The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-07-01

/ between the hours OF and o clock. At
$50 o 'cl ock, signal rocket will be sent
up; thirty minutes later fixed piece, rep
resenting Washington, the "Father of Our
Country" seated on his horse, will be
exhibited by Prof. johnson, of New York,
together with other fireworks of an inter
estiug character. Select music has been
procured for the occasion.
r. MCDOWELL, Mayor.
Lambertville, N. j., June "a, 1885.
Reported for THE RECORD
NEW JERSEY EDITORIAL EXCURSION.
The members of this Association with
their families and friends, numbering 1862,
assembled at Broad street station, Phila.
on Monday morning the 22nd inst. At
1890 A. NJ. we were speeding our way
via. Del. Div. P. w. & B. r. r. south
ward down the great Peninsula to Cape
Charles, thence by steamer a distance Of
twenty. five miles across the Chesapeake
Bay to Old Point Comfort, making a
total distance of nearly $50 miles from
Philadelphia, passing on our way the
city of Wilmington, Townsend and Clay
ten. Near the last two named villages we
noticed many of Delaware's large peach
orchards. Wyoming and Seaford stations;
however, are said to be the largest ship.
pers of the luscious fruit. In the vicinity
of Dover, wheat harvest was at its height.
Rye seemed to have been harvested some
days. No wheat of any Importance was
seen growing south of this point. Corn,
potatoes and berries were now the princi-
pal crops. Delmar, near the boundary of
Maryland, and Westover, are the great
berry shipping stations. Near Green
wood station we noticed two saw mills
belonging to our enterprising towpsmen.
In passing through the southern portion
of Delaware and Maryland, there were no
fine herds for the dairy; nothing to occupy
tbs good shepherds attention. There
were lacking the green fields of Hun
terdon and Bucks. Occasionally we no.
ticed small droves of Maryland's omni-
vorous pachyderms. These animals had
four long legs with four-toed feet,
two principal and two lateral, a brist-
ly skin drawn over body like unto
shad, long keen seeming nose ending
in a fattened cartilaginous disk, VIII ich
they use in turning up the earth's surface
in search of roots and worms. These ami
mails when found further north secrete
large amount of sub-cutaneous fat,
which when extracted is usually called
lard. This section of country is well
covered with oak, pine forests and I'M
derbush, with here and there an open plan
tation with small frame houses and log
cabins, and we presume from want of
space most all chimneys are placed ON the
outside, built of clay held in their assur-
gent position by wooden crib work. The
crops of these plantations are almost en-
tirely in with corn, and quite poor at
| that. The cultivation is with few excep-
tions carried on solely by the negro men
and women. Both alike are seen in the
fields with male of the bovine genus
The poor creatures, with their hardened
necks, seem to bear the burden of the
ignoble yoke well.
The new road from Delmar called the
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
r. r., the southern end of which, from
Pocomoke river, ION which stands the city
of the same name) was opened since April
list, has almost an air line of ninety five
(05) miles, fifty (50) of which is absolutely
straight. The road bed and the country
over which it passes is as level as the bay,
which is from this point some fifteen
miles to the west, and the ocean like
distance to the east. Our special train
made greater portion of this run, at the
rate (acking few seconds) of mile a
minute. This is an evidence of the good
condition and equipment of this road.
Cape Charles is reached about five o'clock.
Here lies waiting for us the grand new
steamer Cape Charles, welcoming us on
our voyage over the great bay to the
good Old Point Comfort, which was
reached shortly after six P. M. This
small spit of land is SO called from the
fact that Capt. Charles Smith and his
brave comrades on one Of their adven-
lures up the bay in an open boat, was
rescued from terrible storm at this
point in July 1908, and point of comfort
it truly has been to many vessel since
that day. Here too, stands the grand old
''Hotel Hygeia," where we were made
welcome during our sojourn by the plea
SAINT and obliging proprietor, Harrison
Phoebus.
Years before our late war, Old Point
Comfort was celebrated as watering
place. The mildness of the climate tenn
pers the broad Atlantic winds; thus the
exhalations of the sea are swept towards
us, bearing GOODNESS and an invigorating
tonic. The temperature in Summer
ranges between 60 and 800. and tho nights
are said to be few when covering for the
bed is not needful and agreeable to sweet
iCPOoCs ~ ""s poo uubh auOuI lOIO
Several years after the return of peace),
that the Hygeia Hotel fairly arose from
its ashes, gradual growth till 1882, as it
now appears, having ample capacity for
1900 guests. 1t is furnished throughout
regardless of expense with steam radia-
tors or open CRATE, fire places in every
room, two large and handsome elevators
for the use of the guests, electric bells,
oral annunciators, hot, cold, sea water