Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-21
For the CrNTRr DINocEAT.
sunday School Excursion to Snow
Shoe.

day ut Snow Shoe on Thursday last. July
I1th. Tho day wns ga day Of clopdlcss
oeAuty,' ia perfect day" The air was
COOL the sky clear, the sun bright, and the
breezes balmy and all things conspired to
bring out an unusual amount of a.tb.,i.
slang, the only kind ever used on such er-
cursions, from the female mcmbers Of The
party On all sides the girls were saving.
perfectly lovely :" "sublimcly superb %
"impressively exquisite % "astonishingly
sweet - &c, Sc Al half past seven
O'Clock the train moved up TO the depot
where the superintendent (of the Sunday
school, not Of the rhilroadl and librarian
were distributing tickets. Everybody was
happy and In IA hurry. "Old men and
mhidens, young men and children, =" ubigh
Hhd low Flch and poor, one with another !"
night recklcsEly hustled each other ss tbey
pressed towards tbs platform, and pushed
INTO the cars, and rushed into seAts. and
undcrscor"d the expressions Of satisfac,ion
written upon their faces by the empha,ic
manner of their sitting down. Al eigbt
O'Clock NIL were ready, the bell Of the en-
ginc rang, the brakes were opened aud
four passenger cars Of the PcnuEylyApiA
railroad rolled away b the mountains Gll
ed with fufsy, hdgety, hcshy freight Of
men, women and children.
In the way Of Sunday school picnics.
this WAS "a new departure" II was un.
dertakcn ~ faih. Faith in the general
manager Of the Snow Shoe mines. faith in
the mon who managed the train. and faith
| IN the landlord of the Mountain House. No
lii" preservers Of arg 5ort no baskets. no
buckets, no boxes, no ice cream freezprs
bothered anybody. Low be il spoken. even
| prayer book. and Lesson leaves were left at
home. Care and anxiety were contpicu-
ousIy ab.cnt. And under these conditions
there was nothing 20 do but to enjoy the
( ride, ENJOY the scenery, enjoy ourselves.
and keep the children inside the carr. In
| doing all which we succeeded admirably
| well. We steamed along 81 a rapid rate.
took no notice Of Milerburg, In fact, for
| got that there is such place On nearing
u" foot 81 the mountain all mouths
fecm"d - open wider and superstitiously
/ - suck IA tn" c1hIicrhtiug AIr. believing
/ inst lii" and health for another wear de-.
/ pended on - Wien our engine began 10
/ struggle up the mountain eide, backward
/ ana forward over tho steep graded .witchcs.
/ ~ sent i"rih irregular putting sound.
I which reminded Warren of the noise from
I The organ bellows when hr pump. too hard
/ !n hl- mind he was jY.t then arranging
/ a rustic buiipn.ho!c bu4uct, from the tiger
/ ...|l"A and asItir- and other email hs4ars
| that bedeckcI the banks of a bnhbling
| brook near by. Bot Eo quickly dropped
| his "riugham umbrcll,r. threw bf. ci-a-
"gt the wiudow, and began 10 hum f.
/ hymn. The Summit 81 the mountain ua.
/ soon reached. Tho scene from tLl. laiut
/ '. indeed fgrTA-siHgly grand. The -.tGe.
! oi mountain lors that stretch towards th.
! -nHih and west o. iar a. tho eye can reach
! looks Ike Eu many mighty giant. ia
! marching order. Tho deep valleys iha,
/ open ur bciur" them. are like vessels Of
| rihsslc mould which nature hiss provided
! =" catch the crystal dew that disal. from
! their tnpE. The government of that 70.
/ gian II a monarchy. Tranquility /. the
/ queen, su1 Fh" rcigns in rich refulccucc
! The planets bcamiug on their heavenly
! Wsy," give her The kiss of peace as thcy
/ pass her throne. and all tho dcnizcus Of the
! universe srn knichtci dolis who do not
| render admIring obgissncc At her feet
| The different members Of the marty On.
| joycd 1t each in their own way. The ar.
/ lists caught colors from tho sky. and using
/ their eyes for palciies, and the poetry Of
/ their naturcs for brushes, thew PAINTED
I upon the canvas Of their memories the
| picturesque figure of each distant peak a. il
stood decked IN its robes Of morning suleu.
| dor They made casos out O! Imagination
and rested them upon the rocky beds Of
| the rAyine beneath their feet The Young
men and maidens disposed 30 be sentimen-
tai looked out upon the ETHEREAL sweetness
that bAskcd in golden light, and watched
| 1t steal kisses from the grizzly cheeks OF
the sturdy mountain giants, or stoop to
| gather fresh fragrance from the wooded
| valleys st their feet The sight brought
| relief 70 their pent up thoughts and feel.
| ings. They smiled in sincere sympathy
with the scene and with each other. The
more matter Of fact in the party took an
entirely different view Of the scene. Some
| talked Of the bear dens, and rattlesnAke
deus, deer crossings, trout streams, and
pheasants ground out there. One man
grotetquely wondered how many feet Of
timber msy yet be cut out there, and
whether the stone Is good for building pur-
poses lie wasaskcd TO leave the train AT
length we arrived at Snow Shoe. Our
train stopped in front Of the Mountain
House. Mr.. Peters in holiday attire was
on the porch waiting for us. Arrange
mcnts had been made with him b. provide
dinner for about one hundred and thirty.
Eve. One hundred and eghiy.six walked
into the house, and Mr. Peters was over
whelmed. But he WAS equal TO the occA.
sion in every respesci. Received Us in a
lordly manner and bad dinner for all Ii
was a good dinner. Ii consisted Of three
kinds Of meats, four kinds Of vegetables.
abundance of bread and butter of the
best quality, plenty OF cake Of several
kinds, plenty Of ice cream, and tea and
coffee for those who wanted either. Every
body was not only well satisfied, but highly
pleased, and Mr.. Peters has the hearty
thanks Of our Sunday school and congre-
cation for the important part he took In
making our excursion a complete success.
After dinner some strolled in the park
near the house where "our member from
Snow Shoe" had swings put up. some
played upon the lawn beside the house.
Dtkers dtetrihui0l thnuneolvos T., srntaltn