The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-10-01

pleasurable emotions, grasping the hanus
and learning the names Of the Harrison
county farmers and their wives. After
wards he entered the carriage Of General
Corr and was driven round the enclosure
to look at the live stock in the stalls and
pens. There was reallya fine display Of
this, and in any other kind Of weather it
would have attracted much attention.
Finer horses, brood mares and colts, bulls,
oxen, COWS, calves, sheep and hogs cannot
be found anywhere. There was also q
display of fruit, agricultural products,
fabrics, machinery, castings, implements,
&C., very crediabIe to the contributors
and to the county.
To-day, II the weather should be pro
pitious, there WILDE display of horse
flesh and q trial Of speed on the race
track; and under these conditions doubt
less the largest assembly of the Fair
will he out. The good people OF
Clarksburg were much vexed with
the clerk Of the weather. One re-
marked that it was impossible ever to
have gathering there without rain. Per-
hars this was due to some reason like
that by which Mr.. GREELEY in his i'd
dress connected great battles and great
rainialls. Plentiful as water was, It was
evidently not the only liquid present,
about the town and fair grounds, although
we believe "no license" Is now the rule
out there. 1t means, we suppose, no front
door license.
We had not before been in the ancient
capital Of Harrison for couple OF years,
and were impressed with many evidences
that had accumulated in that time Of grow
ing taste and wealth. Several handsome
business houses and tasteful private
residences had been erected. Some Of
the streets had been graded and paved.
There are in and about the town anlmber
Of charming pIaces-handsOme dwellings,
surrounded by generous grounds, green
sward, flowers and shrubbery. These
only serve to show how pretty town
Clarksburg could be made il there was
as much taste and as much appreciation
of beauty, cleanliness and comfort among
the people as there is Of ability to sur.
round themselves with these elements Of
enjoyment. The present generation is
doing much-as the last did little-tc
! make Clarksburg, as they easily might
an eligible site for the State copitol Il
only needs to make it a pleasant place fol
strangers attractive to the eye and agree
able to the senses. To effect this fully
there is still room for various little i'm
provcments, only one Of which we ven
ture to mention, and that because it con
Germs the travelling public and is legiti'
mate subject OF criticism. Clarksburg
hotels are not up to high water mark
They are insufficient, and in many re
spects not up to the wants Of people thest
times who patronize hotels This is th'
great lack Of Charleston, the present sea
Of government 1t is about the only
serious drawback to Clarksburg as a can
didatc for the same honor, but it is ont
easily rcmcdied.
Clarksburg is the natural business cen
ter OF about half dozen counties. 1t la!
already a lively trade with them. The
country adjoining in Harrison, as well a!
J. adjoining portions Of Lewis, Upshur
Barbour and Taylor, is probably, al
] things considered, the richest in the State
The soil is very fertile, producing gSnin
grass and fruits equal to any in the State
No finer cattle, slleepand horses are pro
p duced in the United States than in thi!
region. Clarksburg is therefore naturally
a point Of considerable local trade, anG
lattcrly manufactures have sprung w
and are thriving there. The country i!
undcrlaid with the best of ccal, and moth
ing need limit many kinds Of manufacture
there save the means or enterprise
$ of the people. Whether CIarksburg eve
becomes the political metropolis Of thu
r State or not, there is certainly future fo
. it If the people there have the thrift Il
!. improve their advantages, and itthose hold
ing the lands in the ncighborhood do no
!. stranglc enterprise by holding it all To-
high prices which can only come by let
ting a part go for the enhancement Of thC
rest. We do not suppose that the tow
today holds either the means or tile en-
terprisO to build up the place very mucl
beyond its present estate, but il the citi
zcns are willing to encourage strangers tc
. come in and to give them chance when
they do come, there is more Of future fol
Clarksburg, it seems to us, than for the
ambitious metropolis Of the Kanawha Val
ley, or any town in the State without
river navigation except N[artinsburg.
THE Register still declines to say tina,
the enforcement act, as construed by
Judge JACKSON, contrary 10 the construc,