Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-07-22

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and from the start he was one of our
party.
Our first night on the bay was a
trihe rough, but the deck was well
supplied with all sorts of luxurious
chairs. and the midnight hour found
us enjoying the breezes from over the
dark waters, watching the flashes from
the light on the distant shore.
and trying to make out the rig and
shape of the ships that were passing
in the night"
Daylight Sunday morning found us
off the mouth of the RappahannOck,
and had Roy and his family been able
to Join us at Annapolis, we would
have turned our course up that historic
stream, bound for Fredericksburg.
But our plans had been changed, and
Roy was to be taken on board on
Tuesday at Cape Charles City, Ac-
comac county, Va.
Before noon we were at Old Point
Comfort, where we spent few hours
admiring the grand old fort with its
deep moat and frowning bastiOns, its
gaily-dressed soldiers and the soft
music of the bands.
1'tiS III 'llo "l'ClhoOl W. StcdHlcu
around 10 the Soldiers Home, at
hampton. inns nome furnishes the
ora Chlon veterans with everything
that the bounty OF the most liberal
government can provide. The build
lngS are IN the center of "a most mag
nlticent park where outrageous shade
covers delightful lawns. filled with
easy chairs and benches that invite the
Ola soldler 10 quiet ana re2oSe. Inc
quarters are home like, clean, well
iurhlsheC anu cosy, Whlle lhe Oil OF
rare "ould put TO shame great many
vi our hrStciaSS notelS' r0f tnelr I'M
proVemeht there Is WGli-hlIed library:
LOT lhGir amusement mere IS prettE
httle theater, and If the old soldier is
not contehteu win MS lot AT LAMP
Ton he is rather nara to satisfy. But
il'the trqIh must DE told, ne IS nor
haPpy' 'alkeu WIN several ana
tdcli lau colnplaiht 10 nuke Inc
'ruIh 49, ABOUT HALL Oh 'he hVe nous
ana at ms mousse nave no business
there IL mere Is anything IN appear
ahcGS' Inc! are Stout nearly Elgor'
Gus LOOKING men, ana seem phyS'ca'lN
aplc 70 SuPpo[t themselves al any
hlhu Vi Worh' 1t Is Shanlelul 10 see SO
many apie-oouiGu' nedl'ny men orihS-
ING the ho1oraple tiIle OF veteran INTO
u'Stepule ny mus ABUSING the geher-
oSity vi - uhun governments
rom "ihp'oh we passed. Oh 10 lne
mouth Vi the Games ana over lhe
GROUND upon WhIch tue IamouS con,
leueraIe ram irgln l' destroyed
me 1ederal Meet IN IooZ, ana fought "a
Drawn pa'Ile Win the no less famous
MONITOR n
hale Ill t4e AFTERNOON we entered
Norlolk' anu mere my attehllof was
a!'rac'eu 10 d huhoer vi Signs on me
piers IN lhe haroor lha Al, had Il peculiar
SiSnliIc"nce " me- Anese SlShS SILL
ply oore the leSehu III very large
le'ters' ocahonlaS Eoal; Io4ha
the same sign on all me pafgeS that
carried 'LlS coal TO hofiherh markets.
IN 1act' we were IN the great as
tfioutlng centre OF thiS DANGEROUS
GompetItor ol the george creek pro-
DUCT IroinP'eu Uy tIIat ueep-Staled
in'eicS W"ion al western mary
lahderS Lefl IN me prosperity OF our
coal heIu' llaoe Ill Tue Inquiry l cou!u
rs ~ tne rela'lNe merits ol 'he TWO
coa's' l an SOFT! 10 say the reSu
was poSitlVeI! dlscouraSlhg' NO one
hhe" my OBJECT ana no one hau
reason Tor oeGelNlhg me- anu yer 'ne
answer lroiH nose VINO ,lau USED ooln
GoalS lhVarlaolS WAS they preierreu
foGahohtaS coal All agreed mat II
hdu Sredier Stealh thahlhS power 10
the ton' ana that II maze less ASH
one sea captain tolo me mat When ne
USED focahohtaS coal ne only cleaned
MS furnaces aHH grate-p"rS once IN
ninety hours men ne oSeo george
creek ne was coihpeiled TO cIeah out
every 9iShteeh hourS' one captain
was baItlmofean' ana ne Geciafed
mat ne Stood up Tor our coal all the
Tune, Out, sald ne 'When nave my
way 1 qulelly optalI me IocahohtaS
arIIcle because II Is the pest:
IhGSe thlngS were revelations TO me,
ana they were uupieaSaht reVelatlohS'
100, ana yet l tnlhk II wise that your
people shouio know the ruin
we renamed All night at Norfolk
ana III tne morning steamed across 10
Newport News Il caillt Newport
News, and II you Will examine the
history OF the Ola DOMINION you VIII
ma mat give the name correctly,
ana mat II IS not Newport NeWS)
here racing the James. is city al.
most aslarge as Norfolk the growth CT
a few years comparatively speaking:
Inc Shlp-yard Is the great point OF
attractlon. here we FOUND Tour new