Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-09

from excursionists, which speaks for
itself" Then follows this "testimo-
nial": Having been yesterday on an
excursion to Glymont. we wish vo)un-
tarily to state that the accommbda-
tions and attractions at that place are
| superior to any in the vicinity OF
Washington; that the proprietors did
all in their power to secure good or
der and pleasure to their visitors and
that We unqualif1edly recommend City,
mont for ladies' and gentlemen as the
most delightful resort with which we
are acquainted" The testimonial was
signed by William j. Rhees. ]. Hall
Moore. E. Brison Tucker and T. ]. Ma
gruder.
| 1t would appear that Glymont was
taken over by the Potomac Ferry
Company in the spring of 1872, for
the following advertisement appeared
in The Star May q in that year:
Having leased from the owners this favorit'
excursion site. am putting the pavilion. din
| ing room and grounds in thorough order an(
repair for the comfort, pleasure and enter
| tainment Of excursionists. Good order will b,
maintained and polite attendants will be OF
ton apply to the undersigned at the offices Of
| GEORGE A. sHEKELL.
| Glymont seems to have been a very
popular and prosperous place IN the
| early 70s, and from the Handlers old
! files he resurrects this paragraph
which he wrote a number of years
age so:,n,on+ .. oo =. ~. ..
bellum pleasure resorts Of tho Po-
tomao river, but its most popular Pc
Rod was in the early 70s, when the
/ steamboats, Wawasset and Mary
Washington carried excursionist3
| there. 1t was a popular excursion re-
oh, ~S0
and social and fraternal organiza-
tons at the time when Green Spring.
above Georgetown: Mount Vernon
Springs. White House (now on the
| Camp Humphreys tract) and Analos-
| tan Island and Arlington Spring tnow
were extensively patronized by Wash
ington excursionists. One is struck
by the fact that in nearly all the
advertisements Of the summer resorts
patronized by our fathers. grand
fathers and grandmothers emphasis is
of order Some of the old advertise
ments set forth that good order will
| be maintained at all COSTS or good
order will be maintained at all haz-
| ards or the sheriff will be on the
grounds with posse Of well armed
and determined men, or special po-
lice and deputies have been recruited
and will promptly suppress any dis
order etc One is apt to get the i'm
! preston from all this that our an
cestors were somewhat unruly and
mixed a good deal i. Of fighting with
statement, but he believes that a
good, healthy scrap was considered
better form in the preceding genera
ton than 1t is in this. and that our
fathers and grandfathers were more
| in the habit of looking out for them
selves than in shouting for help from
the police"
| There was a disturbance which was
called a riot" at Glymont on Mon
day. June 10. 1872. Old reporters
were given to exaggeration. But
there was a large size disturbance al
IGlymont on that day. Company b of
the Washington Light Infantry was
holding a picnic and trouble started
and the ancient chronicler gallantly
writes that the disturbance was sup
pressed by the promptness and decis"
ion Of the military excursionists:" The
Rambler will not go into the details
| of the affair. because he likes best to
write of happy incidents. Several ar
rests were made and the onenders
, the capital of Charles county. That
was before La Plata became the me-
tropolis and seat OF government OF
the county. The Rambler has before
him the names OF the disturbers OF
the peace who mixed things up. at
S:lymont. but what's the use Of print
ing them here? They or their de-
scendants may now be prominent In
washington society and the descend
ants are probably insisting that their
ancestors were high sheriffs." count,
Judges. governors of states and lords
Of manors. and all that. and it really
would be ungenerous to show that
those ancestors were drunk and dis
orderly at Glymont on Monday. June
10. 1872. So we'll drop the subject.
There were two Glymont events IN
Tho vesr 1878 which the Rambler re-
calls. One was a tournament on
Saturday, August 20. for the benefit