The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-04-19
An Eastertide Outing.

party consisting of Misses Adeline Smith,
Gertrude Dare, Rhoda V. Wilton, Mary Worth
ington and Beatrice Keilholtz and Messrs Harry
+. Richards, Randolph W. Tinsley and 7. D.
Bowers, started out on Friday morning last for a
pleasant days outing. There have been many
trips enjoyed by this same crowd during the past
winter but this one at the opening OF sweet spring
eclipsed them all and necessarily because the ladies
had planned everything, and had mapped out for
the boys one of the most enjoyable trips we ever
participated in; and when the day came there
was nothing for us to do, but take take our seats
in the surrey and make way for all the gaieties
that were in store for u.s. Our first point of interest
was the great Susquehanna Paper Mill, and after
a delightful drive along the Octoraro and across
the swift-howing Susquehanna we made an in
spection of the wonderful plant. This of itself
would have been all that one could ask in the
way of pleasure and instruction; for the pictur-
esque scenery and the explanation of paper
making were enough to proftably occupy our
time for day. Through the kindness of Messrs
George and Henry Smith we were shown the
various stages in the making of paper, even from
the stick of wood to the finished product of either
wrapping paper or wall paper of the most beau
tiful designs.
But this was not to be the end of our pleasures
we were to enjoy stilanother beautiful drive from
the paper mill to Port Deposit and then to Sleepy
Hollow, that historic spot upon whose hill-sides
grows that very popular and lovely flower
srbutus. But just before leaving the paper mill
the horses thought it would not do for the girls
and boys to have all the fun and they not be in
the game at ALL So after we had again taken our
seats in the surrey the black horse on the left gave
his partner on the right the wink and then began
a siege of backing and paving, which, had it not
been for the kind and disinterested Intervention
of one of the bridge timbers, would have dumped
the whole crowd ofus into the canal. Well, such
jumping and scrambling on the part ofthe girls to
get out of that wagon you never saw in your life
and some of the girls started in dead run for
Rising Sun-not bit scared, don't you know.
The efforts of three of the gentlemen soon sue
ceeded in convincing the horses that it was foolish
to act so silly. and the girls that there was no
danger, and we were soon on our way rejoicing.
After taking in the sights of Port Deposit, we
arrived at Sleepy Hollow, where sumptuous
repast prepared by the dainty hands OF the ladies'
was enjoyed to the full satisfaction of all concerned
We then made for the hillside, where we gathered
fine quantity of arbutus, sufficient, indeed, for
all the girls and boys to sport in the shape of
nobby boquets on Sunday. At six p. m. we left
this grand old place for home, arriving at seven
and though we were loathe to part yet we did So
prasing the girls for their kindness, pronouncing
the day a veritable Good Friday, and saying to
ourselves that we, the boys, would return the
kindness in the near future in the shape of a
days outing to the fishing shore.
ONE OF THE BOYS