Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
A November Walk,


iooihs On the nA'oh VI oooNin,.
Correspondence OF the COMMERCIAL
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8, 1874.
On last Monday morning. between 2 and
o,a,a.,, s,,a ,.;,.;,,,, 10 .ho w;s.,,,;,,,o,
ocioeA' people uiNnie a'oiH 'he "iS'ai'''Ao"
road towards Philadelphia, turned and stared to
see three youths striding along with steady step,
ho,,;,r . yos,,,,,,n o,,;ooa bo,s;,, o,or ,bsr
n"'i,s '"e.u'"n, "p'oo' '""e,'e W.. 'Ao'
shoulders. Lest me readers OF tie COMMERCIAL
should not know what vascni'm is, we Will say
Tor their beheht thht IL IL an oplohB tih
poS, used by potahists 10 contain sPeci-
mems OF flowers, plants leaves, etc;
The three youths mentioned, however, dld
not use them Tor tlias purpose. ihey carried IN
them provisions, ana smch ciothing a. seemed
| absolutely necessary. There were in the three
one long youth, one shorter youth, and one
short youth, making complete series. These
boys, whose odd accoutrements attracted the at
tentlon OF the d~ilefs anu drivers along the
| Wissahickon, were three friends bound on
| short pedestrian tour along the line OF the North
Pennsylvana ltailroad with the intention OF go
| ing rs far as bethlehem, and seeing what was to
be seen.
We walked on up the banks OF the romantic
and historic stream, enjoying to the full the
beautiful scenery and bracing autumn weather
and all talking at once on whatever subject
Glanced to come up. We passed several mills
along the lstream, and at some, particularly Ma
garges extensive paperimills, wishing to stop and
go through them but as our time was limited,
and we could see the places OF interest near the
city at another time, We concluded to push
on and leave farther examination for
the, present. After walking up the Wissa-
| hickon Tor about ten miles, we left 1t, and
crossed over to the Bethlehem pike, which
we struck at Flowertown, small vii
lage beyond Chestnut Hill. Then we
walked steadily along, through very thickly
settled country, the houses lying 80 near each
other that we could hardly decide where one
village ended and another began, until We ar
rived at Fort Washington, where the railroad
crosses the turnpike. Here we stopped to re-
port pr ogress to our friends at home, who were
supposed to be anxiously waiting the first news
from us. We had provided ourselves with plen-
ty of postal cards. and we Immediately COM
menced an active correspondence OH the steps
of the Post office. We concluded that il the
two dozen postal cards we wrote did no other
good, they at least amused the postmistress at
Fort Washington for the next hour After fin
isbiug our business there,we went on some three
miles, and stopped for dinner in piece of woods
near brook. Here we spent an hour, and the
| tall and middle-sized members OF the "Brother-
hood of Three" had good laugh at the short
member, who became thirsty from eating some
excellent ginger cakes, which formed part of
the provision, and went down to the brook to
get some water. He filled the mug, and took
two swallows before he could stop himself, and
then began to choke and splitter, while the
others lay down on the ground and roared On
further examination it was found the brook
drained tannery few hundred feet Off and
the short member thinks il any of your readers
have an idea that tannery water il good, let
them try it and see.
| After this little affair, We proceeded on our
way, not meeting any other adventures worthy
OF notice, and stopped for the night at hotel
in small village named Trewigtown, having
walked about 26 miles The oafers from the
country round filed the bar room talking over
tho probable result of tho next DAYS election.
smoking, and taking in n supply of the ardent TO
last them until Wednesday Not being used to
breathing an atmosphere reeking with the fumes
of tobacco and bad whiskey, we went to bed
ea"ly, and slept the sleep of the Just.
iANext morning we rose with the sun and good
appetite for breakfast, and started off rested
and refreshed We noticed that az We pot
farther north the German element began to
increase, and ut Selersyille, where the railroad
again crosses the road there seemed to be quite
as much German as English spoken, Nest of
the farmers had finished Their hl,sklpg, and some
were haulipg the bnnales of stalks into t,e barns
or stacking them in the fields. Near noon we
arrived at ouakertowp, and stopped at the honse
of a friend where we were coriially received
and most kindly entert aimed. We Ieff here with
regret after stay of over two hours and pushed
on mast tile VILLAGES of Zion's Hill and Cnoners.
burg. and STONED for the night at Centre Val
lev. n small station abont miles from Betbla,
hem Ne received excellent fare and tbe kind.
est treatment ut the hands of Mr.. Wilt OF the
Ientre Valley Hotel and beiue tired with onr
DAYS walk. Went 10 he'd soon after simmer which
we disno.ed of with the sharpest al annetites
There was some noise below. during tina nipht
| from ayrited 0rovj nf f,erms,, yntara nj
noliticians INT tbev could NOT keen three tired
how awake lone. and we enioved II bonrs of
ia most nrofonn6 slnmber ' -
Newt morning wa made an early start. and A.
ter sha,n waiE of three miles. arrived Al Fried
ensville' ! here the mines of the I,ebipb Zinc
70 ara sitnated. At this mine the most mower.
fci stationarv engine in the IInitea Ststes il
raed 70 nnrnn the water from the mine A II
, NAV intarest some Of vour readers. I give tbe
din,ensinns etc which were Obtained from tbe
very nnlite and oblirinp engineer in charge.
| Stroke, 100 inches aiameter of cylinder. IN
inches re,,olutions per minute. +. weipbt of
, each Of the two Nv wheels rs tons iiameter nj
dv wheeis 40 feet capscty of pump. lbs Gal.
Ions FER stroke. II il a low pressure direct No.
tion. condensnp engine, and was made by Mer.
, rick a. SONG Southwark Foundry. Philadelnb;a
After thoroughly examining this enorrnonr
piece OF machinery, we proceeded to inspect the
! working of the mine There are several sba ftr
! surk, Which are worked by ordinary dumping
buckets attached to wire ROPES, and there is also
| wide nit dug, from which drifts run under.
1 ground in all directions. We did not descend
any Of the shafts az you get very wet and dirty
! by 10 doing and there is little worth seeing I'M
! derground, the most interesting parts OF the
. works being above We saw the quartz crusher
the washing troughs and the other mining an