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Show 1.' R A V :. L S t N T II E NITED STATES: which A 1 crica ahonnds in every qu.1rter) to this par~ of the countr~; nnd indeed we [I und, as we pafii!d along, tl at every \tttle town and vt.l] arre thro uohout the country abou nded with th em, and e, h place, m c~)fellucn~c, exhibited a picture of idlcnei$ and difiip~tion. The ~ol~ow~ in g- let ter, {: tppofed to ome from n. farmer, though (omcwhut lu ltct ous, d~cs not give an in; c urate dcfcription of one of thc(e young fpcc~llators, and of wh at jc going on in this ncigh Lourhootl. It appeared u~ a news-paper publifheJ at Wilkdbarrc, on the SuftuchaJ~nah, .and. I gtve it to you verbatim, bec~tufe, being written by an Amcncan, tt Will per- haps carry more wc1. g J1 t w1• t 11 1·t tl1 an a n Y tllt.O0'' I could fay on the fame fubjecJ. " To the Printers of the Wilkcfbarre Gazette. " G entlemen, " It i painful to reflcB:, that fp culation has raged to fuch a dcg.ree of c' ]ate, that honcfl: induflry, and all the humble virtues that walk m her " train, are difcouraged and rendered unfa!hionable. . " It is to be lamented too, that diffipation is fooner introduced 111 new c' fettlements than induflry anJ economy. cc I have been Jed to thefe reflections by convcrfi.ng with my fon, who c' has juft returned from the Lakes or Genefce, though he has neither " been to the one or the oth r ;-in !hort, he has been to Bath, the ce" lebrated Bath, and has returned both a [peculator nnd a gentleman; u having fpcnt his money, fwopped nway my horfc, ca:1ght th ~ev rand cc ague, and, what is infinitely worfe, that horrid dilorder whtch fomc " call the terra-phobia ·:if. " We can hear nothing from the poor creature now (in his ravings) " but of the captain and Billy-of rangcs-townfllips-numbcrs" thoufands -hundreds- acres-Bath -fairs- races-heats -bets" purfcs-filk flockintts-fortunes-fevcrs-agues, &c. &c. &c. My " fon has part of a townG1ip for {ale, and it is diverting enou?h .to hea.~ ,, him narrate its pedigree, qualities, and fituation. In fine, 1t hes near • Our farmer does not fl!cm to have well underfiood tl1c import of this word, but we m~y ,-eadily guefs at his meaning. B h " at , C 0 N Il 0 C T 0 N C R E E K. " Bath, and the captain himfelf once owned, and for a long time rec' fcrvcd it. It cofl: my fan but fiv dolhrs per acre ; he wa::; ofl~red " fix in lulf a minute nftcr his 1 urehat~; but he is p fitivcly deter" mined to have eight, belidcs fome precious rtferves . One thine- i,· " very much in my boy 's filVour-he has fix yeJrs credit. A!lothcr " thing is ilill more fo- he iJ not worth a fou , nor ever will be at th i-i " rat<.:. Previous to hir, lat" cxcurfio, the lad workcJ well, and wa " con ten ted at home on my J:mn ; but now worl· is out of the q ucfiion " with him. There i · no maruging my boy at horne; thefe golden H dreams ilill bt:ckon him back to Bath, whcr , as he f1ys, no one 11ccd '' either work or flan·<.:; where, though a ma ~1 nuy luvc th~.; ague H nine months in the year, I c may confo!c himfclf in fJ);,:nding the other " thr e fa{hionably at the races. " .d Farmer." c' llanov,,., 0 8obcr zsth, 1796." The town of Bath flands on a plai n, furroun icd on tbr e fides by hill· ()[a moderate height. The plain i almofi wholly divcfled of it trec.:s ; but the hills nrc ftill uncleared, :1nrl bavc a very plc a.Gng appearance from the town. At the foot of the hills runs a ilrc.:am of pure water, over a bed of g ravel, whi h is called ConhoCl:on Creek. There i a very con~ fiderable f;1 1l in this creek jufi: above the to\ ·n, which affords one of the :fin efi: icats for mills po!1iblc. Extenfive f..1w and flour mill have already been erected upon it, the prin ip1l £tw in the former of which gave, when we vifited the mill, one hundred and twenty firok s in a minut , fuOici cnt to cut, in the fame fpnce of time, fc ven fcp,1rc feet, fupcrficiJl meafure, of oak timber ; yet the miller informed us, tlut when t1e water was high it would cut much faller. Conhot1:on Crc k, about twenty miles below Bath, [;dls into Tyo.;a Hiv ' r, which, after a courfc of about thirty miles, empti-:s itftlf into thv caftcrn branch of the River Sufquehannah. During floods you may go down in light bateaux along the creek, Tyoga and SuliJuclun .ah ri~:crs, the whole way from Bath to the CheC1peak Bay, with >U t in .err 'J1ttOn; · nd in the f..'lll of the year there is generally water fuilicient for c:anoes 3 L fran |