Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-01
1.-THE EDITORS AT 1.-THE HUI"
Peninsula Journalists on
4, Their Annual Jaunt.
by THE BIG BRIDGE TO BOSTON
Where Everybody Takes Off
His Hat to U.s."


ga an 1nquisitive Hubite-- Seeing Boston
sights-.Those Who Compose the Party.
neutrality-suspicious. Gazette and journal
BosToN, Aug. 20.--The members of the
peninsula Press Association aud its friends,
making party of 50 persons, left phila-
delphla for Boston over the Reading rail-
road from Ninth and Green street station
AZ w o'clock last Friday morning oh the
K view England day express, which runs
over the new and popular Poughkeepsie
pridge route, arriving at Boston ut 10 p. M
AT the rear of the train, through the
courtesy of the Reading railroad officials, a
special car was placed, the alliterative
sesame to which, uttered at the guarded
doors, was Peninsula Press Party" This
Poughkeepsie bridge route to Boston was
4 opened only short time ago but is
making most rapid strides into the favor
of the travelling public. Il is made up of
no less than six railroad lines. and runs
through as many states. The lines
A trayersed are the Philadelphia & Reading
10 bethlehem, the Lehigh & Hudson River
TO Maybrook, N. Y, the Central New Eng.
land " Western to Hartford. CONN, the
New York, New Haven a. Hartford to
northampton, Mass, the Boston Il Maine
and New York Il New England railroads
10 Boston, But there WAS not break in
the trip, the train running through solid
from the Quaker City to the Hub and
Stopping only at principal points.
The ride was vastly more interesting and
the scenery more picturesque than any one
imagined, especially as the train sped
along through the, upper part, of New
Jersey, where the land is wildly noun
famous and studded here and there with
the most enhancing little lakes, the train
whlrllng along their lovely serpentine
shore until the Peninsula editors vowed
. they would never again speak dsparag-
ingly; of New jersey, and would make il a
standing rule in their offices to exclude
any standard jokes about alien New
Jersey, its sand and mosquitoes. The
crossing of the Delaware at EastOn created
ripple Of interest among the party, and
in the case of one editor it turned the cur.
rent of his thoughts homeward and there
was lodged in his heart for the rest of the
day the uncomfortable feeling of home
sickness. But the inconsistencies of one
member was not allowed to interfere with
the enjoyment of the entire party. which
almost filled two cars aud which soon
became like large family.
The Poughkeepsle bridge is the great
feature of this route, and the railroad com.
panics with due and gentle consideration
of their trainmen aud conductors, have
printed on their time cards all the dimen-
slons of this great structure, but as the
average passenger infinitely prefers asking
questions the traiumen do not consider
happier.
The bridge was crossed during heavy
storm, so that the magnificent view for -
miles IN and down the famous Hudson
river, which generally grGets the traveller
over this line, was largely lost because of
the rain and fog.
When Boston was reached hacks soon
transported the entire party to the we'll
known American House. where the en-.
trance of a party of So travellers at one
time created quite q stir, and made the
porters and bell boys hustle" for an hour
or two some Bostoninn, giving the party
long inqusitiyc look through his glasses,
ventured the unfortunate question "FroIl
what definite locality does this party
come" Immediately he was surrounded
by dozen editors who mixed their voices
i'll the following official slogan OF the Della,
ware party, sung to the tune Of u popular
song:
Everybody takes his hat oil TO us
Everybody takes his hat oil to US,
Everybody takes his hat oil to US,
For we come from the Diamord State.
BY the time the verse was through the
Bostonlan was nowhere to be found. sat
urday the eastern wind was still whirlng
among the crooked streets and carrying
ram wherever il went, but the mem beers Of
the party, realizing that time was money.
made heroic efforts to See Roston after the
approved guide-book fashion by going to
Bunker Hill, the State House, Old South
church, publiG Library, Harvard College,
Faueuil Hall, the Commons and Common
wealth avenue. A feature OF the after
noon was the presentation of very hand
some gold Masonic watCh.charm, studded
with pearls and rubies, to Henry G. Car
painter the secretary of the executive com
mlttee managing the trip. The testimonial
WAS presented BY the Key. W. W. w. vii.
son on behalf Of the editorial party and
Mr.. Carpenter made neat speech of
thanks. Last evening the members of the
party early sought their beds and dreamed
about baked beans, Bunker Hill and get
ting lost in crooked streets.
The following are the papers of the
Peninsula and by whom presented: Henry
g: Carpenter and +. NJ. Dunn, Dover huieE;
Harlow III. Curtis EVERY EyENtNG the
Rev. L. $. Highley, T,uppe Times. j. ID.
Hummer, Greensborough Free Press; X.
d. Hoifeckcr, lr., Smyrna Times; NJ. V.
lirewington, Wicomjco Mans, Salisbury; 4.
]. Freeman, Middetown NcW Erd; +. q.
usilton, Reat Nsms Chestertown; the Rev.
". W. w. Wilson. The -UethOiist, SMYRNA
Howard Melvin, Denton JoUrmli; John Nj
Bowen, Newark Leiger; Thomas Perry,
Salisbury AdleriSGr: Abram Vandegritl
Middletown Transcript. J. L. Carroll Con-
Ference Herald, Dover; W. $. McCumbs,
Havre de Grace RItsbiicdni Miss Kate
Pearson, Peninsula FirtSiie, Greensboro;
Z. ID. Harris, Circuit Rider, Easton; the
Rev. I. Snowden Thomas. and j. NJ.
IhOIntls, IChthShtu 2HttHOatSt, WllmiugtUu
Frederick II. Bach FIpie PytSs5, Whining
tom the Rev. Z. 5. tirise, G0SBa Phone.
Georgetown; Charles Vary, Rtpabiic, Vii
mington.
The following ladies aud gentlemen ac-
companied the party Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Broadway, William II. Smith, Miss
l1ellah Wilds. Col. H. Il. Cooper, Josenh
Bnrchenal, Mr.. and Mrs. G. ii. Syphert,
Thomas D. Culbreth and Mrs ii. c.
Carpenter, Dover; DIR. and Mrs. Is. L..
Lewis, Harrington; Mr.. and Mrs George
w. Emory, and IL. L. Wallace, Seaford; b,
q. Toudvine, Salisbury Edward u, Heurne
and Mckendee Downhum Georgetown.
Mrs. John NJ. Bowen, Newark; Mrs. Abram
Vandegrift, Mrs. Anna Pennington, Miss
Annie Freeman, and Miss Ella Armstrong,
Middletown; Mrs. Bell, Miss Annie Shade,
Mrs. G.. ii. Vary, Miss Nan Hopes. Miss
Ethel Bach, Il. +. Fletcher, Miss l.. Y.
Thomas and Miss S. A. Tyler, Wilmington;
Mrs. q. Il. Haddaway, Mrs. W. +. Aldrich
Miss Powell, Miss Rena Eaveson, Miss Ida
Eaveson, Easton; James swan, 7. Pliny
Fisher Miss Downs, Miss Melvin, Denton;
Mrs. Is. s. Highley, Trappe; Mrs. j. d.
Plummer. Greensboro Miss Minnie
Clement, smyrna; 4. 5. Hodson, Crislield;
Mrs. p. t. Smith. Col. aud Mrs. |. 7.
Grubb, Philadelphia Il. u. Cold, II. G.
Ramsdell, Mr.. and Mrs. r.. X Stephen
SON, Miss Mary McCombs Miss Clara
Milton, Mrs. Il. q. Ramsdell, Mrs. W. W.
". Wilson, j. c. Clark, A. A. ellis and NJ.
V. Brewington.