The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-11-04
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Editorial Excursion.

Editorial Excursion.
Correspondence OF the Register.l
Dear Register: With the various
graphic accounts that will certainly
be given by the press of the State of
the excursion of the West Virginia
Press Association, to which they re-
solved to treat themselves at their
last annual meeting, thisdsscription
will certainly seem stale, owing to
its tardy appearance in your paper;
but thinking that some OF the rea-
ders of the Register, who may not have
read any description Of our excur-
sion, and in an account Of which
they might be interested, l proceed
to the task of laying before them a
"plain unvarnished tale" Of our de-
Elightful and profitable trip.
The 18th Of October found your
representative armed with a free
pass for any desired point in the
"Great Vest" and leaving on the
evening of the same day, we arrived
at Martinsburg on the 18th, there to
Join the editorial intelligence Of our
State. A;ter a refreshing nights
sleep, made pleasant with the visions
of mirth and novel delight, that
should attend our excursion, we took
passage at u N. on . special train for
Harrisburg. With the speed of the
train and the delightful company of
some dozen orsoof Martinsburg's most
boosted beauty and intelligence, we
certainly realized the truth Of the
quaint old adage, that Time isshort
and srt is long" Arriving at Har-
risburg, and changing cars, we start
ed for the "QuakeE City," and reach
ed this quaint and comparatively
moral place about s o'clock. Here
upon alighting from the train-the
sable veil Of night obScuring the in
viting scenes of the city-we quietly
betook ourselves to the dining hail of
the American Hotel, where We regal
cd ourselves with a delightful repast,
and then, after visiting the theatre,
retired for the night. The next day,
the 10th, was as favorable as sun.
shine, attention and Kindness could
make it.
After visiting the Centennial
grounds and being shown through
the magnificent buildings in which
nations are to vie for superior excel
lence in agricultural, artistic andme-
chanical products, and curious collec-
tons, VIC were treated to the novel
and delightful pleasure of boat ride
on the deep watersSof the Delaware,
whose bosom is made white with the
sails OF commerce.
On returning we wcse-hailed- by
the Master of the steamship Pennsyl-
vania-Captain Harris-whose gen
tlemanly courtesy and generous hos
pitality were extended to the excur-
sionists, and our curiosity was much
gratifed in being shown through the
cabins and engine room Of this huge,
staunch and stately vessel. Return
ing into the city about six o'clock in
the evening, the excursionists divert
ed themselves in divers ways amidst
all the varied and interesting novel
ties with which they were surround
ed.
After a nights rest We bade adieu
to many scenes of attraction and
mounted the train for Pittsburgh
En-route for this place we were invi-
ted to partake of the Inequalities Of
the P. C. R. R. Company, who had
prepared 5ountiful and sumpsious
dinner for the jolly tourists.
To give absorption of this dinner
such IS it deserves, weu!d require
greater descriptive powers than your
representative possesses, but suffice
it to say that could the departed
spirit of the fastidious and captious
E.ldladecn be recalled, who is said to