The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-18

almost every green thing. We hope no
;tIInatured person will say twas good
thing this EXCURSION didn't get here in
" a fSsf our buffalo mack we re-em-
parked for the terminus eof the
nonerl for, a point so: uncertain
and knnquiet as to move ON
Westward at the rate of a couple of
miles day. Within few miles of our
final stopping place, the train halted 10
allow the travellers to visit the curious
"Mushroom Rocks the. most remark
able of which Is pictured as pulpit
Rsck" in Hdrper'S Weekly. of June
18th. Something which created afar
mora lively interest, however, in the
the half mile of prairie be
between tho train. and the rocks, was
ap ,ungracious. lratuesnake, .Yhlch
seemed TO have, no welcome Ior. US, u "
cept hospitable graves. His snakeshiP
was, however, finally frlgnlene5; ~
death by the noise of the surrounding
crowd iaided! perhaps, by occasional
remarks from some OF those eloquent
and persuasive orators, Colts revolTets,
and his eiuht rattles were borne OIL IN
token of the prowess OF our oanu ol
hundred :. braves The -gratltude
Of the army thus delivered from
the. selfsacrifioipg gentleman from
st. Louis who, when asked to lena hlS
stick IN club at leasttwo inches thlokJ
10 one of the snakehunters to strike the
reptile, declined for fear his STICK woulu
be broken. 1t consoles us to know
that as soon as that gentleman was
asleep and that snake was cold, the lal,
ter was put to bed with the former anu
coolly wriggled down his back. Ihat
gentleman for a little while wouLu not
have declined to use his Climb on-almost
anybody.
Well we saw the Mushroom Rock, So
called from the appearance presented
by u cap of hard stone resting on u
pillar OF soft sandstone which had oeen
worn away and grows smaller towards
the ground. Then began search for
flowers, beautiful though most OF them
scentless, which resulted in many a
bright bouquet and pretty speech when
we got back to our old home, the train.
Soon We ran upon part of the track
which the fresh earth showed had been
laid to-day, and couple of miles
brought us to where a working party
of about two hundred and nifty were
placing the rails on the ties with a
rapidly and precision really marvel
lous. The crowd of spectators Kept
steadily moving on TO keep up with the
object of their interest until some Joker
some of the track with their hands as
we'll as with their appropriations. So
some of the United States of America
sometimes in Congress assembled, but
now out on their muscle, rolled up their
| sleeves, and essayed to spike down the
! rails and-build the worst piece OF
| Pacific Railway, that ever was or ever
will be between Kansas City and the
station where you take steamer fol
| China and Japan. To be sure some hill
the nail ON the head. but ii
would be prudent for all oul
friends who take through tickets to the
Golden Gate (as our orators POLITICALLY
designate the western terminus of this
raiIroad), to ENSURE their lives with
special reference to this bit of Congress
sional construction-no slur intended
on the congressional pian," for haC
Andy nailed these rails our advice
would have been not to ride over them
at all.
So, in light of our promised land
we eat our buffalo steak, and pro
coed TO do what you shall hear of here
after Yours. FATHoM.