Evening journal., 1893-08-30
PROF. GOLDEY'S
He Drove Several Hundred
Milesin'T hree Adjoining States
MRS. GOLDEY WAS HIS COMPANION
The Novel outing Consumed Several
weeks-view From the Summit of th e
Blue Ridge MountaIns-Heard the In
dian Boys, OF Carlisle, Discourse Ex-
celient Music.


dian Boys, OF Carlisle, Discourse Ex-
cellent Music.
Professor II. S. Goldey, principal Of
the Goldey Wilmington Commercial
College, returned late last week from a
carriage drive Of several hundred miles
through Delaware. Pennsylvania, Mary
land and New Jersey. His wife accom-
panied him throughout the entire jour
ney.
Yesterday an EVENING JOURNAL re-
porter called upon him and asked for an
interview on his experiences during his
novel but delightful way of spending
his summer vacation. He granted II;
and, during the course Of the converse
ton, said
The Delights Of Chester County.
Thoroughly exhausted after hard
years work, / started, July 8. on q
driving trip with my good horse "Del.,
attached to light phmton, a sec
tion of Pennsylvania aud Maryland. The
| first night reached Strasburg. Lancaster
county, Pa, having passed through a
delightful section Of Chester county.
| In OId-Fashloned strasburg.
''strasburg is an old. fashioned Penn
sylvania. Dutch" town. There was
delicious feeling Of restfulness as ]
sauntered through its quiet streets. BE.
fore returning to my hotel, | wandered
into prayer meeting, held in a most
ancient Lutheran Church. IL had the
old time lofty pulpit and stairway.
learned that the pulpit's present was
not its original height as it had been
cut down some. / wondered what
appearance the minister must have
made looking down upon the congrega-
tion from any loftier perch.
Thriving City Of Lancaster.
"a short drive in the morning brought
me TO the thriving city of Lancaster, the
county seat with its fine system of cleo.
trio railway. Then over the Columbia
and Lancaster pike TO Columbia. where
/ crossed the picturesque Susquehanna
TO Wrightsville, York county Thence
by pike to the substantial town Of York
county seat Of York county"
Magnificent Hotel Being Erected.
docs it show signs of progressive
! ness p
"Yes. There found city Of som,
20, 600 population, about completing tn,
! erection of most magnificent hotel
4 one that would be a credit TO city o
/. three times it's population-sAy Will
7 mington. Twenty years ago l ATTENDED
the old York County Academy in thi
! place, and as l walked about its streets
memories of the past came rushing upo
me- York is situated in the famou
York Valley, aud about this place are &
J. be found some of the finest farms i
Pennsylvania.
& Crossing the Conowaga Mountains.
a "a journey of some fourteen mile
the next morning brought me TO my frs
n stopping place, little village northeas
Of York and some seven miles from
railroad. To reach this place / crosse
what are known as the Conowaga mouu
a tains. l turned my carriage on th
a summit to view a charming scene-th
a rich York Valley, with York some te
miles distant. l spent some ten day
in little village from which severi
mountain peaks are visible, and frol
ie which place /, with friends, took numei
n Gus drives.
q Indian Boys as Musicians.
Thence 1 drove to Williams's Grove
Is Cumberland county, where the Granger
Is picnic is annually held, some ten mile
ia north of my stopping place. Here / wa
0 Joined by my wife, and we spent te
days with friends, camping out in tt
y grove during the session of the Cumbel
ID land Valley Sunday School Assembl
y. held in the grove.
zone Of the interesting features du
ing the session Of the assembly was u
visit from the Carlisle Indian School (
p" the Indian band.
er "Did they perform creditably p
"Yes; it was composed Of Indian boY
IN who gave an entertainment aud, l mus
"A say, that never heard band music
ne surpass II.
g. Pennsylvania's Capital visited.
n Harrisburg, delightfully."- situated q
the banks Of the Susquehanna, vi
Go visited during our stay in this sectio
W This city also has fine system Of ele
trio railway.
n Through the Rich Cumberland valls
VI Bidding good bye to our friends. v
continued our journey through the III
fe Cumberland Valley. One of the hI
r. towns Of interest was Boiling Spring
Of Probably it is more exact to say blu
bling springs. Here and there alol
b, the shore of a great body of spril
." water are noticed disturbances IN Z
* water caused by its being forced
of some little distance above the geneI
"a. level of the water This is never. ceI
=. ing. and is a constant attraction to v
's itors TO the place A draught Of wat
ed from one of the 'boils' was cool and ]
ed freshing.
e. Rounding Old South Mountain.
Mount Holly, famous summer ]
dr. sort. situated near the base of
at South Mountains, we passed throu
rec few miles further on. That night
% found ourselves comfortably housed
he Shippensburg, Cumberland count
.be along the line of the Cumberland Vail
Ir Railroad. Here is located State n
ds ma School which has large att'
,ge dance Of students.
nsr Leaving this pretty town, and windi
ne our way around the base of the Sou
om Mountains, we pushed on to Wayn
borough, Franklin county. We tt
sts turned our horses head in the directi
for of the Blue Ridge Mountains, viii
mn after some hard pulling, we finally
ere cended.
Two Thousand Feet Above Sea Lev