The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-11-10
AN EASTERN VISIT

/ was given what was to me Won
derful experience when my employer
took me with her on visit to her
former home in Maryland. We cross
ed six states, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary
land.
What treat to cross the many
rivers and Appalachian Mountain
system. The Juanita river is espe-
cially beautiful in scenery, great
mountains reflected upside down in
the water as / had only seen before
in pictures-my fathers native state,
how beautiful!
In fine herds of Holsteins and fine
| barns Pennsylvania surpassed them
: all, but it remained for little Della
ware to beat them in the corn crop.
Great tall shocks of cut corn and
great piles Of shucked corn-I won't
say how big nor will | say how close
the shocks were, because no Missou-
rian would believe me.
The soil here in Maryland is so
sandy on top that it has to be scraped
back so the soil can be seen, but one
man sold 500 worth of cucumbers off
of about an acre of such soil this
year. Was offered over $4,000 for
his little farm of 20 acres.
This Salisbury, Md is a pretty
little river town with quite large
steam boats plying up and down the
Wicomico river to Baltimore and
other points.
had the pleasure also of visiting
Princess Anne, the quaint old county
seat of Somerset county, and viewing
the old Teackle Mansion, where the
plot of "Thc Entailed Hat" by George
Alfred Townsend was laid. We were
also taken by auto to Ocean City and
| had my first view of the Atlantic.
How infnitesimal one feels and how
awful and great is the ocean. Mel
Their picture nor words can describe it.
added the half day l am always
given each week to that of the next
and went to Washington. My route
lay across the eastern strip of Mary
land to Claiborne on the CHESAPEAKE,
where | embarked on the Gov. Har-
rington for Annapolis. 1t was a de-
lightful day and | stayed on deck all
the way across and watched steam
boats, ships with sails, and waterfowl,
We were something over two hours
crossing the bay, then the dim out
line Of the western shore appeared,
then six wireless stations, trees and
the city of Annapolis and the U. S.
Naval Academy with its training
ships at anchor in the bay.
On landing we took the waiting In
terurban into Washington. After we
had Travelled for some time | began
to look at every town we came to for
some signs Of Washington. Finally
I was rewarded by seeing a tall pyra-
midal shaft reaching toward the
skies and near it, in appearance. was
the dome of large building. Then l
knew had at last reached the Cap
itol of our U. S. and soon Twas look
ing on the many steps of the Capitol
building, up whose height my poor
wounded father had tried to climb
soon after the Civil War, but was too
weak to accomplish it. His daughter
was able to see about all the impor-
tant points of the building even to
the assenly room, where Congress
meets, but as it wasn't in session it
was impossible for me to tell that
august body what I have thought of
it's doings for the past few years.
| arrived too late to visit the
White House, as it is closed to the
public after p. m, but I had the
taxi take me all around the grounds
and to Washington's Monument and
the National Museum.
| came nearer worshiping a craven
image than / ever did in my life.
when | stood before the Lincoln
memorial, sunset on the Potomac
from the portico of the memorial was
wonderful as the sun sank behind the
Virginia hills.
| visited old Independence Hall and
the Liberty Bell on by return
through Philadelphia.
This isn't all but can see the edi-
tors arm uplifted over the waste bas-
ket, SO must abreyitae. F. e. B.