St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-11-12
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A. our lat lettes, written from iW.shr
Einetou, u. .publiaked+is II be- sane' nm
bsrlof.ths paper Nhessin| 1e mentioned
oyr arrival no 20, IL, viii ,not5be aesessary
to go into any detailed account Of The re-
turn trip. Suffice It to say that the pub:
lie buildings IN the Capital Of the nation
the Capitol, Treasury Building, Patent
O@cc, White House, Smithsonian Insti-
tuts with others, and the Navy Yard
constitute attractions sufficient to interest
one weeks, instead Of two days, all the
length Of time, We were able to remain
But aside from thsss, Warrington is but
an ordinary place-the broad streets and
detached, uuimposing houses, giving it the
appearance Of large country town.
At Baltimore, tho Northern Central
connecting with the Baltimore and Ohio
and the Pennsylvania Central, presents a
pheasant and expeditions route to those
going to or from Washington. The nc
commodations are good, and the time such
that we made full connection, at Harris
burg. .~>~ e..
We had often heard the trip from Har.
risburg to Pittsburg, over the Allegheny
Mountains, on the Pennsylvania Central
described in SO glowing terms that We
scarce expected to have one-third our pre-.
conceived ideas realized. But all descrip'
tons were tame, and, paled when brough,
in comparison with the reality. The
mountain scenery, especially as it appears
in the early morning, as in the present
case, is truly magnificent. Leaving Har
risburg long before daylight, but with 9
iull moon revealing the country far and
wide: we rushed over hills and through
heavy cuts, until as the moon shone full
through the car window on the one side
before disappearing, aud on the other the
morning star seemed fairly to burn and the
gray dawn to break, we were among the
grand and majestic mountains. Soon the
highest tops were gilded with the coming
sunlight, and before long the lowest nook
was filed with its glow; while the eye new
er tired watching the change that was pre-
sented with the greatest rapidity. Thu
train thundered on, m mounting up, up, over
coming grades that seemed perfectly insur
mountableFfor machinery below was tbt
great ocean Of trees, the tops clamberinf
to the left the "blue Juniata" swept along
while in front was the ever incrcasin.
steep. By and by, We passed the "horse
shoc," perfect wonder, and reached tn
summit. From here two locomotives wer
dispensed "ith and the third took tn
train the remaining distance to P,tt-burg
The mountain scenery is one Of unvary
ing grandeur, and is thrice reward 70
the journey to sec it. 1t never seems mo
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT becomes tircsome. Tn
Railroad itself is, from its perfectness,
curiosity, and has we'll earned the reputa
ton Of being, in every respect, the best il
the United States. The time u!ade owe
the mountains is almost incredible, an,
the trip from Pittsburg to Philadelphi
one Of pleasure, aud one which We woul'
advise all our readers to make. From
Pittsburg, where we remained few days
seeing old friends and places all aliv
with the recollections of schooldays, to 81
Paul, there was nothing worthy Of men
ton and we were glad once again to ste
on the soil Of Minnesota.