The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-08-29
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Our Correspondent Tells Us In Her
Z own beGphhdi@. X II
Of Is Beauties, PLEASURES And the
Many Charming Incidents d %
'''' 1''a ,n" Of Her trip,., ".n l % :,
A GOOD WORD FOR wiIGUs.'

rit''il 90 rflIu .,iiitrets-t .dI ID Id,
| hal promised myself the, pleasure Of
writing to you whilst at Old Point but
the Same old story with pleasure seekers
| coul lint find theitiine, HOPING how that
l am settled down to a quiet humdrum
| life, almost restored 10 perfect health
will try to send you few items from
I our crowded journal. al rrn.l l,n,sv al,
- Just as we heard the cry all aboard lat
the Tenth IT. Depot, A party of young
| people came hurryipgin opr loyely gar,
two fair maidens, from your city, with
| their escorts, soon claimed me as their
chaperon and we started on iull OF expec-
taht pleasure. After charming ride we
| reAd he'd Old Point about A& o'tl6tk, PRO
| fusd in oi1fr praise Tor Nh Nyilsds ahH his
chafming wife. -'''' "'''" "i"9" '
A n'eScdrsioh il generaiiy supposed 10
con st Of a hot, dosty,mixed.crowdj not
so With such an organizer ss Ioup host,
he never seems to tire contributing to
our pleasure Next, year Mr.,Wilgus,
you may count usiin. IA fter getting some
Of the dust travelfrnn our faces yemede
| our toilets and went down TO supper, our
| escorts saw that our table was near, one
Of the large opera windows, and we feast
ed Upon the view beyond, until the wait
er informed US of The fact that it was not
only time, but advisable tp least the, ih-
ner man. 1t was a most diistracting
sight, the ,bayso full, Of crafts Of every.
kind, the lights reaectingl as If the, stars
were dropping upon the waves, "a, AZ the
pier not 30 yards away were three steam
ers and more trying to get ip, some were
loaded with passengers, trying, TO get
away, firm the cities glare and heat,
Whilst enjoying . delightful supper, the
baud disGoursed splendid mnsir, 50 tan,
talizngl that oar young, people ,conld
scarcely retain their aeats, ip truth, they
left most OF their supper ,untasted pre-,
feripg the dance in. ball room only. 50
near the dining rooWs that WE old folks
could see the, happy footsteps and wish
old timehad dealt more, kindly by as,
Then another trial we had to forego i,
fresh oysters, crabs and Gsh, Just out, Of
the Bay, wsreigvant9 usWth generous,
ha hds and the bill of fare kindly suggest
ed thatitiwoqldnbe prudent, to refrain
from eating many at first. III Il, spol,,, H.. ,
After god nights rest we started out
on our, tramp and inspected the Fort,
saw thousands Of cannon balls ranged
with mathematical precision, and cam
mons ON thelrampartsy but were thankful
the! were we'll ranged for show T.. In |
time Of Uar Laminclipedr to think the
Fort would SOON capiulatel fQne ofthose |
guns We saw, at ,therW Worlds Fair be
brpughuto play upon its sides,R l., Lu,Il
Tile young ladies', OF course, lost, their
hearts when several handsome ,oficers
were introdueed to them, and left for |
new sights lNery reluctantly. 1--WE them
wentitoy Norfolk and saw the huge docks
and shipping, then to Et. BEECH, aloyely |
Watering plaoeyon the grand. old ocean,
as our time WAS limited we,dd not, try
The surf bathing, so celebrated, and rath-
er better than The Hy&ieue.y Then swe
reached Afton'in time to see The Rock |
fish Valley before the sun hid 4 his face
behind the Blue Ridge mountaips. Just
beyond or Higher up is Mountain Top
Hptel,r and from that, iyoua have beth, |
views Of the valley below + Shenandoah
s peaceful and iqniet,L with its, farm, IL
houses dotted thickly around. nothing
o remind one that deadly battles had q,
aged there, linidays gone byr The Mpun1
ain topis not SO durable, a hone as Aft
M, sometimes itsnuery damp and too
dldfor comfort, lwhilst the dew rarely
ver falls and one can .loll in th,ir hans
npcks or upon the grass at a late hour OF
lie night without fehf Of Era jdshpness. {
he air is SO pure and health ,giving that !
pe.rap not help bat feel stronger after,
iewdays stay,l4di dlioui t.fa,.ti.,n,It
We find abnut $50 guests from all parts, i
the South. Many families from Rich, d,
Iond with their small children, who =,
ere luxuriating in the beautiful yard, \
full of magnificent shade trees. We
ere lOath to leave such an attractive
lace, but our time was up aud welsaid !,
bod bye, with a promise TO come again.
'e staid all night in Stanton. so celsbrat-
for its splendid schools, then the !.
'ldier's Home was another point Of in, =
rest, here Uncle Sam has placed in
'lightful quarters about 4 800 disabled !"
ldiers, they were not such aged yeter- =
sas one would expect to see,i but sol :
ill kept and fed that one could almost 81
sh such haven OF rest, They. have a ~
library, chapel, hospital, in ~
i, every thing you find Ia we'll, kept =
'rt, even more, for the alwers and !.
ounds surpassed any haVeiever seen. 10
esday we went downto Hampton to A.
urch and worshiped in Que of the old =
housesin the United States. the brick |
No brought over the ocean from, Eng, II
ID. We, also, saw an old church at ~
rfolk, said to have been, builti in, l772, ~
ilhasla large cannon ball imbedded in &c
wall'saidnto have, been fired there y
nat lla6.as we,also saw the old.ehpreh A.
Jichmond,n wheTeah Patrick d, Henry NJ
de lhis celebrated speech 1--WE sat An ~
pewandlputlin alpsnpyuin the, .hsx |,
ieb isitbens. for some purpose, 4 have NE
s''A'soa'sn WHAT hln"e hii s,sJ..ilEY,,
'ur, Dang, escorts, lave M severaI sail- eve