Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-30
JOTTINGS OF A JAUNT.
ny TIE JUNIOR EDITOR.

US cozily seated in friend Prutzman's
hack, behind his two "noble greys,"
headed toward the ancient capital Of
the sCommonwealth Of Greene."-
If we except the heat of a July sum-
and the dust "kicked up" by a tray.
eller in advance, who obstinately per-
sisted in his notion to stay in adcance,
while we travelled together, our jaunt
was pleasant one.
tit is pleasant to break loose once
in a while from the mouotony of our
every day home scenes and assocla'
tions-to enjoy the invigorating air
and look abroad upon the ever vary
ing panorama presented to the plea
sure-seeking traveller-to grasp the
hands of true and tried friends, and
revive friendships which time and the
ever recurring duties Of life would
fain weaken or obliterate-and to be
again at the fire.sides where the $50
cial principle" has been so fondly
cultivated and cherished. But this is
q DEPRESSION.
Arrived at Waynesburg, we were
delighted to see the many and sub
stantial improvements which have
been made, and are still making, in
the borough and its environs. Du-
ring the past two years, more has
been done to improve the appearance
and enhance the value of property
there, than has been accomplished in
ten years before. New and tasty
dwellings have been built-old ones
remodelled, enlarged and modernized
the public edifces, churches, &C.,
have undergone repairs and been re-
fitted and furnished, adding greatly 10
their neatness and convenience,-and
last, but not least, the main street has
been graded and well laid with stone,
and the sidewalks much improved,
no, however before they needed it,
The Waynesburgers have certainly
caught the spirit Of the age, at least
so far as relates to appearances with
in their immediate jurisprudence.
The Mp Courthouse, in its adapt
alton to the uses for which it was cree.
ted, its every convenience, and the
beauty and neatness Of its decora-
tions, inside and out, is model in its
kind. and credit to the county.
The College is in very prosperous
condition-attended, in both the male
and female departments, by q large
number ofstudents,-and considering
tho age Of the Institution, it may be
said to be fouriMing. Under the
preceptorship Of Mcssrs. Loughran,
Fish, and others equally competent
in theirseveral departments, Waynes'
burg College will continue to trans
cend the expectations of its earlier
friends and projectors.
Mr.. Geo. 0denbangA, who resides
near 10 town, and whose dwelling, TO-
ge,her with not less than $1,000 worth
of other property, was destroyed by
fire in March last, has built neat and
commodious dwelling on the site SC
recently heap of ruins. 1t is al
ready finished and occupied by hi;
family. The energy which has borne
up against such spirit-prostrating Gu
lamities as have visited his household
within a few months past, is truly
commendable.
The friends of Temperance, in thai
community, are united and yigilant il
their efforts, and will leave nothing
undone that can be accomplished BY
persevcring effort, to invoke success
fully the strong arm of the law te
suppress the traffic in intoxicating Ii
quors. We noticed, among the most
ardent advocates for legal prohibition
some influential citizens, who have
not heretofore been identified witt
the Temperance cause, in any OF Ill
past phases.
On Tuesday evening we were pres
ent at a very large and enthusiastic
temperance meeting, at the Court
house, where a series Of strong ant
pungent resolutions were passed, Civ
ling expression to the views and feel
ings of the people on the subject Of {
prohibitory law; and in those resolu'
tons the candidates now before thu
people for seats in the next Legisla'
ture were pointedly Intercepted as Il