Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-02
NOTES BY THE WAY.
Editorial CoTrsSP ondeHee Of the STAR
STEANISG on THE RoAD.-So. H.

STEANING on THE RoAD.-So. H.
MONDAY, June /, 1857
At nine a m, after a comfortable breakfast
with mine host (Mynheerl Miller, of the Relay
House. which went down as pleasantly as his
never-tc-be-forgotten ice creams and bon bons
IN old times, We were fairly seated on the ex-
eursion' aboard the mail train from Baltimore,
the understanding being that we are to over
take our company at Grafton at Ill tonight
The strangers along, principally Rhode Island
ers, never before South are already ching and
py-ing at the sight Of the so much more sub
stantial character of not only the railroad and
Its apTurtenances, but the many manufactures
with which the Patapsco il dotted and studded
from the quaint and antiquated little village
that has rested IN Its present condition for per-
haps halt century on the plain below the
vladuet up to the Ellieotts Mills where we are
whisked so soon.
The scenery in view Of the railroad upon the
Patapseo is pretty and harmonious, rather than
grand, striking, and diversified As the route
winds around the hills skirting the little river
at every turn. enc sees a miniature waterfall in
the way cf an industrial dam that sends up its
spray TO cool the atmosphere. and thus render
our trip more pleasant Bright eyes, illumin-
atlng far eountenances, peep out of the ranges
of the windows OF the factories lining the roads
for miles. How cotton and wooden goods can be
made IN them to advantage is past my compre-
hension, in view Of the fact that en- AVERAGE Of
one hundred trains pass daily beneath these
same windows, at each run of which every girl
IN the establishment, good-lookiDg or homely,
trihing or industrious, young or old, land they
are all girls in mill parlance il widows If if.
ty-) must get good look of course, or she would
belle the legitimacy Of her descent from mother
Eve, who has marked her own sex of her DOS
terity with the leading characteristic Of the ma
ture she was formed with even more indelibIv
than father Noah affixed upon the males of his
that unaprroaehable nose which every BODY
knows.
The cars on which we are journeying are call
ed into service only by the demand upon the
stock OF the rcad, occasioned by this excursion.
take it for granted, as they are antiouated
dingy AMI narrow Luckily | am an ardent adj
mirer OF very iOung America. even to the cx-
tent OF being willing to nurse anybody's baby
IN rall car, IN preference to being serenadcd
with the music man learns to make from half
dozen sympathizing- young 'uns We've a
dozen IN this particular car, and am by some
visitation Of Providence located in their imme-
diate midst where I am fam to content myself
Tor the time being. An emiable pale-faced lit
tie LIAM, claims three Of them the eldest hard
Iy three years old, the youngest perhaps as
many months oldfor rather he and they are the
panty Of a coarse, haggard, and nervous looking
woman OF the party wEo directs the movements
OF all Of them, the husband, father and natural
protector evincing i'll his countenance even a
greater dread Of the discipline Of her ever
Watehtul eye than baby No. 2 that sits within
Perlng with a shockingly dirty nose, of that
terror Of terrors. her now and then upIifted
finger. w. w