The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-09-20
For the IEgis Dc Lntelligenctr.
Meeting of Physicians at McCall's Ferry.

Having been cordially invited by my
friend, DIR. Alexander Craig, of Columbia,
Pa, to be present at social meeting of
physicians, to be held at McCall's Ferry,
Pa, drove to Conowingo, Cecil county,
on Wednesday, Sept. 4th, 1878, boarded
train on tue Columbia and Port Deposit
Railroad, moving northward. This road
follows closely the eastern bank of the Sus-
quehanna river
The first place of note, above Conowingo,
is Bald Friar, made famous in vlden times
by the crossing of the river at that point
by Lafayette and his army. Here the river
is about three-fourths OF mile wide, and
in low water, can be crossed very easily on
horseback. Here, too, great many very
fine shad are caught every spring.
We come next to Peach Bottom, four
miles above, which is quite business
place. Lumber and coal yards and an ex-
tensive roofing slate quarry, the only one
in Lancaster county, believe. At present
this is the terminus Of the Narrow. Gauge
| railroad, running southwark from Oxford.
1t is the intention to cross the river and
| connect with the York and Delta road, and
will also be a connection of the Baltimore
and Delta road. The river at this point
is nearly two miles wide. Nearly opposite
to the station is an island, known as MAX
Wells" which contains upwards of seventy
| acres, the most of which is cultivated
-Four miles above we come to Fite's Eddy,
a noted place for angling. Two and a-half
| miles above, we come to Cully's Falls
one of the most beautiful points along the
river. Here you see the river leuping and
jumping down the rocky steps, for over
half mile, the waters writhing and seeth-
ing, as if IN II cauldron.
Lastly, we come to the end of our Journey
for the day-McCall's Ferry, fourteen miles
from Conowingo and twenty. one miles
from Port Deposit. The river at this point
| sweeps down through narrow pass be-
tween the hills on either side, and is only
| about one-cighth of mile wide, with Il
depth, III places, Of 200 feet. She seems
| from some cause or other to have suffered,
and is now, with "hour glass contraction;"
| for above and below she is upwards of half
u mile wide. The ride up the road was in
an open excursion Car, which affords great
| facilities for viewing the scenery around
you. Nowhere will the cxcursonist, the
| admirer OF nature, tind so much in the
! same space to please his eye; to make one
1
| fall III love with all creation, as up the Sus-
quehanna river, between the points have
| named. He will find the river dotted with
| islands, grass beds, rocks and falls;the banks
| on either side Of high hills and mountain,
as barriers, it would seem, to the angry
river, should she attempt to overflow The
surrounding country.
Having arrived at McCall's Ferry. we
found about one hundred ply sicans repre-
| sentatives of Lancaster, Cumberland, Ches
ter, York and Dauphin county Medical So
cieties, of Pennsylvania, and the Cecil and
Hartford county Medical Societies, of Mary
land. This meeting, as stated above was
purely social. The day was enjoyed by all
present, to the utmost degree.
Mr.. Elias Frye, the genial landlord of
the Ferry Hotel, entertained his guests in
the most hospitable manner, as he well
knows how to do. And just think of it
only charged fifty cents for dinner He
certainly deserves his reputation, that che
knows how to keep hotel"
While enjoying myself and making new
friends in the profession, was forcibly re-
minded of some germane remarks, in an adj
dress delivered by DR.. W. Stump Forwood,
OF Darlington, before the Hartford county
Medical Society, at a special meeting, held
at Havre de Grace, June Goth, 1878, to take
action regarding the death of Doctor John