Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-22
TRIP EAST IN 1850.
a s,.ry Of Travel fiity Years Age.

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% she Editor of the Palladium:
have taken great interest In your
amer. especially in all letters oil
rayel. OF which there are many de-
ightfully interesting ones
In pirlhood l was an 'Indianian,
eaying Dublin in 1858
Through the kindness and gen
,rosity OF ]. A. Anderson OF Pendie
Ion have been a recipient OF your
weekly for nearly three years
In one of ]. A. Anderson s letters
If Eve long ago" find an account OF
one Of his journeys to the East
which NAV prove interesting to some
of vour Young readers who are only
familiar with modern modesof travel, |
viz: by railroad. ship, steamer, auto
mobile. bicycle, motor cycle, ana
perhaps airship Tin the near futufe).
So many improvements In the las'
ten wears in almost every depart
ment that one can truly oelieve IN
the prophecy of Mother Snipton
about wagons moving about Wi'nou'
horses, etc.
But to the letter, which | now
copy.
TRIP EAST IN 1850
We, Henry Thornbarg and l, nad
for some years desired to see the
eastern country, of which we mao
heard our parents and others SO
often speak. In September, 1881. we
met with an opportunity OF taking
the Journey with Mr.. Wheat, a horse
BUYER living in Baltimore, Md. BE-
ing no railroads on our route, we
"walked the horses on the Ma
tional turnpike to Cumberland,
Md. (there were forty five
head of horses in the drovel
where we shipped them by railroad
to Baltimore, $50 miles. where we
parted company with our four footed
eompanions of the journey.
We then went by railroad to Wash
ington, d. c., in the evening. Next
morning we began to take sights oil
the CITY, capitol first. then the white
house. which stands facing the capt
toll. or both facing each other. tAt
opposite ends of Pennsylvania ave
nue. which runs a little dlagOnaliy
southeast and northwest.)
In my "day book" of that date
wrote these words, ''top OF the CAPT
toll. city of Washington, 145 feet
above the level ground, and 2l5 feet
above the river.
After going through the capitol
the galleries, both houses OF con
gress, and sitting in the Presldentla
Ichair, we went through the white
house so far as visitors are allowed
and through the patent office, ther
to the Smithsonian Institute wher'
the relics of ancient and modern
discoveries are to be seen. Also Wis
tied the Potomac bridge, where
slave woman jumped over into thu
river and drowned rather than be re
captured by her pursuers on guar'
at each end of the bridge.
We then left Washington for An
| napolis, where we remained iron
SATURDAY. till Monday. On Sunda
we occupied the morning hours look
, ing about the city of Annapolis, tn
capital. of Maryland, ATTENDING
. church and afterwards visited tn
military school buildings, located a
the head of Severn river. Here tn
marine soldiers are trained for wa
on the coast defense.
On Monday a Baltimore steame
touched there and took us dow
the Chesapeak Bay to Cambridge a
the mout b of the Choptauk river, o
!, aisa east side o. the pay, snen in n6la
] near Easton, the county seat of -ra
bott county, Md.
From EastOn we went few mile
into the country to visit my aur
and uncle, VIM. and Sallie Wilson
where we spent a week or NOR,
During that time Henry and Wake
to the farm where / was born,
two story brick house now unocc,
pied. AS we approached flock ,
sheep ran out of the old kitchen
Therefore / say l was not born in
"manger" but was born in shee
house.
When our visit was at an end Uncl
and Aunt Wilson took us in the
carriage to Dover, in Delaware. w
a passed my grandfather old home
stead on a farm near little plac
called Anderson town, my father
; home prior to his moving to Indiana
At Dover We went by stage
, "boat landing" on Delaware Bay
thence up the bay and Delawar
r river to Philadelphia, where we Wis
tied several days with numerous re
atives. Among the many places W
went sightseeing" might be mer
toned Independence Hail." wher
, the Declaration of Independence wa
signed. We did not sign that pape
but we wrote our names on the wa
as thousands had done before us
Also visited the mint" saw then
coming twenty dollar gold pieces
They dropped from the machine t,
floor about as fast as l could hav
picked 'em up and put 'em in m,
pocket, but sorry to say the ''naugh
ty fellows wouldn't even let m,
touch EN-, so left the mint and wen
to cOllegei Ito try and learn some
thingD to Gerard college ] mean
Here is what 1 wrote in m,
day book on its roof, October 81
1880:
Straight mine eyes have caugh,
new pleasures
Whilst the landscape round it meas
ureS,
Russell lawns and fallOws grey,
There the nibbling fiocks do stray
Towers and battlements it sees
Bosomed high in clumps of trees. :
Next we visited the historical
| building in Germantown in which
the United States troops took refuge
| from the British soldiers in time oil
the revolutionary war and defeated
them: saw many marks of guns and
other weapons on the walls and floors.
so late as 1850!
Then on our rambles we discov-
cred boat on the Delaware 'sbilled =
for New York, fare one dollar.
We took passage at once for Borden
town, about thirty miles up the