Daily Republican., 1885-07-03
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MANS ENJOY ITS BEAUTIES
A sUMMER REsOHT.
EVERYBODY PLEASED.
John L. Gouley, that prince Of excur.
sion managers, took 1000 Wilmingto-
mans down to Tolohester. ON the Chesa-
peake Bay, on Thursday, on pleasure
excursion, and brought them home
again without an accident (; every body
is loud in their praise of the novelty
and beauty of this new place of resort.
The excursion WAS made up of the schol-
ars and friends of the Presby teriau
Sunday schools Of the city, and as such
was season Of rare enjoyment az the
union of so many Sunday schools itself
was suggestive of the highest feelings
of friendship amongst 30 large . body
Of Sunday school workers.
The excursion was taken down rs far
as Havre de Grace in three sections of
th irteen cara each, leaving the city
within quarter Of an hour Of each
other, and arriving at Havre de Grace
in the order in which 1t started. The
details of the arrangement were SO per-
feet, that they fit in like the most per.
feet frame work-indeed, who ever
heard of Mr.. Gouley doing anything
else.
The ride down In the morning, with
the crisp air sweeping through tho cars
was enjoyable and exhilarating, and
the beautiful and, romantic scenery, ~
seen from the crossing ut the great iron
bridge across the Susquehanna, called
forth CALCULATIONS Of pleasurable won.
der and surprise.
The great hills on both sides that great
river seemed to rise up above each o.hel
and recede back until lost In tho blus
ether of thsi distance. Right up the
river there, lies Port Deposit nestled al
the foot of granite hill, sometimes thu
plaything Of the mighty rivers ava
lanches Of water and ice. A little far
ther up is seen the new Baltimore ant
Philadelphia Railroad bridge, only part
ly finished, but spanning the river, step
ping on huge granite piers from Cecil
shore to the upper end Of Nats0n's is
land and from thence across to Hartford
rock-ribbed shore. But hero We are II
Havre de Grace, q r ench name, bu
settled by real old Lord Baltimore stock
While there are other scenes of create
interest to describe, we cannot dwell
long upon this old ancient town never
theless busy, thrifty borough, with
hospitable people and an interesting his
tory, which is net our province to writ
up at this time. Nearly everybody haa
som ebody they knew In the town, ant
of course that body in the town knowing
the great excursion was coming, wa
at the depot to see who they knew
Many hearty greetings aud hand. shake
were here enjoyed, and quite a numbe
of the Havre de Gracians dropped every
thing, and Joined the pleasure party.
Ye scribe of the REPUBLICAN en-
joyed the hearty hand-shake of Jo
Brown, known by hundreds Ia Will
mington, also those of Mr.. and Mrs
John Kelley, Miss Oracle and Maste
Ernest. Here was q little change Il
the monotony Of r.'l-oad ride.
walk of at least three quarters OF
mile along variously paved streets, an
many without pavements, from tn
Idepot to the steamboat wharf was en-
10y ed, as the morning was pleasant an
the company in the best of humor .
enjoy anything.
At the wharf lay the steamer Louise
under fiuttering of flags, lazily takin
a series of s@pw puts preparatory t
starting down the bay with her preciou
1.-TWO thousand souls on board. Tn
Louise is n beautiful steamer, and wha
made 1t rather more Of interest to tn
,taf, haf hr1tt
Iby the Harlan & Hollingswort
COMPANY of our own city. Her siz
and beauty is only eclipsed by her grea
big sister, the Republic. Nine o'clocl
finds the two thousand excursiOnist
safely on board the noble steamer
Charley Baird said the number wa
IL, COL, and another said was just 900
and 30 we are perfectly iustifiable Il
placing the number at ,0OO.
The trip down the bay took nine ou
of ten Of the excursionists over rout
they had never before travelled. and @
course the sight and the scenes of tn
Chesapeake were interesting in the 81
Itreme.
i Those who were familiar with th
bay were kept busy pointing out
Iothers the great fisheries for which th
bay is noted, the ducking grounds, O
J rather waters, the lighthouses, bluff,
points and islands, that line the bay OF
both sides. The battery in the middle
} of the bay, in which stands light
} house, Is noted also as the place wher
the Maryland Fish Commission kee
} and raise fish for stocking the river
and bays of the State. Bulls Hea
mountain, Carpenters point, Turke
point, North East, Elk, and Sassafra
rivers, are important points on thu
left, and the fishing shores, Swan
point, Persusie and Poole islands. th
, same to the north. Our graceful steam
er, in the face of the high tide, almos
with and imperceptibie motion, skin
med on her way like swan over the bt
som of a placid lake.
. Professor Wyman, the noted ventril i
, quist, was ON board and entertained tn
Ichildren with q series OF amusement
> and sleight of. hand performances, whic
, greatly amused the little folks and bi
ones as we'll. The professor has ter
in Tolchester grove, where he gives es
Ihibitions of Punch and Judy, magi
t ventrilouuism, humorous transform,
tiops and singing. He has no equal O
Q o ventriloquist, and his headquarters
p lone Of the greatest attractions OF To
s chester beach. Going up on the hurr
Icane deck the representative OF th
@ REPUBLICAN came across Charley Ray
t nursing q wooden leg that has stoo
It him good service for many da!
J Charley told US not only remarkabl
4 but true story. You see," said h
8 I" am taking q day to myself to sli
s down to COLCHESTER, and from there n
n to Baltimore to see my native city