The Green Forest tribune., 1918-01-11
Mrs. J. w. Snyder Writes Interestingly
 of Her Recent Trip East
Continued from last week. ]

Continued from last week.)
 The city of Washington, b. C. is di- sideu Into rectangular blocks by streets running east and west desg- mated by letters commencing at the ! spitol. A, E, C, etc.. Dorth, and A :, e. k. esc, south; 1s,, 2ad, 3ld, ete, e.,st atu 1st, 2nd 3rd, etc., west 4 series of broad avenues intersect each other at the Capitol while others meet at the White House. The street railway system of transfers make it possible to reach all points of interest with but very little sex- pense. The fare is five cents or six tickets for 25 cents and one transfer is given on one fare.
 All railways entering Washington occupy the Union Station at Massa- chusetts and Delaware avenues. The magnificent station, costing SIS, ,000.- UG0, Is one of the finest railway sta tons in the world and q most fitting and digniiied entrance to the Capitol of the United States. At p. m. Tuesday, September 4th, we bade goodbye to our Nations capitol, carry ing with us pleasant memories.
 Arriving at Eakels Mills, Maryland, the birthplace of my late husband. we were met by cousin, David Snyder, with his buggy and a beauti- ful span of horses. We went about a quarter of mile and then was told that we were approaching the house where my late husband was born. could see the lilac and the rose bush at the gate that he had told me about. We then drove on to the old Snyder homestead, settled by Andrew Put man in 1760 and has never been out of the hands of hls lineal descendants. and IS now occupied by David O. Snyder and his sister, Barbara Snyder, where they had made ready for our coming. We. certainly spent that evening in a very pleasant visit talking over things that only relatives can understand. In this house the morning of the fifth, Cousin Barbara had the breakfast table spread with the good things that only farmers en- joy. 1 did justice to it for I was somewhat worn out with restaurant and dining car service. Then those horses were in the harness and soon were on our way to visit other cousins Had dinner with Cousin Mary Wyand and her son, Clayton, called on Cousin Amelia Rohrer, then to Mt Hebern cemetery where the older ones of the family are laid to rest. On the sixth while my daughter and Barbara were atterding to domestic duties, cousin David and 1 had drive over the country where he and my husband had been many times in their child hood and youthful days, the creek they had fished in and caught the big Cats, called on some of the cousins, then to Rhorrersvile to Mrs. Get ting's, then to his friends, MT. and Mrs. Clapper. She had in her yard the most beautiful flowers ever be- held. She gave me lot of cuttings. i Me found so many other places of interest that so often heard my hus. band speak Of. It is beautiful coun. try. The drive was grand. It would have been so much more pleasant had my husband been with me in this country but God had willed it other wise.
 Friday, the sixth, we went to Ha- gerstown and had a very pleasant re- ception at another cousins, Mrs. Hat tie Hoffmaster. and called on Cousins Susie Karcauf and W. H. Wyant and family. On Saturday after another good chicken dinner and jaunt about town we came back to the old home and] found Cousin Rosanna Zimmer- man helping Barbara and say now they had their sleeves rolled up and the big range hot and all the cousins were invited for Sunday dinner.
 Sunday school was the order of Sun day morning and we were off, bright and early, driving to Keedysville where about two thirds of those in at tendance were related to us. The superintendent is an own cousin of my late husband and I want to tell my readers that he has been in that office more than forty years and from the smallest child to the oldest member refuses to accept his resignation. He is now S7 years but very active.
 After church, we were all partak ing of that wonderful dinner cousins had prepared for us and we were at the old homestead and in the very house where those of the family gone before, had enjoyed many such meals more than hundred years ago.
 Later Mrs. Ii. K. Zimmerman took us for ride over the pike and show ed us many of the farms owned by relatives.
 Monday. the 10th, we had drive over the bal }tle- field of Antietam, thru Blooby LaNe, to the old Dunkard church, wake up to the top of the Lookout, viS4ed the monuments erected in ineVhory of our Nations s brave, read thu inscriptions on tho tablets, then te he National cemetery.
 As we had a lice lunch which Cousin Barbara had prepared we stopped at a beautiful spring and drank water 1 that was running over the Very rocks that were there whom our heroes of 6i