Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-15
FROM INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS. August Z.

! the olden time, felt secure from ac-
/ cident when he knew that his
coachman was familiar with the
road. he'd the ribbons skilfully
and ept The team well in hand,
and so We felt when we were seated
in the parior cars at Martinsburg,
1 with that faithful engineer Billy
Blackwell managing the iron
| horse. We felt that he was the
/ genius of the train, and would car
ny US safely and on time, and so
4 he did.
The crops through western Mary
land have improved since the late
rains, but MALT crop will not be
4 gathered, the sorching heat of dry
June and July having done its
work.
! The mountain resorts are we'll
patronized. The hotels and cot
tages at Deer Park and Oakland
are full of city folks, who are evil
IDENTIFY drinking full cups ofpleas-
ure amid the cool aud shade of the
mountains.
Deer Park has not accommoda.
| tons for thousands of visitors, as
has White Sulphur, Saratoga and
"a number of other Watering places.
But Two hundred persons can be
furnished with all the comforts of
an elegant home, and there is a
real homelike air pervading the
place, and when September frosts
come and ends the pleasure sea-
son, and the hotels are to beclosed,
and visitors scatter to their homes,
they will realize that
Brightly, sweet Summer, brightly,
Thine hours have foated by"
On the West of the mountains
the country has suffered less from !
drouth, and the we'll titled farms
will produce abundant crops.
We stopped at Parkersburg and
attended the United States Cir
cult Court for one day, Judges
B md and Jackson on the bench.
Very little business was prepared
for the term, the attorneys by COM
mon consent deciding that the
weather was too warm for contests
at the Bar
We left Parkersburg on Thurs
day evening and we arrived at
Cincinnati at six O'Clock Friday
morning and at this city by eleven
O'Clock.
The growth of Indianapolis is as
founding Only a few years ago the
population was only twenty thou
sand, and now it is estimated at
over one hundred thousand A vast
and increasing business has b en-
concentrated here by railroads.
just now the city seems dull
they have no first class scandal
like Brooklyn. and no sensation
over stolen boy like Philadel-
phia.
The editors report daily the num-
Der and character of petitions filed
i n the courts for divorce, and t us
a eaSOnable amount of social seam
pal is dished out in the morning
| diapers, and the sewing societies
aud similar associations reproduce
it with nothing omitted, and per-
haps thought put down in malice
and so here as elsewhere is realized
that
"There's wee little thing in this world
of ours,
And it moveth and moveth the live long
day,
And though the sun shines, and though the
storm low'rs,
1t chattereth on with its ceaseless
lay.
Over peasant and king
Its spell it hath flung,
That dear little thing
lady's tongue.
There is, perhaps, more wealth
and business talent in Indianapo-
lis than is to be found in any other
inland city in the country land this
wealth is invested and used in fac
tories, and thus labor is furnished
for twenty thousand men, and the
rich country around is supplied
with implements manufactured
here.
l will not weary you with de-
tailed account of the improve
ments of the city, but to illustrate
the character of these, / men ion
one-a new court house not yet
completed, which will cost over
two millions of dollars.
The people boast of the fine so
ciety here, and of the beautiful
women, and that they have no
VINEGAR tempered old maids " 1t
is easy to get married and easier
to get unmarried, and so grass
widowers are abundant.
The political war has opened in
good earnest, in this State, and
hard fought battle will only tell us
the result. Some of the ablest ora
tors in the ranks of nationa
politics are in the field, and organ
ization is the watch word. The