Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-07-22

whose existence we had never
suspected; the Navy Yard, where We
saw the drill Of the sailors and marines,
the fitting up Of the Puritan to be used
as target, the machine shop where up
to-jate war material is icing made and
OF course, the museum where are erhlo-
tied all sorts of rifles, swords and am-
munition; Fort Stevens, where a real
battle Was fought inside the city; the |
Oldroyd Museum, which is the house
where Lireoln died, kept in' the same
condition AS in 1865 aud containing
more than three Thousand objects reiat-
ing in some way TO Lincoln; the New
National Museum; the Medical Mu-
scum the Botanical Gardens; a recep-
ton aud introduction to the President;
the Arlington Cemetery; aud last but
not least, session of Congress.
Everyone is familiar with the ap-
pearauce of the Capitol, but it does not
lose anything when it appears in actual
view. 1t gives one a thrill to go about
the building and to remember that We
all. even the humblest of us, have a
share in it. We saw the Turnbull
PAINTINGS in the Rotunda, the statuary
in the old Representatives. Hall, the
painting Westward, Ho" in corridor,
and Justice Brewers draped chair in the
empty Supreme Court Room. Iu the
Senate, Root was defending and plotting
through shoals aud quicksands, as he
said, the railroad bill, which has since
I become IA law. La the House, Repre-,
sentative Hobson was fighting for
; naval appropriation, in the course Of
7 which he made another member apollo
J gize for certain remarks, In fact, We
: we're perfectly at home there, it is the
$ perfect reproduction of Brighton towr
meeting.
s Our visit was now done and we turned
+ our unwilling steps toward the North
e At O'Clock Thursday morning we LEI
The station for our long ride. Anywher
: else this building would attract atten
II ton. 1t is made of Vermont grant
cost nearly twenty millions and is
: worthy gateway to the nations capita
At night, while the great waiting Toor
is light as day, not lamp can be seel
We pass through fields of winter whea
+ through forests made up of unknow
D. trees, past the cabins of the colore
people, and see occasionally the mai
sions of the well-to-do. We miss tn
air of thrift so characteristic Of Ne
" England. Chesapeake Bay appears
- the distance and we cross several OF Il
:" more through smoky tunnels. We TO
50 low the banks of the broad Delawar
We see one of the few remaining here
= Of buffalo in Paramount Park viii
" riding through Philadelphia. Citi
- became thicker as we near New Yo'
until at Elizabeth, New Jersey, ~e b
gin run of more than one hundr,
y miles ia which we are never outside
- a city. At New York We had time 4
~ a good, solid meal, without red pepp
seasoning, and run about the city. v
- did not run very far. A brief expe
~ ence in the streets of this city is We
satisfying. For the first forty miles o
of the station we were drawn by
. electric locomotive. Soon after '
were attached to the regular steam loo
motive darkness set in and we We
hurried back to our homes through t
familiar New England country. We
rived home on schedule time. We h
only one delay, had rainless weather
the whole trip, and all the party We
, in good health. In every respect t
~ trip was success and we were all {
termined to go again at the first oppc
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:, tunity.