Daily Republican., 1885-07-13
the Trim Little Br an ndy vino.

After monotonous, hot and sweated |
week of toll, representative OF the
REPUBLICAN with couple Of his !
daughters took Saturday afternoon
jaunt up the Delaware to Philadelphia
and return on that snug, trim and
speedy little steamer the BraDdywine
which was only committed to Its ma
tive element two or three weeks ago.
Many 20 on the steamer on Saturday
| afternoons ? Well, you would think
] 30 II you would take stand at the
I foot OF Fourth street and watch the
| crowd that pours along over the Susie
MCCALL to the decks of the Brandywine.
| She is only permitted to carry 1t the
most but.one thousand souls, and many
q person would have supposed that
numb Der passed up the gang planks be-
fore the steamer showed off. But there
could not have been that number on
board as the jaunty little craft sided up
to the Chester wharf and took on ap.
parently two or three hundred more.
Amongst those who take passage are
number of mothers and children, who
| 90 out 10 get q sniff of river air and TO
see the sights along each side and on
the river, and then return on the same
boat without going ashore at Philadel-
| phia. An afternoon trip to philadelphia
and return Is about the best medicine
that can be given to invalids, whether
old or young, large or small.
1t detrActs nothing from the pleasure
of the afternoon excursion to have q
Jolly send off from Pusey A. Walton,
the gentlemanly agent at Fourth street
wharf. Pusey is . bundle OF good
humor, and IL every body docs not ieol
better After encounteripg his smiling
phiz there must bo but very little
humor in their make up. More sedat<
, are Captain Wilson, his gentlemanly
pnrser aud mates, but none 1.-The lest
obliging are they ~ they carefully
: guard each passenger up the plank 4
. .. tho decks
Everybody feels at home at once, be
cause they know that the boat Is not on
ly in the hands OF ftrusty agents but un.
> der the charge Of gentlemanly officers
' How smoothly the snug little craft
'' glides down the Cbrisiiana around th'
short curves and out into the deepe
waters Of the Delaware. The water i
!, IS smooth Ss glass, the movement OF tn
boat Is almos imperceptible, but she /
3 making good time. Away over yonde
y 10 Pennsgrove already, behind us ther
y Ia Edgemoor TO the left, also gettiD,
Is badly left The Riverside bee
,e works, Bellevue and Holly Oak are a.
IL Fastening to the reaI-only that shrek
NJ ing, rushing train over there that raise
a cloud of dIst as it passes, outstrip
the Brsndywine.
But there is no dust, no noise, Eor n
o. heat on the boat, and the few mile
Sc made up in greater speed by the cars
70 doubly compensated for by the co NJ fol
~ OF the boat. But.we cannot describe q
3. the points along the river. They al
rt not new to those who are in the habit
going up and down on these swift lit
.steamers-the Wilmington and Brai
dywine. The attractions, the beaut
We fully upholstered beat, the rustic scene
eir on either shore, the flag covered islanC
in the river, the town steeples, tn
point upward from clumps OF tree
~ great warehouses and elevators, thi
"a tower above every surrounding ohjeC
are varied by passing yachts, schoone
~, hbt sail boats, merchantmen, men OF wa
up ferryboats and other steamboats, uni
Philadelphia is reached.
Only n few moments and then [
trim craft has righted about on t
bone run, crowded more than ever
One half of the load il left at Chest
By six o'clock the boat IS again at [
=. Fourth street wharf, in good time
every body to he at home to satiate
A appetite az the urual supper boz
81 sharpened by the r.ver ride. 7
Brandy wine must be popular boat
n gentlemanly officers can make IL
Ladies have nothing 10 do bat Ia
their seats. The accom- 10 odating ste
ardess will soon he around with ,
< tickets, but gentlemen must bes
: themselves and procure their tickets
- the Office before 1t closes, or lose
Of benefit of excursion rates.
,ns The refreshments upon the Bran,
the wine aud Wilmington are first ella
lion The ice cream especially cannot be
III celied. There is no skimpsing neasr
, Of ment doled ont, for dippera are u
which must be filled, and these dipI
nsm- n,, measure hold twice az much ice ere
q low for ten cents, than il sometimes ei'
~ ~ ls by the spoon process, that curls up
frozen cream like plne shavings
,ea OF back up upon place making the 7
chaser believe ho has an enormCu z
mo' fall when he has but a spoonful or /
.sont Everybody who eats ice cream OF
ne, On to be decidedly in favor of the di,
system. We have no more to say \
except to invite all who have not {
so 10 take II ride on the trim little ste
er Brandy wine up ami down the y
ware, just 10 see how much plea
verc there Is in It.