Note 211 — IV. SUNBURY.
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If we may credit a contemporary writer, the population of the Midway settlement was considerably demoralized.
“Fields once her [Midway’s] glory and her pride, Weeds, grass, and briars now do hide. And worst of villains make their home Where flames had happen’d not to come. “Instead of preaching, prayers, and praises, Now on the Gospel holy days They race, and fight, and swear and game, Without regard to law or shame. “They arm’d, disguis’d, with faces blacked, Do many villainies transact; The few, few honest that are here, Do often rob and put in fear.” MS. Diary of Benj’n Baker.