Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-08

staf Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. Am attempt
to detail all that was interesting or
amusing on the cars from Wilmington
to Cincinnati would fill two columns
and would be but small part of what
should like to tell. Generally the
cars are monotonous places--as full of
ennui as they are OF dust-but now
and then fun breaks out for lonely
man on long trip. Ny fellow passen-
gers on this trip had something of
amusement in them-from the man
who was inspired by wine to impromptu
song all the way through to the country
girl who was bound to Cincinnati or
a.day's shopping.
when they passed Wilmington, and he
left us at Baltimore. He was not
boisterous, but he had looked on the
wine when it was red, and was so
happy that in subdued voice he sang
all his conversation, in amusingly i'm
provised rhymes. A specimen or two
VIII be quite enough. In the dining
car the waiter took away his soup be-
fore he was quite ready to part with it.
Reckoning to the waiter, he hummed
plaintively;
"0h, say,
Why have you taken away
My consomme ~
In response to my inquiry as to how
far he was travelling, he sang confiden-
tially:
Having been as gay as young bull pup,
I'm going to Baltimore to sober up"
Another gentlemen wanted to know
what State he hailed from, and with
note as proud as the one which rings
in My country, 'tis Of Thee, " he sang
You Just place all your bets.
That am man from Massachusetts"
When he left us at Baltimore we
shook hands with the hope that the
young bull pup would not fail TO sober
up, and we heard him humming as he
went out of the door;
Oh, dear friends. my word is true,
And this is thing I've promised you.n
r AS to the country girl who got on at
a nearby station and rode in to Gin
cInnati, there is not much to tell. She
said and did nothing except to chew
p gum, and IL is not uncommon 10 see
girls practice that accomplishment on
the cars. The entertaining thing
about her was the reckless display OF
colors in her attire. She wore a white
waist with tall and vigorous pink
collar from which hung flowing red
cravat. Her hat was black, conspicu-
ously trimmed with brilliant yellow
flowers and big feathers of a vivid
green. But il is not well to be severe
in judgment on girl simply because
you happen TO differ with her in your
taste in colors This red, pink, yellow
and green girl was also young, healthy
and happy, and may make a good wife
for some color blind young man.
My experiences before reaching Gin
cinnati were pleasantly entertaining.
After leaving that city entered upon
"a series of incidents unpleasantly ex-
citing for a fat and placid man.
Leaving Cincinnati on the afternoon
OF August lst, on local train of the
e. d o. railroad we ran up the Ohio
river for 30 miles on the Kentucky side
| to station called South Ripley. There
young man was waiting to drive me to
an Ohio country town where the
4, school teachers of Brown county have
assembled for summer meeting.
South Ripley is a railroad station in
Kentucky; but the town of Ripley is
fcross the river in Ohio, and is reached
oy a ferry. The bank of the river at
that point is fully 100 feet high and
the descent to the ferry boat is at an
angle of 30 degrees and is covered with
stones the size of John l.. Sulliyan's
lists. My young friend had selected
for our l0-mile drive a horse locally
celebrated for his nerve. He had nerve
enough to resent holding back a car
riage with two men in itwhile going
down the stony descent to the river.
30 he began to run and to tilt up his
hind legs. In such a situa ion the
choice seemed to lie between being
drowned in the Ohio river or being
kicked to death before the horse reach,
ed the water's edge. The people pres
ent we're probably disappointed at
heart because they did not get to see a
thrlilihg accident, but they were polite
enough to restrain their feelings while
'congratulating me on the unexpected
agility displayed in my jump from tbe
carriage and the driver on his horse.
manship displayed in turning the run
away before he reached the water.
Possibly | might make that leap again
II circumstances should give me an
encore, but am not eager to try.
The country through which we drove
is part of the best agricultural sec
tion Of Ohio. They raise tobacco on
both sides of the river along there. The
tobacco is not promising good crop
this year; but all other farm work will
receive rich reward in harvest. The
corn-I speak after having looked on
thousands of acres in the last few days
lis magnificent. Fruit is better this
year in Southern Ohio than old men
ever remembersit. The apple and pear
trees are glad sight. They are as full
as the trees can hold. Many of them
are fuller and will break from the bur
den Of fruit, if it be allowed to grow to
full size upon the trees.
| noticed that the Cincinnati market
was filled with ne-looking peaches
which are selling cheap. These peaches
come from Georgia. They are good
to eat as well as to look at; but their
flavor is not as delicious, i fancy, as
the flavor of the Delaware peach. L
was told that the Michigan peach crop
will also be big one this year.
How would Delaware teachers like
holding their teachers Institutes dur
ing the summer vacationY That is the
way Ohio teachers do, and their insti-
tutes last two weeks-some of them
three or four weeks. The are held
somewhat in the spirit the Kent teach
ers show by attending the summer
school at Dover and the Sussex teach
ers by attending the one at Georgetown.
Before going on to the next exciting