Smyrna times., 1890-07-30
Editorial Correspondence.
THE EDITORIAL TRIP TO SARATOGA.

who left their homes on Saturday
morning in the midst of refreshing
showers that gladdened the hearts of
everybody, entered on a journey of
much more than ordinary interest.
The Maryland editors in the main
Joined the excursion at Clayton, while
the express brought the four down
the Peninsula. The Dover contingent
which was unusually large, gave them
a pretty full car. There was nothing
of incident on the route to New York.
Ten coaches were set off for the Press
Association, which left Philadelphia at
1914 o'clock, thus keeping the Com
pany as a social party. The rain had
ceased early but it had covered all the
territory on the way to Saratoga,
though in less quantity as we left New
York. 1t was noticed that vegetation
had not suffered as badly above Phila-
delphia as down on the Peninsula.
At Jersey City we left the Pennsyl-
vania line, the ride on which was with
out dust, and boarded the cars of the
West Shore line, which after some DELAY.
moved off for our final destination. To
Peninsula man it is full of interest
every mile of the way. The ride
through the length of Jersey City. Ho-
boken and various Hudson River
towns gives one an idea of the cosmo-
pOlitan character of the people, and
the pulsating energies of its many
kinds of business.
The most of the way however pre-
sents the national object of river views.
immense rocks and evervarying land
scapes. To Peninsula man the
abounding rocks of the hardest
kind that had to be blasted, tunnelled
&c, was a constant wonder. In manv
places these solid masses of rock would
rise almost perpendicular from the
road bed as high as "A church steple.
The tourist who wants to take in
all, is kept busy. Now it is a broad
river view with its busy boats and
sailing crafts, then dash through a
dark tunnel, then cascade escaping
down from the heights above. then a
beautiful castle on a wooded elevation.
then towering steep sided hill rising
several hundred feet high. The great
iron bridge that spans the Hudson at
PO'keepsie lover which the peaches
for Boston are to be sent,) is in full
view. The Catskil Mountains are
a beautiful distant object. As we pas
sed the sun was just sinking behind
them in the west. Their outline might
easily be mistaken for thunder cloud
Albany and Troy were passed under
the glare of the electric light. reaching
Saratoga a quarter of ten o'clock.
The Peninsula Press Association and
its guests, about eighty in numbers
made a noticeable procession as they
passed down to the Columbian House
The first thing was to get supper, the
sandwiches on the way not at all sat.
isfying the travellers, who were getting
somewhat weary and felt unusually
uncomfortable from the shower of elm
ders which the soft coal used on this
road sends off. 1t was nearly mid.
night before all the party got settled
for their sojourn.
Sunday morning opened bright and
beautiful. The Company in the main
rose late, but looked refreshed and
ready for anything that Saratoga had
to present land it has much), some
going to church, but about twenty
instead took tally-ho ride to Sara
toga Lake, beautiful resort three or
four miles distant.
The Columbian hotel is a house oppo.
site Congress Hall Park, accommoda-
ting several hundred guests, and fur
nishes everything on its table that can
can be had at the largest hotels.
Saratoga is the queen of American
watering place. The Grand Union can
luxuriOusly bestOw 1900 guests and two
other immense hostelries can almost
come up to these figures. Then there
are score of hotels that entertain
from 400 to 500 guests, and the lesser
houses of public entertainment, includ-
ing a myriad of cottages, are legion.
With a resident population of 1900
Americas spa increases this figure
many fold during July and August.
Saratoga's summer population is
exceedingly rational in many respects
in summer diversions. The greatest
exertiOns attempted here are probably
dressing on the part of the young wOm-
en- and dancing on the part of the
young men. There is the usual dearth
of the male sex, and those who can
dance must. The days begin early
and with the majority end about IL P.
NJ. To the innumerable wells the
crowds go and drink of the saline or
iron waters until their capacity is fully
tested.
Those who have never had the rate
enjoyment of a sojOurn at Saratoga
have much pleasure in store.
Mt. McGregor (made celebrated as
the place where Gen. Grant made his
final struggle for lifel will probably be
visited to-day or tomorrow, which
will be too late for transmission for
this issue Of the TINES.
THE COMPANY.
The following are the members of
the Association and the guests who ac-
company them.
Charles S. Horn, Wilmington Home
Journal Charles H. Vary, Wilmington
Sunday Republic; J. Miller Thomas
and Mrs. f. V. Thomas, Wilmington
Peninsula Methodist George Carter,
Wilmington Farm and Home; Harlow
H. Curtis and Mrs. M. C. Janvier, WI
minQtOa EUery Evening; c. w. Ed
wards, wife and daughter, WilwingtOn
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