The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-07

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pleasure experienced, perhaps then, thai
there was enjoyed at this place on Thurs
day of last week On that date the An
cient Order United Workmen of vii
mington gave an excursion over the new
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, via Balti,
more and Washington. Two heavily
laden trains of many excursionists most
ly from Wilmington, enjoyed the trip
though the day was intensely warm
The scenery along the new road is thor.
oughly wild, and indeed in many places
picturesque The road-bed and track
was comparatively smooth for a road that
has not had the finishing touches laid on
The car which the writer was OH was SC
crowded, that many were compelled to
stand until the Monumental City was
reached, when two extra cars were at
tached to the train. In finish they were
not elegant, but for comfort they filled
the bill admirably. These ears were pa
tronized solely by the jolly male portion
of the excursion,-in fact the party in
these cars was made up of our best citi-
zens together with country friends.
The ride from Baltimore to Washington
was uneyentful. The scenery along this
portion of the route, while not beautiful,
yet many pretty farm houses were to be
SEEN The land has the appearance of
being poor. Patch farming seems to be
in vogue.
At Washington quite 800 of the party
stopped off and viewed the many sights
and curosities in that city. Many of
them repented it however, before the
train returned homeward, because as one
fellow expressed it "the pavement was SO
hot that it burnt the soles Of his feet"
Pretty tough, yarn, yet the thermometer
registered 1869 in the shade.
On the way from Washington to Har-
per's Ferry points of rare interest to us
was pointed by General Agent McKinsey
of the B. & o. The scenery when near
ing the Ferry is picturesque, mountains
rising many hundreds of feet meet the
eyes, and the general appearance of
everything lent untold interest to the OK
cursionists, whose necks were craned
from the car windows.
Once at the famous spot, made so es-
pecally by the events and scenes enact
cd there during the struggle between the
North and South, everybody FASTENED to
some point of historic interest, while not
few visited the park across the Poto-
mac and there enjoyed music and dane
ing. 1t was really too warm to dance,
yet the lads and lassies unmindful of the
heat, joined in the waltz, and they never
let up until the whistle of the engine
footed for the trip back We viewed the
grounds wherein Gen. Miles surrendered
and gazed with wonder at the old fortifi-
cations on the heights that surround the
town. The old engine house, in which
John Brown made his headquarters and
fort-for brief period, only,-is in a toll
orable state of preservation, surrounded
by high fence. 1t was an object Of
more than passing curiosity to those who
had read of it only in history. West of
this stands the ruins OF buildings, where
in firearms were manufactured and mu-
nitions of war kept.
The effects of the war is observable
wherever the eye is turned. The town
is fairly prosperous from what could be
observed. In conversation with an old
citizen we were given graphic
description of the scenes during the great
struggle. He said that some 240 houses
were knocked down by shot and shell.
While speaking incidentally of the war
and the scenes that took place in the
town, one of the listeners spoke up and
said at is generally conceded that
Gen. Miles was shot by his own men,"
The old man instantly grew very angry
and retorted ''Its the biggest lie that
was ever told Gen. Miles was hit in the
side by piece of bursting shell weigh
ing some four pounds" The old man
said that the firing did not cease until
full twenty minutes after the surrender
was made, MS no word could be gotten to
the those actively engaged across the
river before that time. Whether this be
true or not, the old man was allowed full
sway and he entertained his listeners
until time drew on for the train to start.
The trip homeward was mixture of
pleasure and misery to some, although
we enjoyed the jaunt supremely. Much
delay was occasioned at Baltimore in
making the transfer across the basin,
which took more than an hour. A re-
freshment car was attached to each Sec
ton, and of course every man and wom-
an had to eat something. Ice cream was
at premium and it was exhausted a
very long while before the appetite for
it was. Young men with their best girls
after enjoying the scenery, the ice cream,
sandwiches, etc, finally relapsed into
silence, broken only when the peanut
vender cried out his wares in going
through the cars. The photographer
who could have successfully taken
the various attitudes, assumed by the ex-
cursionists on their journey home, would
have reaped rich harvest from the sale
of the pictures. For large excursion,
there being some 1900, the conduct
was most admirable. They were bent on
having a day of pleasure, and they GER
tainly gained that object. Train reached
Newark about o'clock.
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