The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-09-22
Letter From Back River Neck. Bal
timorc County Md
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Nr,,E- EDgrug. we s5i essay 90 give
buri ar,-,uut 81 uaas BE- Transporting byrr.
CA The stght 81, ljsb a,isu'. ~s bad iaan.
,saF ~ rain csi4Al CD a riaai u4r,t lAr
heaviest aairr iaa siuer early spring; Ycl,
ie,uuJ ,pmc lssi ~a,houfs. nothing SERIOUS
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Nc } Ashland Miller has a large crop ct
psarh,s- Tbry ars Uag retaining him IS mueb
money q. tbrrr should o. 900 tas JrHgs1as
hatf Mr. Miller uaas large and ieFtliv
fagu. knuuu here as Cedar Pa5ut. q is gsar
dr.. mouth 81 BAGS K5svr AuI hA, . 6ae yhure
f.g iauk, and hsh
The l-aa,ital isrr,s here, Formerly belonging
Go ,hy Bruai}rl, beigs, later ln Mr. Finch oi
Rs.umafr. hs.. J,eg gaFchaz-i by Nr >shladr
berg ct Hlshian,sJu~sl. BsltuIarg caauty-
Tie Back River sehaaihnu,- rs apsi.s
nearing coinpivl5ou- ]; takes lar place % A.
Old uur. sud all b. a credit O, The s4h1F
board when completed
Rev Nr Robinson s tGe srulur pastor Iu
charge ai 8ar church. Sc have .ehDa. essry
SauliAy sud preaching scum monthly.
S,lt,,. Of oar friends desire me o. Gel, sr sfse
a bft.f description of their VISIT 90 Psn-Aar
au slh INST ~ the iaEgy from here scrr .-
Ns~<,-> wilkinson, Clara and Adele Saaher
M. Garrison, Ar aud Mr J. A. Miller,
N.,.r. Auusla Wilkinson. Frederick Gi4Ir.-
,3a N fjff,-I, tillmng g. Wilson tua Calvin
. 4. Sh4tf-r: Masters Aggher, Edgar agd MI,
Helen Gru,s- We are-r At a u.. break
tasted ~ %. bearded Jhy -iettus ears al the
intersection li Bask River lussYlkr sud East
efa Ayruu- extended al a. U.. >agae 81 the
member, cd our company tooA ihv ie!aIF r''a1
ears ~ the same hnuf- They 1--we nearer mat
line The q - a, a., Pen Mar express, AZ
- E"ttHgFF fI#.HE.l E.fs
atabls conductor pulis The ben cord, aud the
,iugit engine. man gay. the throttle Ii !uugv,
the mammoth machine rpi., out at She depot
with bef tis, or six cnAchys with a. much ease
and grace rs = child pushing a baby carriage
The territory named Iu honor OF hs High
ness, Lord baltimore, was snHu spannet,
and ghs domains al that patriotic and noble
,nn of liberty, Charles Carroll % CSrralilcn,
~er,. being irayersed. Westminster IS rsaoh
ed With her sentinel. thr proud Western
Maryland College, standing ca the summit OF
Parr Ridge. Al ihis Pului. d'sappoiut-
meut rolled under uuT buuyaut spirits oi eN-
ultat,un. Il came ia thlS way, the Nestmiu-
.ter contingent was 10 meet us here; set, alas,
tife cruel engineer kept his steam On and uu
stop occurred; however, the ALTAR was happily
adjusted The contingen, which consisted OF
OF Mr. Jacob l.. Shalirr one Of Your fellow
ioWnsmcu, and the owner of large and beau
uiull farm ia Cranberry VALLEY, accompanied
bv has nircrs Misses Ida and Gertrude Shat.
Ter daughters of the late Abraham Shaifvr,
of Ayuudale had taken the accommodation
at Westminster, aud arrived AT Pen Mar few
minutes Ia advance OF our Train. Neare now
al New Windsor. the seat Of q memorable IN
situations of learning. the New windsor Cot
Iege. 4 few more miles has brought as INTO
the fertile agricultural region of Frederick
4 IA a.. LIT Nt..ff 10
Frederick Calvert The majestic Blue Moun-
iaus now, loom up and royal South Mountain,
whose apex We shall soon ascend, irowns upon
Us rs an admouition of has superiority. Thur.
mont Mechauicstuwni is our next place OF
Importance, right at the base oithe mountains.
The scenery here reminds one OF diminishing.
Our train Is winding around first one mountain
then another. now along sIlvery stream, then
spans one The views are picturesque, aud
swe-inspiring. You are travelling through
these elevated hills, serpent fashion, with
giant powders alternating on tue right aud
left, aud beautiful wales, dotted with towns,
hamlets and prosperous looking farm dwell
ingS. 1t is really Il stupid tourist who tails 20
appreciate the grandeur OF Horse Shoe Bend.
At Pen Mar, II M, the Westminster contin-
gent greet us. Here you have the opportunity
Of dining at a first class restaurant, 80 cents or
the Blue Mountain House, 81 per meal. Lunch
over, and cigars planted in the sides Of mouths,
we now take Surveys, with typical mountain
Ger drivers, for High Rock, Brinkwood, Rag
ged Edge and Quirauk. AT High Rock, 1000
feet above the level of the sea, you have
beautiful view of the Cumberland Valley.
The water-works of HagerStown, 10 miles
away can be seeb; WayneSboro. Pa, Rouzers-
Vile and Buena Vista. Old Autocrat, Out
rauk, crowns the climax. Here is the Mt.
Blanc of the Blue Ridge. On a clear day,
nearly 80 miles can be seen, aklng IN the
four points of the compass, that is giving you
a circle. with diameter of 100 miles, aud
circumference over 300. In this panorama,
you have Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania. Returning to Pen Mar we en-