The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-15
Tho Editor OF the MoundsyIlle
National Makes a Trip.

The editor oi the Moundsyille Nationa
attended tho meeting Of the West vir,
ginia Press Association at Parkersburl
the other day, and never was man NOR
delighted with a FREQ ride on hospitabl
railroad. BE Is Of the opinion that tn
Baltimore & Ohio road us noted through
out America as the best on this CONT
nent," And what is more
EVERY one travelling on this road car
feel as safe from accident as riding OF
horseback or in Q wagon and indeed 70,
more safe than II he was running q saw
MILL"
Not only Is tho road safe and wei
managed, the conductors "gentlemanly'
and deserving OF "all praise for their at
tentlon and care to Travellers" but the
scenery also Is very captivating;
"The winding track twists around the
banks oi the creeks, upon waste land
which apparently was intended for nc
other purpose. II creeps up the noun.
tain sides In tortuous turns, spreading out
before the eye Of the beholder, Views
that rival any scenery In Europe, Asia or
Africa"
Even in Marshall county, which the
editor tells us is one Of the "wealthiest
and dumbest" in the State, the scenery
Is not so bad. We read that in Marshall
"The ruggedness Of the hills and the
abruptness Of It's magnificent railway at.
tract the attention OF the traveller as re.
markably fertile section, but where the
fertility lays produces o suspicion as to
the locality for farming, in spite OF the
prejudice existing against the wilds Of
Western Virginia"
The foregoing is not Just as luminous
as it might be, but no doubt the reader
catches moro or less of the idea Of the edi.
tor. We pass on to what he says about
Grafton:
"Gratton contains population Of about
iour thousand people. II Is q stirring
business place. The railroad shops are q
help TO It's activity. Grafton is growing
rapidly. Very few towns In the State
can compare with Grafton In building i'm.
provements and rapidity of growth"
The only objection that can be urged to
this paragraph Is that 1t is not explicit
enough as 10 what place the editor refers
to. The name of Grafton should have oc.
Cured oltener.
omitting the remarks in regard to the
trip over The Parkersburg branch of the
Baltimore Road, we find the editor finally
landed OF Parkersburg and IN the enjoy
ment Of the hospitalities Of the Swami
House, the name Of whose proprietor hs
does not recollect in his editorial:
"But it matters but little what his name
is, he knows how to keep hotel, while
from his poIChes can be seen the famous
Blennerhasset Island, blank, dreary
place, with not sign ot, habitation or cul.
tivaLion."
In regard 10 BLENEERuAssET himself,
famous in all the school books of the
country, we ore told that he was
"Undoubtedly an insane and unsophis.
ticated Irishman to live IN such place,
not to mention buying 1t and spending
his fortune upon it's Improvement"
The editor concludes the account OF his
visit in the following eloquent and stir
ring lines:
"LoDg may tho West Va. Editorial
Association wave, and long may Parkers.
burg grow and maintain It's substantial
growth, in spite OF the slurs against it Of
mushroonneSs, that will run to nothing
as soon as the oil excitement which start.
ed 1t is played. West Virginia towns,
generally, where we have travelled, show
unexampled signs Of growth, which being
OF a substantial character, give a solid
weight TO which Is not TO be sneezsd at
by any other part Of our glorious country"