The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-14
IN V IRGI N | A
THE BAY STATE EDITORS
AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
nH5Y STOP over IN ROANOKE.
They are Then whi.ked away 10
Bris,o!-Thc Members OF the Party,
who Thcy are aud What .omeGof
Thcm Are Like

The train bearing the Massachusetts
Press Association from Norfolk, roll
ed into the Union depot Yesterday
morning between seven aud eight
O'Clock The train was a long and
heavy one, the editors and ther wives
occupying the two rear coaches.
They were handsome Pullman YES
tibuled cars, and bore the names,
''Hesperian and "Titiana.''
The party consisted OF c. b. Fiske,
president OF the association, and Edi-
tor Palmer Journal; Mrs. c. b. Fiske,
j. S. Smith and wife, ofthc Rockland
Standard; William a. Woodward, OF
the Milton News; Henry G. Allen, OF
the West Roxbury News; h. Gerry
Brown and wife and Miss Matte Ed
wards, OF the Bunker Hill Times; Robt
S. Baldwin, of the Worcester Spy; w.
:. Carson, Boston Globe; Louis b.
Chandler and wife, of Palmer Jour
nal; c. y. Cheever, New England
tarmer Mrs. Matilda Cheeslnan, of
New England Farmer; X. G. Finley,
of the Worcester Telegram; DR.. j. g.
Gleason and wife, of the North
Abingdon Public; Il. a. Hall, Green
field Gazette and Courier; II. q. Hall
and wife, Waltham; Henry ~ Has
tings, Lynn Daily Item; Jno. y. Hold
en- and wife, Quincy Patriot; w. I
Kennedy, Taunton Gazette; Francis
Proctor, Cape Ann Advertiser and
Gloucester Daily Times; w. II. Riley
and wife, Springfield Republican.
The party were in charge OF Frank \.
Hayward, OF Springfield, Mass. ami
Allen Hull, OF the Norfolk and West
ern road. Accompany the visitors were:
James A. Pugh, president Virginia
Press Association; X. G. Murray, ot
the Norfolk Landmark; ". NJ. Jones,
of the Richmond Times; Editor Smith,
OF the Bii,tol Press, and a member
of the Times editorial staff. Dr.
Dreher, president Roanoke College,
was also along. being accompanied By
visitors from Boston.
The ladies and married men had
berths III The rear coach "ritiana,
while the bachelor editors and those
| WHO had left their wives at home lii-d
seats in the front &C ach "Hesperia.'
II was few minutes after ~ ocfocs
when the train bearing the part!
pulled OUT of the depot at Norfolk.
The days festivities had been some-
what fatiguing, and the eAcursionsts
were not long in seeking their berths
When they awoke yesterday morning
it was $50 o'clock, and they looked
out upon the handsome new depot at
| Lynchburg.
With the ride from there to Roam
ohe and the beautiful mountain
country they we're charmed.
Frank Hayward said il looked like
The Berkshire II / i, of Massachusetts,,
only much pretter, aud all OF the
party commented upon the advanced
| tate Of vegetation
When they arrived at Roanoke they
climbed the hill 10 the Hotel Roanoke,
and standing upon the piazza, they
looked over the city and drank In the
beauty OF the surrounding section
before breakfastins. After break
fast many Of the party, including the
ladies wrote letters to their respective
homes Others SAT in the vine covered
piazza and a few walked or rode about
the city or Il short distance.
With the sun shining brightly, and
gentle breeze blowing over the
mountains the party at 10 o'clock
descended the bill and resumed their
journey TO Bristol. Vice President
Eddy Of the Norfolk and Western
road accompanied them.
There are iuany interesting persons
connected with the association.
Mr.. G. b. Fiske, the president, is a
stout, hearty-looking man OF middle
age He wears glasses, and somewhat
in appearance.
Frank Hayward, Of Springfield
Mass, the manager of the party, has
face as round as a New England
pumpkin, and his countenance beams
all over with indications of joviality
and good fellowship.
E. Gerry Brown, of the Bunker
Hill Times, is tail, spare-built man,
with & solemn cast OF countenance.
With all his serious appearance, how
ever, he is something of humorist,
and is a tirst-rate, afterdinner
speaker. Accompanying himself and
wife is Miss Matte Edwards, his
ward. Miss Edwards is pretty, pc
tite brunette, and looks more like a
Southern girl than one born in New
England. She was one of the few
members of the party not
made sea-sick by the rough ocean
voyage from Boston to Norfolk.
RobeysG Baldwin, of the Worches
ter Spy, which is one of the oldest
papers in the United States, having
been established during the revolt
ton, is Harvard graduate. He is
q slender young man with slight
mustache. He has intellectual fes.-
lures, and is in love with his profess
sion. His father is the owner of the
Spy.
r. c. Finley, of the Worcester Tele-
gram, is built exactly right for the
city editorship OF a live afternoon
paper like the Telegram Stout and
hearty, he looks as if he might be an
editor until he was an octogenarian
without becoming sour or dyspeptic,
and he can no doubt give lean re-
porter an assignment to run the lat
ter's leg Off. He is young and wears
glasses.
DR.. J. G. Gleason is put down as
representing the North Abingdon
Public, bat he says he is only an
honorary member of the association.
He is slightly gray, and probably the
bet speaker in the party. He is
thoroughly unprejudicial and speaks
with the impassioned fervor of
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