The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-29
LETTER FROM OAKLAND.
at the Glades HOtei-"heei-
ing GueSts-I.iterary NOtabies-Bad
Peaches Going East. &c.
GLADES HOTEL,
OAKLAND, August y.

OAKLAND, August y.
Editors OF the Register.
This well known and fnvorltc summer
retreat still retains its popularity ana
hold on many of its old SojourncrS, not
outstanding the proximity "l Deer
Park Hotel, which, from its inmenSlty,
gorgeous fittings and Splcndor, seemed nj
first As if it would at once eclipse tn"
smaller and more humble resorts
for summer travel Oh the line of the i.
* q. Railroad. But despite the lavish
ness of the aforesaid company who run
the Deer Park Institution, people Will
worship their old idols, and ST. it Is in
this case. Many patrons of former years
have returned this summer to ENJOY the
comforts and pleasures partakcn OF 80
often before at Dailcy'S, whO along with
many new corners have kept the hotel
quite full up to last Monday,
when, owing to tn" stormy and
cold weather which pcrvadcd this
section since the Friday preceding, an
exodus OF guests was produced which
ONLY ceased to-day. Guests took the
turned home or sought II more desirable
temperature. 1t is not out of the way to
assert, that Of all places II pleasure seeker
wants t. steer clear of most when the
weather is rainy and bad, and the Their
mOmctcr below 90 deg. they are those
mountain retreats. You get a shaking and
Il shivcrinm and 50 filled with
the blues. that innumcrablc cocktails and
brandy and water are required to keep
one from feeling beside himself, while the
gentle, sex, dear creatures, probably feel
rs bad, but their weakness and patience,
and treat endurance under such trying
circumstances give them strength to en-
durc the annoyance and discomfort for the
noncc without complaint. But the
weather is now all bright and serene
again. and with it comes an increased
chccrtulnesS and rcnewul of business.
At present there are about fifty guests
and boardcrs big and little, at the
Giadc<. From your city We observed
Mrs. j. y. Vance Mrs. Alex. Laughlin,
Mr,srs. jacob Hornbrook, }. &. Kelly
and &. W. llicskell.
Col. Don Piatt, of the "Washington
Coyital," and family, have been here all
the season, as also have George Alfred
Townsend and wife, excepting thc time he
WAS called away to pump Moulton
out of hi, statement for the Chicago
TriJoac by which means that, entcrpriS-
ing Journal presented it to the world
some DAYS in advance of the Committee.
Since the performance ofthat skiltul bit
of interviewing on the part of e.. A. T.,
he seems to have hcwcd niche in the
history Of that great scandal which just
Is entities him to II conspicuous place
amongst the principal actors of
that remarkable quintcttc, Tow>end in
cludcd.
The citizens of Oakland and every one
else here are disposed to bitterly COM
plain over the pcnuriouSncSS of the Is. X
q Railroad Company for aholishing the
telegraph office AT this station. 1t l. said
hv many that it was done to promote the
Interests of the Deer Park Hotel, tn the
drtrimcnt of those al this place, which,
of course includes all other business
interests. 1t j. now claimed that the
only result it has accomplished, outside
the inconvenience and harm done To-
Oakland. is to diminish the popularity of
the road and send visitors in an entirely
different direction. A stranger sight to-
day WAS All express car attached t" one
of the passenger trains bound east, laden
with peaches. Usually ut the approach
of the peach season Baltimore and other
Eastern cities supply the Western de-
mund but now the tables are turned and
large quantities of thi-luScious fruit are
finding ready sale in the very heart of
the peach country. The failure of the
crop East and its great abundance and
excellence West. accounts for the pheno-
mcnOn. TRAVELLER.