Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-07
VISITING GETTYSBURG,
= DAY ON rmr GREAT n,rr.n r,r.p.
A Correspondent Nnrratsa ~. Experience.
and rhonghta on tho uistoriuu Grounds

lhllaueIphA tn teltysburE, tempted me,
and | went. Tho chcapnoss of the faro
tempted my purse, and tho idea of
pleasant day on the renowned battle field,
tempted my curiosity, possibly my patriot
ism Taking tho tram at Lancaster in
the morning-it is scarcely necessary to gay
| suppose, that tho train was lato about
half an hour, Tor have said it was an
excursion train-l and my friends enjoyed
tho fine scenery of farm land and rather
common looking tobacco, from tho plat
forms Of the cars.
We admire iino agricultural viows, and
nothing pleasos mo at least more than to
look ut them and sometimes, when not
too tired, like to SEQ them from tho
bumper" but this timo had no choice
but to stand right there by tho side of the
door, where had to move every time any
one passed mo. soon came to tho con
clusion that so many passed mo just to
mako me move. My platforms we're oc.
cupied mainly, | think, by country mon
and boys, Judging from the amount of
| talking that was done. It's fact, wc
| country folks often talk too much, but
some of them laugh u great DEAL too, and
| work for their living, and sleep well, and
| look you square in the eye, and go to
heaven when they die, oven If there Ia
another place, as many OF them belcvo.
An Eptortaiuing Company.
But again, Judging from tho TASKS in
the hip pockets and upper and lower coat
| pockets, and inside pockets, aud tho fro.
| quency of their aromatic contents being
| tasted, one naturally came to tho cOnclu-
sion that they were Lancaster folks. But
they were lively and reasonably interesting
! and served to keep ones attention from
the surrounding dlsoomforts. Frequently
one of these bottle kiSSoTs would think Of
| looking ahead Of tho train and would lean
far out from the car steps only keeping
| from falling by tho entire absence Of
weight in his head. o. course | could not
tell exactly how heavy their heads were
they might have had grain OF sense and
that grain might have been heavy enough
to tilt its owner off, you know, and leave
him scattered along tho railrOah.
| | dislike unpleasant things aud sights
and, as | too well know, a human being
smashed all up and scattered around, was
not o pleasant sight, | exercised consider
able soliCitude for these light headed IA
tiyes Of my county town bus no aCci
dents happened and about noon W.
reached Gettyshurg's historic hc,d, the
first sight OF which suggested to ono -
mind that some oil woman who lived in
shoe had out II mighty BIZ washing that
fine Sunday morning.
| In the urt Jsuurg Cemetery.
u y.
whore wo found a pleasant seat, and when
VIC proceeded 10 dine off railroad sand
wiches much t. tho horror ~ an elderly,
sober looking gentleman, who Informed us
that nothing WAS more against the rules
of the place than lunchug within It. We
expressed our SORROW that we were so near
through our rcplst, that II was scarcely
worth while to moyo then, and dismissed
the sober gentleman with the equally sober
assurance that ac would never do so
again.
Then we went to see the monument
where 1t stands, cold, white and beautiful
l above the poor, poor graves below, where
the long lines of eXprrssiOneSs stones tell
their wonderfully tad tales of suggestions.
{ At some OF the graves the stones bear the
} names aud Icgiments OF the poor fellows
/ below. And Lhcu how many of them look
0 up to heaven with nothing but the legend
; "u2known' cut in them.
i Tbs unkno-n rcad.
K Unknown Yes unknown, truly. All
= the tears and fears and sOrrows when he
went away unknown. All the love mes.
sages and cheerful kind words that were
= sent him from the brave At homo unknown
All tho prayers that went up TO heaven
from the anxious, troubled hearts left be
hind, unknown, unknown, unless heaven
has record OF prayers as we'll as of sins.
- All the broken hearts, all the weary lives,
all the agony of bereaved loves, whom tho
D. absent ones never came back, even long,
long after all the smoke of war had blown
u away and the battles crash was sient--all
u unknown!
~ "On Fames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
Il AVID Glory guards, with solemn TOInu,
n The OiVouaC OF the dead"
q | wouldn't give a fig for the fame
t couldn't live to enjoy-that kind that comes
Il in as life goes out aud it's dearly bought
"a glory that requires all of lite 70 mako itB
d halo
4 Going Ovsr the battle risId
20 Leaving the cemetery We sought the
)r most important places of interest on the
10 battle field Sign boards, memorial stones
" and small monuments gave us informal Or
70 az to where this or that company or divi
, sion stood, or where some beloved leader
in fell.
Big and Little Round Tops must be seen
also. They lilo about three miles from
re the town aud arc most easily
ge reached by cars These Round Tops
" are stray portion of the mountains,
a and were the ground Of some of the
TO heaviest fighting at Gettysburg. The
o. ascent Ia comparatively easy by fair patti
in and carriage road. Little Round Top il
10 capped with huge granite bouders and i:
,h so uneven and rocky that simply walking
a over it is difficult and in some places
m dangerous and how in the world they were
ga able to fight there is mystery To me. From
Ve Little Round Top, we go to Big RounC
Top. Here we found stilted looking
observatory, up which We climbed to get
like Moses from Pisgab, a view of the
land
A Magniiioent Wow.
10 And what magnificent view it is.
IA great basin with rim of blue outlintC
re- mountains and hills around il, with barns
n, and houses. fields and woods dotting ove
Il it, and right down below lies the grea
r. battle field. The nicely arranged camp
+ of our brave boys in blue out picnicinl
n with their fine uniforms and guns an,
r. comfortable tents, making merry as sun
?, day school children, over the ground tina
e was empurpled with blood only few
years ago, is plainly seen from our outlook
Everything looks smiling and beautiful
~ now then, it must have looked like hell
NJ God what sights heaven has seen hav
not much to say concerning our blue clat
n. boys, scattered over this field of sad recol
r. loCtions, for every respiration grows les!
IA and less for war, but shall always regrc
al that Lee did not wear the blue instead o
:. the pray. and was not n RpDu hlican T.