used to drive Crockett out across the Wire Bridge, over the Schuyl kill, where the bridge to Fairmount Park, above the Fairmount Water Works now stands, to Harding's tavern, then a great place of resort, where he would try the guns and pistols.. The rifle and pistols, which Crockett had with him at Alamo, were purchased of Derringer, and tried, during one of our visits to Harding's tavern. Crockett was a famous shot, and I have freqently seen him shoot at a silver dollar at a hundred yardB and hit every time. He was fond of talking with the country people, and sometimes got up shooting matches, at which he got very full. For the purpose of Bhowing how rap Idly the mails could be transported be tween Philadelphia and New York, Col. Iteeslde at one time ordered his men to make a trial-trip, and the moll was car ried from Jersey City, on this occasion, to the Philadelphia Post Office, by land, in eight hours and forty minutes. When Becside was carrying the mail between Philadelphia and New York,on its arrival at Jersey City it was taken across the North river in an ordinary yawl. Col. Joseph Dodd, recently deceased, who was was for many years connected with the New York Post Office, received It at Jersey City, and on landing on the New York side carried it up iu a wheel barrow to the post office. Samuel L. Gouverneur was then post master, and Barnabas Bates, afterward the great advocate of cheap postage, was the assistant. Sometimes Col. Dodd had a colored man named Harry Rodgers to assist him in rowing the yawl across the river. Rodgers on one of the trips stole a letter containing a hundred dollar note, and was detected in offering it in payment for a drink. This theft led to the enactment of a law by Congress, that no colored person shall be employed In the post office. Tills law remained on the statute books until a few years ago, when Senator Sumner had It re pealed. Charles Forrester, now superintendent of the newspaper department in the New York Post Office, was one of Col. Dodd's old associates. He tells a story illustrating the abuse of the franking privilege In those days, about Colonel Iteeslde bringing a horse all the way from Washington to New York, tied behind the stage coach, the horse hav ing been franked through by a member of Congress. The office of the Reesido Mall Coach Line in New York was at 1 Cortlandt Street, advertised by Thomas, Whitfield, the agent, as being "opposite a pump of good water." In Philadelphia it was at 28 South Third street" The Red Of fice" opposite Congress Hall, where a nurtured people often congregated to see a mail coach start for New York, with the driver and guard clad in red uniform. When Reeslde was contractor for the mails going out of Philadelphia for Bal tlmore. Wheeling, Pittsburgh, Reading, Pottsvllle and New York, a robbery of the mails was committed, which was the sensation of the time. The mall for Klin ber ton, a short line running out of Philadelphia, was robbed. A few days subsequent the important mall for Read ing and Pottsvllle was robbed at the Junction of Turner's lane and the ltidge road, near which point Glrard , College now stands. The driver of the coach was Charles Wllhower. The coach con tained nine passengers. It was stopped at the mouth of Turner's lane by three men Porter, Poteet and Wilson at about 2 o'clock In the morning. They forced the passengers to get out and stand In line. Wilson and Poteet watched the team and driver while Por ter robbed the passengers. After rifling the mail they allowed the coach to go on. Porter and Wilson were arrested bv Reeslde ; Poieet by a man named Andy McLaln, then a policeman In Philadel phia. Poteet was remanded to the Mary land penitentiary ,from which he had es caped, to serve out the remainder of a sentence of eleven years. He died before the expiration of his sentence. Wilson turned State's evidence, and Porter was hanged on Cherry Hill in Philadelphia. It is said thut Oeneral Jackson was In fluenced to commute the sentence of Wilson to a few years Imprisonment be cause of a service rendered to him many years previous on a race course In Ten nessee. Gen. Jackson liked horse rac ing, and on this occasion he was back ing,splrltedly,the favorite. Wilson, who had never seen him before, but had a great admiration for him, watched his opportunity, and when unobserved told Old Hickory that he had better with draw his bets, or hedge, because that race was fixed, and the favorite was to be beat. Jackson was a little incredulous, but Wilson assured him that he knew all about it, becuase he was in the job. Jackson withdrew his bets, and went away In great disgust, but, before going, he told Wilson that if he could ever ren der him a service, to let him know. Wilson, when arrested for the mail robbery at Turner's lane, turned State"s evidence, and Porter and himself were convicted and Sentenced to be hanged, the former on April 30th, 1830, and Wil son May 8th of the same year. In con sideration of the evidence given by Wil son, Mr. Reeslde interesting himself to obtain a commutation ef the sentence. leaving for Washington, Wilson in formed Reeslde of the circumstances on the Tennessee race course, which was told to Gen. Jackson, who did commute the sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary at Cherry Hill for a term of years. During the time of the excitement about nullification in South Carolina, General Jackson's proclamation was ex pressed through to New York. Mr. John E. Reeslde relates the following incident concerning it : " On its arrival at Philadelphia, owing to the injuries sustained by the express rider regularly employed, I, on my way home from school, was substituted to carry it on to New York. I left Phila delphia at 6 o'clock in the evening, and reached Jersey City at 0:20 P. M. four hours ana twenty-six minutes. I was taken across the river in the yawl by Mr. Dodd, and delivered the proclama tion to Gov. Gouverneur at the post of fice. The relays of horses used by me in making the run were from three to five miles apart. It was a very dark night. Several of the bridges over which I had to pass had draws. But there was no time to stop to think whether they were