The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-03-01

"ohseieesiy uo"n the tOrtuous stream,
and the sultry sun-tide had no force for
us, Tor the dense covert OF shades was snfIi. /
c'ent to shield us from its intemperate
glow, and formed only checkered shadows
on the bosom of the placid stream and it
was sufficient for even 4 classic and tray. 1
eled mind to watch the ever varying views
The dark pine, alternating with the bright
green oak, birch and sycamore: the undu-
iating sweep OF the adjacent hills. showing
their picturesque outlines against the clear
blue sky; and the occasional Tributaries.
dashing down their slvery gift of waters
to the noble little river, to be borne onward
to the mighty sea How like human life
ever restless for the divine beyond. where
the goal OF greatness is reached, to b. Q,
gulphed in the whirlpool and be neither
remembered or recompensed And yet
ambition finds no moral in the past. but
lives only IN the grandeur of the dreams
OF golden precedence We would find il
hard to believe that anything in our coun
try could be so grandly wild, and where
out seldom aught is heard but the careles.
triil OF Joyous song birds as they sing and
SWING ON the trailing vines above the linn
pid stream. Like the solemn tones of a
erahu oid organ we hear the rush Of tile
river, the Eolian notes OF the wind harm
through the trees and the trfIering of tipv
warblers, minglng as grace notes. in a
glorious triumph Of sound, that bu.b.s
the pulses TO rest and gives US glimpses be-
You'd the neither life we live, and the soul
IL filled with the majesty of something
higher than our daily lifehood
Well ! kno" there is a meaning in the beau.
And our underlined feelings are the tyne Of
things to bo."
The primeval days Of the new Virgin,
are things only in the memory now. and
we lavish few regrets that it il so The
east and west GRASP hands and smile upon
the medium of its new friendship and
brotherly Iose, and like a sympathetic
stream OF electrical currency the fraternity
OF sympathy is extended from pole to
pole, and a perfect unity OF kindly and
mutual interest is developed into n grand
centre OF commerce that challenges the
world to competition. On the principle of
strength in unity the Old Dominion
overlooked old friends and united its eucr
gies with those of the new State. thereby
developing new and eventlnl era in its
mutual history Few OF the highways in
the world combine more elements of per
feet scenery than is constantly recurring IN
the vision, along the rail line, lust COM
pleted through Kanawha Valley. Nm
merous town and villages are dotted here
and there, some gracefully seated on the
verdant shore, LAYING their feet in the wa
tiers of its sllyery river, some STRETCHING
along the mountain side, where the ri.inc
sun first kisses to it It's rosy fingers OF well
come, and some half lost in a forest or
lsaiy shade at the head of glep, tLat r..
peat the beauty Of some Gcnoese scene
and everything betoken- the ACTIVITY and
inSe"ious device of II thrifty and richly
endowed race The mighty touch nj tI,
" '' '''N 'tS'oH- OF untNplOred
richness beneath the soil has struck Li.
harp' and nations heard rutr.nced
while millions Of souls give thanks for the
"ondrou- upheaval Of preciou. treasures
OF coal aud ore that will bring E.ht and
warmth to their furnishing homes and
give an Impetus TO the lsboring world lac.
fore unknown to commercial Tito m.
tendrll- Of the grape creep over the path
where once the horses lifted their tirei
feet, and ve hear no more the rattle Of th.
OH stage rs 1t Journeys on IFS wav No
more the busting landlord ,tirt- at tine
sound of the busIe horn, snd dust r,e. still
ana dry upon the old wei beaten road
\ioiets rear their stealthy head. vbsr.
once the horses feet -hous clear It, THAR
'n''y travel hv The world t- -r,f.-ed b,
the iron rsii and We have become. ,.i,l,,
usion boy the power of che steam. ,,,..,
Around the heigbts of the.diz1v rr,,. ~.
i'arIessIy gaze below into the ,,-.l,nt
scenes of rural lite, TOR man ha. filled ,,.
valleys IrseIIei the billie. and tp,re,IsJ
ihe mountain -iir- We are rou-,I r-,.,..
"1r .eih'-sc sleep. aui old rl.n,s have.
pts-ei away Mountains and .,l.... ,-s
uaurht before the fearless sfr.is- of tho
steam power. aud the iruty southern
plains have become adjsccu, ro the will.
sFp>n-e OF western plain. and The br,rls.
from tYe golden fields Of tof.-,I, ..-..