Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-02
NOTES OF A TRIP NORTH.-Kno

and intimately connected with Wheeling by
nature, in trade and mechanical pursuits. we
will endcavor to Inform them fully and fair.
ly of wi,st we have seen i'm the course of a Wis
II Tor health and recreation from which we
have just returned.
First We must b. permitted III express our
surprixe that 50 few oil ouf citizens seek. iu the
summer season, 10 enjoy the air of the Lakes.
The springs of this State have been somewhat
fashionable resort, TOE ycars, and with the CT
tizcns OF a portion of the State a visit to the
springs is considered essential to health; and
as il is an excursion easily made. there is no
good reason why we should feel surprise at it.
Virginia Springs i, long, tedious and expen-
sive, whereas that to the Lakes is very cheap,
and who shall say that the air of these fine in
land seas is not more rcdolent of health than
the heated atmosphere, the crowded rooms
and sulphur water found at the Virginia
springs There is nothing is Nature that can
surpass the beauty OF scenery and the pure air
of the northern lakes in the summer season.
1t is life giving and invigorating beyond all
conception by those who have never expert
enccd il.
We left Wheeling in tn, Cleveland stage
through Cadiz, &c. on the 10Th of July. IL
was cool and refreshing, and the excellent sta
gc line of Messrs. Neil, Moore, & Co. bore us
over the ground with AN ease and rapidity
worthy of their great fame as stagers. The
l,~ar,,n, Af I.nry., 49,, Ill.,. ..,...
that we passed through deserve at our hands a
further notice than we are now able To give
them. They are among the richest counties
in Ohio, and seeing the crops upon the SPLEEN
did farms just cut, we were led TO wonder
how it could hi possible that our citizens had
so long forgotten their business interests as to
neglect the construction of a good road to Ca
diz.
Our citizens have but to start the work-to
show their determination To do something
to move i'm the matter, and they will b. met
more than half way by the enterprising and
wealthy citizens. Come, get up, shake off
that Virginia incubus that LAYS on YOU like
the nightmare, and determine never again
to pronounce anything impracticable until il
has been tried and has failed. We now travel
by stage 81 miles to Cadiz, over many hills
and through many bad places, while a good
road, the elevation of which would in no place
be more than 2 degrees. can BE- constructed
at moderate expense, which will connect the
two points at 20 miles. With this we can
secure to Wheeling the trade of the rich coun-
ty of Harrison, and the divergence of large
amount of travel towards the lakes. Without
il we lose both.
We found the citizens of Harrison and Tus-
carawas, many of whom we saw, extremely
DESTROYS of taking such steps as would lead to
the construction of this road. A convention
at Cadn, on the LIST of September, has been
proposed, and we await with much interest a
call for that purpose in the papers of the coun-
tics named. We are sure that our own citi-
zens would not be so blind to their own i'll
~tcrests as to neglect proper attention to this
subject.
As we passed the highlands Of Harrison to
the west, we found the soil equally good with
that at the east, but many years behind it in
cultivation-in a great measure owing to the
want of suitable roads by which to convey their
produce to market. There are many good
farms ON the Saltwater forks, but the general
appearance OF the country is new and compa-
~ratively unimproved. AS soon as we struck
the valley of the Tuscarawas on the plains d.
bout New Philadelphia, we found the wheat
crop an almost total failure. Through the
whole valley north to the lakes we doubt whc-
ther there has been wheat enough raised for
seed. Most of the corn and oats look well as
far north as Akron. Beyond that these fail
there too, from the drought which prevails in
a remarkable degree, they having had no rain
TO wet the ground thoroughly for three
months.
New Philadelphia, the county seat Of Tus-
carawas, is an old place and has but few at
fractions either in business or appearance
"A large manuiactury of wooden goods has
been established here, but with what prospect
OF success we cannot say. We fear not very
good. Heretofore the accommodation offer
ed to the travelling public in that place has
been very moderate in quality, but Mr.. GRAY.
a man OF experience in that line, has taken the
principal public house, and will, we think.
work a very essential reform.
Canal Dover, lying directly ON the canal, 3
miles west of New Philadelphia, is a small
but busy place. The purchase of wheat and
the milling done at this place is very consid-
cradle. and there is abundance of water pow
er. The Walton House, recently opened here
by Mr.. Walton, is an excellent home for the
traveller. The house is neat aud convenient.
the landlord attentive, and the table good
Here the Cleveland stage branches of from the
Wooster, the one continuing north west and
the other following up the canal.
Seven miles from Dover is Zoah. the cele-
brated German Settlement where all pronertv