The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-04-14
An Effective speech.

sTin the Senate of Virginia, on the
2nd ult., Mr. McMuLLEN from the CON-
mittee on Internal Improvements reported
the bill providing for road from the
Guyandotte river in Logan county, to the
Kanawha River in Kanawha county. 1t
appropriates the sum OF S3,000.
On motion of Mr.. McMuLLEN. Mr..
Gore. the member of the House of Dele
gates, from Logan, was granted leave TO
appear at the bar of the Senate TO advo-
cate the bill.
The bill being read
Mr.. Gore rose and said, Mr.. Speaker,
with much embarrassment | rise TO ap-
pear before this enlightened body. In
pressing this claim for an appropriation
from the public Treasury, it will be ne
cessary to state some of the difficulties
which this section of country labors un-
der. We have in our county high mount
aims and deep vaIlies-we can't get our
truck to market except on horses, for we
have no wagon roads: and we have 10
carry salt. which is bad thing TO carry
on horse back, because it ruins and skins
the horses. | went 10 this county in
Only four families had settled in the Coal
River Valley. | went there because |
had heard il was good place for poor
man to raise children, as the ground was
rich and the game plenty. | had not
seen the country, but from what / heard
| thought it would suit me, as had five
children, and | found them increasing
more rapidly than my means of support
ing them. When | started, there was no
road or PATH got lost on the way, and
got up on the mountain, where | found
that my horse couldn't get back, and /
was afraid he couldn't get forward, for
there was narrow steep place for sever
al hundred yards, where there was hard
" room for him TO get down; and if he
fell, he would fall thirty feet and kill him.
self. He was lame, too, and his lame
leg next TO the precIpice. | was then,
MIR. Speaker, reduced TO necessity: and
necessity is the mother Of invention; so
tied rope to the horses tail and guided
him down in safety. When | got to the
county, | had no time TO build house
but stayed in camp all the winter; during
which killed enough of game to furnish
my family with meat, and cleared enough
land to make corn. | had no fencing to
make as there was no cattle there 10 de-
stroy the truck. We had no mill in the
valley, and we had to beat our corn In
logs. and to eat the hominy. The near
est mill was thirty miles beyond the
mountain. | went to mill but once in
four years; and that was once oftner than
any of my neighbors went Our chief
dependence was upon hunting, and game
was plenty. ! went out one day and
killed FIVE elks, one bear, and painter.
| didn't want to lose the meat, so | skin
ned all of them and went home for SALT
i told my wife what had done, and
you may be sure told her good story;
and she was exceedingly well pleased
& nine months from that time she brought
fine hearty boy. When | went to the
county | had five daughters; this was the
first son had. From that time, so long
as the elks lasted, my wife had sons; but
as soon as they disappeared, my wife
commenced having daughters again. Our
county is rapidly increasing in population
Il have, myself, done my part in that
way, | have 1877 defendants, and | do
hope | shall in my old age, be able to see
my defendants hauling their truck and
salt in wagons, witch will be the ease, il
you all will pas this bill.
The bill was passed unanimously.