The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-12-05

ford; and then MS the room does not
look comfortable; and we really cannot
afford to nse the expensive things we
have put into It, we do not occupy it
we shut IL up, and the family life begins
and grows up, entirely outside of this
room, which represents not the affection
nor the occupation of the family, but is
a test only of its wealth, its pride, and
what is falsely called its taste. lilI
ieNow, the very first step to!be taken.
Dy a young couple beginning house
keeping in America is, that there be no.
.best room, /" no parlor as distinct from
liytng-roon, better furnished than any.
other, with chairs and tables too costly
for daily use, with pictures seldom
seem with carpets that they will fear to
tread on, thinking OF how mpch money
1t took to buy them; with mirrors that
reflect from year TO year no warmth,
no! cheer, no familiar daily life, but
only cold magnihcenee, or tawdry fin
cry, or cheap but dear ornaments, pain
fully acquired by saving where saving
was the worst economy.
= NeXt;to what Is more commonly UNDER
stood ms economy, this one principle,
fairly lived up to-that the house exists
for the family, first of all, and is for
their use and comfort: and that must
not be hamperedand hindered in their
daily life by artificial arrangements
will4ay the foundation for more solid
happiness than our young couple can
hope for under the present condition;
and supposing them to have established
their living room Jon the natural bilsis,
we Will tell them in future number
how they ought to furnish it,"
&c ilii. -L------- iiss. ~
Affairs In StRunIOn, Va.-.sEVIdenceSO Of
Prosperity and Progress.
"A letter to the Richmond Enquirer,
from Staunton, dated the 9th, says:
Improvements are in progress on all
sides-new "fronls,m new additions,
(upways and sideways) new houses
and new paint are to be seen on all
sides; while the rage for new roofs is
almost as great as 10 was for new head
coverings after the DOWNFALL of the con-
tederncy. Three newspapers find room
enough-the iSpecttLdtOj' and Yindicdtof.
represent the 'old standby's," /" and the
pdEtey ViTginiGn starts on the high tide
of new ideas.
The American Hotel has been reno
waited generally, and its gallant proprie-
tor is as assiduous in his attentions to
guests as he was famed for being to the
untnYited guests that whilomi visited
the Valley; then the "Virginia,p re-
nowned of old, is casting its old shell,
and n butterfly was never brighter
after its escape from its chrysalis than
it soon will be- The "FirsC National
Bank't is open for business, and 'The
Seward" is not far behind. The sold
Mill, p that has seen n lease of ninety
nine years expire, has at last expired
too. and the foundatio1 walls are al
ready going up of an extensive foundry
and agricultural machine shop, under
the auspices Of the "Yirginia Prince oi
ImproveTs," Colonel Harman; beside
that, the foundation of another foundry
is already completed. The public
schools, the Augusta Female Seminary
the Virginia Female Institute, the AYes-
leYan Female Institute, and Staunton
Male Academy. are all flourishing.
There are over hundred pupils at the
first named The numerous private
schools are all very fiourishing.
The churches are in flourishing con-
ditioni- and the freedmen, having sece-
| ded from white folks churches" are
| contemplating the erection of one for
themselves, preaching now in their
Gown hired church," The ministers ot
the four leading denominations arranE-
| ed, not long ago, to hold services in their
respective churches, alternately, on the
Sabbath afternoon; but when the time
came for the service in one OF the
churches, only three of the freedmen
appeared-the Deciding" Elder, as one
OF. them called him, a freedman from
| washington City, having appointed
meeting in their "hired shop.h New
lots are being laid out, with view to
I their Improvement withinew buildings,
Enterprising men are making this cen
trail place their home, and such men as
| General EChOls, OF Monroe, Col. Allen,
of Winchester, and DIR. Madison, OF
Lexington, with many others that
might be named, are the very ones ia
add onto the .'good stock" that has al.
ways been here.