The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-20
moRcANT0 OWN.
The West Virginia University
C,ose of the Collegiate Year.

.,l.. that intervene between Fairmont
.,l,bst Promised Land" deter from
.,,suptng the passage many who
sopId gladly attend the literary exerci-
-. 9, the West Virginia University.
Tho man who has a reasonably lair
o.ospec, OF longevity can, however, af-
,,,J to spend iour or five hours upon
,bs rosd for the sake of the delights
tho, await him at the end o. the jour-
rsv The road is, at this season OF the
y,,r in tolersbly good repair, but the
,ock. aud the hills forbid any sem-
bI,nce of fact driving. Jehn, the con
q, Nim.hi, would have jolted his
chariot to everlasting smash il he had
sr,empted on this any OF the furious
driving for which he was celebrated
n the time Of David and Absolom Of
oil.
Accordingly, the passenger has time
n muse over the main incidents OF
Tfe.,ime TO view and admire the spleL-
jrI scenery that greets him on the hill
ION. and 10 get up first class appetite
,or the good dinner he is pretty sure to
find when he reaches Morgantown.
You pass through the little hamlets OF
R;ve.yille and Arnettsville; through
finely cultivated and fertile farms;
sropg fields OF waving wheat just tinged
with the promise OF a golden harvest :
AID from the tops of the hills you can
sse the dark blue line OF the Allegha-
nv mountains like a low-lying wall
a,sinst the eastern horizon. The
weather in this region during the past
week h.s been all that either student
or visitor could wish, and especially TO
one coming from the murky atmos-
paere and parched neighborhood of
Wheeling, the fresh, pure, and exhiler-
a,ing air of Monougslia, and the deli"
cious greenness OF the vegetation that
cbsrsctarizes this leafy month OF
June" in that locality, are PARTICULAR
" charming.
|, may be remarked here as we'll as
snvwhere else 10 this letter, that the
season in Monongslia courty has been
highly favorable for almost all kinds OF
crops. Old settlers Say they never saw
better wheat than is now rapidly ripen-
ing in their fields. They have had
plenty OF refreshing rain just at the
Tine when it was most needed, and
could not have ordered the season
letter if they had been able to control
Il themselves.
Leaving Wheeling on the five o'clock
train on last Wednesday morning, the
writer arrived at Fairmont at half-past
eight. and in a short time thereafter
vss seated in a buggy behind DR..
Martins fast pacing mare, Charley
holding the reins. The ride was q
pieassn: one, and should it ever be my
cool fortune to 90 that way again l
want no more sprightly nag and no
more careful and entertaining driver
than were al my service last Wednes'
lay morning. This may be matter ol
nopsrticulsr interest to the public, but
- 10 me and Chsrley-su and the mare,
The programme OF exercises during
Commencement Week at the Uulver-
slly has already been published, and
some account has been given by cor
respondent of the REGISTER OF the
the anniversary of the literary societies,
the annual sermon, &c. The exami-
nation Of classes is sald to have result
Ell very satisfactorily TO the Faculty
ami 10 the visitors who were present
the students having evinced a very
commendable degree Of proficiency IN
their several branches OF study. The
contest for the Regents Prize was had
on Tuesday evening and was won by
Master llsgsns, OF Morgantown, a sor
o. George NJ. Hsgaus, Esq, deceased
The piece he recited was thrilling lit.
tie war poem entitled Wounded" anc
the manner OF its rendition was pro-
G1onnced unusually good. All OF INT
d-cIams!ions given upon the occasion
are well spoken OF by those who were
20 fortunate as to be present.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
AT two o'clock Wednesday aitein oor
smeeting of the West Virginia His
'o'ica. Society was held in the hall o
'he University. After the transaction
0l some routine business, Hon. q. j
fsulkner was introduced and read be-
ore large audience attracted by ,hi
expected pleasure, a very interesting
ana admlrsble address upon the earl.
history OF West Virginia. He spok
OF The character Of the Indian tribe
mat formerly inhabited the territory
now embraced in this State; OF thell
Hsrce and implscable wars with tn
indians residing east of the mountains
o' Their final emicration from this ter
r',ory to some other region; and OF tn
sct@ won by Governor Spottswood
Vi Virginia, who, with ban
" horsemen, was the firs
white man to cross the Alleghen.
mountains and see the country that la
oeyond, and who, in honor OF tn
cGlevement instituted 1.-THE order {
golden horseshoe" with which b
rewarded his knights.
The address was full OF interestin
mater not generally known, and q
present were both instructed and pleas
"a, M 1t was too long for publication
we " newspapers, else l might offer it
tne readers oil the REelsrKR, but it wi
oe published in full among the tram