The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11
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" 'terrrs-f-.r,,- A.-.7r-4 1890
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mo RaItin,o-a anJ 0h;o rs;lroa5
Who own and r,,r his srr,r,o, ,.a1
s.r. .olI rnInd trim tictc.s Good for
thrre davs from Wasbinot32 to DeoI.
PM. ami O.L-IrDd for Ell Tbasa ~
cI,rs;ons from y-qsbifgton and RaIt;-
NOR are Loconling 6uitn non,Il91.
and grc natroni-aJ o,,tensivdIv b,. .
class Of nconIc who can onIv oet
owov ron, bneioaes q dg,. or f,ro NJ
y ri,nr
Tbr ride startino, fron, bcre at i,,,,.
o'aIorj, in the cvaning i %, nIo9sorr
one osnociaIlv rs Won are 5ottioo II
,or les than half rate Vanv -n
from, \Yasfinoton to Old Point CON
fart 10 smash i'm thc invioorafin0
.l,rf that i,ns the rrea,, VOLS o4 Fo7t-
rass NTonrod .Bnt tbe t,;n down and
bacl, Is not o+ all q n]r.isant one an
1r.o,,,t of the p,anncr IN which tbc
river boats are crowded 10 saw moth
inc of tbe sinkino or otber disasters
If overcrowdcd excursions bv water
Tban onotbcr f,awbocI, down tLo
river i tho r,osopitos M mns.1li-
tos in tha AUoobcnies The dom +
know what tbnyara nm tbcr. Mo-
ouito. NOT much Won wouldn't find
= mosouito c9rryinc q blanket With
him for the summer canpaion and
tbats what he world have r. 10 to
camn ont nm tbcro
81 Icavind the wbirI pooI of fash
ION to tbore9r we souoht tbe roonnf-
min and sloDt with comfort
CirrIino around tba RIM Of hills
that bon in \Vasbinoton like q bavl,
onr r so train ofnine or ION coach
as snnd and betore jong we fonnd
o,,r!alyo. dosbino tErnno5 RooL,viIla
vbero the democrats lvncbod n nogro
the other dav of course everybody
vos ,t tbc s.,7. window. to e.e +La
cbarrr free ybcratbc deed was donn
but IS none of MS were at the neorro
murder we didn't know tbe ex9cf
cherry tree in tbe orchard 10 the Icff
of tbc r;ilarc so motber c,I.iosit,.
was NOT satisfied Soon the BIne
Riloc c9me in sio5+ then tho Wild
river defile at HoTncr's Ferry.
JumDinc ont of the car while thp
tr.,in sfon5ed n few minutes 10 Io.,va
nfT "a lew nassanoers I had a Good
view Of fbn old war-bottercd t0vn
Tho Old catholic church which both
armies resnccted in pointing tbeir
ouns down and Douribo bot-s6ot i'm
to the town from the surrounding
heights is stiiI towering above The
rocks on either side and seems
to he the best looking hoDse in the
town The old walIs and foundo-
tione OF the burnt buildings are as
dilapidated as ever. The engine
house below the depot where John
Brown defended himself from the
attacks of Gen. r. Z. Lee and his
corps of mariners is kept in good re-
pair and has painted on its side TO-
ward the depot in large letters John
Browns fort.
Colonel Edie's headquarters on
Shenandoah street still towers above
the old sutler shops built below it.
and the old stone steps where he
use 20 enjoy that sweet clay pipe
while listening to the never ceasino
strains of martial music is now a
prominent loafing place for the ex-
confederates who have returned since
the war.
How the scenes have changed
since the day I raporfed +or Juf,- ~