Middletown transcript., 1872-12-21
RIDING ON TIE RAIL,

Last week having little leisure, snatch
cd from the press Of business. which of
late has kept us rather closely confined TO
our Sky Parlor Office" We dctcrn ined
to avail ourselves Of the Kindness Of our
generous Rsilroad Officials, aud indulge
in little trip over the rail So, having
given ou, the requisite amount of copy
to Keep our typos fingers busy during our
absence, We stepped aboard the 9 A. NJ
train, and were soon whirling ;long over
the smooth track, anil enjoying our otipa
r"m d'da'id'e on the easy cushions of the
Delaware i. Il At two or threo stations
We regretted TO see strong and marked
evidence Of the want of careful hus.
bnndry on the par, Of somebody, in the
number Of peach baskets lying scattered
around, whero they were thrown from the
ears at the end Of Peach season. Why
are they not taken away? Have the
owners made so much III their fruit tha,
they can afford to thus throw away their
baskets, aud buy new ones next Summer ;
or are they Millcriics and expect the Mil
lcninm to be on hand and render their
baskets u-clcss before another Peach Sea.
son arrives? These baskets seem to be in
good condition now. but if they remain
where they are during the winter they
will not be worth much in the spring.
Along tho road we saw a considerable
amount Of corn still unhusked in the
field. and it made us shiver, for the sigh,
brought to mind rccollcctions which wc
are most happy to be able to record
among the things Of the pas..
Stopping a, the various stations. nd.
ding few to the number of passenger.
at each place, the cars soon became .pret.
ty well filled, and the selfish disposition
OF certain long nosed quadruped ,c
winch the action Of some men would seen
to indicate their near relationship, wa.
strongly manifested by several individual,
who piled their carpet bags and other ar
ticles OF baggage upon the seats, who'll,
oblivious to the dihculty which others hat
in obtaining seats This 10 often seen il
Railroad travelling, and i, is amusing /,
see how deeply interested these indivii
uals become in the conversation of other,
near them, or how strongly their at,cn
ton is attracted to some object outside, a,
passengers enter the car looking for seats
Two young men occupied two whole seat.
and were greatly interested u each other
conversation ut every depot, At last the,
parted at the Baltimore Junction, and Al
one left the train for tho Monumental cit,
the other called out TO him, i" II YOU eve,
come within mile of Philadelphia. s,o,
there : which We thought was a very ap
propriate invitation, bu, why he shoui,
have wanted the friend in whom he hat
been lately so interested, to stop mil,
from the city in which he lived we coul,
not understand
Reaching Wilmington, we at once pro
ccedcd to tho depot Of
TnE WiLaIsoTos Il WESTERN RAIL Roam
Here VIC had the good fortune to NEE
the gentlemnnly Superintendent, NJ. G
Conwell, Esq. at whose invitation ou
ride over the w. d W, was taken. III
had business of Importance to attend to
which called him over the road that morn
ing and taking scat by us. he mater
tally added to our enjoyment Of tho rid
by pointing out to US the various places o
interest on the road.
That which earliest attracted our atten
tion was the =. Mill Greek Flats" Thi
is largo extent OF beautiful tarmint
land as devoid Of hills as the Appoauin
mink Levels. and some hearty, thril,
looking young peach orchards, growing
here and there over il, causes il to wca
somewhat Of resemblance TO the aforc
said section.