Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-08-03
A Day at Pen-Mar.

A little respite, a day off, for one VINO
rms the tread-mill of life, is more tnan
ozone to the body and outlook for the
soul-it is uplift and outreach for both
soul and body. To realize this, the
train was boarded on Wednesday night
for Bagerstown, where comfortable rest
was found in the Hamilton for the
NIGHT. and the next morning an early
tram was taken for Pen-Mar, where an
enpapement was filed in the afternoon.
When the clock struck eight we had
seen the various appointments 0f Pen
Mar for the accom- modation OF tourists
and visitors. Then we strolled toward
RIue Mountain, observing leisurely the
birds and squirrels along the way. The
little freddy" on the pine tree was
ENJOYING his breakfast, dropping his
crumbs. as we opened up our glass for
a view of him perched high up on
limb. So intent was he in the enjoy
ment of his morning feast that he scarce
" paused to look down upon his ad-
mlrer. And he was much more neat IN
his eating than was the being called a
man whom we saw at the table IN the
Hamilton, swabbiug his cakes in syrup
and throwing them into an orlt1ce IN
his head commonly called mouth, and
scattering shirt-front and whiskers and
chin with sticky sweetness. The SPUR
rel's neatness and dexterity beat the
political animal three TO one.
After talk to the sciurine rodent we
walked a few rods to an opening, where
we looked out upon one of the prettlest
scenes we ever saw. The cumberland
Valley westward smiled up to heaven
with as pretty morning smile as earth
could give, as the sun shone out over
the mountain, kissing the dew, bright
ening the fog, and tinSelllng with goid
the clouds far away on the mountain
beyond the valley-a mosaic OF emerald
and gold and silver sprinkled with sum
shine under a sky as blue as the sap
phire of heaven 1t was worth trip TO
Pen.Ma by night 10 see. Then we pc
destrianed it to Blue Mountain Hotel
and had the scene repeated. After this
double feast of soul, your penman stroll
ed slowly back TO the place where at
least twelve thousand people are said TO
have come on the 9th of July to attend
the annual Lutheran reunion. We
paused by the pavilion where the mu-
sic Of the past night was yet asleep and
the terpsichoreans were dreaming OF
the vesper rythmics. We did not dis
turb them, but sauntered on TO the Little
Wabash, where we saw train run by
lad as engineer, but we did not take
a ride" We were almost too big a boy
for the ladies car.
BY this time, for it was now ten
o'clock, the trains began 10 come, bear
ing their thousands to The walking city
of the mountain. We began 10 meet
friends, renewing acquaintance, and
studying faces and features and move
ments, as human life moved hither and
thither, with smile and frOwn, and voices
keyed in all possible registers, from the
low grutfnesS Of a grOwl to the hlgh
tremulo of treble. Is the character in
deXed by the race Then what mean
eth the lip and the eye and the nose
and the chm and the voice and the
movement, for all are Of life called hui
man ? Time sped by and the dinner
bell rang. most cheerfully inviting
sound after four hours tramp and stroll
among the lofty trees of mountain,
where ozone quickenS the blood We
accepted first invitation, with greetings
TO fowl and to quadrupeds, two sliced
down for the OcCaSlOn-three kinds OF
meat with vegetables and cereals, crown
ed with iCecream, make "A tasteful noun
tain dinner. We thought So and re-
ciprocated favors again at q p. N. AT
p. m. music had begun on the stand
of the tabernacle, where about three
thousand were seated to hear what
string and horn and tongue could tell.
They heard and kept on hearing for
three hours, and then agreed TO come
back In July, 1906, to hear again. Then
a run by trolley TO WaYnesbOro, a jewel
Of the valley, SIX miles distant, look
at the magnificent Lutheran church,
soon TO be dedicated at a cost OF not
less than $4,000, and back to Pen-Mar
to see one of the most beautiful sunsets
God ever painted on an emerald world,
poco-dotted with silver and gold and
sky-sprayed with crimson. | do not
know how TO try to even suggest sug-
gestion of its magnificent beauty. You
must 60 there at such time OF the year
and the month and the day TO catch
even ghmmer of it, and on day that
is as nearly ideal as was the 9th OF
July, 1905. That evening scene 10 the
sky over the Cumberland Valley and
the mountain beyond was Gods good
night smile to Pen-Mar reunion. We
may never see the like Of it again until
we 90 to the reunion over there where
we climb supernal heights and look
upon glory not dImmed by emerald OF
earth or mists of the valley.
Then at eight of the clock we rolled
into Hagerstown and rested in that hos
telry Hamilton where the traveller finds
comfort and courtesy. After the shades
had passed we came home, glad for the
outing and more ready than ever to try
to help make the world better.
II. G. HAITHCoX.
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