Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-23
NOTES BY The WAY.


Correspondence Richmond Palladium :
WEsTTowS. Pa, Ii Is, 1o9S.
The trip across the mountains, hllIs, !
valleys and rivers, seems very little !
thing compared with the days gone by,
when our fathers and grandfathers /
travelled on horseback or In covered
! wagons YEARLY traversing the
whole distance. Now We can eat
breaKfast at K chniond and next MORN
4 ing find ourselves enjoying the com
/ TO table fare of the ely OF Brotheriy
| Love-"
/ The writer spent two nights IN Pits
burg enjoying the hospitality extended
in q charming suburban home. Ii had
always seemed fore that this city was
dark, dingy ard uncomfortable, bat
nv mind has changed IN that respect
/ Taking the train early on the morning
of the "A b of Tenth-month, found the
cars uncomtortably crowded with ex-
eursionists going TO attend the peace
jubilee in Philadelphia; with some
difficulty obtained a section OF the
sleeping car with five others, strangers,
but lovely. interesting people-one
Young lady from Pittsburg, Miss
Kerr, en- route for New YORK, where
she expected TO be joined with few
others who were going TO EN-
bark tor India the next day but
one. as missionaries. Now my heart
: went out towards this young woman.
as she told me of the costly saer flee 1t
had been to give up home aud frlends
and all for Christ. Her sweet spirited
bearing and conversation, 50 + al OF
youth an hope and trust, will long b.
4 remembered, and amid the manv
q PRAYERS that doubtlessly follow he,
. am sure mine will be MINGLED The
mountains were pecull ally grand.
. clothed in the gorgeous beauty or
u crimson and gold-in this season OF
Il the year. as flying past them we caught
. glimpses of the grand display OF the
10 Omnipotent Power of Hum who can
weigh the mountains In scales aud
the hills in balance
D. This side of Harrisburg we passed
Ut Camp Mead with its white tents out
lining the Twilight gloom, and we
~ thought of this chilly autumna, even
'y irg, and how many of those young
Ut men who would gladly be at their owl
firesides. And thanks to our Heavenly
81 Father that the cruel war is over, and
we would reverently hope and pray
III that the story may never be repeated
n of war with all its dreadful train o.
horrors.
Oh at a little past s p. m. we foun'
no ourselves in the warm, cosy hom'
r. of loved ones from whom vi
De had long been separated. Th
pc views and scenery OF Cheste
county are still lovely. as in days gon
by. Westtcan boarding school, tina
ID; is now completing its century of wild
no spread inh lence for good, still stand
IS amid the forest trees and trailing vine
and flower in quiet country place
;, fulfilling the proph cy of William PEN
10 whom the poet makes to say:
And the marble shall yield to the hand {
he And the sun of science her rays shah dar
And the darkness of nature shall cease"
r. The main building is 500 feet i
ms front, built part way up of massiv
stone. the rest of brick, constructed o
,;t- the most approved model of moder
architect are, and the interior arrange
= 81 ssr;ss sssssrd g comfort an
who have ever been students and ar
still living are invited to attend. Will
none of the first who entered thei
his names as scholars will answer the 70
get call, it is hoped that many W Il re
ng spond. A time of much interest is ar
yer ticipated, and ample prov. sion will b
no made to accommodate all.
in Before close | wish to speak of
ric ride to the city, twenty miles fror
Till Westtown. The scenery is picturesque
ey with many objects of terest alou
nd the way; first the boys reformatory,
nd large building, then the Williamson il
ey dustrial school, land Swarthmore eolleg
I'd with its wealth of beauty, tn
ug campus sloping down to the railroad
and last, near the Schuylki
river, the aims house looking like
+ village by itself, illust in. t lie trut
of the Savior's words: The poor v
& have always with you" But piet
IL ure of lovliness almost uusurpas sed
has left its impress Oh heart an,
ar BRAIN The Chrysanthemum exhbi
n ton was attracting crowds Of fine look
of ing people TO the horticultural hall ant
al thither we wended our way. The hal
,aI is comparatively new building, an,
g. is of itself marvel of beauty, witt
". its ,rand architecture. frescoed walls
al &e-but the fiowers-words cannot ex
~ press how beaut IL: Ithey would hsv;
a. to be seen TO be appreciated. The
in i,uFySdutuemut n mas certainty reSch6C
Of its highest state of perfection, so large
ta and brilliant, with so many shades oil
4 eoloring and yet | think not surpas-
sing in E andeur some of our Rich
mond florists, E. G. Hill. The Orchids
were by far the finest | had ever seen,
and q great variety of marvellous
foliage plants and new and strange
flowers. One grand feature of the
/, display was the different tables decor
u ated for wedding parties. The center
pieces were large, elegant vases filled
with the most lovely flowers. the cut
glass, the china and the silver was
, beautiful, and the bouquets of sweet
: violets daintily arranged at each plate
Over head were iucandeseent lights
sdoi1g brilliancy to the scene-while
the orehestrs played soft and tender
airs-and amid the bewildering maze
of vines and flowers we wandered till
weary, and yet reluctantly turned
away. with a picture on our minds
that "a tking of beauty is Joy for
lever A. NV.
A Common Superstition.
Many people believe that the break
limo of a lnaEIpu glass i 9 oer.sip S,r,