The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-07-04
A TRIP
nrA LrAN. LASk, sALLow PILLOW.
Lcorrcsponaence Of the Democratic Advocated

tripl A trip when our day is at its longest
-stretched out to its utmost tension; the
night cut off at both ends and the pieces tackled
on to its twin companion. l suppose we may
call them companions, for, although they are
never seen together, one ever follows at the
heels of the other. To you, gentlemen, who,
with ten thousand mile ticket and pie
thoric pocketbook, start off every summer
to the oil regions, the Adirondacks, the coal
mines or the .'soft sea waves" with only the
burden of enjoyment resting upon your manly
bosoms, an occasion like ours is a matter of
small or no moment; bat to US, who have not
been dozen miles from home in as many
years, it is an era.
AS YOU are we'll aware, we are bilious, lank
and salIow, and we have been informed that
we were growing more bilious, lank and sal
low every day; so it was kindly proposed and
recommended to us to take tour, and we
took it.
AS belonging only to the newspaper fraterni-
ty YOU are not expected nor likely to know, we
explain that tour does not rhyme with
pour, nor with hour, but with poor, and
means journeying in circle, and conse-
qnently round trip; but why the mere going
to place and coming back again should con-
stitute round trip you must think out for
Yourselves, as we are unable to explain, un-
Gus
around to come back; but then, you know,
YOU need not do that, for, as the cars have
reversible seats, you may, if you so desire,
ride home backwards.
However, believing that little pleasurable
excitement would do us good, physically,
mentally and morally, we borrowed the ne
cessary funds on long time, and, accompanied
by a young lady, a special and dear friend OF
ours. who fortunately desired and was able to
nav her own way, we took the early fast mail
for Emmitsburg, Frederick county. And
here we ask pardon for DEPRESSING little.
Why Emmits- burg? We have an inquiring
mind, and like to climb or rather STROLL up
things to their beginnings. Emit-accent on
the last syllable-to send forth; to cause to
circulate. So it may be that the name is de-
rived from the playful doings of some wild
cat banking institution, which, IN the early
DAYS of the commonwealth, may have had Its
headquarters at that particular spot, and Tor
the sake of euphony another m was added
Again, we have emmett, species of ant emit
ting peculiar Juice, for which that section of
the state may have been famous in the olden
days; and, lastly (the only other guess we can
make Just now, Emmett, the name of an
Irishman who was hanged great many years
ago. But as there is a greater dissimllarlty
between the official name of the post town and
this latter than there is between it and either
of the two others, and furthermore, as the
Irishman was not hanged in Maryland, nor in
apy section of the thirteen colonies, or OF the
thirty-nine states, territories or district, it is
not likely that it was derived from his name.
But, getting back to our original subject,
we took the fast mail. We had already made
ourself familiar with this early institution and
its sedate and gentlemanly conductor, having
witnessed its daily morning arrival and de-
parture during last fall and winter, so we had
no difficulty in making oursef comfortable
for our unwonted journey. We had but few
passengers, but among them were the distin-
guished Archbishop of Baltimore and the
Rev. Father DeWulf, of Pikesville, Baltimore
county. Being engaged in conversation most
of the time, we took but little note OF the ap-
pearanee of the country through which we
passed, matter we would very much regret
did we not know that an opportunity would
again offer on our return journey. AT Rocky
Ridge we left the main line, and found what
nv companion called coal train in waiting
to carry us to the burg, seven miles distant.
1t comprised an engine, tender, couple OF
loaded coal cars or trucks, and an old,
weatherbeaten passenger car, but as we were
not unaccustomed to the want of Injuries,
we made no complaint, Dropping the most
Rev. Archbishop and his companion, Father
DeWulf, as also our rosy checked young
friend, at the entrance to the grounds of st.
Joseph's House and Academy, we arrived al
Emmitsburg shortly after a. m. There were
only about nine or ten passengers to ahght,
one of whom, good natured, elderly gentle
man in dark wig 1--WE are willing to bet II
was wig), we were paired off with in hack
to take us to hotel, whence we were to be
forwarded on our respective ways-he to Get.
tysburg and we to Mt, st. Mary's College
Whilst exhibiting ourself in front of the hote
during detention of about fifteen minutes,
we were recognized by an old acquaintance,
formerly, and, as we think, hltely, of West
minister. We knew him as the proprietor Of
tonsorial establishment, and, later, OF q
pool-room 1t never struck us until now that
we did not inquire as to his business IN En-
mittsburg, of which place he told us he was q
resident. Our accidental companion with the
wig hired boy and buggy and took the road
"a very dusty one-to Gettysburg, and we
shared with the driver the front seat of a Gov
cred, two-seated, natty little affair, having
two young ladies, as trim and pretty as you
please. on the back seat. We may as well
acknowledge here that we are, perhaps, the
most ignorant individual in Carroll as regards
the nomenclature of things on wheels, and o.
many other things not on wheels. We know
a wheelbarrow and a farm wagon by name,
and we apply the name of buggy to any vehicle
having a shifting top and not stupendou'
enough, in our opinion, to be carriage. As
for Jersey wagon, phaton, sulky or coupe
we have heard of them, and we suppose We
have seen them; barouche-that's beyond
our ken.
For our seat we paid fifty cents, which We
borrowed from our young lady friend before
she left us at ST. Joseph's. We had to pro
vide for ourself thus early because we hac
only small amount left after paying our up
fare at Westminster, and we deemed 1t neces
sary for our safety in strange place to hole
on to the wherewith NINETY five cents abso
lutely required ere we could shelter oursel
again in the bosom of our family 1t is true
that we, well accustomed as we were to walk
ing, might have proceeded on foot to oul
destination; but the day was hot, the roac
dusty and-well, we felt big and wanted {
ride-we would rather borrow than walk
We took the road to Frederick for about two
miles, diverged by another road to the RICH
running plump at the mountain, and about
a. m. reached the place we started for.
| We had heard great deal about st. Mary. s
the nursery of some of the great Cathollt
ecclesiastics of the United States, and we fel
something new steal over us as we stooC
within its enclosures and looked upon 1t:
walls; but as this little history of a day or two
is not intended for the expression of senti
ment, we will continue simply to record the
actualities of our excursion.
We had friend at st. Mary's, one OF the
faculty, and on him depended in a grea
measure the pleasure of our stay. We fol
lowed our young lady companions of thu
buggy ride into reception room. They sool
ramBled off somewhere, leaving US to our
/ self and not altogether at our ease. DO
ten minutes no one came near US lit was earl.
for visitors), and then we started out upon ;
| long veranda in front, where was humble
| of students, some grouped, apparently having
their last gossip and jokes together betnr
they parted for the vacation; some quietl.,
walking up and down, and others observin!
with interest the loading of wagons witt
trunks, boxes, &c. We felt much out o
place, and as we had simply grown up to tn
measure of the public schools of Carroll, W
felt very small indeed surrounded by all tn
Higher Education. 1t was not the first tim
we felt this way, however, seme years SING
we marked our first and only attendance at
commencement at our own great local lnstl
tuition of learning, the Western Maryland, b
feelings akin to those just expressed, only ia
more humlliating. We have been careful
ever since never to depress ourself again b.
such inordinate comparisons. This time W
could not well help it. Plucking up littl
of the courage for which we were conspicu
GUS when serving in the subsistence depart
ment of the gallant Army of the Potomac, W
or,roaobad q voun0 gentleman and aSke