. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . Buffalo. It will be an important branch of our length will be about 135 miles. On the opposite sideof the river are the two communities of Knoxville andCenterville. The former is composed of lumbermen, liv-ing in shanties. There is an inviting field of labor for themissionaries in these lumber
. Harper's New York and Erie rail-road guide book : containing a description of the scenery, rivers, towns, villages, and most important works on the road ; with one hundred and thirty-six engravings by Lossing and Barritt, from original sketches made expressly for this work by William Macleod . Buffalo. It will be an important branch of our length will be about 135 miles. On the opposite sideof the river are the two communities of Knoxville andCenterville. The former is composed of lumbermen, liv-ing in shanties. There is an inviting field of labor for themissionaries in these lumbering villages. Nearly twomiles west of Corning the Chemung divides into two forks,the northern one of which is called the Co7ihocton, andthe southern the Canisteo—the former (so said) signifying trees in the water, and the latter board in the mile from Corning we cross the Chemung by a longwooden bridge of several arches. We soon perceive thejunction of the two rivers. The scenery there is verybeautiful, and through the large trees that overhang themwe have taken the glimpse here given of the pretty vil-lage of Painted Post (from New York 2921 miles, from Dun-kirk 167^ miles). This beautiful little retired village isby far the oldest settlement in this inland part, and is said. NEW YORK AND ERIE RAIL-ROAD. 159 to date its existence as far back as 200 years since. Con-sequently there is a sober dignity in its appearance, but atthe same time its hotels, spacious stores, and neat dwell-ings prove that it keeps pace with the progress of the pres-ent age. It derives its name from the fact that a paintedpost was found here over the grave of a celebrated In-dian chief, in the very part of the open area of the vil-lage where a high modern post, striped with red and whitepaint, now stands, surmounted with a painted metal out-line of an Indian chief with raised arrow, to perpetuatethe legend. The villagers regard this monument wdthgreat reverence, and are jealous of all heresy
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