The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-31
rooms at Wilmington. Del. were on the

-Do4iS at " ltullu5lOns OSl-s were on the
good list.
When we got to Baltimore we were
put into cars drawn by four magnificent
horses and taken over to the railway sta
ton on the other side of town in fine
style Really, this was a great improve
ment on the omnibus system, and every
body applauded it. The first street cars
had not been put on in New York very
long then. and Baltimore was considered
up-to-date. There We're two things that
that city was noted for then. its pretty
women and its fine horses. Some of the
best of the latter We're hitched to those
new street cars. At the Baltimore sta
ton tickets were bought for Washington,
and there was fresh changing of money.
Arriving safe in the capital in the early
morning, we were treated 10 a true
southern breakfast meal that was so
good as almost TO make up for the trou-
Die one underwent 10 get there We had
delicious fried chicken hOminy that
was cooked as hOminy should be. corn
watiies and cakes. mullins light and flaky.
and all served by black walters in the
deftest manner. There were only a few
negro walters in service in northern cities
then. and they We're always a novelty
that interested people greatly particular
~ the children. At Washington we got
tickets for boat travel on the Potomac to
Acquia Greek The day of Acquia Creek
as point of interest and Importance
passed away long ago. but In 1916 that trip
on the Potomac was looked upon as a
treat. There was much to see and enjoy
after you had once counted the children
carpet bags of your mind. Everybody
used carpet bags in those days and some
times hair-covered trunks. although the
leather trunks. protected by stout canvas
covers. were considered the swell thing.
BY the way, the word swell was
not in use at the time; 'genteel was
as nigh praise as any accessory of dress
or convenience ever received. The ladies
Wore hOODskirts and tiers of hounces on
their dresses and perhaps that fact made
the highways OF travel seem more
crowded than fna-- really v-ra
ION that trip the Potomac Mount Yer
non alWa-S was pointed out. with due
ceremony. by the boat officials as We went
past and the bells would toll There We're
no guide books then. and even tipping
had not come into fashion At AcQuia
Creek new tickets wera got for Richmond.
We got into Omnibuses at Richmond
again as we did at Washington. We
did not have to stop at Fredericksburg.
but we did at Petersburg. and get new
tickets for Weldon. \. G. North Carolina
did not have the standing in the land then
as she has now. If my wife offered a
North Carolina note at Stewards or any
other store in the New York shopping
district. It was apt TO be looked at ask
ance- North Carolina is too far south
the salesman would say. and they pre-
ferred not to take it. South Carolina al
though in reality many miles further off.
had better credit. Charleston was an i'm
pOrtant seaport and rich. 4 lady could
give n South Carolina bill when she WAS
shopping and generally get II changed
without trouble. South Carolina was not
so tar OF from New York in those days.
Weldon was one of the points on that
trip south that stand out clear in the
memory of every man or woman who ever
tried to eat anything there. My wife and
the nurse always got a new basket full of
lunch at Richmond. on purpose to avoid
having to sample the Weldon fare The
coffee was a nightmare. and anybody who
ate a biscuit offered there wes afflicted
with with low spirits fox the ensuing IS
hours.
From Weldon we moved on to VIII
At that point fresh tickets We're
purchased for Charleston The little
steamers that piled up and down the
coast We're seawOrthy and moderately
comfortable but as much Ike the steam
eTS that go south now as a tin basin IS
like pOrcelain-lined tub. The meals that
We're 10 be got aboard were DELIGHTFULLY."-
cooked and we'll served. Nobody objected
TO going on them. They were far more
comfortable than any Of the trains we
had been on. What was the condition of
the railroads them Very poor. The snake
head flat rails We're in use. and there was
no end to the noise and setbacks. to say
nothing of the Earring and roushness. as
cOmrared with the travel We are used to
on the vestibued trains now. of course.
sleepers We're unheard Of You made
yourself and your party as comfortable
rs possible "a night. and stuck it out as
best YOU could.
when at the end of the four days
journey we arrived in Charleston and
went to bed in comfortable fOur-posters.
on soft mattresses and Welding pillows.
we appreciated the contrast as no modern
coach is ever likely to do If there We're
few delays and the trains. boats and
buses made prompt connections. we
night make the trip in three DAVIS and a
half. but it lasted generally four days,
and sometimes when things were
rrOchetv IL was even longer