The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-02-17
Especial Core pondence of the Dispatch

! II, ISL propose, With Your consent,
palicnt reuGo:, to lngcr little longer on
! the line OF tic Chesapeake aud Ohio railroad,
| aud give some details OF tic counties which
! arc drained !y it, which will be, hope, of
! interest to The general reader, and especially
! TO those who Wish to know what they pro-
; dGcr, &c. Beginning on the extreme ", STEM
frontier, would speak first Of
cABELL COUNTY,
which was formed in 1900 from kauaWha,
! snd named i'll honor OF Governor William H.
Cabc!l, WHO ably iiiIcd the Executive Office
OF Virginia !rom 1895 to 1868. The county
| is about thirty-ivc mile; long and twenty
| wide. 1t his population OF 6, 1870 (not in
Guiding that OF Grntingtan( 26,S66 acres Of
| improved land, GO, S02 acl es Of woodland, and
u, l31 acres Of other InimpTovcd land. Ac-
c0rling 10 the census Of 1870. the cash value
Of lis farms is 81 80 .S353. and Of lis farming
implements and IN !ch:ne.y S?3,JGi. This
is Il great fruit country. Tie apple crop is
said never ~ la;'. a:id we saw q Gnc orchard
in the city Of Huntington which is sill to
yield abuniantiy. TIE value OF is orchard
products is Sl9.89j, Of lis forest products
S!5,G3S, and Of lis live stock S14G.il2. 1t
has S2l horses and mules, 1,5lS oxen and
COWS, and 955l sheep and swine. 1t pro-
duccs per amman 4,259 bushels Of wheat.
2,675 bushels of rye, $4,000 bushels Of corn,
1850 bushels Of oats, ,4l0 pounds of TO-
bnccc, $50 pounds of wool, 2S,GI4 pounds
Of butter, 5l5 pounds Of maple sugar, II 1913
bushels Of Irish potatoes, 1889 bushels of
sweet potatoes. 1921 worth Of home manu-.
features, and slaughtered animals or an!nas
sold for slaughter to The value OF 81, 1928. 1t
pays wages amounting to ST. sc per aunu,n,
tl,,,t III l,1n oil
tionS is S3o7, 67S
The population Of the county is divided as
follows: Males, $500; females, G,l3o, BE.
tween the aye, Of fifteen ard eighteen there
are 1,lIG males ana LOS irlMiies. Between
the eggs q eighteen and toriy-ive there are
l.i%J males, and ] ,,!S3 mal;s over twcnty-one
wears obi. There ;i'c i,51l people WHO were
bora! in Virginia. Or West Virginia, Gl2 born
in lrnn-yNari,. sos in Ohio. - in Nary
land, li3 in Kentucky, IL in New York, :. in
, British America. , il i:ngland an! Wales,
81 in ireland, in Scotland, u in Germany,
10 in France, S in SwiIzerLlnll.2 id Holland,
and in Austria.
1t j. probable that cen.u3 taken now
would exhibit much larger proportion "t
fol ryners. who hive licked to Huntington
and other points in the county >!ncc the
opening OF the railroad.
1 have already given skc,cll OF the young
city Of Huntington.
Guyanlotlc lies O.. the Ohio al the mouth
OF Guyandottc river, adjoining the corporate
limits Of Huntington. For years it was. ne:it
TO Wheeling, the most important town in
West Virginia On the Ohio river. II stills
dl'ivcSa b!i>t trade with the country water, d
ry the Gnyandcttc b. mean: OF those GU
rIouS - Ei:SiI-JcatS.' which bring down iar.c
4uaHi is o: tobacco, dried apple, and other
products, which they exchange for mcrrhal-
disc, groceries, aid especially coffee, which is
said to lie tie Ityorite beverage in this whole
region. Some Of our enterpri>ing Richmond
men will doubtless "Stick pin herc' and
arrange to yet some of that splendid tobacco
in exchange for the coffee that is to come into
our port direct from Rio Gil The vessels that
carry out our unri;a!!ci flour. Guyaldotte
was settled by TI;omas EaifiHgton and others
not long after the first settlement IN tie
county WIS made by Thomas uannor. from
| !ictctol;rt, III Grcca Bottom. about civil;ee.
niles above. il tie year l7>G.
