The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-25

blessings Of liberty to ourselves an,
our posterity," calls aloud upon tn
administration to throw overboar'
the Jonshe in the shape Of nationa
bankers who are creating tho terl
pest which Is drifting the ship .
state upon hidden rocks booming
to wreck and our political cdiflce I,
ruin.
The Baltimore and Ohio, and it.
Lands.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company not only has one OF thu
best railroad franchises, best equip
ed and best operated roads in the
United States. but 1t has some two
million acres Of its own lands and Of
the lands Of the large planters and
land owners OF the South for sale
upon the most liberal terms, as to
price and time Tor payment. These
lands are located accessible to mark.
cts ,Long the line Of this great
thoroughfare, adjacent to towns and
villages, in the state OF Maryland,
and the two Virginias. While
the soil may not be equal to that OF
Iowa or Illinois it is Of superior
quality, well watered, with an album
dance Of coal, and the finest timber
in the world, in great abundance:
The crops In variety, and quantity,
equal in most instances our own,
and in many excel, and in the ex-
tent, variety and excellence OF its
fruits, these lands rank as the most
favored OF the continent.
This region 10 abundantly sup
piled with water power suitable for
propelling machinery OF all kinds
and tho abundance of coal, iron, and
the best Of hickory and oak, with
its rich agricultural lands, Is an in
viting field for the investment Of
manufacturing capital.
The principal city on the line Of
this road is Baltimore, which in its
shipping and commerce Is the Sec
ond city on the continent. It's i'm
menso elevators ut Locust Point,
demonstrates how completely the
man agemcnt comprehends the
needs for handling and shipping the
immense agricultural products that
find shipping point from that city
to tho grain marts OF Europe. It's
commerce is immense, not only with
the various civilized countries Of the
old world, but its shipment OF fish
and oysters alone, to various parts
OF our country is more than 2O,0lO.-
600 annually.
Washington City, on the line Of
this road, contains some 100000 in
but In Its business rela-
tons is only an overgrown village,
having really no wholesale trans
actions, EXCEPT in the line Of politics,
and the jobbery pertaining thereto.
It's present occupant Of the White
House learning that the editors Of
Iowa were there en- musse, asked
permission to have q hand shake In
the famous East room OF the prcsi-
dents ma nsion. Being class, as o
rule, OF small prstensions and an alb
sence OF cheek, the favor was grant
ed with here and there an exception
al one who preferred to 60 and
shake with Mulligan Jim.
Three parlor coaches containing
about one hundred and fifty persons,
mainly editors OF Iowa, made up the
party, under the management OF
Messrs. Dooley, Begun & Dooley, 50
Clark st. Chicago, were whirled along
over the line Of the 3. s. O., travers-
ing the picturcque region OF the
Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountain
scenery, ut the ratio Of sixty miles an
lour.
The trip through the valley OF the
which includes the ter
tory between the Allegheny and
he Blue Ridge mountains was full
1 interest ds it traversed the garden
i tho state aud the historic ground
i the hardest fought battles of the
ate war, most Of its battlc fields be-
cg pointed out to the excursion lists.
was the scene Of more
han half y hundred battles, some OF
hem the most severe Of the war, the
possession OF the city 1t is sui chang
ng from. federal to confederate oc-
upancy and vica versa over sixty
lines. The editors and their friends
Tere entertained royalty by people
i the various towns where they
topped and gave them an opport-
nifty to show their friendship and
generosity.
AtStaunton the excursionists were
aiken upon high mountain over
ooking the city. and there addressed
y major Jed Hotchkiss who gave a
ighly edifying history OF many local
vents running buck to the musty
ecords Of the past. We note but
wo. That county was the first or
anized West OF the Blue Ridge, and
lc boundary was on the East by the
lue Ridge Mountains, South the
Iulf Of Mexico, West the Pacific
cean, North the ~ degree OF north
Ititude. The speaker said this was
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