The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-16
these two cities. I know they did, for
who ever saw any who didn't?

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They cause the lovely Valley of the Kama
wha to echo with sweet reVerberation
from their inspiring horns. They MAXI
music for weddings, funerals and theatri
Gals. From tho last they have stcadies
employment. Asnight draws her mantlI
(once spoken Of as being sable) over thi
snow.covered earth, the band appears Il
front of the opera house and draws III,
people, The members Of the Legislaiuf,
and Convention hear the breast and braiI
soothing notes, and Immediately repair 4
the theater to relax and build up their ex
hausted intellects. Thepresence Ofso man,
law-makcrs here has made the tlicatrf
cal season a prosperous one, so much 50
that the theAter folks are constrained tC
give zone more night" every night for 6
week, matter of such unusual occurrence
among themanagers that lam constrained
to mention L. II Is well, perhaps, fol
them 10 hold on and positively give
"the last performance" every night, fol
they can't get away.
Then the churches have been giving
concerts and suppers, and had mite sOci.
ETY. meetings, and all that The concerts
have been well gotten up and well attend,
ed. The entertainments were worth the
price OF admission, leaving the charitable
features out OF the question. Two Wheel,
Ing gentlemen, who happenedin here, one
being clerk Of the Convention, have help
ed along the concerts immensely. These
were Messers. Barnard Gallager and E. j
Whipple. AS singer Of comic songs
and Irish melodies, Mr.. Gallager stands
head and shoulders above any man ever
heard, either upon the stage or off of it.
His gifts in this matter are so apparent
thatit-is. somewhat strange that he has
not pnt them TO remuncrative use and
gone upon the stage. He makes an ex.
Cellent clerk for the Convention, but he
would make more money If he would
sing for pay the songs he now sings iol
nothing. Mr.. Whipple's talent In this
line is also marked, and nearly every
night while here, the festive Charles
tonians had him out making music, vocal
and instrumental. What happened to
him one evening, l will reserve as n sub
ect for future discourse.
The church suppers and festivals were
not out of the ordinary line of such at.
Iairs. You have been TO them, reader
and 10 use little slang, you know how Il
is yourself. No doubt you do. You hear
that there Is a church supper You con.
sIder it your duty, as it is, to go, and you
go. You enter a hall radiant with gas
light and happy faces. Around the hall
are ranged tables, upon these tables are
articles that can never be of any use to
you or anybody else, and behind the ia.
bles are the pretty faces and dimpled
hands that make you buy them.
CHARLESTON BEAUTY.
In addition to being the capital Of the
State, and located upon the beautiful
Kanawha, Charleston has other advanta.
ges which were weighed in the scale and
not found wanting when she was selected
as the Government seat. Foremost among
these may be mentioned; the beauty ofthe
Charleston ladies. In proportion to its
population, Charleston Is said to have
more female loveliness than any other
place in the'State. This, of course, had
its weight in locating the Capital, and II
now has its weight in keeping It here. He
IS cruel legislator, indecd-hard- hearted
COld.blO0ded, stoiCal and indifferent, who
would want to move the Capital away
from so much female loveliness. Let Il
remain. Charleston mud is disagreeable
the mails are irregular when the Kama.
wha is frozen up, the papers take no dis
patches, and your honorable legislator and
constitutional delegate may not know fol
four days at time what is going on il
the world, but in the midst of the charm.
ing society Of Charleston, to whose cir
Giles he is welcome, he cannot be unhappy
CONSTITUTION.
That the delegates come here with The
intention OF turning out atlrstclass Con
stitution, there Is no doubt. Some o
them are well equipped for the business
They go to work with q number OF lights
before them, in witness whereof will
hereunto afflx my hand and Yseal-lo,
mean l will tell a little story. sI,hRve
heard the lawyers talk 50 much in the
Convention that my style is becoming .
trihe technical. The story is this A
delegates carpet.bag dropped out Of q
third story window, down.. down TO the
cold and hhte eeling world, as the noyellstE
say OF poor young man who IS barred
out Of society because his father died and
neglected to leave him rich. Yes, the
carpet bag fell, as aforesaid, and great was
the fall, my countrymen, (regardless O
COLOR for il struck on its beam end, (if q
carpet. bag has any beam end and burst
and great was the burst. The contents
were scattered about as il inviting ar
inventory. Everything favored Of new
Constitution, and OF the preliminary
work thereof There was box Of cigars
out Of which to frame arguments, a bottle
of whisky 10 wash down arguments. and
Il horse pistol 10 enforce arguments. Their
there was a copy of The Illinois Constitu.
tion, Of the New York CoRjtitution, o
the 1Constitution Of the United States, o
Story on the Constitution, Of Combe OF
the "Constitution oi Man" Of Polsnaps or
the Constitution Of Plants, OF Uoodwinl
on tho Constitution Of the Horse, and O
Fisher on the. Constitution OF Goldfish
That delegate meant business.
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