Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-12

sharp angie IN the river, n deck hand
shouted, in sonorous voice like the
sound of steam calliope, can
thongs nose.' A large hill, boldly
defined, stood in front of us with the
curves Of u huge nose on its western
outline. 1t was soon lost to sight in
the next turn, and turned from it to
contemplate some other nose.
There are many other points of inter-
est but | will not mention them here.
We arrived ut Nest Point about 70
O'Clock and getting Off proceeded up a
steep hill to the grounds. Just on the
top of the hill, up which ] tenderly
assisted my young friend, stood n
bronze, llfe-size statue of Custer and ms
j stood before it with big hat in nv
hand, | noticed II tear in the eve OF
my companion and almost envied the
| bronze statue.
We moved on and went into the
building, which | will not describe.
| and memories of Robt. f.. Lee made
me feel as though | was treading on
sacred grounds. Twas here, too, that
Fitz Lee charmed the maidens of the
place, and his comrades by the magic
sound of his voice and guitar. The
buildings look old aud Anticipated.
musty, rusty and behind the age.
The drill grounds are unenclosed.
and the cadets presented very fine
appearance at drill. An incident oc-
cured while we were watching the
drill, which greatly amused my com
panion. \ squad of cadets came from
the school-room making the various
turns in the walks with military pre-
cision, but as they passed us they broke
step badly and laughed almost in our
faces. | was indignant, but my COM
panion quoted me by saying, while
the blue feather in her hat danced
from the violence of he mirth, They
are laughing at your Texas hat
Revolutionary relics lay around the |
ground in ANTICIPATED antiqueness, and
| was much interested in II piece of ar
tillery with date too ancient to mention.
The hotels and hack drivers fleece you
numerically, and MS the walking was
not good, for my companion, / had a
positive experience with the hack
driver. Take away the memories and
associations from West Point and q
very ordinary place it would be, but
one feels the influence of the departed,
when he first stands on this eminence,
looking out over the Hudson, while the
names of the nations military heroes
glide in rapid succession through his |
mind. a grand hotel has recently |
been built south of the military head
quarters and thousands of guests regis
ter there every month when the river
is free from ice. Under the grounds, |
runs Il tunnel, recently constructed by
railroad company which is running
kind of western shore competition
to Nanderbilt's line on the eastern side
of the Hudson.
Most of the cadets We're very young
and dudish in appearance, but their
drilling was very fine indeed, and
their walk and carriage / suppose
should be called truly West Point
style" About 4 O'clock, after we had
done the Point, we embarked in the
finest steamer | ever was in and start
ed home. Far above us the statue of
Custer stood out in bold relief with the
sun shining on the long bronze hair
which fell in waves over his shoulders,
and | had made the long-wished-for
trip to West Point. Down the Hud-
son. Who that has been down this
great and majestic stream does not
have tender memories of the journey
Frost had painted the leaves in a
thousand different colors, and the de-
Ginning sun threw great shadows on
the surface of the water ms we cleaYed
the ripping stream and kept on culti-
waiting our acquaintance.
Once | thought of Major Andre and
the traitor Arnold, but my companion
would not listen or tell me any tradl-
tions about them connected with the
river
The luXuriousness of the cabins and
ali .asass FAf
subduiug to Texas cowboy, and l
felt kinder grounded upr during sup
per. Afterwards we went upon the
promenade deck-there were three
decks in all-and muflling ourselves
in our wraps, we watched the scenery
in the increasing twilight. Our ac-
quaintance had SO ripened that she
ventured TO say she thought life on
Texan ranch must be delightful, and
| said that there was no time and
place like the present on Hudson
river steamer
We now had gotten back opposite
the Palisades and my companion de-
manded that get down ON my knees
and apologize for my criticisms of the
morning, and in truth ] should, for ]
never saw anything to equal them.
The setting sun east n dark shadow far
out into the river from their base
which seemed to increase their height
many times and they doomed up, far
down the river, "grand, gloomy and
PECULIAR" They were indeed all that
descriptive pens have said about them,
and when ] wanted to do the full act
of apology NJ ISIS -- said the sight OF
a Texas cowboy on his knees was II lit
tie too TOO for her delicate nerves. so !