Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-13
For tho s'siar of tho Kanavha VALLEY"
Dotlinss BY ths ,yey.

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Nfs.sRs EptroRs: Yoii doubtless
have some knowledge OF q very an
Icient book, which il lookediupon by
the more wise and prudentas good
authority, inits decisions on oil ques-
lions involving morality and general
policy. Indeed there are many who
how Ii, reverence 10 III supreme au-
thority. Yet, there arc = few, who
discar 1t altogether. And notwith-
standing this, there are numerous
sentiments in it that oil men will
adopt and reduce to practice, wheth-
or ti,ey believe what is written or not,
/ One Of which Is the following, !" 4
nj FOOD h.atths mn slioaM BE- aloael:,,''
and this sentiment ia received With
80 much popular favor, that the few
WHO would fcign discard Y, render
themsclyes Ridiculous in the estiifa-
ton Of the great body q the human
family. And fet ~ y 4; remarkably [: H
strange and Inconsistent, 6r, men to
TO hold with such praclcal tcanaicit,y
to parts Of that book, and Attic same
time profess to award IL no credit as
a whole. WI \ I. /..3 I.
In keeping with the sentiment quo
ted in the foregoing paragraph and
according to d traditionary right, !
selected a travelling companion in
Buffalo and We BET off together on
Tuesday morning, the Goth Of May.
:. And NE realised the often repeat
cd fact, that s,stwo are better than
one al sic passed down the western
border of the Kanawha valley. and
contemplated the rich bottoms, the
vast improvements that may yet be
4 made, and the inviting fields which
are now in a fine state ofcultiNation.
Making the usual call Tor that route
tand obtaining All necessaryrcfr
ment, and moving forward moderate
\ IS reached tie house Of Alr. Ii. ut the
nouth>of the river, in due time that
afternoon; where my travelling com,
panion. was introduced and kindly
received. ..Aiter which ! repaired to
/ to Mrs So, where | secured pri-
!, yatc tetrcat--not 50 much from the
|, world q. from an implied part "oi
mankind" !,
| Late in the evening. in company
with three others, we passed over to
/ Mn. H'ss, where we joined d small
company whose general ppcarancc
Indicated that they had as cmbled
! for some special purpose. This inn
preston was ~conlirmrd by the uni
form adjustment of all who were
present, The brilliant chandelier, and
other. bright summarizes which were
regularly distributed through yari.
:, Gus parts of the drawing room. -
! And besides, 1t was pretty clear, that,
. all the company were not present;
this fact was cvinced by an occasion
al enquiry as to the cause Of their
delay; sometimes remarks would be
dropped almost amounting to ex.
lpressions Of Impotence. After The
RESTLESS ones had been favored with
an opportunity ofexcercising awhile
I'm c,litiyating tie spirit Of patience,
-. the, formal announcement was made,
n that they were coming. This arrest
led the attention and directed Ill eyes
TO the point sof approach. They
came. 10 regularly coupled files ,in-
He'll eight in number stood erect be-
fore their adtnirers,while the brilliant
chandelier threwits dazzling light
upon them as they formed two direct
lines. The stranger or unsuspcct-
ling might easily have reached the
Iic0nclusion, that they were all Of one
family, or that each one had visited
1.-THE same ward robe. Whether by
Intuition or the result of previous
Engagement, the reader is left to con-
lecture, but one Of the company as
stunned an appropriate position and
addressed all present in few point
jed remarks, explanatory ofthc OBJ
.iect OF their assembling together,
which otherwise would appear singu-
liar and nnlneaning: after which he
addressed the eight persons alluded
ftoin a very solemn and effective
manner--.especinRy, TIN of Medp:' But
Ito prevent any misindersta nding on
the subject. it may be proper to re.
mark, that two Of the eight " ere le-
gally passed off from the kingdom Of
youthful associations; and the re-
manning six were released for the
thine being, with permission to "go
4and do likewise" whenthey sec prop.
ter. e }4 as NJ .H
# A short time after the first greet.
ings and snlutations ofthis new re-
lation had subsidized, some provideni
ones remembered d contingcRcythat
almost naturally followsIin the train
Of such an event; and in this case
days may have been devoted to the
preparation; Col. when the repast was
brought in its richness was display
ed, in abundance, in variety, in style,
mnnner Of presentation, reception
md repeated applications. On that
occasion, there was no wine Or'strong