Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-01
Luray Cave.

1 The Journey Thither-Ths Wonders and Beauties of the Cave, Seen by the Electric Light-WOnders and Beauties Outside the Region or the Electric Light. | To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: 1 One difficulty in going anywhere is to get
 started. We left New Haven by boat at mid night, in a pelting rain that rapidly changed 1 the snow into mud, and awoke to find the | Elm City feeling its way through the fog.
 But we made the train for Philadelphia all right, and as the sun came out from the clouds we were ready for new sights and l sounds.
 | The first southern element we met was in the form of a bright young girl, in l telligent in her way, but evidently rather i anxious at being unattended. She sat behind us, and after awhile leaned forward and asked, | ssHow far's you uns goin' ?" We told her
 we were bound for old Virginia, and the fact seemed to relieve her mind at once. We lost sight of her, however, in changing cars at 1 Philadelphia, and can only hope she reached | home safely.
 Mr. R. R. Corson, who is the manager of l the Luray caverns, which we were to visit, l joined us at Philadelphia. His genial way and knowledge of the country increased our enjoyment of the trip. In passing through the country we saw numerous large buildings painted white, with green blinds and cupolas. 1 So clean and nice were they, so we'll propor- { toned and finely located, that thought they | were either churches or academies asked
 my companion why they had so many meet tug houses out in the country. Earns !" sa i'd he in Isconic scorn of feminine lg- no1 ,anee It was some time before my mind was at rest on this point, and ind myself still thinking that the Pennsylvania Dutch must .Se very pious as we'll as very thrifty, and sue h.no doubt is the fact.
 We req ehed Hagerstown, Md. in the evening, and were we'll cared for at the Baldwin House. The next luSrning was occupied with an in speo;;on of this pleasant city Of S,OOO lnhab- itants, and we left it at noon
 The ride O u the new railroad up the Shen- andoah Valley is as delightful as can be im- aoined. and Mounds in places of historic
 interest. The road crosses the battlefield of
 Antietam, which is broad and undulating,
 rising toward the Maryland Heights. There
 ia a cemetery in view from which rises me-
 morial shaft Al1 seemed so peaceful in the
 snnliobt that I could not realize that it had
 ever been the sc enc of fearful carnage, that those houses and barns had once been filled
 with the wounded and dying. But there
 was one of our company who, for ten days,
 had been on tue field during and after the
 battle, and he gave us graphic descriptions of it's scenes Theu we passed through the vil- lape of CharlesSowu, where they hanged
 Jobn Brown. The exact spot was pointed
 out where he was ex scuted, and, near by, the
 court house where he was tried, heard of A characteristic remark he made on his way
 from one place to the other This is g
 beautiful country around here; but should enjoy it more under otker circumstances At every turn the valley of the Shenan-
 doah presents scenes of surpassing loveli- ness, The Blue Ridge lay on our left, and
 the Nassanutton Range on our right, with
 the silvery river between. Huge rocks
 sometimes arose from the waters edge I while elsewhere the valley expanded into fer I tile farms. We were greatly impressed by
 the charming variety of landscape every
 moment a new and lovely picture was pass
 ing before us.
 We reached Luray about p. m. Mir. Cor son took us to the Luray inn, which is upon