. Book of the Royal blue . ut loose from the rest of Vir;.rinia and formed anew state called West Virginia, with the capitalat Charleston, a town lying out in the mountainswestward toward the Ohio River. This is notthe town of Charlestown where John Brown washanged, which lies a few miles southwest ofHarpers Ferry, also in West Virginia. .\t Harpers Ferry you will see two greatliei;;hts, the faces of moimtains on opposite sidesof the Potomac River. One is called MarylandHeifihts and the other Loudon Heights, the latterbeing in Virginia. rUMUERLAND. This is the second largest city of
. Book of the Royal blue . ut loose from the rest of Vir;.rinia and formed anew state called West Virginia, with the capitalat Charleston, a town lying out in the mountainswestward toward the Ohio River. This is notthe town of Charlestown where John Brown washanged, which lies a few miles southwest ofHarpers Ferry, also in West Virginia. .\t Harpers Ferry you will see two greatliei;;hts, the faces of moimtains on opposite sidesof the Potomac River. One is called MarylandHeifihts and the other Loudon Heights, the latterbeing in Virginia. rUMUERLAND. This is the second largest city of is near the Pennsylvania state Hne, and in lessthan half an hour after you leave it you are travel-ing through the southern border of Pennsylvania,across the great Alleghany Mountains, and younever leave the Keystone State in the rest ofyour journey to Pittsburg. I think the grandestview of all is obtained after you leave Cumber-land. It is here you begin to the Allegha-nies. You seem to be traveling over the tops. OHIO PYLE. PA. AX INIifVIDrAL ITINFAiARY. 15 of {ireat billowy mountains, and thr rloiids areaway off below you. It is one of the grandestviews of all the yrand views on the I?. & in all this scene, Jlajorie, for it is one you^vill never forget. It is like soarinj;- through theclouds. I can never forget the first time Itraveled over this route. I shall ever regard itas one of the sublimest of views on the easternpart of the cMiiitiiu-nt. The countless sugar-loaftops of mountains, tlie vast stretch of their loftygrandeur, with the Heecy clouds hovering aroundand about them and filling the crimps and dimplesof their peaks, present one of the most stupend-ous prospects of sublime beauty in the world, thecharm of which will linger in the memory not neglect this scenery, though you misseverything else. This is in Somerset County, Pa., and near theplace where I lived for a year as a boy. Theywere just building this branch of the railroadthen. ull
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