Smyrna times., 1893-01-18

down" yes, stopped off in vii.
mington"
Now while she was not my sister
u only by profession, did think we re-
: sembled each Othe great deal, and it
? was frequently remarked that it was
no mistaking us for brother and sister
However, she, like myself, had more
than one trade, and fortunately was
ialr artist, SO that she pitched right in
and finished up tintypes, neither was
she afraid of a paint bruah.
That evening, after an early supper.
we enjoyed free ride over to Perry.
vile, and took a stroll for a quiet even
ing chat on business matters, l giving
her part of the particulars of the case
and marking out the course | wanted
her to pursue, etc.
Ihe next day being Saturday. we
mad rush of work, as | had also ID.
vertlsed 1t as our last day in Havre. de-
Grace. Sunday was spent in going to
church, and a visit to the Park. Early
Monday morning we were all packed
and it was 50 we'll known that we were
going to Port Deposit, that the freight
agent manifested our goods there with.
out asking any questions. | lust did
hhd 1t ont in time TO have it cbanoed
telling him We did not want to run
INTO Barrey's calculation, aud had con.
Guided to 50 farther Then we tool
advantage of another free ride to Per. !
ryVllle, where we took the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central for Rising Sun
Now | have travelled extensively for
one OF my years, have been around the
Horn in aud out Of Hatteras, through
ffeli Gate and to No Mans Land. m
hlIl and down-grade, and tbrouob
many Tunnel, but never did evner.
renee such feeling as l always have.
In spite Of my efforts, while on cor.
tam position of thst road. Shortly
alter leaving Perryyille we crossed tho
baltimore Il Ohio Railroad. It's Ion,,
and nigh bridge also spans the Susoue.
mann" river. Soon on looking out of
the car windo~ To the lgft, one miobt
thInk wewouid surely rnuinto the river
While at the same time looking to tha
right you will see nothing but rock
oFefhahging the train a. high as the
eye can reach. And it IS those over. ,,
hanging rocks that make me sbud8sr
every tiHe | chance to pass that wav.
II IS not that the road is unsafe
don't wish to do the COMPANY an in. :
justice. A little farther on we strike
Fort Deposit, the town, large portion
OF IL nigh up. and founded ON n rocl,
sure, and where the inhabitants find n -
sure footing in time of a flood Grover.
moving OF the river. There you find :
large quarries blasting building stones :
also the stone mills, breaking up the =
arge rock into small bits, and grinding =
t into fine powder. G.
littlo further Oh and YOU come to !"
Ho"landviile, situated on the creek "
hat runs down from Porter's Bridge " "
winch overhowed few years ago. "
auslnS great damage in CARRYING aysv =
ridges, whole pens with hogs in them "i
ences, houses, fur niture, etc. Not so -
ad as the JohnstOwn food, but on the p
anne principle. There is the Isrga '"
our mills and rolling mills. running 20 =
ay aud night, owned by the we'll. a"
hown McCullOug:i Iron Co. There Va W
ou ind large and costly bridges con. -
ructed of iron and stone. aud a fra n'
one arched driveway, crossing under -,
le railroad, leading down to the fa- WI
ous cooi-Howing spring, where Della. u
areans and others 20 and pitch their -
nts' for to spend the summers vaca- p'
ON in recreation ard sport. '"i
Then comes Colora, a nice farming -
uniry, where "A good share of the o.
scii county hay is produced; where 49,
e farmers 'lve at home" in their ~
one house, with their stone barns '.1
wing slate roofs on their outbuildings Of
ID with their farms surrounded bv n No
'ne wall or fence. You see but few =
'oden fences in that vicinity. moi
Soon the conductor yelled "Rising con
ID" and we stepped off. So as not 8 !
drop in their midst like two frogs 7 !
t OF rain cloud, l had written one of to
. business men from Havre.de. Grace ma,
king him as to the size and locality sto,
'0""' e'o'' he Replying as fol. kno
VS.:
RISING SUN, MD, July 15. 1892.
AlcLain & Co, Havre-de. Grace. Md. p
ours OF the l4th at hand. In replv Gee
uld say that there has been no one in n
re in your business for about two y
ars. As to what you can do here "
unable to say. Our town has this
1ut $50 inhabitants, aud wide. time
axe surrounding country. A good mort
lst' imagine, could do some bust mo.
S. here. We have general stores A'o'
ry goods stores and 2 restaurants son
e railroad runs through the corpo. wou
ION: We are 10 miles from Port ity.
posit and miles from Oxford. Pa. ~ :,
Respectfully,