The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-27
CORRESPONDENTS ON THE WING.
The HempfieId-Charti valley
UniOntOwn.

Editors of the Register:
On board the Raging Hempfeld,
we soon found ourselves going at a
slow but delightful pace through the
rich valleys of youryoung and prosper
ous State. On one side we could see
hills which possess treasures oil untold
wealth, which are daily brought forth
from their hidden recesses through the
direction of your wide-awake and enter
prising citizens, while on the other side,
stretching far in the distance, one could
behold farms very fertile aud mansions
very palatial, all indicative OF an indus
trious, go-ahead people. Much has
been written in regard to Il Hempheld,
and although they have no Pullman
vet be it said, since the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad have taken charge OF 1t,
much has been done for the better; ana
when it has been completed, passing
through a country OF wealth, SUCH as
Ohio aud Washington counties, we
certainly can predict that in time 1t will
COMPARE favorably with the best roads
in the land. After two and one-haIf
hours ride, we arrived at the present
terminus of the road, Washington,
Pennsylvania; and since your readers
have all heard OF Washington frequent,
". Ill pass it by with the remark that
it is noted for its good society and its
beautiful women; as 10 the last L can
verify its truthtulness, as | was fortunate
enough to catch a sly glimpse OF the
two pret,iest Zone was pale, but both
were fair; Miss Nc and S. Left
Washington for Uniontown, and, pre-
ferring one hundred miles on the rail
road to thirty on the stage. | got on
board the CHARTERS Valley, a decided
improvement on the Uempfeld, and a
work which manitests that the people
Of Washington are not behind their sister
towns in perseverance, and energy-but,
at last, their dormant spirit, like Rips
in the CatSkiIls, has been awakened, and
the wealth which TOR years has been wing
idlv in the Golfers Of mi-ers, has become
source of usefulness, aud an auxiliary
for developing the vast mineral wealth
with which the Charters valley
abounds. Up the MonongaheIa | found
things served up in such style that l
was astonished, until ! asked the man
with green "spectacles' my bill and
then all seemed clear, as it did at the
Girari some two years ago. ! took
the evening train for Cniontown, where
| arrived after five hours jostling,
covered with dust aud completely dis
gusted with railroading generally.
Cnioutown, county seat OF Fayette
county, does not make a very favora-
bic impression on a stranger at first
sight. The streets are narrow and
crooked. The houses are small and
out OF style. The hotels are third rate,
but nv soiourn was very brief at the
hotel, tor happily having friend IN the
country, | was soon ensconced IN Mrs.
H. residence, partaking OF that which
a hungry traveller can ever appreciate
Oh, those persons who, from genuine
sympathy, have no counterfeit smile to
lure YOU on when fortune Is bright
How stranger in a strange land
loves to mingle with such and form ties
that will bind whereof the memory OF
man runneth not to the contrary
Having passed months in Central Penn,
svlvauia, rambling over mountains, |
did not ascend the blue Alleghcnles,
but roamed through the valleys Of
Favette, which are not inferior to those
OF her sister, Washington. Cniontown
mas many solid, substantial men who
have an eve to business and are fast
accommodating wealth. Fayette is one
of the best counties in the State, and
her eight hundred Democratic majority
is evidence tina, her people belong to
those who cultivate new issues and are
not "harping on about that which
should have been buried years ago.
In nv next which will be more inter
esting, perhaps, shall speak OF what
saw from Uniontown to Cleveland.
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