The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

there II more b' b'auiiul mn'e suggestive
burial place thur Ari us uu NsttDua. trrlc.
ierN. IL lies southwest Oi NH.hiug'uu, lu.t
across the po'omar--i line drawn from the
capitol. through the Washington monument
AMI across the river. fails nearly ai'uit tne
gates OF Ar ltt'ui. To roach the cemetery
pue must drive 'A,' the White i!1u.r 'hc
War state aud navy luuiiuss aut through
historic t'"Ir2"'uWu Susy"s'iNp ui the Father
% HIS tOuu. ~ 'u rhr ~. .;rur' OF mum.
ber Il mu~- grown Uuiiliug. which shelter.
~ him uorr 'hiu a hUtdtel wears ago
just H, you enter the Hqgriurt bridge YOU
'rusS the cumberland Canal. which was
he tir.t pubic enterprise with whicn the
nam" "i Washington wa associated. 10 II
poor old canal now ant - Trtt.ug boats
It nj hu' scuut livelihood fpr III" mon who
al. them. Vet 'ho time was when o. was
one IL thr IN I-t useful ari most prosperous
transportation i,u"- 30 the country.
On the MI. - YOU ipfoacn tho bridge
almost ov"rlhug'us tie roI way, j. "a" cot
iige pf ina, prolific move, = once - uppu.
Iar Mrs T. y. J. y ~outhwurih. now an
Did woman, pas.ius ih' evening ut ire iu
luiet poac" \ ,tit.e farther away rises the
spires % Georgetown COD egpU, a'hp.i,I one
u th. oldest and most inmpu, institutions
" earning On 'hr continent IL. centenary
was celebrated few years hgo.
At the lett OF the bridge winch the canal
once cros.,d on ~ way 10 Alexandria G'o-
rye Wash. .tOu county town. lies low,
tln' island. lts only uui,Iius IL al Old man.
sion showing even IN decay traces OF for
mrr -p'eniur II was formerly the house u
:lc Mason. a well .i.kuown virginia family
and ~ last occupant was the Ma-nn OF
Mason < : dell fame Ana OS'au Island the
'.t.e which the Mason estate ha' horne for
century AMI "A ball, - now occupied By an
athletic C.yD, W.'h ii~ ta, - uaI' and
'eunls co,r'-. -u her" within -RIt u!
each Other. are famous Od '.rE.rit luins.
-telis Ceyotei tn srtnsely deterrent pJ--
poses--oue 'o m lderu sports AMI Ias' U"-
The o:her 20 the deaf OF the wis between
the states
The approaches 70 Arlington are scarcely
,e,- interesting han Arlington .'-s Z B-.oS
'he bridge, the Whlrys- ,t 'ae riiy. AHul)s-
ton lslan!, the Washington mnuEmru' the
capitol, o.i Long Bridge. \ eNindrlt 100 he
distance. Above the bride. 40 ted ul,.s
rocky lsIet, the Cham Bridge 4 noted
strategic point 10 the .aie wlrl, aud cabin
Johns alueduct. the CP.ebrl,ed masonry
-pan which til recently was tus longest IN
the world At the Virginia end OF the bridge
you arc -Hr"olly Introduced 10 the south
f'f... .,,,.... b. - .-rl' -. nbuyais ot fhs
roiored psOpe. tne fypica. p.auter sedaie
and dgnitci even M hts adyersitv ind re-
iucsd estate Soon you cross pretty wood.
land stream ami stop a' -p-ing-'he
Martha Cunts spring For mary more than
hundred years have thirsty passengers
halted there to drink
4 little farther on and yog are amid a
tI'tes OF pretty 'l''a'' WIN cannon 'hot on
ne green sWhr1' ana peyoni TIE cry OK
r, 81 - -'' ~ -
III 49, 80, ,,,,'... -. ~, .. -, 80.
-, b,.,,,,,,, ~ -. - .... -. -,
y,.,,..,,,. Min. ,t,,,. ,,r,, -..,.,,,,', ,,,,.,
100 from the Indian country 'p settle down
'u We earned resi- ~ this ornamental. post
bsI..ut the villa. rrs the nn-r.tro, lut ,h.
stab rs and a, yUu .oo,. troops q bnrk
horse ridden black ynrl.ryrau. AMI
iruups of bay hurs.- a.n...-ay a1r-rs han-.
Tag NIte caYl.r' men. r.ptrr ont ni the
yards with 'ater~ li>'iir- AMI uul."- blow.
INK o. ihe dri. ground H't- n" NHuirrdt
pt cArr i-p' containing 'h" la". curious
f'nl'' az me ciiN hh'" S'm'..I aai
W. b" h~ visitors are 'A-ery wh'Dh.Nt sac
eFo,a1ou@ OF 90" cnvh.rym men. %" Apr es-
erci,'- the furious charge. 'A" savage thrust
AMI rr' 90 he z Gaming BLADES, We Iriv" me
scene % pay NIr lud pass on 'u "u'r" war
600 T'i. and terrible earnest a's leit 70 ulrS'
100 thousands - utte White hHisiHnes
HtfNins ns many graves
y soon y yng pass within tuo gates ut
Arlington roU ,e' m % hI'e entered new
Nnrd The present u forgotten 10 this CITY
ut The past Ana % lHNtalHS were needed
f"sr.ir' the seemingly eud.e,, vista Of head
stones IN long parallel row. Cf WHITE 90 s;I-
the emotions ana inspire betting .eni.
meuts u is found iu a poem lIy ll- roadside
your eye falls upon an IRON tablet hearing
a. .e,i'fs oi "n!,T ,he "''' ''i'1A D' mara
'O''H '''"'I' ''cS!
On tamc. = eterul, camping ground
Inelr silent tents are spread,
The blyotl1r ut. Mn. ianI
-, .,i,...,.t,',- -..
30, 100 o' ,. ~ i'I ,a5.e,s apPth. one
So va, ,n' g'..'e oe' lls u,tn
tablet. surround the great mOnUmenJ Oc
the battlefield ut Geiiyshurg IL - curious
to note the facinalIDn when these uuJylng
,,na, oith, Kentucky u.et bnv. for fb.
average visitor. hunHrr1s OF 'arrlascs ~
s'hS,e AFTERNOON sop oriorr one tio.et al ef
lhother lhit thelr occupants may cpmnt
10 memory the oahu,ltul "otdS re" oi thg
two curious notion, concernin, the origin
Of this elegy have become prevalent.
one is that the verses were written ny
fact tha D1rn Naa Writtau nv 'HhatIpr.