The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-03-11
Week at Norfolk, Va.

ta' w. pOads, when sixteen SHIPS OF
a.ppoD W.. +,o feet. headed by the flag
gP'' Sacticut, returned from its
conn., ;og cruise and passed in re-
III ~. President Roosevelt on the
is oPl0'J tt Maynower. The welcom-
esf y''1 .s,sting of four battleships,
NsP W. tbe flagship, and five power
gi1e oF"S ,o their new grey dresses,
caS''' She wake of their white sis
a@7l bod been sent a thousand
b l'' ~ escort the homecoming
,,,sy preliminary word of
a aud .'''''
''' Inst of the cruisers in this
H''4 ,.g.ant had passed the May
'7i1 onnectlcut was steaming by
Fs e.. pan pier more than seven
w. and where thousands of
.r. soeethearts and many of
q" LIN were aaXiously awaiting the
.o,.rg 20. taeir braves. "
Ifaa month past, word had
.,.- % rooms were to be had at
% or.ort. and Norfolk and
,,a.,. thronged with visitors
D,.rs. a.e.v TO give the return
\ ,as Welcome. Last week
- siy who had just ar
I .-,r rer nome in Alaska, which
rm4ry making a trip that
r If. ru.r l1durance to meet her
E,r,s. -.oa.i arrive with the fleet.
,.,.o.s H Portsmouth were gaily
a stH Aags and bunting, and
.- sa. rb.rrles We're also notice
\ ,e5. rue day before the 22nd,
,.r.. summer day, and our
,,o lrr Ia spite of the dismal
.;i,r If .., weather man. Sitting
.r.r window while writing my
ID, a.,r Was with difficulty that
I~li uss. u5 pen write February
|. SCENE So nuch more truthful.
| r,st. 4ar ang been blooming in
u,. a-. I believe it has been
,s,5e 10 1al some all winter, the
,,t's- has u4a somild.
rysr 5.m5'. steamer and boat OF
# iss,rpar as pressed into service
,,s,ei t5 t- 5most capacity on Mon
c rorairs get housands were left on
s.pas. s.r Nay by trolleys, auto
dla. .ra. 0 cape Henry, Ocean
,r Virginia agaeh and the exposition
en5 "0la which places, if the Gods
cs ia,5lea os, fairly good view
eg as aa rad. | had heard so
ag asUau s"ng reports of the un-
gsgeauleros # the crowds on the
Wis tas, decided to stick to land and
naart, Et. We're going by the cleo
nH raps H,1ry
h, a.en-9 Qau N the daily papers
rcss.e I tiled weather for Mon
q 30. lin ..rmag sky lived up to the
aic'.r However, nothing daunted,
VIZ # Owu YH glad rags we sal
dtlgt tH u-smouth, ten strong,
Gs ..e 10 Norfolk. The jam
pan e 'a and by the time we
re safely 8u IN Norfolk, (here l
.g ang Ur' 4lHl felt as if l had
a ,-a..e. m Frocrustes bed" and
mt Nj ure,r Ht thinner.
W yDg oar tickets for the Cape
lrg lo. d. .ma began the scramble
Tl' D*". i7g a y ankee, and in the
-lal '" ming Southern people |
el'-.' 0a3 up my lips closed and
AeW """ the way the crowd
sM 90 rather. not handled but
'a"" ~" pess. Apparently no
'.8-s made to take care of
'... .aI by the car company.
1Hv H". go ITO and onto the cars
-A" +" -N-Nhere, and hanging
TAI Mai the car look like
ta' '". "pe4e dis it came along.
b la. uoH to the scheduled
1HE NV time; there was no
III s1 ".l tp he no extra cars.
Gully a-F r' applaud in my heart
Ie'a.5 Norfolk man when he
=" u sHe any stranger for
1' '-. - place. Any city of
'- . .al.h would have taken
s'' .1. nb-tler than this"
'' es H" IT.. fates had decided
''". 30. H.'a- were not deserving
'''..'h'; and the rain descend
1'4'''.s ,;.jInot change its mind
. ''7 f'i.a" '."' ol the day. Our party
: ~''''t'-' ifs was to be expected;
W N t6.' nemaEed, after several
~ ''''' " a.H hanging their tactics
''sT'''4g re an to get on and at
al '''@' al tape Henry in a very
,,+ ' '''ne condition. They saw the
T., " "Na' Was supposed to be the
!. 1''aout' 10 those on the shores
q ''a1AeS al that could be seen were
y, y, u s"oa as the salutes were fired.
sis, s oi our party, after long
!, ~ = am many attempts, reached
b fly, ,'s'' -H Saeh a dilapidated condi-
! '0' SISTER of one of them when
d ,, NV .. .+ 'a.re refused to recognize
s--' sAr It'd not care to be seen
Id H.. o's'r'u'abie looking company.
n, say bart II it was that their
ss.S, were JIM rain as the fleet had
d. .... '-''-'. when they reached the
atm was nothing to be seen