Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-08
Down to the Sea- Ooast and Up to
Niagara

Down to the Sea Coast and Up to
Niagara
Flying Tripin Dog-DayS.
Il P4IIADEIPHIApAqg ls, 1863,
Editors Intslligencer: " tiGf1 4 ~
If ;you and the compOsitor will forgive
me rll write you ga piece" You know
that eUery6oHy that goes GnyUterst now q
days, relieves himself by publishing an ac-
count of what he saw in his woudrous
journeyings. Like untoithes balauc yam1.l
you will mo- doubt perceive. To many,
what havelto say will. be neither new nor
interesting, but to many others trust it
will afford an hour of amusement, if not of
interest To the latter class, / hope to
make my "piecen worthy of perusal. If
.should fail, you will have the goodness, If
you please, toJpitch it under the table.
By species of strategy much more sue
cessful than some of AIf. Stanton,s, I suc-l
ceeded in getting on very intimate terms
with that excellent railroad Master, VIM.
p. Smith, ofjBaltimore, the result of which
was l was put in possession of beautiful
crimson ticket 'tgood for Baltimore, Wash
ington, Parkersburg and Wheeling" for
three months, which COM Portable little aF5y
rangement precluded the necessity of my
going down aud paying Jim jackson 1885.
for one of his common wife checks from
Fairmont to Wheeling; and on a very hot
day last week I got on the train at Fair
mont, and after very pleasant ride of four
or five hours over country wild enough and
rough enough to please most romantic
lover of forest aud hill, sIgots off again at
the temporary capital of the State of West
Virginia, where remained all night! ias
Here found hiatus in my ticket, which
I filed up with three dollars and fifty cents,
in the shape of q nice little check to Pitts.
burg, on the Circumbendibus route. The
fellow who sold me the ticket out of re-
spect, suppose, to the oatlandish price Of
the same, very kindly handed me an omni-
bus ticket ACROSS to Bridgeport which. /
unfortunately mislaid. On arriving At
Bridgeport at 10 O'Clock the next day, /
found that the train would pass in q few
minutes, and so prepared myself for the
dust by putting on my kids, enveloping
myself in linen duster, and swallowing a
kglass of ale. We made the fastest kind Of
time on this road, through a, country rich
| in agriculture and dotted over with q host
of the most beautiful residences, partook
of capital dinner at Wellsville, andi ar
rived at Pittsburg a little after two o'clock
Desiring daylight ride over the Penn.
sylvania Railroad, lodged alruight at the
Monongahela Houses number one hotel
by the way, kept by somebody who under
stands his business. z My. bill here for sup
per, lodging and omnibus was two dollars;
(I insert price for information,) During
the evening called upon some friends,
Eattended to some business, and provided
myself with 200 good cigars ct b price
which could name without incurfiugl the
charge of leading any one into temptation,
but / forbear for the sake of the reputation
of the city.
About haif past q O'clock Friday morRJ
ing was pleasantly informed that passen-
gers for philadelphia had better make their
personal appearance at the omnibus in the
shortest kind of style. did SO, and at
three o'clock the train left the dePota a
very sleepy pace, and was. informed that
when i got 10 the mountain town of AL
toona, III miles distant, l should have
breakfast! The conductor looked very
Iagteeable when ,nhanded. himsa beautiful
~ engraved free ticket from Pittsburg to
Philadelphi aud return, for which Il am
under renewed obligations TO the accom-.
modating, agreeable and gentl tlemaplyii Dell
egate from Brooke county in the WestYir+
ginia House of Delegates yhispeculiar STRAIT.
egy having put him in possession of sey.
eral. EtF.SB Il ESa {n 2.f4
,,aa ~ oHT, m I;ss af
e az 80 sa ,sSti,;Gs n sittSsr
y. .tn nS ""Sr ,vhs,IconSnsred with
I.u nI . or.sn9 ST Iag ~ ohI;s;ns me. he really
~, Z, 2 e. me- 5ery gTeat
sss9nnass sesH y Sons ,tbs a. sRsilEoad SombSny
s1sIi; ~ Iinn;T;r, GI cSuid a 81 see' il, but was
wilI;nS wiII Ie sisould. Passing out Of the city,
Sar s oss.sJ' 81 inctsasadE and 6yeI, 4 ScounESy
f. "a MANY And the onnosite. iItiT-.
;ns si- nv thsi aim EiiShtsof Gt6e c6mag nofi;
~; ,1s sIaS al a ranid rate, a little before
s;,ht ,nInloc;s We uasseds through the ghic
sSsnal", nm il sthsl AlEsghanieA ANA thshed
dSWEn to Altona, amid the most gorgeous