National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-07-25
PEN.MAR PARADISE.
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE DELIeRr-
Full AND ACCESSIBLE RESORT.


Full AND ACCESSIBLE RESORT.
ROCKVILLE, July 20 Excursions are
nice things, and especially the Baltimore
and Ohio excursions, but the end is al
ways the same. We started out at 8 a. m.
as fresh rs street arabs, with forty Ave
lads and lassies bright with anticipations
of untried pleasure In three hours we
were over the line" in the county of
Beyn. There was very little difference
in the tempera ture, though southerner
calls Pennsylvania ''up north" 1 believe
that only one word can express the state
of the weather. That world Hot
On our arrival we were invited into q
"free hack" and given room to eat our
lunches in. Following our usual philoso-
phical rule of life, "Take all that is
offered you free and only pay for what
you ore compelled" we had delightful
ride up to the Cliff House, kept
by John o. Hoover, who gives
you good dinner for 80 cents
and will accommodate you oil day long
for $1.50to 50 He keeps the only tenn
perance house at Pen.Mar, and il is To-
Gated Just 100 yards from High Rock"
road. The regulation places" which
you must visit in order to properly "do
the thing" are High Rock" from which
You can see seven towns. among them
Waynesborough. "Quirauk," the origin Of
which has puzzled many an excursionst,
is con top" You climb many fight
of winding STAIR" to find yourself
above the trees and all surround
ing objects. The view is really mag
ata
Frederick, Md; Franklin and Adams,
Pa, can be seen, and first among the
towns are Chambersburg, Leitersburg,
Hagerstown, Chewsville, Rowsersville,
&c. From the Ragged Edge" can be
seen Buena Vista Springs and Monterey,
quite an extended view. AT both Of the
latter places good board can be obtained,
as at also the "Blue Mountain House,"
which is very stylishly painted the
newest shade of real "old red" (see latest
fashion notes for description, and is
perched on the side of the mountain in
very picturesque locality. This house
furnishes excellent board to all who are
willing to pay 800 per month. It has
accommodations for over 500 guests, and
is at present the home of 800.
The roads were very dusty, and our
hair soon became whitened with the fine
particles (not with grief).
Our crowd was mplete in every de-
tail. for we had wit, an artist, q small
boy, pretty girl, an invalid, tease, a
matron. a martyr, and, last Of oil, a re-
porter, with the regulation mes pincez
and notebook. The wit kept the omni-
bus load in litter of delight at his
ready repartee, and he was invalu.
able in keeping the points of the
compass by continually pointing
out Waynesborough. The artist pho.
tographed the living pictures on her
minds eye, and once encroached on the
wits domain by slyly remarking to me
sub rosa, as we gazed rapturously through
an opening in the foliage on the scene
below; "What lovely vista; beats
Buena all to pieces" (She pronounced it
Buenie!O The martyr gloomily groaned rs
his eyes slowly filed with dust, and he
ground the small dirt between his teeth
in agony rs we appropriately drove him
to the dragged edge" of despair, from
which spot we gazed on the aforemen-
toned historical Buena Vista and Mon
terey.
Why were these deceptive names Sc
lected The last hour and q half Of the
time was spent watching fuiry-like figures
"trip the light fantastic" in the dancing
pavilion. After that time is blank.
Excursions must be attended, and excur-
sionists must be weary. "Such is life"
Tom CARLYLE.