The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-05
SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN
TRAVEL.
By a Citizen Of W !
MdN.n Ear be IateLIamesr.

Inc evening was COIu aHu uIc1Ig ~
tied rain battered upon the roOI ana
against the windows OF the cars, leGulhg
additional gloom TO tue HOMOGENEOUS Ianu'
scape, 9s we approached nHlhulsaS
whose dense canopy OF smoke converted
into night what before was put g1oauEns,
We could distinguish nothing put INC Eed
forge fires and grim senttne! chIinnls
keeping watch over the EaooFl1g oaEnP
sons, compelled TO drudge IN oIllluntss'
Clansing his chains beneath When W.
were set down In tue peltlng nan 10 ma
our way through the dark anu mnu9y
streets 10 our lodgings. when inc light
ola gray and ghastly morning had COM
mingled with the gloom, II ulSclOseu toour
view the snoke'stained walls OF narrow
and dirty streets, along which crowds o.
pale-iaCCd labOrers were hurrylhs 70 IAcH
work, Wagons oil enormous SIZE drawn
by gigantic horses Bdealeneq inc ear win
their rumbItng thqnder, WINE ABOVE ~
might be seen the 'chimnles WIN taeh
columns Of smoke looming aioIt IKE tle
Colossal Geni Of the Arabian lale, VINO
released from his narrow prison swelB
and exulb Economically oyer those VINO,
in setting him free, have made themselves
his slaves. The only building whicn We
saw worthy OF remark was u large anu
pretentiOus town hall, built after tue
model Of the PNrthenon, strangely out OF
keeping with It's most pnclasslcaL sur
rOundings. Wishing to see the mod9s 0per.
GAQi Of some industry characteristic Of
the place, we visited the manutactory Of
Gillott's famous steel pens. We were
ushered into a long room at either slde
ofwhich were rows Of girls, bending with
anxious [aCeS above their respective lDa'
chimes, whose combined motion prOuucGu
q noise and confusion calculated TO make
the brain turn dizzy: Hero we were
shown the different processes which tue pen
undcrgOea before completion. First the
steel Is rTllcd into thin sheer, Then cut
ont into a pointed piece the size Of u pen,
by another machine; slit, then rounded,
anil nttcr passing through the hands OF
twenty-five persons, becomes reauy lOr
the market. AL theSe we we're shown
amid many care.wOrn faces, the dizzy
wuirl Of machinery and the heat Of fur
nuccS. Satisfied with THIS one inside view
and the train being nearly due, we hurried
TO the railway station, and after great
deal Of confusion and anxiety, had Just
taken nurSeats when the train started, and
We were soon bowling along at q great
rate, rs though even the locomotive had
been Infected with the spirit Of enterprise,
or, aiErighted, was sGraining every iron
nerve 70 escape from this domain OF Vul'
can or l.uCiter. Our attention was divert
cd from the unpleasant jOlting ftho cars,
by the conversation Of two fellow passea-
gers in regard to the probability Of war
with America, Though seeming to labor
under considerable apprehension, they W
way Of,kGcptng ulcir. courage PIP, uttered
mary brave words, spoke OF IN alliance
with FNncc, and the dlslnccted portion
Of our own people, and tried to persuade
each other that they could soon bring TIC
States tOthetr Icet, we soon en!seNIGa g, into
eager dispntatton, anu WINE IN Tue heat
Of the argument the traln stopEeuI
Coventry was announced. anu we were
tumblcd out upon the platform, WmIc our
opponents fled onward TO dlstrac! their
fears amid hopes OF gain In the heart Of
London ,Saunterlng up greer, l9ne, we
sOOn lost sight Oh tho railway, aou IOIna
ourselves in the heart Of this beautiful
land. All the mir was rcdOlent with tho
Mny,!(as the white hawthorn blossoms are
callellO along with whose odor came the
melody Of the innumcrNblC birds singing
loud and jOyously strains immortnlizcd
in poetry. Beneath broad spreading trees,
among the cowslipand daisy strcwn grass,
cOntGntGd king lay Illuminating, aud white
flCeced sheep dotted the green and sunny
meadows. There was no sound Of strife
in all surrounding nature, who slowly and
calmly Eulills her mighty work, allowing
peace and tranquil enjoyment to those
who conform unto her ways. ! feel Us If
could wander on forever through these
green lanes and paths along tue hawthorn
hedges, showed DER with blossoms, down
beside the lettering rtvulct that hides
itself beneath banks OF viOletS and hare
bells and hyNCihtlIs, past the stately man.
sions bOsomcd high amid tuttcd trees, be- |
meath whose ancestral branches the shy |
deer Are grazing and tho stately stays I'LL
up their NntleFcd heads TO gllZc at the
passing stranger, while the pheasants trail
their gorgeous trains along the paths
that lose themselves among tic viii. |
derneSS Of sIIrubbery- Lettering along
tho winding road VIC came upon Il Q
summit Of u gentle hill, md CoTrn.
try lay before us calmly sleeping In
the light Of the declining sun. The tall
spires which rose far above the house
tops, like the spirit OF religion aspiring
above the sOFllid things OF earth, were