Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-13

l&oA Jul WISH speu 10y eacn
~ brought some new pleas
ure planned with assid-
uous kindness. Now it
Ps drive, perhaps, along the open
ghway, past cosy farm-houses and
lids redolent of new-mown hay, re-
rning in the twilight by some lovely
road, along the creek, or through
/ favorite pine woods, or past GER
in woody dell where our best be-
red wild flowers We're known to grow
til prodigality of sweetness and
auty.
Then it was walk to some place of
lich we knew, where the view was
rticularly fine; or, it may be, our
er-thoughtful host had planned to
Re us for mountain drive, species
pleasuring that always afforded us
keenest delight.
Now our visit must soon end; our
II excursion with our friends was to
our best, they said, and so we found
rselves, as 1 said before, on the road
Gettysburg.
The day for our journey was all
1T the most exacting Of mortals
bid have desired. One of those
sh delightful days when the enrapt-
I'd earth still thrills with the warm
|ses of summers blooming lips. The
:, serenely blue, was reflected in the
tiers of a shining, gayly wandering
lie stream that bears the pretty In
IN name of Conewago. Leaving the
mature river, the journey was in
out of dim and quiet woods
d along wide roadways. Driv-
over that still and peaceful
hntry, we could scarcely realize that
tranquil beauty had ever been
FRED by the footsteps of the invader.
vertheless, along this very pike" had
lrched Lees mighty army that sunny
INNER day in 1868. Before long the
Eged peak of celebrated Round Top
med up in the purple distance, and
eyes for the first time rested upon
Of the most renowned battle-fields
our country, if not of the world.
We entered Gettysburg by its pref
st street and found the little town
Jed with visitors. The National
Pard' of Pennsylvania We're en-
nped upon the battlefield, and
erywhere one saw blue coats and
ard martial music; the long lines of
pts, white and glistening in the sum-
Fr sun, and-the browning event of
day-the review of the troops by
Fneral Sheridan, all combined to give
exceedingly military aspect to the
pole affair.
It. seemed peculiarly fitting that even
times of peace there should be these
sgestions of war upon this spot whose
r, name has become the synonym
desperate and bloody fighting. We
liked from place to place; we read
Inscriptions SO carefully and fully
aae upon the various monuments and
Diets; we listened to the explana-
pms of our patient guide; we endeav-
ed to recall all that we ever had read
heard Of the battle, and tried to pic
re that far different scene, when
Prng those dreadful first three days
July, 1868, death and destruction
Ill nigh carnival. But, as said be-
e 1t was difficult to bring before the
PAd realization of the fact, and es-
clially so for those of us whose whole
lies between those sad days and
csc
ferhaps, too, we had our minds too
uch upon the present. At all events,
iel IN the evening we babe adieu to
tuSsburg, it was with the guilty con-
BUSINESS Of having obtained but a
wager knowledge of the details OF the
"a. vat battle, although With full infor-
"'ioh OF the encampment then in pro-
ess, and happy in having seen our
49, 49, General Sheridan, now, alas !!
I p from mortal view.
l bas, truth 20 tell, with nothing to
s "aet ones attention, one would nee
,,I get but a confused idea OF the
N ,le OF u Gettysburg from single day S
wv" wy OF the field. There are SO many
s InIlanders OH both sides whose POSI-
. ps must be fixed in the mind, SO
sn, any, places whose names must De
9, + and remembered, that one l.: Is
e. ,tsV sorely perplexed and Devil
a lo be Sure, it is possible to gain a
ii Ia Idea of this place by so huf-
W visit as mast be made IN one