The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-29

Correspondence OF the Intelligence
on THE RESERVE.
Another 'InnOcent AbTOad'.-Cheese
dom Visited and Victimized.-
Views, Interviews, &c.

Another 'InnOcent AbTOad'..Chee
dom Visited and ViCtimiZed.-
Views, Interviews, &c.
After ten months Of the closest applica.
lion to business, there appeared signs of a
general break up in this corporal frame
OF mine, and kindly nature said must go
"0n the dry dock Tor repairs or perhaps
lind home "where the wOOdbine twin.
eth After much elaboration, reduced
by the glitteTing posters OF the Pittsburgh
IL Cleveland Railroad, ! determined to
try that route, and on the 2lst day OF
August stepped into the cars at Bridge.
port, in quest of health, pleasure, and
business.
The car in which seated myself was
filled with sweltering, irritable mass 81
humanity, in picturesque state OF con-
fusion, bestowed in every attitude favor
able to sleep, the whole having the air Of
the rear guard of carnival party, who
had danced all night, till broad daylight"
and didn't care whether they ever got home
in the morning. Can any one explain
the physiological fact that passenger car
on snltry August day emits an Odor so
suggestive of the morgue, that one invol'
unfairly expects to hear some red-iaCCd
coroner sing out, "YOur turn NEXT" Our
cur was no exception TO the general rule,
Arrived at WellsVille, Afler an interval Of
an hour and hall, | took my seat in the
smoking car OF the Cleveland train, under
the absurd deluslon that mytrOubles we're
now completely over. OF Wellsville we
have nothing to say; as there Is certainly
nothing remarkable about II, and never
will be, There Is not new house In the
place, and none in process Of erection.
The buildings looked as ifthey had irreg.
nlarly drilel together during some au.
Cient flood. liz
The trip across tho RESERVE" must
be grand one in early spring or fall,
but In the dead heat Of summer,
with every garment sticking to the frame
like second cuticle, breathing the com.
bined effects Of Precipitation and coal
grease, the eyes filled with ClndGrs and
dust, the ears and nose ditto, he who can
appreciate such travel must be gifted
with the patience and fOrtitude of 10y
ola, and he who can go through II with.
out swearing deserves u pension through
life and niche in the temple of fame
ever afterwards had intended to take
COpiOus notes, In order that | might dc.
scribe the magnificent scenery, &c, but
in five minutes my note book looked like
the order book Of q Lancaster coal yard,
and with pint oil siited ashes in each
eye, | shut up my book and spent the re.
mainder Of my ride in state Of dismal
you know how It Is yourself" AS said
before, this trip, to BIO properly appreCi.
ated, should be taken In the spring; then
the eye will be toasted with a con.
tinued change Of wild and roman.
tic scenery, which no limncr's art
can ever hope to transfer TO canvass; u rare
tit.bit for tho esthetlCal task, and u pro.
found subject for the youthful student of
political economy.
At six O'clock in the evening we were
put oil at little village called Hudson,
and very coolly, for August, informed that
We could go no further on that train, rs II
did not stop Mt Bedford, our destinations;
but We could have the extreme pleasure Of
taking passage on the "CabOOsC' car Of
freight train, which would make It's ap.
pGAranco In the course Of hglf an hour.
The houses in Hudson look rs II they had
been dropped down through selve, with.
ont regard to where they fell, and shock.
ed by Tho fall were still standing In help.
less bewldernont. Tho Western Re.
serve College, under the direction Of Presi-
dent Hitchcock, is located at this point,
and has generally a trine over hundred
students attending. Seeing the sign IRE.
lreshments" suspended on the front OF a
slab shed near tho station, we entered
and posted COnspcuOusly near the en-
trance, printed in large red letters on an
immense green board, We read the follow
ing monrnfnl tale! e.
"PROCLAAiATtON
"My Friend did come,
And did trust him;
lost my Friend,
And Lost his custom,
ITO osc my Friend
u gTieYed me sore
So resolved
To Trust no more
From the onc.lcggCd man in attendance
we learned that RavGnna claims the hon.
or of being the residence OF the gifted
poet. Alter waiting two hours, We en-.
tered the caboose, and shot toward Bed.
lord with the velocity ola snail, making
the fourteen miles in the unpreccntGd time
Of two hours and ten minutes
Bedford Is twelve miles from Cleveland,
and has u rolling mill, chair factory, and
wooden factory; but II lis u neat, pretty
village. Starting out carly in the morn.
ing toward Warrensville Centre, the roads
were filled with OnehOrse trucks contain
Ing huge milk cans, with which the farm.
crs carry milk to the cheese factories
twice every day. Cheese Is abundant.
Some Of the factories have their June,
July and August cheese yet on hand.
You can get q pound for Z cents, or moro
ut II cents per pound. The farmers have
nm interest 10 the sale OF tho cheese, &C.
cording to the amount Of milk they fur.
nish, In the majority Of The factories.
The Cheeses average about forty pounds
in weight.
Owing to the scarcity Of rail timber in
this section, hedges have been introduced.
The Usage Orange appears TO be the ia.
vOrite, but we noticed many willow
hedges. Wood SELLS readily In Cleveland
Mt st and 80 per cord. The prospect for
fruit Is not as good rs usual. Some lew
have already commenced making cider.
The potato crop will be slim, and tile corn
good. a.
In the immediate vicinity Of Cleveland
there arc three settlements Of Shakers,
owning 1900 acres Of choice land The
majority Of the farmers within ten miles
Of the city are Germans, anu Industrious