The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-10-19
r.JAYArrHE woeLs.s FAIR.
How He Got There and His impress
sIons After Getting There.
HOTEL EPwoRTH,

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trouble in reaching the tig show AS
| have experienced. AS usual the
train by which left home was late
but that difficulty was overcome and
at the end of two hundred miles on
our journey We were running along
on time. | heard a great deal of
complaint against some Of the b.
& D. trainmen because Of their in
difference to the comfort and con-
venience of the passengers. | saw
an old gentleman board tram at
"a prominent point OIL the road. and
being stranger he asked brakeman
for some information about the run
mng of the trains at that place.
The Young man answered very i'm
pertinently. The old gentleman
said very quietly; "You are very
clever and polite young man and |
thank You for the information you
have given me. | have no doubt
some day you will be president of
this road " The fact is, polite
employe on some parts of this road
is as hard to find as IA Democratic
candidate for the Senate in Garrett
county. Whilst there are some
people who really have good grounds
for complaint, there are "a great
many, | am bound to say, who are
unreasonable and find fault without
any cause whatever. There was a
lady on the train out who became
very sick and she blamed the com
pany for the nausea with which she
suffered. She said 81 think this is
the worst road in the world" She
entirely overlooked the fact that
everybody else in the car was COM
Portable. 1t is well for us that
Oakland people are satisfied with
the B. & o., because we must trav-
ell on that road or walk, and the
walking is not always good In
going to the Worlds Fair, however
we can choose any one OF three
routes. We may go by the way of
Cumberland or Pittsburgh, by way
Of Benwood and Newark or by way
Of Parkersburg and Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati and Indianapolis
route is only twenty-eight miles
longer than the Benwood route.
At this time the crowd seems to be
going by way of Cincinnati. One
morning last week the B. & o. de-
livered six hundred passengers to
the c.. II. & D. road at Cincinnati.
The day | came over there was a
freight wreck which DELAYED passen
ger travel about ten hours. 1t was
just my luck to strike that wreck
and get into Chicago between ten
and eleven o'clock at night, instead
of reaching here in day time. Then
to mend matters found upon
reaching my hotel that my baggage
had gone wrong and had quite a
time in finding it. | did find it,
however. | don't blame anybody
but myself, tor no one but a genu-
inc "all wool ard a yard wide"
green horn would bring any more
baggage on this trip than he could
carry in the car with him. know
my wife will say Il told you So
because she tried to dissuade me
from carrying any extra baggage.
but it was no use. When a man
makes up his mind to make fool
of himself you might as well let him
alone. If | go to the next World S
Fair | will pursue different course.
Notwithstanding these numerous
drawbacks am here. The show is
huge affair. In fact, the magni-
tude Of everything connected with
it impresses one as much or more
than anything else. There is a
tremendous crush. The Chicago
/ people are now saying to visitors
''You should have come earlier and
avoided the crowd " 1t is singular
how We can mix and mingle in such
crowd and mss all our acquaint-
ances. There are twcnty-eight hun
drcd people quartered in the hotel
where | am located and vet I have
seen in that number but one man
with whom | am acquainted.
In the manufacturer building