Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-05-30
\ For the nStar Or the Kanawha Valley
Dottings by tho Way.

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H For the nsear Or Tie Kanawha Valley"
| Dottinssby The way.
n MEssRs EpnoRs: On Tuesday
evening the 18th, Of May, while sit
ting In brother Fs shop, | received
notice that q gentleman was at the
Parsonage awaiting my return; and
| arising and hastily advancing, met
our Conference Agent Of the I Tract
| Society, who was then on H. visit in
\ yolving the interests Of his mission.
Having duly matured q plan which
we thought would best subserve the
Interest Of the work, we set of on
Tuesday evening together, in his
buggy. We crossed the Kanawha
river and called upon ourwell- tried
friend, at Cedar Grove, with whom
wa spent the night. The next morn
ling we were under way and in fine
spirits, while the Buffalo Academy"
HELL was giving the signal 70 all con-
cerned to repair to the temple Of
letters. Whether intentional or the
result of absent mindedness, we
practicallyobeyedthe new Testament
injunction not 10 "look back,p until
we Ihad gone distance ofseven miles
when to our great discomfort, we
discovered that part Of our baggage
had stopped somewhere On theIway-
but where, we could not divine in
thiswe were .know nothings,'' and no
mistake, Ashort conference howev-
or, settled the question, the lost treas
lre must be regained Probably our
spirits and general appearance can
be better imagined than described,
when il is understood that We Irctra-.
ced six miles of our mornings drive
before we gained any tidings OF the
| object Of our search. ltmay suffice
TO say, that, Nature did not appear
to wear so cheerful an aspect; nor
was our conversation SO animating;
nor did Logan move with theIsame
apparent ease and ambition that ID
his custom; in short, every surround
ing object appeared q little like our
own sens ations--som what gloomy
But, the lost baggage had been found
by an honest old gentleman, who
had conveyed it back part Of the way
from whence we hailed that morning
and as he was comparatively a stran-
ger in the community, having but.
recently settled in the country, he
was at some loss to know;
| ra II How to dispose Of his prize
+ athad resolved 70 advertise. /,
Having rcgained the lost, and find
ing ourselves SO near, we awaited
ourselves ofthe right to increase the
ties Of friendship with the kind fami-
| " Of whose Inequalities we had
shared that morning, BY returning
there for dinner; aftera drive Of about
fourteen miles.
| In the afternoon we resumed our
journey; and reached brother II. Ms
lateinthe evening; the point to which
we were destined on our first start in
the morning; and after tea, we walk
ed up TO Cologne, d distance Of near
three miles, and returned that night
after giving the citizens a Bible talk.
That trip gave us q walk Of about
six miles, in addition,to crossing the
river twice; but to prevent this part
from presenting NO other idea than
that. Of q "man walking up to thetop
la Of hill and then walking back
again, il may be proper tofiremark
that brother Fl. M. was with us.
The nextmorning we passed down
to Mrs. Ms where we met some of
our Cabell friends, andsye remained
there until 2 o'clock P. M, after which
we drew the lines for the mouth Of
the river, We made but one short
call below the Point, after which we
crossed over and madeFa fewhurried
dashes through town, and drove out
70 Mr.. WV. Ms, six miles from Pt.
Pleasant, where we sought and OBJ
tanned quarters for tho night. This
pleasanttitinerant's home was rem
dered doubly interesting that even
Ing, by several fine pieces Of music
which were skillfully performed On
the piano. On Sabbath morning We
set our faces toward the city of"Salt
and Cinder;' and on our arrival, we
made comfortable disposition Iof
logan" and immediately repaired
to the house Of religions worship,
where the incumbent prophet was
holding forth. We are not prepared
to speak Of the discourse, as the SER
yiceswere brought 10 a close ia 4 few
minutes after we took seats The
appointment Of my compeer was an
nounced for / O'Clock, p. M, with
some explain atoms In regard 70 ,his
! visit; ut hichtime We lifted q col
lection for the benefit Dc the h Tract
Society, amounting to ~ csc; and
we hope the donors maybe literally
rewarded, and that their contribri.
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