
          757.

to go to ruin.  The walls inside, once nicely plastered were
now smeared with the most filthy language.  How strange that
there must exist certain human beings who must thus besmirch
everything with which they come in contact. Between the building and the
railroad we found an abandoned roadway, now in most places completely
overgrown.  We followed this path for quite a distance & then again walked along the R.R.  The 
bridge which carried it across the brook was found in complete
ruins the strong beams and a few half rotted boards alone remaining.  Along
this path we found Lespedeza captitata, L. polystachya, L. Virginica
& L. frutescens, blooming beautifully.  We had not proceeded far
along the railroad when we came to the prettiest part of the road.
Rocks on our right rose almost perpendicularly from the road bed
completely shading our path.  We, however, were not to have this pleasant
shade very long.  Soon we were again in the sun and we had it thus
till we reached Brooklandville.  At Bare Hills we met a man - 
a traveling agent for Livington a druggist.  He showed us some of the
things he was selling and told us how some people (Bunheimer, [illegible])
sell his goods even cheaper than he sells them to them.  This
brought on some talk on competition.  How when P. sold shirts
for 5¢, B. sold them for 3¢.  He then showed us his
        