Evening journal., 1907-05-07
BY AUTO
TO JAMESTOWN
Mr.. and Mrs. CIemet A. Lip
pinCOlt Had Enjoyable Time
Despite Many Troubles

~SFteN WNtAJ AitNDANC
Mr. and Mrs. Clement A. Lipplncott.
who were on an automobile trip to the
jamestown Fair with Nh and Mrs Ben
Birkenfeld and Miss Tnne Birkenfeld, |
Of New York city. have returned home. /
The party enjoyed the trip more for the
mishaps that occurred en- route than
for the pleasure of visiting the fair /
which is not nearly completed.
Leaving Mr.. Lippincotts residence. at
Centreville at 2l5 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, April 27 in a 4O-horse- power
Royal tourist car, the run to Middle
town, Dell was uneventful. Here they
had TO stop for OIL They reached Dover
and stayed over night al the Hotel
| Richardson The road so far they
thought was only fair but in the light
OF later events they have decided that
this was the best stretch of roads on
the whole trip.
Leaving Dover on Sunday morning,
they expected to arrive at Princess
Anne. Md. by night, but the roads were
80 heavy that the best that they could
do was Laurel After a stay over night
at the Laurel House they made an
early start the next morning and got as
far as Bacons Switch. which is only a
1 few miles out of Laurel. Here the ma
chine baked" the sandy roads being
so heavy that the machinery would not
work as it should.
Roads Were Horrible
The old saying that "a friend i'm need
/ is a friend indeed was proven true.
! Mr.. Bacon rescued the entire party and
loaded them IN wagons pulled by mules,
and took them hack to the Laurel
House, where they arrived too late for
4 supper but Mrs. Trader, the house
I keeper was equal 90 Pie occasion, and
got them up a. fine spread
TO say that the party was disguised
by this time is putting Is mildly The
! next day was spent in getting the ma
chine back from Mr.. Bacon's and fool
ing around machine shop getting an
attachment made that would enable
the machine TO pull them through the
heavy sand. In this they were sue
cessfuL
Fine Old Hotel
Leaving Laurel. the next stop was
Princess Anne. Md, which was reached
after travelling over some very bad
roads the party stopped at the Wash
ington Hotel which was a most inter-
esting place. The chef and all the SER
wants were Japanese, and the service
was perfect the clerk alone being an
American. This is the most up-to-date
hotel that the party stopped 5t IL is
1870 years old, but has been entirely re-
modelled.
After leaving Princess Anne the
next stop was Pocomoke city, where
the party had dinner and for a dcs-
sert had a burst tire. which was not
$50 palatable. After leaving Pocomoke
TCity the roads were one continuation
of ruts, holes and bitches. IN some
places 1t was necessary to run the car
through water twelve Inches deep for
la distance of three hundred feet. with
the possibility of dropping down into a
large hole at any minute.
Stopped at Aoeomae
That night the party stopped at Ac-
comac Court House. where they got
the best I'm the house-"nun sed.r The
feather bed reminded Mr. Lippincott Of
"ye olden days" During Wednesday
night a heavy rain fell making the
roads worse than ever The first stop
on Thursday was at Only. Va, to get
oil The party reached Cape Charles
in the afternoon, after passing
through" the most miserable roads Of
the whole trip. The chief OF police at
lCape Charles wanted to arrest the
driver OF the machine for Cruelty to
dumb autos' but Mr. Birkenfeld was
able to convince him that che didn't
know any better so he let him go.
Auto Was a Novelty
The natives Of this part Of Virginia
had evidently never seen an automo-
bile before .as. they ran in terror and
dragged their Nndren with them
The motorists caught the 4.4O p. m.
boat for Norfolk, and their one bright
recollection of the trip will be the man
lner i'm which Captain Hundley, of the
boat treated them Nothing was any
trouble for him to do for them. and
!, they were unanimous inHagrceing that
they had never met a more courteous
man.
Fair Was Lemon
In Norfolk the party stopped at the
Monticello Hotel putting the car al
the Southern Garage. They visited
the fair and got lemon" Nothing is
finished nothing is ready for visitors
: and win not be for some time. The
party decided TO come home by boat
. to Baltimore. thence by train 10 Will
mington. sending the auto home tc
r New York by boat
Mr. Birkenfcld who is an enthuslas-
: tic autoist. and has driven car mans
thousand miles, says that he would not
+ advise anyone trying 70 make this trip
r But with all their troubles the parts
{ thoroughly enjoyed the ride. with al
Z its many Inconvenience, and the au-
d tomohile has gotten another devote'
in the person Of Mr.. Lippncott who
II was very much pleased by the way ir
.- which the car worked under sucl
b. difficulties.