Sometub's Cruise on the C. & O. Canal / The narrative of a motorboat vacation in the heart of Maryland

Transcriber's Note: As this is a narrative, all spelling errors were retained as printed.
The Narrative of a Motorboat Vacation in the Heart of Maryland
BY JOHN P. COWAN 1916 ——————————————— Copyright, 1916, by John P. Cowan

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THIS is a story of the initial cruise of Sometub —a narrative of the voyage of the newest type boat on America's oldest improved waterway. We exalted 30 cent gasoline and eased our conscience by following in the patriotic footsteps of George Washington.
Amid nature's most magnificent scenery we linked the romance of yesterday with the humdrum of the workaday present. We established a new maxim, namely: To avoid the beaten path take the towpath!
We enjoyed to the superlative degree the rare privilege of Seeing America First, because we saw it as the first American saw it.
J. P. C.
Pittsburgh, Pa., December 7th, 1916.