opened or closed. I had to take my chances of jumping them if they happened to be opened. For tunately, however.they were all closed.' A Merchant Who Feels for the Tramps. "W ELL," said Albert Gall, the Indianapolis carpet man, to a " News" reporter, lighting a fresh cigar, " I can't help having Borne sympathy for that institution of modern civilization known as the tramp. I'll tell you how the foundation on which this feeling is based was made. I went to California in 1800. I was a mere boy then, 17 or 18 years old. When I arrived at San Fran. clsco I had over $400 an amount of money that should have lasted me 8 or 0 months, but with boyish Inexperience, disappeared in less than half that time. My trunk and watch went to a pawn broker, the proceeds, small enough, fur nished means for but a few days longer living. Then I began in earnest to look for work. I went from door to door along all the main streets of San Francisco, but could find no employment. At last I struck a small job, puttying up nail holes on a frame house ready for the painters. I worked all one morning on the hot side of the bouse, the sun pour ing down upon me at a broiling tem perature. At noon I began to felicitate myself that the afternoon's work would be in the shade, but the boss drove me around to the sunny side and I fried during the long hours of the afternoon Mv next iob was setting fence posts. It didn't last long, and after a short season of cellar digging, I was again . without work. I began to think I'd starve to death. You have no idea, unit ss you've tried it as I did, how little a man can eat when he has no victuals. f f I began a tour of the stores again, searching for employment. One day, while looking Into a shop window, I overheard two gentlemen standing in the door of the establishment in conver sation. One of them was asking the other if he knew where a good boy could be found. I said to myself, "Albert here's your chance," and my heart thumped until I thought It would break out a section of my ribs.' I stepped up to the gentler.mn and managed to tell him that I wanted the place, salary no object, only work and something to eat. He took me into 41) e store and intro duced me to the proprietor. That per sonage was seated on the counter, li legs folded under him. In answer to my request he asked me If I knew the business. It was a large cloth Importing estate lishment, one of the largest in the city. I told him I did not, but I could learn. When he told me to call again the first of the month I bubbled over. I said I wanted work then, The old gentleman then questioned me ; wanted to know if I could speak German. I gave him a sample. Then I gave him some French. Being but recently from Belgium, my French was good. The old fellow was delighted, and I was engaged at a salary of $35 a month. A Chinaman in the establishmen got $00. Next morning I opened the store, swept out, and began thinking about breakfast, when a pair of shoes, the proprietor's gaiters, were handed to me to black. You never' blacked shoes, did you ? Well, I never had before, and I felt rather queer. A' large amount of very red blood came Into my face. I fairly boiled as the Chinaman stood by and grinned at the proud Caucasian manipulating the shoe brush. But I blacked them. Then I was al lowed to go to breakfast at the house of the proprietor. Everybody had eaten but me. I got a cup of coffee and piece of brown bread. Not a sumptuous re past. Dinner was no better nor was supper. But I had at the last meal an understanding with the cook, an honest Irish girl, who gushed over with sympa thy and declared that I should have a better breakfast, and I did. After that everything was smooth sailing. My wages were raised time and time again without any asking, until I became a favored salesman in the house, at a monthly salary of $125. The old man was a good one, and im proved on acquaintance. I was with him nearly four years, but got homesick and came back In 1864. Why do I have sympathy with the tramp '( Did you ever notice those boil ers lying in front of Sinker & DavlsT foundry 'i Well, for three weeks in San Francisco I slept in one of those cylin ders. I could crawl In after dark and put apleceof board at the end to keepoutthe wind. It wasn't by any means a quiet sleeping place. Drunken sailors and be lated roughs would saunter past my dormitory, and nearly every passer-by would strike or kick it. The reverbera tions are not pleasant, but one may ac custom himself to them. Now and then these prowlers would seat themselves on my boiler and talk for two or three hours, punctuating their remarks with their heels. The .confounded watchman of the place, too, always struck upon the boiler at hour intervals. It was so resonant, you know, that the assurance he was awake and on ddty was much strong? than if he had tapped on any other ma terial. He caught me crawling into my dormitory a few nights before I gave it up, but I made such a full explanation! that he allowed me to continue the oc cupancy unmolested. He even ceased sounding the hours with his club. Now you know how I come to have some sympathy for the homeless wanderers called tramps. A Grateful Boy. Two of the ragged street children that Miss Rye brought over to Canada from England in 1876 have, by the death of of a distant and previously unknown relative, fallen heirs to $12,000. Tho younger, Samuel Gill, a newsboy on the Great Western railroad, has gone home to England, but his elder brother, John, has remained over to help the farmer who gave him a home to finish his spring work. ' . t3TOu last Friday morning, Mrs. Samuel Schaub, near Dalton, Stokes county, N. C, was feeding a sow and young pigs, when the sow attacked her and threw her down,and,as it attempted to gather her by the throat, she thru"t her arm into its mouth, which was bad ly bitten before assistance could reach her. The sow seemed perfectly furious, and attacked a young lady who came to Mrs. Schaub's assistance, and then at tacked and knocked Mrs. S. . to the ground a second time. . She baa been confined to her beJ, seriously, and her friends lear fatally, Injured. , ,
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