Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-07-29
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ING makes US look up. 1t exalts the
mind. and occasionally has a similar
tendency upon the body. That, or
something else, produced such an effect
upon score Of the youth-grave and
gay of this old burgh. We took 1t
/ into our heads to elevate ourselves, to
90 upon maryland Heights" Soon
after dawn on Friday morning last, we
set out. Embarked upon the ferry boat,
were quickly iOwed DER the stream,
and upon the shore of My Maryland,
land OF song, parted by the river side.
After few hours interim, we rest again
at some ten miles distant, at the noun
tain home of that genial old gentleman,
Mr. Collins Unseld, who midst present
surrounding, lives fair type OF happy
and independent man. Incidents by
the way might be expected, but your
writer, not being favored with that
common attribute of modern cowespon-
dents, ubiquity,-the power OF being an
rye witness of several separate scenes at
the same time-cannot give all, hence
retrains from mourning the odlum OF
making distinction. How we all got
there, may never be told Suffice it to
say, that a brief experience meeting de-
veloped the fact, that there are TIRE
shortest ro"ies bpiween the two given
points. Trial proved, "Jorda"'s hard
road to travel.
After hasty salutations with our kind
host, still prompted by the same ighy
aspirations, we went forth to scale the
"Heights." All seemed equally deter
mined and swift OF foot, but as we ad-
vanced, fatigue ensucd and the ambition
of some waned. Stragglers became visl-
bic, first, just tagging, then hating,
while the more Jealous and strong
pressed land when the foremost reach
ed the pinnacle, our line of twenty was
considerably elongated To the obser-
want, the traits Of character betrayed by
our little company in the ascent Of that
mountain, is a striking illustration Of
the different powers of endurance and
degrees of perseverance, so frequently
exhibited in the ordinary avocations Of
mankind The nature and condition Of
the pathway Itself, growing narrower,
more rugged, and less beaten as it ap-
proaches the top, teaches that the high
er walks Of life. proportionate to their
altitude, are more difficult of ascent, sell
dom attained, and rarely trOdden. AT
ter many little rests for the weary, we
were all there, and the sublimity Of our
position fully compensated for the ex-
haustion it cost.
Travellers who have beheld and adj
mired the for famed scenery Of Italy and
and Switzerland, go into ecstacy over
| the curious f eakS Of nature, in the intri
cate, yet regular and uniform interwind-
ings of Cheat Mountains, of West Nir-
ginia They may beget enthusiasm for
strangeness and singularity, but certain
~ do not rival in grandeur, the glorious
view from the summit Of "Maryland
Heights" Beauties are there scattered
with wasteful hand, that must be seen
and studied, to be realized and appreci-
ated.
''One vast realm Of wonder spreads around,
Ill III. sense aches with sazi"9 to behold,
Lac" MI a, ava 'a''' each deepening s'en 'oD
Our descent, aided by the attraction
of gravitation and keen appetite, was
rapid and easy. We received an addi-
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