The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-10-25

by her own hands, and that she darned
lis stockings faithfully every Friday
night; that her ''embroiieryp purchases
amounted only to one hulf-yari strip Of.
muslin lhat'shc only played the piano. II
an evening by her husbands request. and
that neither his nor her brain was Soften
inc, or in any danger Of doing .oAwhy,,
then Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Jones, Mrs,
Brown, Mrs. Green, Mrs. White, and
Mrs, Cray held up their hands and rolled
up their eyes, aud said piously: "Oh,
dear, dear, dear! How people uW lie ~.
Railroad up the Monongehala and
--7' West Fork Valleys. -. 'fi
Correspondence Clasksburg Telegraph,
WEsToS, W. va,
] see with great pleasure and in,ercs,
that the people above and below us on this
great natural railroad line along the Mon
ongehaia and West Fork yallic. in this
Stats arc sakiag uplto the importance OF
: road a strong PENNSYLVANIA company,
! am Informed are now pushing the work
from the PENNSYLVANIA Central to the
West Virginia line, and the people Of
,Monongalia and. Marion counties arc de-
tcrmincd TO carry it forward 10 intcrsect
the B. 4 0, r. Il at Fairmont. The
people Of Lewis sec tie great importance
Of ,hi, road, AMI are determined to do all
in their power to carry it OR through their
County, and Shall it be said that Hsrri-
son County, one of,hc weallh;cst Counties
in the State will sit idly by aud have. no
hand in forging this one connecting link
iof this second greatest Sailroad on this
continent connecting Boston and New
York with New ORLEANS and Mobile by
nearly air line road! 81
.1bis road, when made, and that day
vii! surely come, bringing the grca, man.
ufacturiug north. eas, face to face with the
uhbounded tropical producing southwest.
And who can recount the incidental ad-
rvantages accruing to our country by the
consuliation Of work SO desirable. l
trust the people Of our and other interested
counties will give this subject that DELHI.
crate consideration which work Of such
vital interest demands. We wish, how
ever, to be distinctly understood in this
maiter-i. is the cniHe road from tie
Pennsylvania TO the Kentucky line We
Understanding nothing less.
Little local roads are but sorry yexatious
affairs and never pay. Bu, let every
County, C.bell, Kanawha, Braxton,
Lewis, Harrison Marion aud Monongalia
take earnestly hold Of this and capital
from New York aud Boston viii put it
through.
Railroads cost, and cost immensely, and
laid must come from abroad and the very
way to secure that aid is for those Coun-
tics (eyery one along the line to show the
importance Of the work aud their willing.
ness to cooperate SO far as their abilities
will permit BY becoming tangibly, inter-
ested. You would encourage good and
efficient farmers to come and settle with
you-you also would do all in your power
10 get manufactures started in your
midst, III fact would encourage all law
abiding enterprises, and BY the same rule
every county along this line Should make a
united move in this matte. aud this all
important road will be made.
would suggest that tho Boards OF su-
pcrvisors in each County subscribe just SO
many thousand dollars as they can as
stock III tue road AMI The right Of way,
fairly assessed by Commission taken in
stock. Let every man come forward and
SEQ this work consumlna;el. This is cer-
tainly an age Of progress, and would
ask, what are We doing in this State
Turn your eye a, the comparatively young
west and northwest. Ohio is cllcrkcrcd
sll over with roads. Indiana Inns scores
ofroads. Illinois, Michigan aud Wiscon-
sin are having roads everywhere. Mis-
souri, and Iowa have road past almost
every mans door. Every newspaper you
pick up is teemins with notices ofopening
or completion Of roads somewhere. And
yet We, here in West Virginia, settled
more than hundred years ago, can boast
but ono mammoth monopoly Of a road
with a branch, save and except six or
tight miles Of the Panhandle road
Why, fossil old Virginia can boast ten
roads to our one. True she used our
money to make them. but she can do SO
no more, aud aa the roads We have made
for her have proved Of great benefit, ii
strikes US we ought TO wake up and make
roads for ourselves and especially this one
link Of this great magnificent road IF
we do moi take hold ofthis important sub
ject, my opinion is we had best emigrste
and get out Of the way aud lcsihose CONC
III who can better appreciate these adj
vantages. This connecting link. | repeat,
will be made, and the sooner the better
FIR us. l.Fa.I
We go for all public improvements and
industrial entctpises, the introduction Of
al sorts Of manufactures, railroads an:
turnpkes aud will give. any Of them all
The aid and comfort in our power--ba.
we wish il distinctly understood iha. We
set our face as d flint IN opposition to all
chartered rights and incorporated ptivile.
ges granted to my one rsrlyiover another
in bearing tie lnrtlicn Of State aud other
cxhnn,litr,ps ;sl,ich nre inuosed hy lave