Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-18
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THE Intel lL.I i G GENGFR j
Scenes ,ln the ola - Dsn,,I.5o.

seenIes;ln she old .DemI1Ion.
Any one who has ever Travelled in the ,sonth.
ern part of.this State, .xill be struck With the
naturalness of this sketch. It issefrom som. -
travelling 0otesin them. z. Mercury:
sAt "A Petersburg, we changed cars, and parted
Win tue polite conductor. He handed out the
baggage inithe, nost,agFeea6le manner. standing
ms cane meanwhile in a corner. He pursued
me elderly gentleman into the other cars, that
nc might show him, he; sad, ,sas he had promisS
eQ, where to get tickets.n We saw the
ENDS OF his scarf; We looked our last upon his
broad back as he went out of the door. DE
caught glimpse of his cane as it fingered Z
moment :, IN view, and sincerely believe that we
shall never "ook upon his,like again.
we found that we were in a very nice car.
and in very good campany And we found e
moreover, before we reached our journeys end
that the Yirgininns have some agreeable pecuS
'arlttes when ION their travels' We saw an
amount OF good nature, breeding, and Kindness
"tllen VIII solace for many mile that we have
Travelled by the want oft.
Having purchased a Petersburg paper, We
discovered that we had read most of it some
days before in the New York journals It was
no sooner deposited upon the seat, than gen
tlcmant approached.
II that Petersburg paper?"
ut is Petersburg paper"
would you allow me to peruse itI"
'With pleasure"
He took hepaper, bowed, smiled, and retired.
After time he came back, and we then offered
him some New York papers. lie took them,
then our hand, and the remainder of the seat.
lie was small, thin faced man, with long
nose and silver spectaces. We thought that he
was schoOlmaster, but he turned out to be a
lawyer The train stopped at the station; pas
sengers went out and came in. There were
babes crying and boys vending apples, but he
never moved his eyes from the paper, which he
held spread before him with5bis two freckled
hands.
'Ah, sirl" said he, when he finally got
through Virginia can never have paper like
that, unless she goes back to the old Constitu~=
ton The old Constitution he continued,
warming up, and turning full around, s'the old
Constitution, sir, made Virginia, and the new
Constitution is unmaking her. Sir, do you live
under new Consttution.?"
wv e do, sir, we said, with feeling
II depore the fact-I trembe at the limo.
vations-I forSee the destruction of the Union"
There was now whistle from the locomotive,
and he ran his head through the window
"Bess mel" he said, 81 had no idea Of IT
this is my stopping place. am obliged to you,
sir-l should like to talk more, sir;Sbut L be-
seech you, ssir,zto stand friend to the old Con
ttitution FAREWELL sir. -
His long, bony fingers encircled our hand,
| his spectacles slid half an inch nearer the end
OF his nose, and he was gone
Alr. Everett recommends sandwiches for
Tourney; but the Virginians have improved up
on him, and choose cold ,collatious, beginning
with chicken and ending with pound cake
Inc attractive basket is handed, by a servant
IRON one to the other of the party, and no
seruple is made in getting possession of the
carved fowl, the pickle, the bread and the cake
But the matter does not stop here. If there is
a friend in the car, old lady, aud any one to
whom it wouldMot be breach of etiquette TO
food At1EI-k IL,
While the ladies' are eating, hegentlelnen are
busy bringing water in silver cups, but they are
sure to find some inviting "bits" reserved for
them. This meal is called Snack
We were glud when the chicken was produ-
ced; for the same party having it, had also
bride with them She had been rolled up
| in wells, and buried in pillows during the
whole journey; but it was reasonable to sup.
pose that the; chicken would entce her 10
SHOW her face If she had been made of glass
her enraptured lord could not have taken more
care of her. He arranged the pillows every
three minutes at least; he shut the window at
her bidding, and opened 1t at murmur from
her lips. He was afraid of the sun; he batted
With the dust; he obeyed her like spaniel, and
watched her as faithfully as mother He
brought her water, and she refused to drink it;
he threw it away, and she wanted it. Heraised
her head and lowered her feet; and then, in a
twinkle he-had to raise the feet and lower the
head. With her eyes closed, reclining with
laSsitude which approximated to lazness, the
little lady had rejected all efforts to converse
and almost ceased to breathe Bnt the chicken
was not to be resisted. Some mothers spoilt
child as she was an idolized wife as she was
she loved chicken as well as the less fortunate
people, She found that the floor vas the pro-
per place for her feet; and there were no wells in
the way Wien tie basket reached her. Her
face was not one Of an intellectual expression,
butof great physical beauty. No wonder she
had been the pet of household; no wonder
that her image was the light Of Husbands
heart-but the way she ate chicken was eau
tion3to gormandizers.
The train stopped at good many stations;
and at one of the villages 1t, seemed as if the
principal part Of the inhabitants had turned out
to greet US. We were rapidly ascending toward
the mountains, and gaining very productive
section of ofVirginia. 1t was noon y hen the cars
shot into the depot at that famed tobacco mart,
"Lynchburg Town.
Odds and Ends.
Teacher Peter, you are such bad boy,
that you are not to sit in the company of
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