Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-11-17
The National Encampment at
Washington.
MRS. AouIsE BAusER.

rh4re never was and never could be q
ii.aie please ut trip ~tlianthat of the Sou,h
Is kota delegation 20 Washington. We
al the best of Accommodations, fne we4t-
r, greeable company and Il safe jour
! v. Started from Aberdeen at seven
6 10 k Saturday morning and arrived al
AZ nations capita Monday afternoon
<tcus lie ocot~. That evening we
I'D what thousands tried 10 do but fail
81. attended the z EAT reception in the
t1;unda ri the capital aud were receiyed,
tuesday vss given up 10 The parade and
south Dakota had aooat seventy men in
iiiat vast afmy-qu.te a large number
considering the ioi Z distance aui lle
usY time of year. The fireworks that
evening nearthe Washington monument
were beautiful in the extreme. The
l4.urllment itself was the center Of ad-
uliIat:en, for coiorea e sctric lights were
Iafown Upon it,so lat it Was continually
etia4.ging its hue. Wednesday morning
thtse who were members of encamp-
iuaut or convention, settled down to
a~u.lness. The q. Ar. were much more
.xpeditious in dispatching business, for
issey adjourned Thursday night AMI al,
~aljourned TO Indian Head, the trial
nfaHud for all guns manufactured by the
60 eminent, VIII lie the w. r. G. conven
ls,n dill not adjourn until Saturday eve
There was much business of a
y trying nature, anu the sessions were
=: ;te wiioie not very enjoyable, SO j
'siii skip that and isll you of our pleas
~ rips after AID. Saturday afternoon
rll visitors iron South Dakota were il
.ael 10 go vita Major Picker aud hin
niie. on a steamer to Mount Vernon. Ii
vi u charming ride; snd as se s,rolled
sl,out the pleasant grounds of The estate
80 cou;d cot blame the Father OF his
Country for referring the quiet of Ii
,3ah home 10 a return TO public affairs
~ urdsy evening the w. Z. T. U. OF
Nasniagfen gave a reception for the W
r G. at Ere ionia Hotel. Mrs. Picker
VS. one OF the receiving party, and tie
If jor vas called upon for q speech.
i ere wete short speeches from ladies
of 9th organizations, recitations, n
aad a tint collation., all of which made
lie affair extremely pleasant. Sunday,
ws each chose our own place Of worship,
gili GA comparing notes next day each
seemed 40 liIiuk ineir choice the esi,
ald wished all the rest had been theIe
Non'iay was spent in doing the Capitol.
aller guild ,nce of Mr.. Cressy. of Huron,
> aIthsonisa Institute. National Museum.
~ tanical Garden and Monument. Tues
aeF bright and early VI 20 a carriage
- 8Iitaston This was Gen. Robt. A
y .e's old plantaiiea. lying acrass the 20
toaiac ID "oid Virginia. The mansion
- kept as be left it, with the stables, kit
G m and Save quarters in the rear. |
II e viaw of the city irouu this point
plkes i pictur. never to be forgotten.
in the cemetery ere many fine monu
We saw mi square saIcophagns
y hieia ssas marked as covering the boneA
q Pill soldiers, which had been gather
el 'front.' the field Of Bull Run. We wan
ed te spend The eaiire day in this con-
secrafeti spot. bg' hese were too many
slier places 10 visit, 81 we returned to
ta.e city about noon and spent the resi-
/, t the dsy at the navy yards.
The gre Al guns, some of them forty feet
org and large eDoigil for q man to go
'nside-as We saw one do-did not look
: though We had really seen the ''lasl
,saf, MS cnr sister has so beautifully
tisis evening. We entered
all the she -. examined The dry
luck. ~eut on board a man of war, and
ourselves very tired. 50 We turn
~ oar faces toward our lodgings and
very regreiHiliy packed our grips for an
early departure froal this charming and
ely. On "Wednesday morning
y took the train for Gettysburg, and
spent slse rest of that day and Thursday
on that wonderful battle
l had act q very definite idea
siIt was TO be seen, and when some OF
a:r parry said We must stay over night
felt a little unwilling, but alter our
writ there / ian truly say if Gettysburg
: as All we had seen in the whole trip ii
have well repaid us. The entire
be d ls dotted with monuments marking