The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-03-23
A SUNDAY TRAMP,
They Were Walkers and Sped Swiftly
Past the Mile Posts.
To the WING,


NORTH EAST, March 20, 1895
Talk about walking, Well. we can get
over he ground and no mistake. But the
best walk of the season was taken on twelI
We wont say when, for some Of our friends
would say we should have been at home or at
church. But who were we? We were Aaron
and Allan Ii. Grosb, Gle ,rco Simcoe and Rob
Reynolds. We left North East at about II 30
p. M, and arrived at ''Clearbrook,' the
Grosh homestead at 80 o'clock, where we
were treated to good meal and sent on our
way rejoicing. We arrived at the county
capitol ut about 3 O'Clock we did not tarry
long, but took the singerly road which was
the best we struck during the day, and on
ey, nv side fine farms and commodiOus houses
met our view.
And the girls. At one place five or six
stood on the porch to see us 90 by, and just
as we had Strengthened land were prepared
to make good impression, Pop made his
appearance on the porch and We passed by
very humbly, while Iron Hill seemed very
attractive to one or two of our party.
What Il fine view We have on this road
reaching many miles to the south and east,
and which alone rewarded us for our rxer-
ton.
We arrived at Singerly and took IA good
view of that thriving little town, with its
warehouses and dwellings. We then took
the b. & o. railroad east to Baldwin, where
magnificent scenery and the pretty little town
with its large mills met our view. On our
way to Barksdale, we probably passed over
the highest railroad bridge in Cecil county,
at least on the b. & o. and soon arrived at
Barksdale.
Everyone is honest there. AS we saw dry
goods box full of shoes, which was bursted
open at one end and not II pair gone. After
leaving Barksdale we took the road to Elk
ton which looked more like Il mortar bed,
than IA road, and us we were getting very
thirsty and saw pump in Col. |. ID. Davis
yard we went in and filed up, by the invita-
ton of that genial gentleman, who was stand
ing OH the porch by his handsome residence.
AS the road was almost impossible we took
to the fields. and here we were forced to
cross deep, six foot wide run, on n two
but the scribe who had Il narrow escape from
getting wet outside, but by the extension of Il
friendly cane this terrible calamity was
averted. Along this road are some fine views,
particularly of Elkton, Iron Hill, Baldwins
Banks, and West Amwel, together with the
well cultivated fields. While passing a resi-
dence on the road. we saw Il pretty sight
'Him and Her" were on the front porch
when we came near seeing him steal kiss.
But we turned our heads away and thought
when we were young ourselves. On this
road we passed "A little school house which
in everyway bore resemblance to the little
red school house mentioned in the song.
We soon found good walking and arrived
safe and sound in Elkton. But we were too
hungry to tarry long, and soon covered the
distance to Mr.. Grosh's, where we had a
promise of some bread and butter and
peaches, but which materialzed into a feast
fit for the gods, especially those of travel.
Here the party divided and knowing there
would be an eclipse that night, half went to bed
and the remainder turned their weary but hasty
steps toward home, as we wished to cover the
distance before the moon disappeared, for we
have heard many uncanny stories about the
ghosts, that travel along the railroad, but we
plucked up courage when we saw the genial