Diary: Joseph A. Gilpin, October 27, 1886 to August 25, 1895

34 [drawing of house] through Maryland as for [as?] Rockville was pleasant althrough their was something new to the seen as I hed been on the road this [for?] before get the novelty of the scheme gave interest to the surrondings. The country above the town of Rockville for a while was quite fertile in appearance but soon the Blue Ridge mountain came into view od the country was generally very rough & hills a few villages were passed nested in between the hills Hagerstown [Junetown?] was passed and after going through several tunnels the train crossed Ferry the Potomac & arrived at the beautiful town of [Harthers?] Ferry which is noted as a place of historical interest I looked out to the window as we passed in [?] of the famous John Brown fort of the U.S. Army but I could not discover anything which I thought had the ap pearance of either of those [?] relies interestingly a pretty place [?] a much large place [?-] [-?] & was certainly a much longer place than I has supposed it was from the [cats?} I had seen of it in [before?] books & photography. About 12 {?} the city of [Bastimeburg?] was reached after passing over a great amount of rough & barren looking country a stop of about twenty minutes was made in front of a large hotel. The sun which had been ap peared undecided whether to shine or to remain hidden & have some bad weather now came out brilliantly & lighted up the many hills and valleys

35 in a [brilliant?] exchange of brightness. Of the country before reaching [Bartmeburg] was rough that fol lowwing [momentarily?] after it was surely worrisome & uncomfortable to the passengers who were con imically exchanging one side of a [peal? for the other in anything but a pleasant way the rocking of the train as it slowly made its way [for?] the moun tains was [?] to the rocking of a ship in a storm & a great many of the passengers were worried sick by it but I very fortunately was an exception to the number of the sick list as well as were several others persons who sat nearby & an [observational] remark about the nature of the country to them [sewed] & pass the time

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