Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-28
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~ ITSryyrasLE ExPERIExCE-Me copy RON
the Norfolk ArgEs, the foll1'fzag portion Of the
EDITORS account Of his HltiP TO the Southern
Commercial isonvsntiol., 2 q Knoxville
soon after reseiisg Bristol the party attempt
Al 10 get aboard the East Tennessee and 1lrgIn-
ia cans, Ghieh we're 10 help them some mules
further on their Journey; but these were found
fun. Il being the return trip OF pleasure e&-
curSisn. given BIZ the road IN cete0:ation 81 rs
opening As far As JoleSSaro. and every sat vas
oo.r1niei bT the excursionistS The passenger
- yrere filed with the bellies and beanx Of
TenneSsee, and the freight cars UeTe Tl4cSe1#
ysitt siebo shins1 and '.gizzard foots, gally At
tired Il! their holiday snits- Alter the deleSs-
zion had stored aslarse P0rbonot them
a. l5ssiIis among the excuFsiOOistS, black and
white. L was found TINT more than thlrd
would be left WhereupOn car VAS borrowed
from the Virginia rOsd-Ehel AL aboard, with
thistle and 4 snort, amid the ordinations
Of the darnsels. darkiS and dead heads, aTay
ne vent into the lard Of Davy Crockett
The male portion Of the exclrsiOuists we're
hard SET a majority Were attire1 ia the coars-
ct homeEpun, and they we're not little jealous
Of those dressed in more fashionable gear. One
fellow deckd IN linsey WoOlsey, rIaiie up N the
Ioosest style, saHs collar aud osEat, and bare
footed, With his shoes under his arm. wrapped
in bis handkerchief, rped out an cath at an in
diyidual Of the tribe Of Israel with green pants.
flaming red vest, and ShoTt-waiStcd blue coat with
tail touching his ankles. who was e1deavoTints 10
squeeze past him Ia the car, and informed him
that he needn't expect him to get Out Of MS way
because he had store clothes on. There were
some girls n the train, dressed to kill, with
six, satin and ribbons but no crinoEineS. Some
Of them we're exceedingly refined and beaniiIoi'
and contrasted strikingly with their escorts \
few Of the fair damSeIS entertained the party
with songs and barring little eamP-rneeting
whine, they sang very we'll But the song Sas
destined to be huShed, and We were doomed TO
forego the pleasure of listening to their melodl-
Gus voices, for the train had stopped alta station
where wateT1neloas were exposed for lie
Goodness Gracious what arush there vas Ike,
Tom. Dick and Harry boited for the vendors,
and soon returned each with 3 melon for his
sweetheart, under his arm. Then commenced
the attack, dress vas forgotten, and the FAIR
daughters Of Tennessee utterly regardless of the
remorseless juice that spurted and squirted over
laces, ribbons AID silks cut and ate the luscious
fruit We noticed one beautiful girl fby her
self with an exceedingly melancholy look. and
fearing II was on account of her being neglect
ed in the general treat, We we're about To invest
some loose change for her benefit, when she stop
ped our generosity by screaming out with all
her lungs, HJeenieS. fetch me WaternilliOn.
James replied lac hadn't time to fetch it when
again she shricked louder than before, and with
the greatest excitement fling it in the window
then, and Ia it came squash, on her t1usiins, to
my horror and her delight forit had no sooner
reached her than she was hard at work trying
its quality. sz5
Accompanying us fhers was brass band,
composed of half dozen wind instruments.
which diseoursc,l the most horrible, awful sounds
that were ever heard out side Of Pandemonium.
Hadwe been obliged TO listen q whole day, TO
such music, the tympanum of our ears would
have collapsed, and ye would have had to be re-
moved to one of the Benevolent Institutions
which orr Legislature has erected at Stanton.
As the evening shades set in, amid the shouts Of
boys, barking Of dogs and cackliDS of geese, we
rolled into Jonesborough. Who're we will now
leave the delegates, cursing the hotels, cursing
the stages. cufsing the people, clrsiag their luck
and cursing in general and particular the non
descrip, fag end, gander grass village of Jones'
borough.
twas remarked ttlat thecrops between Lynch
burg and Bristol were full, and gave promise of
an unusually abundant harvest