Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
Around tho Circle.
4 PLEASURE TRIP FROM WILL
MINGTON TO BALTIMORE.
YORK, HARRISBURG, ETC.
A N D HO NJ E AGAIN

Dor, and young legal practitioner In q
similar condition, started on o little
trip partly on business and partly or
pleasure. Leaving their homes at 4
O'clock In the morning, amidst q pelt-
ing rain for the depot good saturatior
was tho first incident Of noto ofour trip
At 4.43 o. m., we stepped aboard train
for Baltimore, having the pleasant so.
ciety Of Mr.. Frank Perkins, of Will
mington, bound for Wheeling, West
Virginia, where he was introducing q
patent boiler covering In which he was
interested. The rain came down in
torrents, and every pond and gutter
speedily filed with water.
| On past Newport, Newark, Elkton,
Northeast to Havre de Grace there was
no lot up In the rain, but soon after
leaving the latter place, the clouds rift
ed, the blue sky appeared, and the sun
at times blinked out from behind the
black clouds that were lowering over
the iDlets OF Chesapeake bay like col
lapsed balloons.
At this season Of the year there 1,
very little along this route to specially
attract the attention of the traveller, es.
pecially with the flat level ground GOV.
cred with water. Across the Gunpow-
uNt CkCOh AilNCi CtAii IT, LILO
of the new Baltimore and Philadelphia
Railroad is seen running, like thread
along the side of the hills, not more
than mile TO the north.
|. Itcrosses the p, w. & B. at Bayview
by an elevated track, and enters Balti.
more over the streets and even with
the tops of some OF the houses in the
lower part of that city. From Bay.
view fair view Is obtained of a CON
siderable portion of Baltimore city, but
like Wilmington, being located on q
succession of hills, only portion of 1,
can be seen at one time from any given
point. The Washington monument,
how ever, something over 200 feet high,
besides standing on high elevation, is
seen and recognized from every point.
With shrill shrek our train shot
into tunnel, aud In two or three
minutes more emerged on the other
side in the valley Of Jones Creek, over
which o perfect labyrinth of neat
iron bridges extended, and in q minute
or two more our train stopped in the
Union depot, which marked the ter
mination Of our route Southwark. Forty
minutes of lay over how should the
time be spent? Treadipg up several
sets OF wooden steps, we emerged on
Charles street, and taking city
railway car started for the heart Of the
city. When VIC we're Informed that a
nickel was all that was required for
a single fare in this city Of monuments
we wondered when the time would
come when q nickel would pay for q
ride In Wilmington. On we went.
The Washington monument grew larger
and stood right ahead of US. Onr
companion, forgetting,his clients he left
behind, grew patriotic at tho sight and
was about going off in raphsodies over
the, Red, White and Blue" when
suddenly our car turned TO the left the
distance of a square, coming out into
Carroll street and in sight Of the
North Point battle monument.
BY this tune we discovered that Bal
timore was large city OF some 800, 900
population, and to reach the train we
had to retrace our steps, which we did
In tho next returning car, and got back
to the Union depot Just in time to make
the Z 80 a. m. train on the Northern
Central Railroad.
After getting routside of the city
proper, we found ourselves flying up
tho valley of the Little Gunpowder at
fast as train that had to stop every
two miles or less could wing US along.
Now we are having something to look
at. No more o vast level waste covered
with a sheet of water meets our eyes.
Here are alternate hills and dales,
ldashiDg waterfalls, purlibg streams and
silvery lakes, that glisten meath the
rays OF the morning sun. The lack oi
o green foliage enabled us to see far
ther into the country, and to feast the
eye upon the m magnificent buildings thai
crow the hills in architectural beanty
lon that hill was q country mansion
embowered in grove of trees on tha
lone college, an academy or q school
and on that one q church with its towe
piercing the ether atmosphere.
Here. too, ON these rolling hills VI
Isaw real green wheat, warming int
fresh life beneath q genial sun. What
"a crooked road we are rushing over, ant
VIC are following a stream more crooked
still. Our train seems to be all tl
time giving us fresh surprise b.
whirling around a knoll, dashini
through grove, and rumbling over
Il bridge. "This is lovely exclaimed
Here is a rich feast for the mos
romantic turn of mind. But we canno
describe these romantic sights as the.
/, deserve. We cannot do justice TO tn
, great hill of rocks that lay piled ledg
. upon ledge above us. We can give bu
feint idea of thewild, dashirg stream
lone minute q cataract, and tho next
lplacid lake, one minute rattling arouu'
a projecting cliff and another runnin
Ijoyfully off through a meadow glen
From Woodbury. mills the eye keep
strained to catch every sight, but tn
task il too great. On we speed, pas
INIT. Washington where there is q grea
iCatholic school upon the hill pas
IPhoenix, reminding us of little giaI
THAT has arisen from the ashes Of th
past past Lutherville, Texas, an
''lCockeyville, where there Ia an abunt
ance Of the best limestone in the worlt
ipast the lake a very paradise of beaut.
lpast Mopkton and Whitehall and ste
lat Parkton, where never a train pass
without stopping. But two or thr'
more stopping places and we will Of
the end Of our mornings journey. b'
there is Bentley's spring, we cannot
1t pass without special word, " ls
small place 80 far as numbers OF dwel
ings are concerned, but large pla
4 in its importance as summer reso
for citizens of Baltimore who are an
ious to escape the slrocco blaze oi
! summer sun at 80 to 100 degrees abo
1 zero.
1t Is located near tho dividing ridl
of the waters of the Gunpowder ar
those OF the Codorus, the hrst runnil
south into the Patapsco at Baltimol
and the latter running east throui
York, Pa, to tie Susquehanna. Ne
here, too, runs Mason and D!xon's Ii
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