Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

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the cApHai MY years
AA&0t AQIanIIy ago, and Its annual ex-
ExcurrIon cursions were always
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the io3ioWinR oescrfpuon OF the excursion
OF that year. Rtven the day before:
"A more delightful day could not have
beep uicked ONT q the as,s Of the year. the
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and all nature decked In its gayest colors,
az IL In honor OF the occasion. Arrived at
the White House the excursionists set about
enjoying themselves according to their DIFF
ferent tastes Esputa's fne band was OF
course brought into full reQuisition In tbs
dancing saloon. the bowling alley had Its
deyotees. the swings were freighted and ex-
eIclsea 70 lneaI utnosl Sapaet.s' ~ 80 ssv
ria,ses of the FOREST nd made the old woods
r;nr With voca, melodies. with SO many
e,,,,orturittes for ha nr,ineas n wot,ld be
stra,, va tbst eacb ,arson, 1,resent could not
and sn,nathinr eriovaf,le a. was indeesi,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT bv the unwiningness with
which tbe summons to 60 on board on the
anal return trim was obeyed Long live
tho Infantry and when they next do sail
n bsarsl NAV we he there 10 seet
ssT2v fj,e way we would advise the man.
ayers, Of eonfennlated EXCURSION parties to
x,rovife them selves advance with the
yyhereyvitbaI 10 nay the boat companies as
II seems Ia consequences of some delinquen-
cies ON the part of excursion parties in times
past the captains of the boats are now In
structed to levy for pay before the service
La COMPLETED Such demand was made yes
terday by Capt. Cor.son when the boat
reached Alexandra, but, luckily, the Infan-
try managers had the means abundantly
Forthcoming to liauidate In advance. Other
excursionists might not be SO well provided,
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In The Star of June IL. 1859. is a para
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Pioneer Grape Cincinnati, In attendance
cu1turist upon the national demo-
cratic convention tn n
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man ~hose haue - INV inse' na''o'.A-' :.
evidence in the person OF his grandson. the
husband of President Rooseyeit's daughter.
while recently In Cincinnati we took
pioneer in the culture of the grape. We
learned from his Ups many interesting
Iacts concerning the pIokrsss or Tue pusa-
ness oL makns pure VINE IN LIS soa " ~.
% =. htiitv ~ the limited States for rivaIinS
any other land in the world In the pro-
duction of valuable wines from MAJ. Album.
VINO experimenteo win the grape unsuc-
cessi9ny IN tuis s.e nv toa 1ha .ant,
HaI. Lonsmo,en nas Luz n.o ,S ehen em.nS
yea,s past uesoteo Sonsioer ap.e pol ..o.s
OF MS large income 70 tne perlec.hs u
Tue business oI VINE sro"Ms anu nhAs
making In this country untn millons Oh
dollars worth OF better wines tnan nine
tentns OF those now imported are annually
produced In the United States and SOLO
at large prohts TO all engaged IN the trade.
In thirty years more the enterprise and
public spirit OF this gentleman Will have
conferred more benefits upon this country
than those of almost any other man to
whom 1t has given birth. Already he
stands Its first living benefactor. Besides
the pecunfary profits of the great business
he has made for his countrymen he will
In time have been the means OF checking
the vice of hard drinking. SO essentially an
American vice. No people remain habitu-
ally inclined to it among whom pure wines
have become cheap. This axiom has held
good throughout all time and among every
people of whom history has preserved
"reminiscences"
xA
Gould we model the habits of our fellow
citizens acord,np TO orr own views of the
etnass 20 tt,,r,s ;. Tna
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AN 1QGal Star In Its ISSUE of June. ID,