The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-08-26
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lfsssrs. Editors g Onion :,-If You will allow
me g. short space i'm your columns, l will give
your readers O. little account of "a trip lately
made s4 Through portions Of Maryland and Penn
After leaving Baltimore by the the NJ G. R. w.
the first town I;stepped at was York, where I
found a first-class Hotel-the National kept
by that accomplished lady, Mrs. West Along
the entire. line of the N. EC.E r. Where are
marks Of enterprise and improvement. r, AT
Harrisburg stopped at the !" Union Hotel
kept by j. W. Taylor, good, loyal man, and
excellent landlord. Harrisburg is great Rail-
road centre and wasone of thelargest and most
important rendezvous for soldiers during the
war. Then taking the comfortable cars of the
Cumberland Valley RnR. Ipassed up through
Mechanicshurg,i Carlisle, Shippensburg and
other flonrisKihgE towns, throug Oh the heart Of
the famous Cumberland Valley Every where
wealth and prosperity seemed to reign and
crops looked most promising. But whata shock
it was to look upon the ruins Of the once beau
tful town of Chambersburg! The leaders Of
the rebellion have fearful account to settle for
its destruction) Nh people, however, are hard
at word repairing the damage, and putting up
new building. number Of fine hotels are al
ready Ocompleted and kept by Messrs Miller,
BrOuch, Ex-Sherif Brown and others, and the
Court House is nearly rebuilt. sdi1oadI5 auY 4
From Chambersburg went to Greencastle, a.
hourishing towhon'the Franklin Railroad. and
thence across the country to Waynesboro. This
is alprosperous little town ? II a few years aoo b
saving fund was established with a small cir
culatiop, which has owlgroYp into a National
Bank, With a capital Of $l30,000 Messrs. Frick
h Geiser, sntanufactuners,o the celebrated Gel.
ser's2 Grain Separator, have their extensive ma
chine shops ahereI Passing, down street nv
attentionwas attractedbyon of these machines
rnhfhySam engine attached to q tannery with
AN entire household, male and female, at work
around it. 1t is no wonderthe rebels can't un
derstandZ these" Dutch Y ankees."k Theyfp at
everything withsnch yigor. Gov. Bradford has
likewise q = separator at work in Maryland.
cleaning the chat outofe the wheat. The peo-
pie about Waypesbpro are very hospitable-
Their latch string is always out. the meals thcy
set before you would tempt the appetite of a
king and their Q. r is-of The best quality. The
crops, Swith the exception Of wheat, were very
abundant this season. and within a circle Of
five six miles found 20 mills, making about
100000 barrels of flour each yearyI3
From here | passed through. Leitersburg, a
pleasant village in Maryland, on 10 Hagers-
tpwn. ,Itisl astonishing what an amount of
grainsisraised in this section. All they want
fully e develoPe it, is the extension Of the w.
Passing back through waynesboro, called
on the editor Of the sIIIiqqe Record clever fell
low whN Alwa5s has hts machinery in order for
grinding domestic rebels. Il IlE
FrDns,here across theSouth Mountain, bypri-
vate conveyance, in a sort of e" pic mic" style,
stopping at Monterey Springs, where there is
fine hotel kept by Mr.. Miller, and full Of boar
ders. 4gp0T reyDut
Thence passing through Fairfield we reached
Gettysburg, putting up at Mr.. McClelland's
Hotel. Here our rejoicing was turned into sad.
ness, to see the hundreds of our countrymen.
resting peacefully in, 4their, morrow homes, and
to think how it was they came there is enough
to make the heart ache. Taking survey from
the crest of Round Top. II seems that an all
wise Providence directed tho affairs of our army
at Gettysburg. Todescribe the position is inn
possible, and we would advise those who have
dbeen there, 10 pay this famous place an
earlysvisitg The Southern C0nfederacy started
onritsn downward career from this place, nor |
stepped until its chieftain found himself within
his wifea Petticoat. is43bnu ail stgnie4q .93i
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