Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-12
The Visit Of the Cadets.

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Leaving Alexandria at $50 on Mon
day, they reached Georgetown at II,
and, after a short stroll about that an
Gent burgh, left at 1880, reaching Cab
in John Bridge at $3.50 and the Great
Falls of the Potomac at $50. Early on
Tuesday morning fine view OF the
falls was obtained from the rocks on an
island 10 which temporary bridge
passes to the Maryland shore, and at
7:i5 the party re-embarked and reSnm-
ed their journey. At 1910 a stop was
made at Seneca to allow the boys to
examine The quarries and the great es.
tablishment at which great blocks OF
brown stone are sawed by water power
into steps, stills, &c, of any required
size. At 1890 p. M. the boat started
again, and after a very short stop at
Whites Ferry reached Lock %, above
the Point Of Rocks, at a. m. and stop
ped tor the rest of the night. Starting
at 4:30 the rock-built churches and
dwellings of Harpers Ferry came in
sight. through the gorge, at $3.50, and,
in few minutes, the boat was moored
and, DOMINIC their uniforms, the boys
went over the bridge and inspected
Jefferson's Rock, the engine house,
made famous by John Brown, &c. The
annual commencement of Slorer Col
lege, the West Virginia icolored) Nor
NAL School was in progress, and some
dropped in to that, while others ex-
plored the Maryland Heights, or fished
in the Potomac or Shenandoah. Late
in the afternoon the school nine played
. and won a match game of base ball by
a score of 81 to 2, their opponents
being picked nine. AT 1910 p. m.
the Seneca started again, and reached
Antietam about 40 a. III. As soon as
it was light Mr.. S. Il. Sheaffer, the
agent of the Antietam Iron Works,
who was so kind to the students in their
difficulties last year, came on board and
invited them up to see the furnace. 1t
was, unfortunately, out of blast, owing
to the dull times, but coke was being
made and ore and limestone procured
with view to resumption within the
month. Mr.. Sheatfer showed the boys
every part of the furnace aud explained
to them the process of smelling. Re
embarking at $50 the point opposite
Shepherdstown was reached about ten,
and at II the cadets paraded the town,
being, everywhere, "the observed Of all
observers. At II, by Invitation, they
drilled in the grounds of Shepherd Col
lege. q white normal school for West
Virginia, with about $50 students, male
and female. The principal, Prot. Nc
Mprran, and most of the male students,
came over to the boat, and showed the
utmost courtesy to the cadets, regret
ting that want of notice of their COM
ing had prevented public reception
and entertainment, which they desired
to give, while the young ladies, whom
the boys pronounced the most beauti-
tul and agreeable they had seen, COM
pletely fascinated them. After dinner
the paper mill, where paste board was
being made, was visited and inspected
through the courtesy Of the foreman,
the proprietor being absent. AT 3 a
match game with the Rustics, a senior
base ball club, took place, it having
been previously agreed that only five
innings were to be played. A large
number of ladies and gentlemen atten-
ded and the cadet nine were victors by
"a to 10. At night the Shepherdstown
band played in the college ground, and
the cadets spent the evening most
agreeably with their new friends, leav
ing reluctantly at 10 or IL o'clock. The
boat started on her return tip at a.
NJ, passing Antietam at 5 and Har-
pers Ferry at $50 aud stopping at
Knoxville from 10 to l1:45. At 3 p.
m. the Point of Rocks was passed, and
at $50 Monoeacy, and the boat stop
ped for the night at G p. IN, near Lock
&c, where the boys enjoyed themselves
with play in the green fields until bed
time Starting at sis a. m. they reach
ed Seneca at IL and stopped, accor-
ding to previous agreement to play the
Jamestown Base Ball Club, the small
est member of which was larger than
the targets of the school nine Then,
too, the game had to be played on a
field among high, though thin, grass,
and as the cadets were not used to run
ming over ploughed ground, they were
beaten 10 to2. BY this time the game
was over, SIS p. m, the first boat from
below passed up and gave the pleasant
information that the Georgetown level
vas navigable for light boats, so the
Seneca started at once and reached the
head of the seven locks at Q p. ~,
where. she stopped until l:3O a. IN.
Georgetown was passed at 7:l5 a. m.
1t may interest some to know how
things are managed on these excur-
sionS. The hold of the boat was swept
out and benches placed leng,hwise up
and down the middle, on which, at
night, mattresses were laid. Each boy
had two blankets, and, though crowded,
they slept very comfortably. Bracket
lamps were fastened to the posts at in
tervals, and kept burning all night,
while clock pointed out the passage
of the hours.
Cooked hams and bread and cheese
were provided in sufficient quantities,
and coffee was made in a big wash boil
er This constituted the fare, and the
fact that it had all disappeared by Sun
day morning, showed that it was ap-
preciated.