The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-21
PORTLAND LETTER.
A Wall over the Mail Derangements.
fCorrnsnondencn of the IntelllgenccF) 4.

VIC have repaired 10 FhlTlAGS HTONS
this afternoon. In this shady retreat
about two hundred yards from the "Sum
NIT House." with o rock Tor cushion o.
the base Of one Of these giant oalss-Wl
have been reading the netoS contained II
the INTRLLIGEHCER Of the 18th, aud thiI
Is tho latest We have! We would fair
raise our ''humble cry" against "the pow
ers that be-" in reference 10 the mail de-
engagements on the Baltimore d Ohit
Railroad. Everybody and "the rest o
mankind" are Justly growing about tht
everlasting, outrageous late mails. Why
can't they be as they used to be? In days
not long since passed we could read the
lINTRLLIGRNCRR at our dinner tables or
the day Of its issue. Happy memories
now forever (Y) flOwnl Now we can read
tho IETELLIGENcRR the day after III
publication at tea time,il tea time hap
pens 10 be late enough, and the mail Is moi
misodritd; and In the face Of oil this We
arc only 137 miles from Wheeling, and
situated on O railroad Of SlOlo time and
high fares.
o, shades of Postmaster Generals now
departedl o, ye, who "moVe your
frames TO dust" in devising ways 10 IA.
cilitate the transmission oil mails! Are
we here at this delightful, most pleasant
summer resort-W0, the inhabitants Of
these mountains and dales, these rivers
and rills, are We to be switched of 80
summarily from the world and the "rest
OF mRnkind2" This Is twice VIC have
used this "rest Of mankind" but this
being isolated from the "rest oil mankind"
Is preyIng on our mind, and this VIC offer
as an apology.
But why bother ourselves and intrude
on your space, about these eperl1Stin9, in.
ternGE mail arraneementsJ III this Is
swearing, we apologize, for we never
SWore before, and thus you see 10 what q
degree these mGiB bring man, for will
it cause Bangs to benz his ear or Cress.
well TO listen and II, happily, It does
this, will Il do more9
But mysterious Providence rules the
world. "There Is q Dignity that shapes
our ends" &c. all adversities and ca
lAmiues,j when rightly understood, are
meant to teach some useful lesson. And
hereafter, when we hear our mothers, our
blstCloI OuL HlNCoI Jul b"CS6uCaAhSI auA
the rest OF womankind, complain about
these male arrangements, let US lend a
symp9thizing hand. Who knows but
what these bad mail arrangements will
help the good Cause Of female suffrage?
But, o, Bangs o, Creaswell we n0sO
appreciate the situation OF our female
sisters. Our mai adversitles arc black as
Egyptian nights, and We hGUe prO6ted
thereby. But we don't like the teacher,
and, like q 1Ogged schoolboy, we won't
learn under his instructions any longer.
A further persistence in keeping this aus.
tere teacher over US may act as an enettc,
and we may "let up" (againsu the lesson
already taught.
THE SUMMIT HoUsE-WHEELING VISITORS.
The summit House" is now filed TO
Overlooking with visitors, and Mr.. W. W.
Worthington, the proprietor Is doing his
utmost to make each member Of his large
lAmily comfortable, and they all seem TO
be happy. The following guests from
your city are, or have been here during
this season: Rev. 8. u. Barnitz, Mrs,
Labelle Dunlap and daughter, 2. II.
Moore and family, A. Allen Howell and
family, Mrs. Mitchell, Miss Julia Mitchell,
DR.. A. s. Todd and wife, Miss II. NJ Hal.
lowell, Mrs. Higbi and son, Charles n.
Brady, and Miss Libbie Greer.
Louisville and Lexington, KY, Ports
mouth and Cincinnati, Ohio, Baltimore
and Cumberland, Nd, and many other
places arc represented here.
Some have come out 10 escape the sui
try heat, and the clatter and noise Of the
city, tired oil the dull roll Of dray wheels,
and the annoying cry ol the cab or street.
car driver; some, to restore health, lost by
sleepless nights spent in brooding over
some veXing business enigma, or by too
close confinement in some III ventilated
banking house or store room; and
many have come 10 view these
old mountains that rise maiesticslly
grand, until their timbered peaks
are lost in misty clouds. To view these
grand old mountains that heard the morn.
ing stars sing together at creations birth
these grand old mountains that heard
Jehovah rebuke chaotic darkness, and
saw the first soft rays Of virgin light
these grand old mountains, so sublime TO
US, YET, but piled up by Omnipotent sport.
Many pass their time rambling over these
"hcaven.kissipg hills,"-O, this kissing,
its grand, too, whether 1t be hills kissing
the virgin skies, or boys kissing the viz
gin 0frlj; don't you think 1t Is grand, Mr.
Editor? What do you blush, when you
think OF the many times you have press
cd some soft, white hand, and two ruby
lips hive met yours In long, loving kissl
Shame On iiny simplicity do Editors
blushy
A great deal Of blowing has been done
about the new B. & D. R. r. hotel at
Deer Park. We have not visited Deer
Park since the completion Of the hotel,
but expect to do so soon, and then we
will give you q communication, setting
forth the advantages and disadvantages
of Deer Park and Portland as places Of
Summer resort. Yours,
WLIE WnLIRs.