The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-19
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From WeizeI County.

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Some Otter Delicate ALlItttOnS,
GINSENG Hollow, STATE OF
WETzRI Co., May 10, IA.
E!ltors Of the IntellIgcneer.
/ SEQ, In alate issue, that skeezlcs ha
been hauled over the Goals for speaking
too freely about the Wetzelltes. Ate
reading the letter, ! must confess heav!
weight was placed upon my heart which
trust the frank avowal / am about t
make will lift somewhat oven II II doe
not entirely remove 1t. Tho fact Is
have always felt bad about that letter anC
with your permission / will make a bacl
summersault, placing the records Of Wet
eel county properly on tho page OF histo.
ry for fear my name should descend L
postcrltY, "unwept, unhonorcd and IN
sung" ma
lam sorry mentioned those stills
my friends will think while hunting then
have chcwed pine tops so freely that
hsvO not only become slightly. obfustica
ted but / have imagined also that every
huge boulder was still sending forth ID
fragrance to bless and gladden. tho heart
Of mankind. The fact Is, there are nj
stills in all this country; Mr.. Stevens has
none: no, never had any. George Lutes
has none, since the whiskey boys Of
Pennsylvania made their famous raid into
Virginia and stole his still to use It as a
camp tea kettle. Neither has Samuel
Lantz. That little house Of his Is where
tho women do their washing, and he
grlnds apples TO make sorghum molasScs,
Il was q mistake about still being found
by Mr.. Kyle while hunting his cattle;
that was simply the camp Of some belat.
cd huntsmen, who were boiling some
hard bread Tor q man with sore mouth,
Nor Is that a still which Mr.. Montgomery
has in the little house In the woods back
If his residence. The truth must come
out, ut this point, though very dissgreea-
bic. The fact Is, MIR. N, is an idolater.
and that is his house otgods, Go to him
and hemay make you his priest, with ten
shekels and suit of ralment every year
while in the priests Office. Mr.. johnson
has no still; Mr., Williams has none;
neither has Mr.. Jones. There Is such a
dearth Of stills that tho dogs, babies and
chickens cannot be kept still.
suppose, Messrs. Editors, you heard
the canard circulated last summer about
u man purchasing q still in Wheeling,
packing II in dry goods box and having
1t shipped to New Martinsville in the
name oi'a respectable merchant. Also
about its being spirited away by some one,
and in all probability set up in some Gel
lar within the sacred precincts oil Wetzel
county. II Is generally believed this
story was manufactured by one Isaac e.
DlYal as an excuse for dragging honest
men 10 Wheeling to get blood money.
BY far the greatest lie your humble
servant ever heard on the subject was by
an old grey headed advocate Of temper
snCO, who said he believed there was
stills from the size of tea kettle up 10
OaC holding fifty gallons used every TALL
in this country in tho manufacture Of ar
dent spirits. ! suppose 1t was right to
make his aldo as favorable as possible
even II he had to stretch the blanket in so
doing.
have not seen quart OF liquor In all
my travels. l am not hunting tho vile
stuA. l have noticed that the natives
seem TO enjoy nothing better than butter
milk or essence OF peppermint
1t is all mistake about men being ar
rested for selling liquor. That is simply
some Of DuvAls's spite work.
What more can soy, for time would
fail me 10 tell Of Morgan, Headly, Miller,
Long, and q host Of others who have
been prosecuted, trodden.under foot, and
spit upon because oil their supposed traf-
tiC in liquor. The time has come when
these things must be stopped or Wezel
county will raise en-masse and the dread
whOop Of tho Modoc warriors will be
heard again in our land.
The preachers are the worst men in all
this country. Oh, for some good men,
both travelling and local, 10 preach q
pure gospel. Tho whole bunch, ours,
hounds, water spanels, and all, preach
politics. II lit Is not down with.the abo-
Iition government 1t Is hang JEFF. Davis
on sour apple tree. The preachers are
slso tremendously lazy. The few times
they have 10 preach they do not more
than half attend to their appointments
| have heard Of large congregations pa.
tiently waiting two hours for the preach
Crs. The people arc very pious In this
country, focktng in great companies to
their capacious churches 10 be treated to
a dose Of politics by tho Superintendent,
both travelling and local. There Is no
Sunday visiting by church members. No
fishing done by the same class on that day.
Once In a while o mill is run on Sunday,
but then, Messrs. Editors people must
have bread, and some Of tho "worldlings"
work so hard during the week they must
have sunday to do their milling. Neither
Is there any moving done by Church
members on Sunday. l know certain
trash have circulated the report that some
think Sunday lucky day to move in,
but that will not be believed In this free
and enlightened country. Twill notspeak
Of the same class coming to town Satur.
day and returning Sunday morning to
save hotel bills and to be at home early
Monday morning to commence work.
Such a thing would not be believed
though one were to rise from tho dead.
will admit o good many Church
members 60 to the circus when Old John
Robinson comes around, but you know
they only take the children 10 see the
bears, racoons, and monkies. The only
strange thing about 1t Is that It takes 50
many grown persons to care Tor the little
ones. Ihaye known as high as three to
take care Of one poor little thing six
years old. 4F aNz
After all, our people arc Church-goers
tOAmsn. All the fault Is in the preachers
Il they were not so rich, lazy, overfed and
underworked, We would have glorious
ttmc, The word would be preached with
power, and Zion would be so crowded
with converts that there would not be