The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-23

OF ttDruaTy, anu EcnCo We charge 10
his "hogship's" account this lingering
of winter among the mountains OF
West Virginia. But when we consider
the great altitude of our mountains,
whose tops almost reach the dome of
Heaven, and consider the fact that we
are lodged nearly three thousand feet
above the level of the sea, amidst the
erial regions, We need not be astonished
at the severity or the long duration of
our winters Taking these facts into
consideration, it is rather q cause of
.Teater surprise that stern winter takes
it's tiight at all, and that spring, how
ever long delayed, will come clad in all
her robes of beautiful hue.
Notwithstanding the long protracted
winters on the chain of Alleghanies,
this region is not entirely void of ad-
vantsges. 1t has it's advantages and
its pleasures, es well as its dsadvan-
tages. The superabundance of snow
affords generally from two to three
months of capital sleighing, Uhich, like
the fable Of the boys and the frogs" is
death TO the bor:es but fun TO the
drivers.
We can boast of our pleasant sum-
mers, our pure mountain air, aud our
cold springs of pure water. Notwith-
standing the season is much shorter
here than it is either east or west of the
m )uAtains, vegetation generally ma
lures. We can grow rye, oats and
buckwheat to perfection-wheat and
corn with fair success. Our fruit is
generally of the finest quality; our apple
crop seldom fails entire. The soil aud
climate are not so peculiarly adapted to
farming as to grazing purposes Our
mountain streams and rlvulets abound
with the finest trout; our woods are
well supplied with wild game, both
large and small; and above all, we are
abundantly blessed with pretty 'comen,
who have not manifested desire to be
made voters or to enter the political
arena.
West Union, of which / have spoken,
is an inland village situated IN the
German Settlement, Preston county,
West Virginia, on the Northwestern
Turnpike, ten miles south of Cranberry
Summit, and twelve miles from Oakland,
and prior to the construction of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad enjoyed a
brisk trade, and promised to become a
place of some Importance, but alas
her fair prospects were blighted, and
she now takes her place upon the back
ground, aud instead of the din and bus
tie of thriving town meeting the ear,
or disturbing the repose of the weary
traveller or sojourner, quietude reigns
supreme. However she can proudly
boast of her good society and good citi-
zers, in fact the entire community is
composed Of a quiet people, d'stin-
guished for their industry, intelligence,
integrity and generosity. A mere hos
pitable and thoroughly democrotic peo-
PIE are seldom if ever found.
And here let me caution tho traveller
who happens TO thread his way through
the long street of West Union and be.
holds ou his right and en- his left huge
piles of wood in the street, to be not
Overhasty in arriving ut uufayorabie
conclusions, nor impute careless, lazy,
Indifferent disposition, or want of pride
to the people, for it must needs be; the
winters are so long that much fuel Is
needed, and if sufficient room is not
found within their Enclosures to stow
away their wood, why, the only alter.
native is to pile it in the street and or
the sidewalks. Who would rot excuse
them
Who would be unwilling to put him
self in the attitude of Ewes tempter to
crawl over logs in street on dark
night Who wonld "grumble" when ii
is known to be a notorious fact that not
one of the many who had preceded him
had broken his nsck CT his limbi Ii
locomotion is a little retarded it is not
ha so bad as being scared to death by
imaginary Ku Klux, or any other kind
of Klux. "Tpbum Sapieni."
UNCLE ZEB.
GERMAN SETTLEMENT, March 19.