In The Ilat land ri Green Bottom ard Il
part OF Mason county there n!i-Ilt lave ben
seen >onIc wear, ago one OF those remarkable
vcstigcS OF i city WHICH were met with in
Central Amsr!C! aud 5 lIGa of Tic southern
and western forests CT tie United States. \
distinguished writer sad o. these +, main,
"Ihc traces OF 4 regular, compact, and pop!!-
lott: CITY, with streets rt!;iiil-: parallel WITH
the ONO r!y'r. ami crossing and iICr,Cc, in.:
each user at right angles. covering space 81
licaiv boil mic. II, Wei Is TIE sun"ii.ci Il
G!l1cnSi0!iS 0i many o., tic ll!;;:"s are aINa-
| rent a:!u wei. liz iiD"tt. Axes AID saws Of iii
| unique iHr.,- Tom CT nt ruI. tie latter Ui
ccppc.-:l3 well as o,lGr implements oi the
mechanic art, lave i;ecu fIuud. Tnc.c re-
mains bGtul.' II ii state CT comparative civil
iZa,;on, a,lAiHCd ly 10 rae. 81 lie ,,,o-
RHYMES Iii iii> country nov kun.yn 10 l,,,c
existed. WHO they were, or whence they
sprung. Tradition i;ls lost III the l2ng itpsy OF
ages. Il i singular itct that these remains
are rarely, i ever, iound clseHllpre than upon
the liver ho,.OL!" or tat level liHd.'
The whole Of This region bounds in Indian
relies. a:Il is full OF traditions Of the Ul:lcl
tine.
But the shri!l whistle OF The iron horse
and the rush OF the swift messengers OF
commerce d,s;pate these memories, and bring
us TO tile. living, practical, pushing present.
BarbouISYi;e, Tor years the colility-scat Oi
| Cabell, is on the Guyailuottc liver, seven and
j Il half miles from t mouth, and Immediately
| OH the line CT the Chesapeake and ONO rail-
raad. In former years it derived importance
| irum being OIL the great turnpike frGin east
! ID west, along which lowed the travel from
| kentucky t. Virginia, and from Eastern Viz
| ginia to tie dark and bloody grounds"
Here Henry Clay sud others Of kentucky's
great men woliid rest Oh their Journeys, 10
and from Washington, and the seekers OF
health or pleasure would stop on their way
to the White Sulphur ana others Of the
| celebrated Nirgiaia springs. Our party vii!
remember it tor Inequalities kindly rendered
| the first through train.
Eut ,:ltisi pass on to speak Q!
! MASON COUNTY,
which lies north OF Cabe! along the Ohio
anu on both sides Of the kanawia, and will
prove an important feeder to the railroad.
| Mason WIS formed from kandwha in 1901,
and named. Of course, after Flrgnia's great
Statesman George Mason. 1t is about so
miles long and % miles broad. It's popu.
lation by census Of 1879 is 1873, as against
9,l73 in 1860. O this number l5,4l4 are
white and only 554 blacks; 12,6S7 are ia
| tives, 40 are Pennsylyan.ans, / $50 from
| Ohio, 81 MaIylander>, IS kcu:uckians, Il
New Workers., from British America, 4GG
! English and WclsLmon, 194 Irish, G3 Scotch
| men, 207 GerniaEs,1 Frcnch.nciI. and . from
Switzerland. 1t his SOL, ,laIes and 1906
females OF all ages. II It's .,G5S males and
2,749 females between the ages of five and
eighteen, 1926 males OF the military ase~(be-
tween eighteen and torty-iye), and ,39l Males
over twenty-one years Of age.
Mason county has 81, 0l0acres Of improved
land and 81, 42G acres OF woodland. The pres
ent cash value of its farlns is s., aS0, 90, and
of IFS farming implements .2ol. it pays