The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-27
OUR WESTON LETTER.

OUR WESTON LETTER.
A Ride to MISREPRESENTATION OF
the COunIFy-.A Marrow Gauge
lu PFOSpcCt.rhc Races and Hal.
loon AscenSiOn-IIOrNe Traders
and Fine. Hooded IIOFScS...A
Walking Race.-thOH.t how.
WEToS, sept. "a, ls7j.
Eiluri Oh the InisJigsn7u
It was my yOOI fortune yesterday
morning, while sitting in the 81. Charlie
Hotel at Clark'bIry, 10 meet with o man
who hal been hunting an hour or .D Tor
come one 20 accompany him On \ trip by
private conveyance 90 Weston. A. |
have 4 holy horror for the average .low.
going, mercl!e.- stage, and 4 peculiar
penchant for iWO.hoTse bu.sic., CAV.
way 10 the temptation ard va .opn on the
road. The morning was q damp, i1ggy
one; and az We drove over the hills and
along the West Fork river, the biting
cold made "a retreat % our blanket. and
OYeTcDats. Oui in this .cc;i0u VI the
State Mr.. Jack Frost generally Start. out
with biz pinCer- much sooner than he
does with you nipping indi'c'ini.
naiely: and we 10 tie man Who under.
lAkes ~ make = trip during tho fall With.
out an OyercDat, no matter how the
weather may H. vhen be- ".ei. home
The venerable PrObabili!ie. H.. tickle
way Of doing thing in TIL. interior cJln.
try,and it i not .aie Tor any one to indulge
very much in prophecy concerning mele.
geological matters.
THE DRIVE
from Clark.buig to Weston il a plea ant
one, 20 the people tell me- when the road
il in good condition, which /, j. no, now.
The distance il only tgenty.iour mile,
and on the road one ind. iDIl.ga.s. H..
yond endurance, and which charge Ike
the Light Brigade at BllaklaTa." II /
remember correctly | dealt ont - cent.
toll in the tWehiy.fDur mile., and il other
people are taxed accordingly the road
Ough. 10 be 4 pretty paying Institution.
There seems 10 be but little work done
on it, and should think that nearly all
the receipts were clear profit. Jus! after
We had passed one Of the toll.gate. yes.
tsrday, We dropped into a gooI..i1ed mud
hole, when my partner turned around
and told the old man keeping the gate
that IL he would put the ten-cenl piece
We had given him into that hole he would
lie doing the travelling public a service
The point Of the observation wa lost
and We logged along rejecting On the
Obtu'eness Of 'Ome folks.
THE COUNTRY.
between Cark.burg and Weston j. real.
u beautiful, and it i. pity 10 have the
drive through il spoiled By = bad roaH.
Il il pretty generally though, now, how.
ever, that by this time next year Weston
will be joined to the outer world by a
railroad, and then farewell to these
misary.making stages. This railroad in
prospective, the Weston and Wet Fork
road, il Icing handled By substantial men
by the way. Henry BrannOn. j. the
President Of the company, and George
Bennett, Secretary, and it il due to their
interchangeable energy, and that Of few
other IersOns, that the enterprise il 20 far
advanced a tie. hear that Mr.. WOi.
lindin, editor Of the local paper here, can.
va'.ed the county, and expended a good
deal Of labor in his paper in favor Of the
subscription recently made by the county
Of $4,000, for the construction Of this
road. Weston it'eli j. talking Of taking
$1,000 worth Of stock, and private sub.
scfiptionI have been made 10 the amount
Of $4,000. This road will he a narfDS
gauge one, q miles in length, and will b"
built il il thought for $1,000.
Bits FOR frs CONSTRUCTION
we're received lat Monday, and will lc
opened on the 10th Of October.
Weston ia an old.ia.hioned town, rich
in "rOcks from the golden mountain II
Mammon," and pretty women. 1t is|
happy in it. retirement, and haa not
grown any for number Of yeara lthas
an abundance Of taste AMI refinement
about it, a. is shown by some Of it,
private residences, with their ilowery
grounds. Mr.. Jonathan VI. Bennett has
the incest residence in the town, and in
deed one Of the finest in the State. When |
Weston shall have been Weakened up by |
the locomotive whistle. it will he Of a |
great deal more Importance to the world
than il IL now.
THE LEWIS COUNTY FAIR
is being held here now, and in many re-
spects L il the best Fair have visited |
this fall. The stock department, though !
not quantatiyely up TO that Of the Fair
lately held at Clafksburg, il certainly
equal to i. in quality. There are 3 mum.
Der Thoroughbred Durhams and Devon.
in the stalls, andevery time look at them |
feel like buying farm and going into
the dairy business. shall wait, how.
ever, until that railroad il completed I've.
fore doing anything 90 rash. At least
THREE THOUSAND rEorLE
we're here thi, afternoon. Lewis county
turned out handsomely and many per.
sons we're here from Braxton. The bal.
loon Advertisement waa 4 good hit made
by the managers, and drew better than
the Indians did at Clark.burg, Or "Brick"
Pomefoy at Fairmont. The exhibition
in Floral hall is better than it hi4 ever
been before, and e1cels any tina, / have
seen this fall. There il an elegant die.
play Of house plants from the Asylum
and exquisite bouquets Of phlo1 and
dahlias. DR.. Koontl, the Assistant Su.
Perintendent, took the pains TO put these
floral beauties on exhibition, and re.
ceiyed the first premium on house plants
and cut flowers, as was his due, | noticed