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

'0"sH 1t ought to be; every man was in mis- place
ana was evidently the right man for it. and
every hour gave new evidence of the we'll studied
ana ana systematic perfection of ARRANGEMENTS
'"Tough the whole Line"
.; i! IS interesting, sometimes to know par
or two that is not in the way of business.
anu may add to the Judges professional tes.
Slhohy my own more private admiration of the
lesser punctualities of provender. Those Who
know Baltimore know "Henry Jakes /" as those
VINO know Fifth Avenue know "Brown ~ and
oo ""s TINS other Brown, only more So" lin
oO1 VINO had the charge of our rations
una retrlgerations. Seated around the Table in
Tue restaurant car, we dined, and drank onr
cL1reI sheroetS like Sybartes in their palaces or
I"aFole' with no interruption on the part oF tho
unconscious miles slipping from under us: and
.tIcuSn tne long torenoons and afternoons. cane
leu intermediates, each with its bright par
ltcular straw, (most tempting un-nunr1noIt;os
ot down with the dust!"O and nil or tho raras,
.a aroma and skiIIfulest subtlety of mixture In
5.'S INJURIOUS days that are coming, when onv
iulViuaal ., (who can afford it, will be able to
ueVel Il with his private Jakes and Iocomotivs
aus picture, upon which have fingered as the
description of a thing unusual will cousa Gil
meantime, let me be excused for thns doo t;i
'"S my pest adJectivcs in its remembrance
And' oy the way, there in another novelty or
""""y Sustenance, which learned uuon this
route ana which will mention while 7 thini, oC
II, VIZ: the support of u vast arnv Of MOS
eAeIs.uIl'g from the Chesapeake to the Ohio. 6y
engines at the different stations Tbo Tr;sh "u !"
oorerS, who work the road, have discoverod tho,
Tue ionr thousand engines and cars. each viii
rom lour to eight wheels well CREASED brino
oaiiY along an amount of dripping and IickinS9
upon winch the loose pig will thrive remarkable
rs t''ere nave been some "strikes" among the
plcK-aScs and shovelS, and the Directors would
mink twice before interfering with Paddy. Iono
eS'aonSned privileges of pig and COW the free graz !
l"s OIL al unenc!oSed grease and grass is tacity
az every stopping place on the route |
accordingly, the sound of the approaching
".'stle puts the surrounding swine into unani. |
nous galIOp for the station; and for tho throo
minutes that long train is motionless, the n;g.
tuSSle for the weIloiled hubs and axle trees is
lively indeed! The only part of it that Poddy
does not like, understand, is the keepino clean
OF other folks carriage wheels, by his family
for no pny at all
As my letter, thus far, has been rather a pick
ing "nl ol things unusual, l will add 10 it the
henuon OF striking coincidence with our visit
10 iiarpers Ferry on the 2Oth. The following
paragraph has gone the rounds of the pancrS.9
LIE HAKPER's FERRY ToKNAno This awful
storm rushed mp the valley of the Potomac, and
j, eL,u. strong though it was, that massive
structure was lifted from its piers like the light.
est bubble, raised into the air and dashed into
The water beyond, leaving not splinter on the
original foundations. 1t was the cleanest opera.
tion imaginable. Fortunately no one was killed"
Our party, an hour before, stood on the IA
nous 'Jeffcrsoa's Rock" which commands this
glorious passage Of scenery, and looked down
on the two bridges, the railroad bridge crossing
the Potomac and the covered bridge crossing
the Shenandoah. I particularly noticed the
latter because it resenbled, Chough twice as
long,) the covered bridge crossing the Moodna
near its junction with the Hudson, at my own
gate. As we looked down upon it in the
breathlcss calm of sultry summer noon, we
little anticipated that, in one honr, it would be
lifted from its foundations and borne alort into
the air by whirlwindI
In the two capital Harper's Magazine articles,
on this same Railroad Route-(one in the April |
No. of 1857, by Brantz Mayer the other in the |
June No. OF 1859, by Strother, the artist t-you
will find descriptions of this romantic spot, as
Of many others upon which, but for such better
anticipation, should lovingly have lingered.-
In my next letter, as in this, | shall simply run
capricious accompaniment to their fuller notes;
and now begging you to turn to Strother's
picture, faithful and funny, OF Washington's S
portrait on the cliff opposite the Junction.
Artists Railroad Excursion page 9,} l will
recommend you to read on, leaving your atten-
ton for the present in his pleasantcr hands.
n. p. W.