Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-11

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Ste arrangement of the baltimore AMI 05;eS,
oy ~ 0ur eo3tpani0n, the President ofm lE7sxg-
J.'"Ss''S Edlt1oHy-AmGteur eDidence no IN
tB .eSSsr PG,rttcutGr8--Jakes, the Bultimore
H, zo|0'Og rig licking Of car ao1eeG-7H.
A10'1'eTs 6eTTy Tornado, etc., eta.
Dr,n ,o. IDLEwMD, July IA, 1859.
:, LOOK Mt the date, and then please take notico
th..s lS q cool clear sunrise, after night of
tuu"Ger tu snowerS-the leaves all washed and
tne dust all laid. Remember also that o"r "r
sliauy brook lanes in the Highlands, on such n
morning as this, are as tempting nc veiIoI
llourlS alter bath and prayers, and that NV
.;y ,,";e hltty stands Impatient in the stall. Pic
t"''nS 10 yourself an indoors melancholy ink
IN contrast with this outdoor Paradise,
!oI VIII easier take interest in n new mecban.
.S .Gal helping of uphill work, to which want
Tue intellectual counterpart. Let me explnin II
| to you. nv NP'"l" II
Inc most celebrated railroad engineer of Emo.
I"nd came over to America, not long since to
see see win MS own eyes what he had heard of but
ulu not oeleve-the ascent of train nv loco.
motive power, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
roau' OF one hundred and sixteen feet to the
Lillc. with the law of Science as to the slim
ping oacK OF smooth iron on an inclined plane
OF ,t the Same metal, he did not believe such un-
"'iI r. travel on a railway, practically possible
~ tme eight-wheeied locomotive of Ross
>'tS 1'llISu uuOCIlCVef was lmIneOiotp-
y ana convlncingly introduced; and, for n tech
Ilcai description of this, must refer YOU to the
'ourna! OF Sclence-bui let me tell you of one
ol us httle secrets which you will not find
among the items OF force and friction.
waking around the mammoth engine that
,.au ~ drawn us to the top of the Alleghanies and
listening to the cleur-headed Prescott Smith
VINO was giving me II technical analysis of its
'OFce ana structure, | observed little coffee
Po-iooklng attachment, with projecting nose
over the forward wheel Waiting in vain for
InlS ittie vessel to be referred to- in the dcscrio
.loni l. at last, ventured to inquire of the head
ihachihl$t, who had kindly Joined our survey
ing group, what was that brass noses particular
!Hnctl"n. junction lie did not seem to think my ques-
Hoh OF much importance, but replied, in quite n
hurried and paTenthetical cadence:-
Oh, that's the sand SITTER. 1t helps the adj
mesion mes n at the seepest places, by sitting sand on
the rail just before the wheel"
a trlde to lOcomotiye-Rake keSs or1eature!
Why, this same little coffee pot of n sand sitter
was what have been wanting all my life
Just to think of the difference in an Editors
daily up hill, if he had but little well placed
vessel to sprinkle sand in front Of his no-go-
motive! Blessed be the analogy between mind
and matter-therc is, of course, some sand sift-
er, also, for the rails Of intellectual steep climb.
ing, some undiscovered attention compclIer,
some helper of the minds adhesion, which is
only to be named, to be seized upon with won
der that we never thought of it before. fear,
my dear Morris, that we have lived an agH too
early, you and I-up hill topics slipping from
under US, the way they dol What Moral Phil
osOpher will ax the sand tube to the first
grateful Editor?
But you have not yet been introduced fairly
to our party for this charming trip over the
AlleghenieS.
They all happened to be men whose later
risen full moon has paled the fixed star OF their
AgrI a.
mody, whose graphic "IIorsc-Shoc Robinson"
and "Swallow-Barn, are scarce heard of along
side of his furtheranceS ofScicnce while member
of Congress and Secretary ofthe Navy. There
was Judge Warren, who, as President of the
Boston and Providence Railroad, forgets "Thc
Bench" where the lawyers all thought him
g0dSend of legal acumen and courteous fairness
There was Commander Maury, who scarce
thinks of his bright Navy-buttolns while
Tightening the world by taking the nonsense
out of the AlmanacS aud making n census of
the clouds and Sea-bOtonS. There was Bayard
Taylor, whom sat upon MS poet in the egg,
but who has feathered and crowed as famous
travclerl and lecturer till scarce recognise the
bird in his gay Plu'nage. There was Thomp-
son, Of the Southern Literary" who dresses
SO exQuisitely (to keep pace with his most beau.
tiful OF bcards,) that he daZzlcs you into an un-
preparedness for his keen wit and capital con-
versation. And there was your humble servant,
"hOSS HAOSb CACH'pldIS piOICSSlOudl ilNuolIJ
gives centrifugally ''iarge circulation" to the
focus-tomary intensities Of his otherwise more
hole-burning w-and-far-between (A
brief spell for refreshment)
For our party of eight, the six just named be-
ing under the charge of the most winning of
men, Prescott Smith, "Naster of Transporta-
| tion," with his courteous assistant, Charles
Waters, Engineer, we were provided with three
cars most comfortably arranged as a suite Of
apartments; the last one being the drawing
room, and its rear windows and platform com
nanding, of course, an unobstructed and most
desirable right and left view of the track and
landscape. We travelled, by htching on to any
passing train, for what distance we pleased, and
(oh blessed novelty y Va-hitching when the see
merry became so beautiful that we wished to stop,
or when the spot became historically interesting
l was about trying to record with what magic
ease this alternate codic-ing and cutting off a
leisure party, for short distance was managed,
when received letter from my better informed
friend, the Railway President from Massachu-
setts, in which he thus recapitulates his impress
sions of our trip
eve can judge of the rond by its daily rou.
tine, and, if perfect care and comfort and the
utmost punctuality and completeness in all its
arrangements, constitute good road, the Bal
timore and Ohio Tust asSuredly stand in the