. Book of the Royal blue . ses eyes and ears;All his toes are where they grew,He has all his fingers, too, But his parents are in tears. You, no doubt, supposed the twas fired off, would burst; Well, it did, but Willie slept While his little brother creptSlyly out and tried it first. AN INDIVIDUAL ITINERARY. re editor of one of lliiladel|>hi;isevening dailies had occasion to sendhis daughter to Pittsburg to visitrelatives, and being unable to ac-company her and describe the interestingfeatures of a daylight ride over the Balti-more & Ohio Railroad, had a descrii)ti\eitinerary se
. Book of the Royal blue . ses eyes and ears;All his toes are where they grew,He has all his fingers, too, But his parents are in tears. You, no doubt, supposed the twas fired off, would burst; Well, it did, but Willie slept While his little brother creptSlyly out and tried it first. AN INDIVIDUAL ITINERARY. re editor of one of lliiladel|>hi;isevening dailies had occasion to sendhis daughter to Pittsburg to visitrelatives, and being unable to ac-company her and describe the interestingfeatures of a daylight ride over the Balti-more & Ohio Railroad, had a descrii)ti\eitinerary set up in long primer type andprinted on a sheet eighteen inches longand six inches wide for convenient use. The idea was certainly novel as it waspurely a personal matter. The followingwas the description given : POINTS OF INTEREST AND BEAUTYON THE B. & O. POINT OF ROCKS. You strike the main line of the B. & O. here,the Hne that used to carry travelers from Balti-more to the West without touchin); at Washinjiton. THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANALAT POINT OF ROCKS. before the Metropolitan or Washingrton branchwas built. You ^et your first good view of themountains from here. harpers ferry. This is one of the most famous of places inAmerica. It is the northern gateway of was here John Brown led his small handful ofmen from Pennsylvania, and started war inVirginia for the purpose of freeing the ca|)tured the arsenal there, but GovernorWise, of Vir({inia, called out the militia,.•uid the tfovcrnment sent the W;isliinf;ton Graysfrom thecapital. Your mothers hnitlier, Georfre,was a member of this troop. John Brown killedsome of the Virfjinians and the soldiers killedsome of his men. He was captured and hanfjedat Charlestown. This happened in IS.;!), a yearbefore Lincolns election, and it helped liringon tlie war. It was during the war theNorthern soldiers and people sanjj-— ■ John itrowiis bmly lies mouldrinff in tlie soul (foes inarr
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