The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-23
Two Days at bedford sprInr,.

: saturday was passed by the excur-
9 slonists at Bedford Springs, Pa, in
/ climbing the mountain sido several
: hundred feet In height, taking in the
: various views OF delightful and ro-
a mantle valleys, carriage riding, and
lounging on the spacious porches of
the hotel. The Altoona band. in tho
l meantime, ,discoursed enllvening tunes,
: and time passed pleasantly. In this
/ way good appetites were secured.
: that enabled each one to partako of
: the various viandS prepared ordinner
and supper in the beststyle and served
, by polite and accommodating walters.
/. In. the evening the various visitors
/ gathered In the ball room, where Prof.
i Lea, of Pittsburg, exhibited wonderful
4 proficiency in drawing various designs
!. on paper to the ediflcation of all pre-
sent.
When he concluded several sets were
. formed and the young ladies' and gem
, tlemen engaged in what is generally
called hop" They enjoyed waltz
: ing as well as the square dance very
, highly, but tho weather was quite warm
! and tho exercise was evidently very
: fatiguing. Such distinguished char
, acter1s as Geo. Alfred Townsend,
! Mr.. Shaw, the Washington correspon-
/ dent of the Boston papers, Messrs.
Hopes, Bell and Whitford of our city,
Frysinger OF Chester, Thompson of
West Chester, Mr.. Wills of Norristown,
: Mrs. Bladden of Taggart's Times did
not appear on the floor, except in the
capacity OF lockers on, although some
of them evidently enjoyed the sports.
: After the dancing terminated, the
band occupied the seats in the lawn
and played various airs. About mid
night the visitors and musicians, ~xith
the exception OF q few of the boys"
retired to rest. In short time after
wards the boys having raided the wine
room, became SO desperately happy
that they called up the members of the
band and induced them to march up
and down the lawn in front OF tho
hotel, playing tunes while they gather
ed in the corner of the piazza and set
up the most intolerable din that can
only be compared to Dante's Inferno,
to the great discomfort of the various
sober minded visitors. So intolerable
did 1t eventually become that the man
Iager felt it necessary to go out and
command that ii cease, as he regarded
lit as dissertation of the Sabbath, bor-
dering on il not actually sacreligious.
! The orgle can only be excused on
the ground that they imagined as they
were up among the mountains and it
would be allowable to permit all the
deviltry that was in them TO have a
speedy exit. From that time forth
for nearly "a hours good order pre-
vailed. On Sunday morning tho sun
lcould barely be seen through the
clouds and every other hour through
the day there was quite heavy show
er. These however soon passed over
and various mountain ramble5 as well
as carriage rides wero taken. In the
evoning the visitors gathered in the
ball room and after neat introduce
tory address by Professor O'Brien,
James Young promising young man
of Baltimore proceeded to rec ito the
speech Of Othello when arraigned for
bowitching Desdemona in very elo-
quent manner.
He also repeated the speech of Cas-
Slus arraigning Caesar. His gestures
were good and his manner of delivery
very forclble ueing marred only by
slightln distinctness of fenunelation that
somewhat impaired the effect. When
he concluded he was complimented
with many plaudlts from this audience
and also by Professor Donnelly who
compared him to the recently docea5-
ed Barrett, and said, by cultivatiya-
ton and perseverance, he might
eventually rank with tho first ac-
llOrb Ill tlle country.
| The guests generally retired ata sea-
isonahle, hourbut soon after the clock
struck II few OF the boys" were on
the rampage and exploded q number
iof torpedOes which sounded like small
cannon, and drove sleep from the
eyes of all. The din continued for
sometime but finally died away and
tho inmates of the house were permit
ted to get another good nap before the
dawn OF day.
The visitors generally appeared at
the breakfast tables about seven
O'Clock, and after satisfying their ap-
ipetltos proceeded to pack their trunks
and prepare for the journey home. By
nine o'clock tho entire party had left
the Springs and were conveyed in
hacks to the town of Bedford.
Ae .45 all were on board the cars, the
whistle was blown, giving tho signal
TO start. and all were homeward bound.
The train running at % or 80 miles an
hour, passed down the Huntingdon
and Broad Top road which followed |
ithe tributaries of the Juniata and
lpassiLg town after town in succession |
Iat 80 the train rolled into Harris. |
burg. Here luncheon was partaken |
Iof, the set OUT being a sumptuous
one. Two cars. Tor Baltimore
atLC 5NltNINh Oilt ltl lllt uSt Vi |
tho visitors from Baltimore, and |
Washington and the train was soon |
i'm rapid motion again towards |
Philadelphia, at which city we arrived |
iat q p. In. The Wilmingtonians took |
ltle 6,l0 train, and arrived safely in |
this city at To'clOck. Too much credit |
cannot Ee given to Mr.. Geo. w. Boyd, |
assistant general passenger agent, |
and Mr.. Frank N. Barksdale. who |
had charge of the train as through |
their attention and good manage |
mcnt the entire affair was brought |
to n successful termination, and they |
deserve and should receive the thanks |
,of all the participants, We shall not |
only kindly remember these gentlemen |
but also l.. B. Doty tho general, mana |
ger OF the Springs, aud his gentlemGnly
assistant, MIR. Thos. Farley. The ex-
.cursionists certainly enjoyed the trip
and will resume their work with re-
newed Yigor.
We have speedy ana positive cure
for catafrlI, diphtheria, canker mouth