Daily Republican., 1884-04-21
DOWN CUMBERLAND VALLEY.

DOWN CUMBERLAND VALLEY.
From Has.isburg to Nee banies
burg, to CARLISLE. 10 Chambers
burg, 10 Aagersaown asd Re-
turn.
Special Correspondence Of the REPuBLIcA1
ALONG THE LINE, April 18th, 1884,
On Tuesday morning we lett Harrii
burg on Cumberland Valley Railroa,
train in . drizzling rain, crossing th
Susguehanna on high and long rail
road bridge over to Cum berland Coun
ty. As the State capital disappeared
In the distance the beautiful Cumber
land Valley opened up a. we advanced
The craggy hills as seen from the Har
risburg side of the river are but the thii
veil that hides the most beautiful ex
panse Of country beyond that human
eyes could wish to see.
| We were delightfully."- and agreeably
disappointed. In our own minds VI
had pictured out o narrow valley from
eight to ten miles wide, winding and
neandering around high mountain
peaks. Instead Of this, s,epread out be-
fore us was broad valley varying from
twenty-five to thirty miles stretched
out from sloping bills to abrupt noun
tain heights, the whole resting on q
bed Of limestone in places protrudipg
from the earth forming gray relief to
the green fields of luxliriant wheat that
are seen. 30 often as TO become almost
mOnot0nous. There IL difference be.
tween the appearance of this section
and Piquea and Conestoga Valleys In
Lancaster County, and the Swatsra In
Dauphin County.
ties indicate the national descent of the
settlers. The great red barns den0tiDg
settlements OF thrifty Meneists Memo
nites). Tunkers and Amisch are rot
seen in Cumberland valley 80 fre.
quently, but instead of them are seen
white barns and brick houses, denoting
the land of the Presbyterian Scotch
Irish settlers, and more industrious,
moral and upright people cannot be
found In the United States. This is
Cum mberland valley, and the finest town
Of importance at which the train stops
Is MeChanicsbnrg, a atnfiving, enterpris-
ing place Of some 5000 inha bitants. OF
course we cannot tell much about the
town by merely passing through 1t.
About this time the CLOUDS parted
and the sun threw golden tint over
valley and hills, adding fresh beauty to
scene already beautiful. A large
number of people got Oh the train here
bound for Court, which was in session
at Carlisle. the County town OF Cum ber.
land County, few miles farther on.
Ever charming ever,
When wtii the lsndssspe tire the view?'
we thought as the train rumbled on
through level country and amongst
beautiful fields of grain. A run Of less
than half an hour brought US TO the
town Of Carlisle, q town the name Of
which has become national ON account
Of the government military station and
the Government Indian school. The
town he's a population of some 5000
We could only Judge that it is q beau
tiful town by passing through 1t on the
cars. We could not help but notice,
however, that we passed two noted In.
stitutions, that exert an influence al
over the country, and that although
directly opposed to each other, run side
By side through the length and breadth
Of our land. These two institutions
were the Cumberland County jail and
lD5"f!nscr co.lose, .thcS,.a tter being one
Of the leading educational institutions
Of the M. Z. church in the country.
But we cannot tarry at Carlisle. Pass
ing on we soon leave MELVILLE and
Shippensburg to the rear. We are now
out of Cumberland County and plung.
ing on into Franklin and Chambers
burg, the shire.town is 1t was called in
older times IL soon reached. Here we
wee interct pied with q telegraph des.
patch from Wilmington, put into our
hands by Mr.. Reed, the noted florist OF
that section ofthe country. These tele.
grams, how they do alarm us, until we
know that they bring no bad news from
home. Our telegram, however, did
trench upon our expected enjoy msnts
and pleasure, for we were invited to re-
turn immediately to Wilmington to see
a couple OF brothers who had come along
distance to pay us visit. We found
we could get home In the next train, and
SO In company with the elder Mr.. Reed,
who Joined us here, we passed on down
this magnificent valley rolling in lux.
nriant beauty and wealth.
On TO HagerstOwn we flew as fast as
steam, the swiftly revolving wheels
from the Wilmington Lobdell car
wheel manufactory, and the splendid
cars from the jackson & Sharp car
manutactory of Wilmington could carry
us. Away of yonder to the left on the
South mountain side IL M onterey, the
property of V. l.. Holmes Of Whining
ton, summer resort, sld from which
we some four years ago got glimpse
of Franklin County AZ it appeared in
this valley at the opening OF harvest.
A little turther along the mountain is
Penn Mar, on the top OF the summit,
also becoming aFnoted place of resort,
and further down at the mountai n foot
Is Mont Alto, said to be very Para.
disc for summer tourists.
The latter Is reached by a branch |
road from the Cumberland Valley Rail |
resd. Through Green Castle We pass
and IN few minutes more we are in |
front OF the depot in Hagerstown, Wash
ington County, Maryland. We have
but few moments to stay, but long
enough to ascend cliff upon which
stands q magnificent Presbyterian
church and from which we bad q fine
view OF the city. The population Is
about 1900 and the city has It's full pro.
portion Of churches, and hanks, and
other public buildings. But soon the
engine bell rings and we hurry back
to secure seat In the cara, and after .
pleasant run up the valley we are un-
loaded In Chambersburg, which we
will more fully describe in our next aud
and last letter.
The ORIGINAL RAMBLER.
Little drops OF water, little grains OF sand
Make the mighty OCEAN and the plensa Mt