The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-06-19
LEXINGTON BOYS ABROAD.

The Southern Railway certainly
has a fine roadbed between home and
Washington, the schedule is fast and
it's service is elegant bordering Oh
the luxury. Our trip, so, far was
made without a mishap or incident to
throw damper upon the bouyant
spirits of the Lexington boys abroad.
After refreshing the inner man
with the refreshments elegantly
served at "The st. james," and
brushing the dust and stains OF
travel from our persons We started
out to take in" the sights of this
''city of magnifcens distances. !"
With open eyed wonder and amaze
ment we beheld the huge buildings
rearing their capped tops skyward al
most out of sight. We visited all
the public buildings of our Uncle
Samuel and were glad to know that
our dear old uucle was go well eff in
this worlds goods. Many beautiful
public buildings and private resi-
dences adorn the streets and the peo-
pie seemed to be up to their ears in
business. This city is the Mecca
toward which the footsteps OF all
politicians turn and many political
policies first see the light OF day
here. After seeing all the sights
that was possible in our short stay,
We left for Baltimore, the Queen
City of the South, on Friday, firmly
fixed in our conviction that the
classic hills of Pea Ringe are incom-
parable in magnifcence to Washing
ton.
In Baltimore our. party was met
by Brother Rice, who took Us under
his brotherly care and we were soon
pleasantly domiciled in the home
where be is boarding.
Baltimore enjoys the distinction OF
being the distributing point Of the
vast southern trade and it's CONNER
cial interests are very great. On
every hand signs of business activity
and the hum and hustle of traffic is
to be heard. Baltimore, like Wash
ington, contains innumerable com
modious business houses and beauti-
full private residences. After seeing
all the sights worth seeing our party
boarded the train for New York, at
which place We reached in the due
course Of time, and in the best tf
spirits.
On our arrival at the metropolis OF
the United States We put up at the
Clarendon Hotel, which is located on
the corner of 4th Avenue and 18th
street, where we are fariug sumptu-
ously every day. 1t was our good
fortune to meet up with college
chum of Sammie Roof, who attendt d
Clemson with him. We are certainly
having Fourth Of July" time, and
are making the best of our opportu,
nifty to take in as much of the Won
ders of the historic old city as pos
sible. We have gone through Gen.
trail park, a place where the teeming
thousands of the city congregate for
recreation and pleasure, and will visit
Coney Island, the land of sausages,
and other places, ere we leave for
Buffalo. The houses here are
packed closer than sardines in box,
and the streets are constantly throDg-
ed with struggling humanity who
push and elbow each other without
leave or license in their frantic efforts
to make headway through the serg-
ing throng Of individuals. Ihave never
seen anything like unto it before nor
in my widest imagination did [
realize what new and varied expert
ences awaited me during this trip
of which I cannot enumerate or de-
scribe, but like the Queen of Sheba
on beholding the richness, the grand
eur and the beauty Of King Solo,
mons court, I have TO exclaim that
"the half has never been told" It
is worth half a persons life to see
this city. Each succeeding moment
brings to view some new and almost
unheard of sight that rivits the at
tention of the stranger, and makes
him think that he has been asleep
and woke up in some fairyland where
everything was unreal and bordering
on the marvellous and mysterious.
It will take fully six months to see
the attractions of this city and I Sc
riously doubt if a person can see
them all in that time. / would not
have missed the trip for anything.
While the few weeks given to it will
embrace the hardest work I have
done in my life, yet they will also