That makes it
pleasant during the warm weather of the Summer months, and it is one of
the loveliest places that can be found on the B. & O. Railroad, and the
white people go their from all parts.
I had the pleasure of stopping there on my way home in 1895, and it did
my soul good to find such a fine house built by one of the colored
gentlemen and one that I had known, for I was at his mother's boarding
house for the whole time that I was at the Ferry. He was teaching school
then in the Winter time and looking after his mother's business in the
Summer time. So I am glad that some of my people are trying to make an
honest living. He is one among the many at the Ferry that are keeping
boarding houses; and I am thankful for all that comes to us as a race. I
hope, as I have often heard dear Dr. Fulton say that he wanted to see
the race go forward, and I pray that the time is not far distant when
all of the friends of the negroes shall see them making men and women of
themselves, and then the grand problem will be solved. Then we shall be
glad, for I am grieved night and day for my own people, and I feel so
grateful to God for letting me see and to know that I have such a good
friend as Dr. Fulton is. He shall be loved by me as long as I live, and
I hope that he will ever be loved by all that shall read this life of
mine, for he has been a father to me and I am one that always remembers
a kindness as long as any one will do one for me.
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