The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-06-24

celes,ial in its aspects ewing to the nttEhy
soay which led him into all the cheerful by
ways and adder delights et Pleasant zap.
The lacteal fluid, however, proved second
Delilah, inasuuch as there was one chair va>
cant at the elegant trout supper and one eed
tossed before its time. Once again IN the
pretty town of Bellefonte, we were not long
in sitting ourselves down to the pleasant task
of discussing a sumptuous trout supper at
the Bush House, interlarded with delicious
yiapds. neat toasts, brilliant sentiment, and
nIeasapt repartee-al the free gift or the
pleasing results of the free gift OF the kind
hearted people of BellefOnte. After the sup
psr came q season of pleasant recreation and
refreshing slumber, followe by visit to
the large and magnificent spring which sup
plies the town with water, after first forcing
the fluid by means of water wheel into an
immense reservoir on an adjacent hill. we
also inspected that model "print shop" the
Bellefonte WatcJtman Office, saw the water
power which runs the presses, beheld the
close proximity of fine trout stream, with
the fnny denizens of which our friend Meek
can communicate at any time from either OF
the side windows of his Office by merely
dropping them line; wended our way to
the glass works, where we saw much to IN
terest and instruct US, albeit there was more
HOaCing than striking In the process. we
were glad to see that they made light OF their
work, however, and spared all the Pdnes they
could in the making Of window glass. A
few other prominent features OF the beautiful
town commanded our attention Tor llttle
while and then with p. Gray Meek and his
amable and estimable lady, and Z. Gray's
right bower, Joe Furey, as hostages, and
with grateful recoIections of the princeiy
welcome and generous hospitality that had
l., iebl faH a a
mental adieu to Bellefonte and its noble
hearted citizens, and turned our faces in the
direction of Williamsport.
Over the Snow Shoe TO MiIesburg. over
the Bald Eagle Valley to Lock Haven, and
over the Phila & Erie r. +. to WilliamspoTt
we quickly sped our way, reaching the lat
ter city, the most beautiful and wealthiest
of its size perhaps in the Union, IN time Tor
| a most magnificent dinner at that palatlal
and splendiGly furnished hotel known as the
Herdic House. Our trip thus far was indeed
of the most pleasing character, and had we
space we would gladly detail many agreeable
| incidents which occurred on the way. AS It
is, we can only say for ouTself that we did
all we could and as often as we could to do
what seemed to us to be the mandate Of the
cabalistic letters which greeted us SO often
| between Lock Haven and Wiliamsport, and
| the result was that we went to dinner with
a very empty cGse-so empty indeed that 1t
| took considerable time to fill it with solid
inside matter. In course of time aud course
of dishes, however, we accomplished the feat,
and then, after listening to an account OF the
booming excursion on the Susquehanna river,
which we were too late to enjoy, we joined
the throug moving in the direction Of the
Academy Of Music, building of which Will
Transport, with all its palatial residences and
magnificent public edifices, has just reason
to be proud. A cordial welcome from the
Mayor on behalf of the citizens, an excellent
essay on the art of printing and fine poem
on the same subject, both Of which We shall
gladly publish at an early day, was the order
of exercises at this beautiful hail. After
this feast of reason and flow of SOUL" we
all returned to the Herdic House, where a
grand supper Cor rather dinner, if the tickets
spoke truly,) was served up about 9 O'Clock
that evening which was of course interspersed
with the usual tUasts, speeches, ETC., IN reg
ular order. While the latter exercises were
in progress, some OF the disciples of Terpsi
chore inaugurated a social dance in another
part Of the house, which they kept up until
the "wee sma' hours ayant the twal," while
the rest of us sought the arms of Morpheus
about the turn of the night and snoozed
away until O'Clock Thursday morning,
when we were called to an early breakfast,
in order to be ready for the first train to
Watkins. En- pdSSdnt we may remark that
large mum Der of M. DPS (not mule drivers,)
had came on a pill>grimage, or grim pillage,
we forget which, from various parts of the
State to Wilsiamsport, and we are free to say
that both there and at Mnequa, where we
met them on our return, they behaved them>
selves as well as if they bad been editors in
stead of doctors. or as if they knew almost
as much as do the members Of our own craft.
"All aboard ~ sounded about quarter
past seven, and Williamsport being an eX-
celent place for boards. as we'll as for good
boarding, the excursioniSts. numbering about
sixty ladies and more than one hundred gen
tlemen-beg pardon, we should have said
oditors-got aboard the cars of the Northern
Central Rail Road, and soon were speeding
away at a rapid rate in the direction Of New
York State, (poetry,) all in the happieSt of
moods in anticipation of the delightful scenes
and pheasant eujoyments yet in store for
them. We must here skip good deal of
what we would like to tell about, and sim
ply say that after a ride of one hundred
miles we reached our final destination and
what proved the crowning glory of the frat
summer excursion of the Pennsylvania Edi-
torial Watkins Glen. What
we saw within and without that wonderful
canyon we shall not attempt to describe, for
our pen is inadequate to the task and had
we not found it done up Bro,on in the Har>
rsburg Patriot, we fear our readers would
have to subscribe for another paper in order
to get the balance of this story. Our frieud
Brown does the descriptive very neatly. but
We think it is beyond the power of him or
any other man to paint the Glen in all its
majestic grandeur and unsurpassable beauty.
1t must be seen to be fully appreciated, aud
if you. dear reader. contemplate 4th July
trip, by all means go to Watkins Glen.
From the Patriot we take mp the thread of
our narrative in this wise:
"Journeying on a distance of seventy six
miles found US at Elmra and after a few min
utes spent here, in which some of the party
sampled the Buffalo Beer" and pronounced it
good, we hastened off to Watkins, twenty two