The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-15
VOL 80
ON THE WAY TO THE SOUTH.
Letter From the Edit or, and an Account Of
What Is 3sen by the Way by a Youthful
Reporter.

Ou lnurSuay november 7tn, &C
companied by my wife and son, came
to Philadelphia. The fact that Il was
the lads first visit to the city has taken
me to many places Of interest here.
some Of which l have not visited since
my boyhood. During the war l spent
two years here at school, and became
quite familiar with places of interest
of that day. | remember that in 1864
the Roman Catholic Cathedral on
18th street above Race was conse
Grated, and last Saturday we visited
that church, the first time for me in
over thirty years. In Logan Square,
just opposite the Cathedral, the
Sanitary Fair was held in 1864, and
there in that year l saw President
Lincoln and his military escort.
At that same time Hon. E. Reed
Myer was collector of the port of
Philadelphia, and his sons were school,
mates of mine, so that the Custom
House was a familiar spot to me
thirty years ago. On Saturdays we
frequently went down to the wharves
and went on the steam launch of the
customs officers to meet incoming
vessels arriving from foreign countries.
On one occasion we boarded an
Italian ship laden with fruit, and we
boys thought it would be fun to 20 up
the main mast to the lookout. 1t
was easy enough to climb the rope
ladder going up, but after l got p,
the height was so great that l became
dizzy and it required the assistance of
two sailors to help me down. l never
tried that again.
But all this was macy years ago,
and we must speak of the affairs Of
to day.
Ore sees many qneer things in
travelling. The other day while walk
ing sp Broad street nay attention was
attracted by notice posted in front
of prominent church. 1t was print
ed with brush and ink, and read as
follows: Rev---D. d. pastor,
Sunday November 10th, at Io4s
"He descended into He'll; at 3.Is
p. m. "He ascended into Heaven."
We leave Philadelphia this Monday
morning, and | will not have time to
ascertain whether the pastor succeed
ed in reaching both places on schedule
time or not. AS the papers Of yester-
day predicted sudden fall in the
temperature, it is probable that he
did.
/ went into barber shop co Satur-
day to get shaved, and fell into the
hands of loquacious barber. He
discoursed about several high toned
weddings which had taken place that
day, and said that one of the brides
had roses pinned in her hair with
diamonds. Diamonds " said he,
"is gi;tin awful common. Dey is so
common that wont wear en-
And / belle vel every word he said.
He didn't look to me as though he
ever would wear diamonds, though
when he got through with me, and l
paid his bill it struck me that it ought
not to be very long before he could
efford to buy afew. / find that one
of my travelling companions has kept
record, and written out his view OF
the case. He is nine years old, and
spells his name just as l do, and the
addition of Jr. The prospects are
that he can soor be added to the
force of reporters of THE Cot UMBIAN
His account is given below, without
correction or addition.
EDWARD EDwELL'S DIARY.
We started on November 9TH in
the half past eight train to North
umberland and changed cars there
for Philadelphia.
We arrived there at three O'Clock
and were met at the Broad st. station
by Mr.. and Mrs. William LeVerett,
the latter of whom escorted us to
their boarding place where room
had been engaged for us, at 1892
Arch Ct.
AIto resting ilttiS "hiS w "N"'
to the celebrated store of John Nana,
maker and remained there Gntll
supper time, wher we came home and
enjoyed our evegipg with conversa-
ton. The next morning we went to
see Benjamin Franklin's grave, Christ
Church where George Washington
went TO church (it was built In I695,N
Carpenters Hall, where the first
Continental Congress met, and where
the famous " first prayer in Congress
was delivered by Parson Duche on
the morning that men knew that war
was surely coming.
The U. S. Mint where gold. silver,
copper, & nickle are coined was next
visited.
, Then the Old State House where
the Constitution of the United States
was framed, and where the DecIafa'
4ion of Indanendence was signed.