The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-30
DELIGHTFUL OUTING.
Writer Was With the c. V. State Normal
Excursion TO Washington.
VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THE TRIP

ment of the G. V. State Normal
School, to avail itself of the low
price eAcursi IN rate gwen bv the
p. r. r on its personally con-
Quoted" tour to Washington, d.
| c., on behalf Of the senior class
and it's personal trends. The
date of this tour for the present
year was May 3-5, inclusive, and
was, as usual, under the care Of
DR.. JOS. f. Barton, Assistant
Principal of the schot ], and Mr..
| t. l.. Lipsett, tourist agent of the
p. II Il. These tours should be
styled "traveling made easy-for
those who are compelled to go
it alone, to have the anxiety and
attendant drudgery of the care of
self and personal belongings re-
moved, is a great factor in the en-
joymeut of the trip. For the ben
eft of those who have not, and
who may wish to make one of
these-or any other tour, | will
explain that after the ticket
(Which is brought t. your home)
is purchased, which IS the touch
ing of the button, the r. r. or it's
agent "does the rest" Your
baggage Is cared for during the
trip without any help of yours
no pushing through the crowd in
to some old baggage room for a
check is required, when Is al
ways most disagreeable ordeal
for lady-but the writing of
> your home address on one side OF
a tag attached to your baggage,
and the address Of your objective
point on the other, iusures the
: presence of your baggage IN your
room when you arrive, which, too
has also been secured, by the
, same agency.
The itinerary of the tour was a
most profitable and comprehen'
sive one and included those build
ings and historic points made fa'
mlliar to all students of our coun-
try's history and development.
The train bearing one hundred
and tifty-tv o eXcursionists left
the school at 8 o'clock a. M, May
3rd, provided with luncheon for
the noon hour; this was very nee.
essary, as on Its arrival at Wash
ington at 12:45 special cabs were
in waiting at the station to con-
: vey the party directly to the cap
itol. A special dispensatiou had
been granted DR.. Barton IN the
charming weather for the sue
cess of an excursion like that of a
. campmeetlng-or of clrcus-de-
u pends largely on the weather.
y The trip across country via OF
- York and Baltimore was most
= delightful one. A special train OF
vestibuled cars had been furnish
}, ed and made the custom of visit
= ing from one CAR to the rest a
;, perfectly safe and frequent incl
" dent of the day.
" Arriving at the capitol severa
. authorized guides conducted the
w. visitors to the Senate Chambers
and House of Representatives
u pointing out and explaining all OBJ
u iects Of interest enroute.
u During their short stay on the
Z galleries they had gratifying snap
& shots OF Fairbanks, Cannon, Will
. liams, Bale, Tillman, and o
Il many other celebrities > ith whom
!. they had heretofore only news
+" paper acquaintance. Leaving th'
% legislation halls they proceeded
to the U. S. Navy Yard-and wit
% messed five thousand grmy me
!. chanics employed in all the pro
- cesses of gun making, and saw il
the museum of naval relics, tn
= evolution of the gun and man,
II Qphles of naval victories. Her
- too, they were shown a projectil
lt used to demoish the walls of al
T. cient cities by battering ran
- The immense twelve-inch calior
$ guns, weighing sixty tons, wer
~ forged at Bethlehem, Pa, and ar
40 intended for the equipment of OF
81 new navy. Very interesting wa
III the evolution of the cartridge cas-
" from disk of brass under terr
BILE pressure Very instruct,
a was the lesson given by very il
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