The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . years have borne awayThe voice of Alfarata,Still sweeps the river on Blue Juniata. Twelve miles above Lewistown, on the Juniata, and nearly equi-distant from Philadelphia and Pittsburg, is McVeytowjst, a handsomelittle village, doing some business on the canal. Hanawalts Cave isnear here, and has some interest. It often contains saltpetre, in acrude state, and numerous stalactitic curiosities peculiar to limestoneformations. Ten miles further is
The pictorial sketch-book of Pennsylvania : or, its scenery, internal improvements, resources, and agriculture, popularly described . years have borne awayThe voice of Alfarata,Still sweeps the river on Blue Juniata. Twelve miles above Lewistown, on the Juniata, and nearly equi-distant from Philadelphia and Pittsburg, is McVeytowjst, a handsomelittle village, doing some business on the canal. Hanawalts Cave isnear here, and has some interest. It often contains saltpetre, in acrude state, and numerous stalactitic curiosities peculiar to limestoneformations. Ten miles further is Newton Hamilton, another pleas-ant village, principally engaged in the trade of the canal. The greatfertility and productiveness of this portion of the country renders thistrade by no means insignificant—though much of it will ultimatelybe attracted to the railroad during that portion of the year when thecanal is closed. An enormous quantity of pig iron, flour, grain, 100 LOCOMOTIVE SKETCHES. pickled meat and butter, &c, is forwarded from these places in thesummer, the stock accumulating daring the winter. A heavy capital. RAILROAD AND CANAL. is thus inactive for several months, and the advantage of having arailroad, by which a favorable condition of the market may speedilybe embraced, is of the highest importance. A much larger businessmay, in this way, be done with one-fourth the capital, which, togetherwith the saving of time, will more than compensate the trifling differ-ence, if any, in the cost of transportation. At this place, winding around the gorge of Jacks Mountain, theJuniata follows the boundary line for a few miles, and then entersHuntingdon in a direction nearly north. We are now emphaticallyand unmistakably in the midst of mountains—bold, rugged, thunder-ing mountains !—the most of which have a range nearly north andsouth, and cross the straight line of our course. No matter—we willpass em, and even mount their lofty summits. In Bedford County,which adjo
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