The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-05
FROM MAINE TO DELAWARE.
Trains on Time-Locomotion In New
Iork-The Lennox Library-DoVer,
It's Present and Past-The Whipping
Post-Temperance
Hon. Neal Dow.l

/ GOTJlanQ TO Boston, TO new Ork, 10 Hnll2-
delphia, thence to Wilmington and to Dover
the trains arrived exactly on time, not vary
ing even minute from the figures on the
time table. What comfort it is to travel in
that way which could be realized more fire.
! quently than it is by more care ana attention
| on the part of the officials. / wonder why
the practice does not become universal and
| compulsory in railway matters, to announce
distinctly the name of the nert station,
which would be great comfort to strangers
who would thus be relieved from all fear of
being carried by their station, which have
seen done in many cases, resulting some
times in serious Inconvenience and even loss
to the parties.
The Grand Central Station in New York
is already one of the largest, best and hand
soonest in the country, but it is to be greatly
enlarged. 1t has the great advantage of be-
ing easily accessible from all parts of the
city by steel railway lines and by the ele-
waited railways, thus enabling travellers to
avoid the arroganees and extortions of the
hackmen who exploit strangers unmerci-
fully who do not know how to avail them
selves of the many facilities in New York
for easy and cheap loeomotion about the city.
Coming out of my hotel one morning with a
travelling bag in hand, haclIman demand
ed, "a carriage sir?'
Il am going to the Grand Central Station,
how much?" -Four dollars sir" l moved
on without reply; he said: "Three dollars
sir" Without reply l moved across the
street and took street car, price five cents,
which took me to the station in less time
than the coach would have done, without
the noise, rattle and shaking over the pave
ments.
On arriving at the station train cars are
waiting under the roof beside the rail to take
travellers to any part of the city on direct
lines for half a dime; but if the passengers
must change to reach their destination it is
five cents additional. 1t is wonderful that
the travel by the street cars does not seem to
be diminished by the elevated railways
which run trains constantly at intervals of
three or four minutes, and which are crowd
ed at certain hours of the day, as the street
cars also are.
The Lennox Library is well worth visit
by strangers. 1t is open only ON certain days
in the week, but strangers are always admit
ted. 1t was founded by Mr. Lennox, one of
New York's rich men, who had the ability
and good sense to spend very large sum of
money on this grand establishment and the
wisdom to do it in his life time, thus ensur-
ing the completion of the work according to
his own wish, without the delays and waste
Of funds almost inevitable if executors con-
troll the expenditure
The building is a very noble one, built to
last through all time, so far as the wear and
tear OF the elements are concerned. 1t is
planned and arranged in the best manner
with every possible convenience, and is in
tended to contain in time an immense collec-
tlon OF books in which will be included only
the best and most valuable in every science
and in every branch of human knowledge
The library is already large to which impOr-
tant and costly additions are constantly
made. Its collection of manuscripts is not
yet extensive, but is already very valuable
and will be constantly increased as opportu-
nifty shall offer
There is no other library in the country,
think, which contains so many copies of
the various early editions of the printed BIZ
BILE. Among them is the Eliot Indian Bible
of which very few copies are in existence,
and Melancthon's Bible: This has very
broad margins and many blank spaces which
are largely, some of them entirely, filed by
annOtatiOnS in Melancthon's own hand; the
script being very small, perfectly uniform
and very beautifully executed. The building
contains also the proper accommodation for
pictures and statuary of which the collection
is not yet very large. 1t is intended that
nothing but the best shall find admittance
here. This noble establishment was built
and supplied with an extensive collection of
valuable and costly books by the founder
and presented to the city of New York in
whose custody it is to be through all coming
time, and large fund is provided for the
purchase of the best that shall offer in art
and in every department of knowledge.
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handsomest and most convenient stations in
Philadelphia that have seen in any eoun-
try-nOt so large as some others but quite
complete In every point. 1t comes into the
city from West Philadelphia where it for
merly was high over the streets, not obstruct-
ing them IN any way. The roadway from
the old station and the new station cost a
very large sum of money and makes the rail
way facilities in the city almost perfect. The
station is easily reached by horse cars from
every part of the town and on entering it
travellers find themselves on the ground floor
While trains and passengers rooms and ac-
commodations are above To these easy ac-
cess is had by two large elevators which are
always IN action, taking passengers up to de-
parting trains, at the same time taking 9TH
ers down from trains arrived ALI baggage
goes up and down by a separate elevator.
On the ground floor are carriages and ''han-
SONS" waiting for hire. These latter are
quite recent in this country, but already they
are greatly improved over the English han
som which has been in use in that country
many years. The greatgreat grandchildren
In England will see the hanson precisely as
1t was from the beginning-so difficult do
our cousins across the water find it to change
in anything.
From Philadelphia to Dover, Del, is a rap
id ride through a pleasant and fertile coun-
try. The old Delaware town is in the centre
OF the peach country, immense orchards of
which fruit are seen on all sides as the swift
train bears the traveller along. The crop
this year, was told, will be greater than the
average, and in the season it is said to be
quite worth long journeyto see the activity
and incessant hustle of the cultivators in
gathering the fruit, packing it in baskets and
crates, and transporting it to the stations
The orchards are crowded with busy work.
ers who pick and pack the fruit with care,
and the roads are thronged in the country
with wagons, piled up high with packages
OF peaches. These occupy entire trains of
many cars on the railways, and many steam
ers are also loaded with entire cargoes of
this luscious fruit, all bound to many mar
kets-east, north and west.
Dover is an old town dating from colonial
times, when George the Third was king and
when the colonies were worked only for the
profit of the mother (step-mother) country.
The town is modernized and beautified in
many ways. Its streets are straight and
clean and adorned with long lines Of noble
trees, and nicely kept houses are on either
hand. 1t is not a busy, bustling town, but is
slow, sure and comfortable. Its old public
buildings stand on the three sides of pretty
square, shaded by many century-old trees
The State House and Court House are there,
as they were in the days of the Continental
Congress. The old fashioned house of CLAY
ton, that famous politician, is also there, re-
Gently purchased by the State for public pur-
poses.
In a nicely kept cemetery, surrounding a
church, as burying grounds did in the old
time. stands the monument of this statesman
eminent in his Unexplained and built by
himself 1t is of white marble, is very hand
some, and cost a large sum was told. 1t is
substantially built and will stand thousand
years and more, unless thrown down by
earthquake or other violence. But Mr.. Clay
ton provided thoughtfully for its preservation
by establishing fund of three thousand dol
lars for its maintenance. The interest of
this fund is to go on accumulating-the whole
to be devoted to no other purpose than the
perpetual maintenance of this monument,
which will need no expenditure upon it be-
| fore the fund will have attained enormous
proportions.
Delaware has always preserved the whip
| ping post among its choice institutions. /
had been led to regard it as a relic of barba-
rism, but with the Tribune, the Observer and
| many other papers, l begin to see good in 1t.
1t is used for the whipping of wife beaters,
and is an admirable corrective of that horror
] was taken to see it and looked at it admir-
ingly. Yes, there's good in it. Why do
brutal men beat their patient, suffering help
less wives? Bpcausp hl0od and hrai orc II,