The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-01-30
Company II at Harrisburg.

| teenth regiment to attend the inaugu.
ration of Governor-elect Hoyt, at Har-
risburg. The train left Ridgway at
$3.50 o'clock, being an hour and half
late, and reached Harrisburg next
morning at about o'clock.
1t is scarcely necessary for us to
bring to mind the trials and tribula-
tions of the company, caused by the
needless shifting from one car to an
other, nor how the strips in the bag
gage car served as kindling wood, nor
the grand walk-aro with the ex-
press trunk as the centre of attraction
nor the broken glass on the floor, or
the "hot. box" which compelled the
conductor to leave the car at Williams
port. All these, and many more, in,
cidents of the trip will remain long
time in the memory of those who
were there.
The parade, which commenced to
move at half-post o'clock, was one of
the grandest ever seen in Harrisburg,
and we see it stated in the papers that
nearly eight thousand persons marched
in the procession. Besides the mill
tary, with their various brilliant uni
forms, glittering bayonets and regular
marching, there were numerous civic
societies on foot and distinguished
persons in carriages, with beautiful
bouquets. The parade was one well
| Npnrth ,rninn n lnnor t, anI
one, we think, none of the members
of Company II will ever regret having
taken the trip. After the parade the
boys visited the capitol building, and
in various other ways put in the time
until s O'Clock, the hour set for the
train containing the Twelfth and
Seventeenth regiments to leave Har-
risburg.
At about 2 o'clock Wednesday morn
| ing, after having switched around the
Harrisburg yard since s o'clock, the
| leaving time, the train made one final
effort and sped on its homeward way.
When few miles west of Williams
port the train stopped, when it was
discovered that anotherpassenger train
was trying to pass us on the same
| track, with no switch nearer than
mile or two on either side. The other
train having the right of way, we were
compelled to run back to the nearest
switch. The meeting of the trains on
S c Il trrsaa ~ ight piece of track, together with
the fact that the morning was clear
one, enabled the engineers of the
trains to see each other in time to come
to full stop, with the front of the cow
catchers not more than two feet apart.
A foggy morning, curve, or thous
and and one little circumstances, and
a terrible accident had been the result
of some ones carelessness. The loss
of life would have been great, and a
trip of pleasure turned to one of dire
mourning. While our train was COM
posed of ten loaded cars, the opposing
train carried three cars and, as far as
could be seen, a solitary passenger.
Again moving on our homeward way,
we reached Remove, and lay there for
more than an hour, until mail west
came along, and in a few hours landed
the company at Ridgway depot, at 2:S3.
The boys did not present a very
brilliant appearance, owing to the long
ride, hard marching in the streets of
Harrisburg and loss of sleep. They
will all be ready to go the next time all
the same.
NOTES OF THE TRIP.
Senator Hall paid the company
visit while we were standing at parade
rest in the line of procession.
Corporal Bailey, Will Messenger
and O. G. Kets dined with Senator
Hall.
Every time company passed the
residence of Senator Hall, his little
girl and Will Hyde's boys, who were
visiting there, ran out, eXclaiming,
"here comes Company H."
He gave his watch and other valu-
ables to the lieutenant to keep for him.
And all the boys called it joke.
Lieutenant Horton suffered the
loss of his overcoat and $40 revolver.
Stolen, no doubt.
George was slightly on his "mus-
cle.n
%. r. had a terrible fall, and cut
his wrist badly OH the broken glass.
%. c. X. led the walk-around.
The color-sergeant and Dennis
were the only ones who got glimpse
of Doctor Farley.
They had the arrangements made
all right, but the train started too
soon.
Go to Morgester's for apples, pota
toes, pork and ham.
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