The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-26
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,nrNC MEMS CHRISTIAN Ass
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rhr convention at Washington.


,.....ponUrurr OF the lnlelllgeuCeT.
WASHINGTON, D. O., May %.
Although having made no arrange
n,ryts with you 10 act rs our Corrcspun-
liant, vet Welding To the requests Of many
,drpI- tor me TO write them about the
,rn here. have come to the conclusion
,nmakr one letter answer through your
.,Iumn. instead Of writing ten or twelve.
I'm home ON Saturday morning, tue
llrl. an the early train ut $40. The
morninr was cool and after we left the
Gurthc sun shone brightly and the dew
Iran. sparkled and gliStened beyond de-
..rpliDn. | wondered how the peo.
nDr along Grave (Fishingl Greek could
nyr On their small farms us
same " them had just plOwed and am
certain there could not have been more
than fifteen burrows to some of the small
patches and then the hills rising so steep
That the trees only have their limbs on one
,le of the trunk. | found Rev, G. Mar.
lin on the train going to his appointment
IN hold quarterly meeting ut Cameron.
In plssingNp the road from Bolton, my
mind ran back over that memorable time
when the men of the city of Wheeling
were taken away from home during the
Jones raid to guard the railroad and
shall never forget the night when coming
down that steep grade when the
train became detached from on another
AMI lhcn coming together, how the ten.
,lrol the engine was telesCoped into the
foremost car, and the cars broken, and We
ny that cold night with only our blan-
k,., on that hill. Another incident Just
comes 10 my mind, in passing through
Board Tree tunnel on the day previous TO
that accident, which has 0flen amused
me, is this: The train men did not light
up the cars, and as you are well aware, il
s very dark. In passing through that
tunnel, one man sitting on the opposite
side nj the cars, took out one of his stOgies
to take II smoke, and after one, md then
another, and then the third attempt to
strike light with matches, no gave Il up
in despair, swearing that 1t was even too
dark in that tunnel to light matches. i
thought Of the doom OF the "impCnileut'
that awaits them, ms s.~.teIs
must come back again to my present
trip. found everything beautiful until
We reached Cranberry Summit. There
found that the trees were still as bare OF
leaves rs if it was the middle of January;
and in passing along the river ut Pied.
montana looking up those mountains, |
aw very plainly the difference in the
state Of vegetation; tho higher up the
leaves were thinner; and then in passing
along in coming down into the warmer
climate everything looked more cheer
id At Martinsburg the roses were bloom.
Ing, md this side Of lIarpcr's Ferry the
wheat was already heading and harvest
il coming, so you SEQ II useless in going
10 California to sec with one glance snow.
topped mountains on fertile plains, when
We have them almost In our own State.
IuTiycd safely in Baltimore, and Bro.
D W Glass, who happened 10 get on the
train nj Cumberland, took me to the
rooms Of the Y NJ. g. Association, wrote
anolr and sent messenger with me to
The Mansion Hotel, where | was shown to
auirc room aud made preparations for
Sunday but nh, how life Is made up Of
dsappontments, and how our brightest
anlcipationa are dashed and blasted. On
Sunday morning Istnrtcd out to
find my uncle with whom ] was
to stay, and after some search
where hc lived, | found the house
and was told that he was dead and his
family temporarily in the country md
would not be back until next Saturday
Nv mind was sad and tears were plenty
In the morning | attended Eutaw street
VI T. Church. found IL nice Sabbath
School there, and nothing would do but |
must open II with prayer. then went
down stairs to one OF their class meetings,
which was truly good. Preaching blythe
pastor and Bishop Ames closed tic JXer-
cscs, with u few remarks and lifting Il
collection for which one hundred dollars
were wanted, when they received about
one hundred md twenty.hvc-quite
success In the afternoon ] went to
0 Sunday School in the other end
d the city and there was called
on again to speak, and everything
baked 50 different to what II was when |
was there last, about 10 years ago, that |
lkel them 10 raise their hands who
were then present, and only five respond.
cd Atit o'clock was again at the
moms Of the Y. NJ. G.. A. TO prayer meet.
mg, and about $50 were present.
Bro Glass asked me 10 60 with him to
anopcn air meeting among the shipping
down on the wharf; and here was
hilchcd up again. And so have had n
busy Sunday of 1t. will close for this
time, rs my paper is used up, md break.
fist waiting; and In my next | viii give
you more Of my disappointmcnts, rs well
as cnioyments. Yours truly,
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