The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-28
THIRD edition.
A DELIGHTFUL EXCURSION.

some lew Nlth1 siiASpI hiiniAhS WA
Division NO "a, order OF Railway |
Conductors, visited keading, and were /
handsomely entertained by their |
brethren OF Division No. 230 OF that |
place. Yesterday the visit was return
ed, and Wilmington Division enter
tanned their visitors with Il delightful
ride down the river on the steamer |
Delaware. In addition To the members
of Wilmington Division, there was u |
number OF other invited guests, ana
when the boat left King street wharf, !
II contained as genial party as ever /
lett this city.
The time for starting was o'clock, |
hut owing to the fog on the river, and
othar unavoidable Incidents, 1t was
fully an hour later whom the gang
blanks were drawn in, and the trim
boat started toward the Delaware riy-
or. The visitors saw u vast deal TO ln-
Lerest them in passing down the Chris
tiana, and upon reaching the delaware
the boat was heated up the river, To
allow them view OF Ldge Moor Iron
< Works. She Was then turned aud pas
sed down the river, hugglng the Jer.
eey shore SO rs to Afford u view OF
Pennsgrove, generuiiy known AS VIII
minglun's Cape May. Then she was
steereu from this side, so Jhnt ia pa
sing New Castle the views OF the ues-
structiSe fire at the Delaware Iron
Works could be plainly seen.
In the meantime Harry Zimmerman
and Fred Heiss who acted as caterers,
were busy with n large corps OF assist
ants IN preparing the lunch tables,
which were suou laden with delicaCies
to tickle the palate and satisfy the
cravings OF hunger. The lunch was
welcome to many OF the guests, some
oil whom had left their homes Without
having had time To eat their breakfast.
As the boat steamed down the river
tho genial Colonel AnleHgcr, OF the
frrie Presse, was everywhere, and
O. EN- al not only TO know everybody
OH tue be a. but also determined that
eNeryl ody should know everybody
else. When ho finished his Introduce
tions he turned his attention to work
fllg OIL some OF his jokes, of which he
always keepsa large stock ON hand.
In this he was ably ussisted by }. W.
Nackay and j. ID. Philllss OF the Della.
ware railroad, Mayor Il. u. Lynch of
the F., w, ~ u. railroad, and several
othels.
After working off number of puns
on the names of those present, the
Colonel concluded to try his hand in
getting a newspaper man to pull { he
cork under" Approaching place
where three or four nights of the quill
mere engaged IN conversation, he put
on one OF his most serious expires sions
and inquired:
How is it that none of you fellows
got OH to that robbery ease Mt Squire
kasse's Office the other night"
All what WIS thaG' asked an in
noe mt reporter .-..
"A man stole pair Of trousers and
although the theft was proven the
ssQuire dismissed the case,"
There was an ominuus pnuse the
newspaper men weru waiting for more
details. Tie tailor" continued An
fenger, got mad and swore like u
trooper, but the'squire WAS deterInin-
ed, would listen to no argument. Get
out he said, I'll have nothing to do
with such case"
why what was the Inatter?' said
one listener who was overcome 10y tho
polonels apparent interest,
20, the squire couldn't make a suit
out OF pair of pants"
4, The questioner ~ .-el ana the Col
me- started lp-5earCh of IL now victim
vi did D0tJake him long to find ona.
andthls time it was an Innocent young
German, who attends bar in u well
known saloon in this city, vino was
assisting the caterers, As soon us he
learned that the bartender was OK
tremely anxious to return to the city
AAtSe op llltLh llb iOAl'A ItShlllt'
his work this morning, the Colonel,
with "a smile that was chil,llike and
bland" remarked to Mackey, III the
Germans hearing:
II don't believe I would haze come
hal known thoy were going to stay
duwn bore until Tuesday night.
The victim bit mt once, and turning
to the Colonel Inquired how long dot
Doal was going To stay and upon be.
Ing assured that il would not return
until Tucsday Or probably Wednesday
night. exclaimed:
'Alein Colt. | shust lose dot job
Vat can | do2'
"Telephone," said one of his tormen
tors.
We're is dot delephone2p
Fort Delaware. ltll cost YOU 81 >
solemnly sattl tho joker.
Veil, WHO will do dot for meP' in
Qulred the victim, when he WAS refer
real to well-known newspaper MAJ
oI this city. He approached him witt
an expression ON his face u5 though hC
WIS about to attend his own funeral
an after stating his trouble prolferet
hlin Two silver dollars to let ANDY,
his boss, know that he could not gel
home, and asking him to keep his place
Yncant. The newspaper man reflIst.t
10 accept the money, but promised tt
attend to the matter as soon us h,
reached Fort Delaware. The man wen
awny satisfied, but it Is scarcely prob
able that he learned the Whole matte
was joke, until tho boat was we'll III
the river on her return.
The boat stopped at Fort Deluwar
at l2.O5 o'clock, and the exGursionist
went ashore to inspect this costly am
now useless pile of masonry. Their
are about 20 acres of land IN he Pa
Patch island, on which the fort stands
and at the timo it was built there /
no doubt but IL would have proved III
effective defense for this city and PHI
adelphia. Since then. the improve
ment in heavy guns, and the missile
OF war render 1t almost, If not total
useless. A fleet of the immense wa
vessels that are now being construete
by all civilized nations, could lay GU
side OF the range of the guns OF III
fort, and in half day or less, reduC
1t to mass OF ruins. Tho only gun
that could possibly be of any servic,
are the l5-inch cannon on the uppe
parupet.
These have been terrible weapon
OF war, and might yet be put in
condition to do some service. The
each weigh 49,I6i pounds. and al
worked by pneumatic apparatus
which not only places them IN LA
terry" but also prevents the rtcoil. II
ball is hoisted to the mouth OF the gu
by lueans of large crane. But eve
these expensive guns are left stnndin
exposed to the weather, and the go
roding influence Of tile salt mir frrI