The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-05-14
Our Melrose Correspondent Travels.

the following paragraphs:
Although your correspondent: is nearly 80 miles
south of Melrose he has not forgotten our people
and our home papers.
We left Greenmount Md. May 5th at q, M, and
were treated very courteously by the obiglng con-
ductor who evidently is interested in the progress
of the company's business We met train OF 40
loaded freight cars which shows that they are do
ling large freight business. II the w. NJ. K r.
W ould xtend the B. V. Branch TO Westminster ana
Washing ton they would have direct tr&de between
Philadelphia, York. Westminster and Washington.
We arrived at Washington several hours before
our train left for 1.-The Valley of Virginia. so we
had ample time to zee some of the sights i'll the
Capitol city.
| On one OF our strolls we came across a Temper
lauce fountain Not finding drinking cup asked
a stranger nearby how 1 could get drink. He
directed me to of the hotels quite near, assur-
ing me that could get a drink there.
II is little wonder that our lives wear out before
we reach old age, such a rush and hurry, all for
fame or the almighty dollar. Even animals are
being trained to make the best OF time, as saw
some eating their grain from little basket hung
from their heads.
In the PENNSYLVANIA depot we saw so many gray
haired people do not think anything but the
hurry and strain the nerves OF the mad rushlng
throug causes many young people 10 have gray
hair.
There is something new i'll automobiles. The
large observation cars. to seat from dozen TO
twenty people. The next thing expect to see Is
the wing machine, and tmen will come machine
to feed US while we work SO tina. we VIII lose no
time. .,.
We did not have time to visit President Roosevelt,
las we feared he would not take time TO notice US,
but likely he noticed in the papers that the coored
race expect to nominate Il ticket for President and
Vice President ana so add one more party TO our
large barn door tickets
Going over the Southern Railroad, through the
eastern part of Virginia. noticed much land with
Ionlyu negro hut and little cultivated patch o.
ground occasionally. Pleuty of negro lads were
casting hook and line to catch fish. Thousands o
acres that might be cultivated to make the State
and nation richer, lie neglected. Yet, there art
some active industries going along the Southern
Railway. We saw 80 acres of peach trees on one
farm A duck farm, containing several hundred
ducks was one of the industries, and ore mining
helps to employ many NELL
! Nav 9th we attended funeral at church tina
was built year ago, and fully $50 people wer'
present. Let our people at Melrose consider the
matter of Il church now as never before. Where W.
are now there are at least dozen churches wlthll
a radius of eight miles, and more are being bull
every year.
could write columns of things that saw whicl
was interesting to me, but will only add few ittl
anecdotes told me by some natives of Virginia, VIII
are noted for being bright.
Coming to some crooked corn rows, asked tn
man who was cultvating them what caused tn
rows to be so crooked. He replied: ''You have II
idea of the great heat here in summer. 1t is SO nc
that it warps the rows" He asked me whether
heard how cold it becomes. He said one evening
pet cat crawled into the oven of warm stove an
5 next morning the cat was frozen stiff.
: was also told how they cultivate land on Pen