The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-06
DELIGHTFUL OUTING.
writer Was With the c. v. State Normal
Excursion to Washington.
VERY MUCH PLEASED WITH THE TRIP.


dents, and many of them came
away with a handful of bank notes
which had unfortunately been
reduced to pulp In the macerator
a maching for the destruction of
worn out currency.
AS prllgrlms to a shrine we
took boat for Mt. Vernon, the
home and tomb of the greatest
American, which is in the Poto-
mac heights fifteen miles below
the city and can be reached by
boat or trolley. The trip was an
ideal one, many enjoying their
first boat ride with theacutepleas-
ure and zest attached to all new
experiences of pleasant charac-
ter. Landing at a picturesque
little wharf, we proceeded first
to the tomb of the great ''!mmor-
tai" Possibly five hundred tour
lists arrived at the tomb at the
same time. The order, quiet and
reverent attitude of all were such
as would have characterized
funeral of to. day. This was the
best evidence of their apprecia-
ton of the life of this great and
good man. On entering the house
which is furnished with relics
aud mementoes of the Washing
ton family, one notes not with
out curiosity the evidences of the
versatility of the first president.
In the horary is fine showing of
books, globe, his surveying out
fit, glass case containing several
books and another containing the
key of the Bastile presented by
his ardent admirer General La
fayette. In the music room of
his adopted daughter Nellie Gus
It's IS, among other musical in-
struments, the harpslchord given
to her as wedding gift by her
adopted father costing one thous-
and dollars.
Meagreness oil space forbids
the description of surrounding
buildlngs-the barn built in 1873
though still In excellent state of
preservation: the "white charl-
OF" in which these stately people
visited their equally stately friends
and drove to church, standing in
its shed, and many houses for the
industrial life of the plantation
for servants and for the manu-
facture of all cloths worn by them
etc, etc.
On Friday evening the visitors
attended a play, believing that
variety Is the spice of life"
On Saturday while the greater
number of the excursionists, VS.
tied the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, Smith sonlan Institu.
ton, Natural Museum and Fish
cries Building; the writer in
company with Mrs. S. B. Woollett
visited the National Cemetery al
Arlington once the home Cf Gen
K. &. Lee, but now the resting
place of twenty thousand Union
soldiers, "who died that their
country might live." Under one
monument alone lie twenty-one
hundred and eleven nameless sol
diers' whose bodies were gather
ed from Bull Run to the Kappa
hammock; and II there is any doub
in the minds of any one as to tn,
cost paid the Philippines, witnes,
til , long and endless lines O
graves of victims in the new sec
ton of the cemetery, in which W,
visited the lot holding the victim,
of the Maine disaster, the monu
ment in which Is the rusty oil,
anchor of that unfortunate vessel
Before leaving this city of His
tory, the visitors were all carrie,
upin the Washington Monu
ment by an elevator whose capac
ity is limited to thirty person
and took a last lingering view Q
its magnificent distances. Thl
Is the highest piece of masonr
in the world, 555 feet, and | COZ
Tess the ascent was a little tryin
TO the nerves.
AT 4 p. M, the excursion lei
washington and arrived at ShiI
pensburg promptly at 9 p. m
without an accident.
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