Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-13
.oNoR OF SIMON CAMERON,
,,,stiueuished Party Visit the Aged
s,,tssman At Donegal springs.

+" T. HONOR OF SiNAON SfA ~
| .,,,suisbed Party Visit the Aged
statssman At Donegal springs.
,nyrowN, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA,
..,--A lowering sky and tickle clouds
lI@red the Senatorial party who came
here to-day to do honor to the oldest
r,omber of the Senate Of the United
-',res. and to partake of the proverbial
-~ftaIity OF the Pennsylvania farmers
II ,.E-o sooriou. Simon Cameron has been
g,rr times representative of the Com
W. ,SsaIth IN that body, eighteen years
n a longer term than any other men,
seryed (neXt came Buchanan with
y, vears. 1S35-lS45) J, and alter him came
NJ son. J. Donald, TO whom he transferred
his political sceptre, ana VINO IS IN ms
ri.i term, No such abiding political
assfv has been seen in this or in any
e.,,o. state as that of the clan LOchiel.
IN harrisburg Gen. Simon Cameron
r,.s and entertains his friends at the
IN Harris mansion, down by the river
sido where the founder OF the city lived,
srd near where the savages once tied MIN
IN Inc stake, ia full view OF the finished
,.ra nlers of the great South Pennsyl-
ia railroad bridge across the Susque-
banna river, which mark the absorption
~, mo Pennsylvania railroad OF it's pro-
TOD rival line from Philadelphia to Pitts
Hnt when the spring time comes and the
larss begin 80 sing IN the hedges, when
The bIackbird swings on the willow tree,
vvban the wstaria hangs in rich purple
custer. and the jocund husbandman fol-
ors aiela the spring plowing, Gen.
cameron betakes him to the rural retire.
tof mis- fine farm at Donegal Springs,
t,co miles east of this little town. in
Ubich his endowment of certain village
h-nefactions and memorials of his
mo.ber's cherished memory have en-
Il red him to his rural neighbors. They
viii tell YOU here of mortgage lifted,
ami there of a kind deed done, that made
HE lighter. and its burdens easier to some
81 of the old country folk; and ere his place
is reached conspicuous among the local
s. improvements. red-ro0led barns, wayside
hedges, rows of shade trees. and carefully
keut lanes and byways tell of agricultu-
val Improvement that bespeak the farmer
RI OF 8dvanced ideas.
Donegal township is one of the extreme
nortnwestern settlements of that Won
B dr0u5 Lancaster county, outstripping all
q other districts OF Pennsylvania IN agrl-
ltural wealth, production, resources,
81 q. d development. Here the sturdy Scotch
lrisD forced IT., frontier line beyond the
q "paunsylvania Dutch" settlements of
& l-lo; hence they dominated the quiet
German and the peaceful Quaker of that
early day. 1t was rare coincidence that,
As Andrew Galbralth's wife rode out OF
the settlement IA years ago on her favor
b tie mare Nelly, rallying the voters be-
tween this and Lancaster to the support
& of her husband for the assembly with such
POPULAR effect that ne beat the most &C
c0mplished Quaker of his day, the great
great-grandsOn Of that woman--sNe was
the Grandmother of Mrs. Patterson, mother
& Of lime. BOnaparte-should have come
hItler today in the Senatorial party that
greeted Gen. Cameron at his summer
home.
Besides Col. Bonaparte and Larry Je-
rome. there came on the special train
from Washington to this annual dinuer
Senator's Don Cameron, Hale Of Maine,
Morrill,, Logan, Beck and Blackburn of
kentucky, Butler of South Carolina,
Hearst, the new Senator from California;
Gray Of Delaware, successor to Bayard
Randall and John Arnott of the House,
and Dy other trains George b. Roberts,
President OF the Pennsylvania railroad;
8 Frank Thompson, Vice President, and e.
e +. pugh, General Manager; Col. James
q Duffy, prince among the great tobacco
farmers of the State: Gov. Pattison. Cniet
n Executive of the Commonwealth; ex-At-
tOrney General Wayne MacVeagh and II.
& C.. Mccormick. sOns-in-law Of the host;
Col. Bent, head OF the great steel works,
covering acres and cOmpreheuding the
ennre population Of Steelton, Pa; Col.
William B. FOrney of Lancaster, the
friend and contemporary OF Thad Stevens
aud President Buchanan; Charles A.
Dana Of the sun, and dozen neighbors
and friends of local distinction.
They scrutinizsd with respectful atten-
ton the agricultural operations of the
IN. Il Co. s.cG
& dotted with ample barns and all the APP
pliances of advanced agriculture and high
4 farming. Grave Senators-especially the
senators from Kentucky-dropped useful
hints as to the proper cultivation of mint
4 luIeps, and learned statesmen prOpped up
the declining industry of gathering water
cress. Joe Blackburn grew enthusiastic
over the Towering lllacs, and declared
mat 1900 such varieties OF orchids Of
& iered nothing to rival them. The states
men, like boys let loose from school. wan
dered down to where the MusC0vy duck
built her nest in the tree forks. 20 feet
above the walls Of the great Donegal
spring, and listened with wonder to Sena-
Tor Hale's pathological description of
bow she would safely land her young
brood. With the romance of a young
lover sllyer-halred Senator's carved their
names on the smooth trunks OF great trees,
and others listened agape to RandalPs
tale Of how no weeping willows grew in
ms country until transplanted from St..
helena after NapOleOn's Punishment, when
Inc old house servant peeping around the
cofner bore testimony that the great
iorSed willow near the porch was planted
when the mansion house was builtin 1904.
There were tales Of the Senate and Sc
crets Of the executive session; COMPARE
son OF the mineral waters from all parts
ol the globe, and various diversions, fol-
lowed with dinner that lasted for many
hours and was enlivened by many
speeches.