Evening journal., 1894-01-03
BROlHER DAVIS TlKEN 10 TASK.
$. wallis MerEihew Olives Him Pleasant
Rub in a Cycling Journal About the
Fear Of the Lora.


$. wallis MsrElhew Olives Him Pleasant
Rub In Cycling Journal About the
Fear Of the Lora.
S. Wallis Merrihew, writing over the
nom de plume. Of 'Wawasset, sends the
following communication to "Cycling.
a wheel Journal.
"Under the head Of Sabbath Desecra-
tion, Editor Davis, Of the Sussex Repub-
lican, makes the following mention of
feat recently performed by two Will
miugton mem"
IS Wallace Merrihew and B. Frank
Mcdaniel of Wilmington, not having the
fear Of the Lord in their hearts. or any
regard for the sacred Sabbath, rode on
their bicycles last Sunday from theIPenn--
sylvauia State line, above Wilmington. to
the Maryland State line, at Delmar.
distance of iO7 miles. They started at
6 10 A. NJ aud reached Delmar at 2. 80
r. NJ, making the run ia 10 hours and
80 minutes, which was much longer than
anticipated
"Wemay not have had much fear Of the
Lord IN our hearts when we com.
mitted the heiuous crime Of riding on
Sunday, but we should certainly have
had the fear Of the Lord II we had had
any ything to do with what the Sussex
countians call roads. and should have
had constantly before us the fear Of
earthquake or some other terrible calam-
ity befalling us for permitting such
roads to exiet
"lmsgiue a sea Of sand extending on
each side as far as the eye could reach.
the road being marked only by the
wagon rut or ruts, which were from two
to three inches to as many feet deep.
There did not appear to be any bottom
20 the sand, and riding was out OF the
question: walking was 80 slow and
laborious that we frequently took 20 the
fields, where the sand was little hrmer.
THE fifteen miles from Seaford TO
I Deimsr were traversed In a little over
three hours, and there was no let up IN
our work; The two miles out OF Seaford,
over an oyster shell road, was covered
nt three minute clip. After that there
was but little balm in Gilead for us
and the progress was so slow that we
cut across. the fields to the railroad
About two miles from our destination
we came across O group OF trampa pie
turesquely arranged around a Gre few
feet from the railroad Stories Of out-
RACES by tramps Ia that section came to
our minds, aud as we looked at the
| lights OF Dslmnr just ahead we wondered
u anything would happen to prevent our
reaching them We mounted our wheels
aud rode carefully but swiftly past the
sleeping tramps, watching them as we
went One OF the forms seemed to rise
from its recumbent position aud look At
u.s. II was no time for hesitation and va
pressed on rapidly, careless OF what was
In cur path and after several narrow
escapes from running into culverts WI
got sufficiently far away to draw oui
breath more freely.
Ballasted with a sandy'gravel there wa
just one place that was rldablo' and that
was at the lowest point OF ground
whtrc the water flowed dawn anl
moiatened the sand and then froze. Or
this we rode In the dark, dismountinl
at every hundred yards or so to avoi'
crossing tics, culverts and streams
carrying our wheels across the bridge
spanning the latter.
"Ihe reverend gentleman aud his
! brethren seem 10 have tho greatest in
assHea ever the people iahekstatl=4
this region. Not only do they build
los6s that arc q hlndrauce rather thar
help 10 locomotion, but thel
ley an iuterdict on Sunday trainf
thus preventing anyone from get
ting away from them on Sunday
and virtually compelling them to listen
20 their sermon or parish Of onnui. 10 was
perhaps natural that Brother Davi
should resent the appearances Of TIVE
strangers. who actually had tho hardi
hood TO ride bicycles on Sunday, bnt 1t u
10 bo hoped that be has ere .his recovere'
rom his perturbation.