The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-04
1Visit 10 MOundSVille BY a Party
OiLndIes-WhR1 They saw.
WHEELING, April 80.

pres ~ nam lisAHh tGA NANNAs W - -
on deck most Of the way down the river,
in order To see everything that was To b.
seen. Although the wind Wa quite b0ls,
ferrous We managed, BY dodging behind
smoke stacks and holding on 10 posts TO
keen ourselves from blowing quite away.
Sili | think We might have looked nice.
had We had about dozen more pairs Of
hands apiece TO smooth down our nu11er-
Al Bellaire We amused ourselves by
watching the passengers come and 60.
Women. with the inevitable little box,
bic box, band box and bundle, trying
their best TO hurry, and still not getting
along very fast after all. A crusty
old bachelor standing beside Us ne
marked that "the very reason he never
would get married was because the
women were all so slow. They never
would hurry. Il was not in then"
&c. Thinks TO myself, Take care, sir.
| shouldn't be surprised il some sharp
girl had been too fast for you sometime
back in your lie, and il you don't be care.
full You'll ind il out However, he did
not know that | vas thinking all this,
consequently he didn't feel hurt.
Just as We came in sight Of Mounds
vile, the dinner gong sounded. l guess
there was not enough Ito 60 round, 80
they postponed dinner until they knew
We could not possibly have time to stay
and eat. 1t is all very we'll. Economy
is wealth suppose, and all that sort Of
thing, hut ! don't believe | shall soon
forget that they landed At MOundsvilie
Just as dinner was ready,
Moundsyille is a very nice place. I'm
not going to bother telling the number o.
inhabitants, the price OF corner lots, and
such dry stuff. Iou know all that we'll
enough already. Il is a very pretty
place, and especially now, as il is begin.
ming to look quite summary. The aoHen
are trying their best TO bloom, notWith'
standing Jack Frost's efforts to the con
trary.
| noticed quite number Of fruit trees
in bloom, aud, by the way, | don't more
than half believe those frighiul stories
folks have been telling US about the fruit
being all killed, Maybe | don't know
ANYTHING about Il, still cant help hay-
ing faith a. long a. | sc blossoms
Of course We went to see the mound.
Quite nice round hill with a hole 10
the middle Of it, and some splendid old
trees growing on it. 1t must have been
quite a curiosity before the curiosities
we're all taken out and sent away, AT
any rate our curiosity is fully satisfied.
We have often heard Of the mound, and
now We have seen it.
I After leaving the mound We went to
the Penitentiary II may as we'll tell you
confdentially that this was really the
main object OF our visit, we wanted TO
see il they could accommodate the whole
iamily) Here We found plenty 10 interest
Us. The Superintendent was not at
home, but gentleman belonging to the
establishment Whose name. unfortu.
naiely, we did not CATCH very kindly
and politely showed Ne al over
the place. OF course we did the
usual amount Of staring and OH.
ing and All ling, as wa necessary to
show our appreciation Of everything. We
[ looked through the gFatings into the
cells. We saw how ingeniOusly some oil
the convicis had adorned their walls with
all sorts OF fantastic figures and colors
We went into the dungeon and were glad
to get out again. We saw the stock,
lhorrid relics Of barbarism) and we're glad
to learn that they were seldom used. We
saw them making brick; We saw then
making shoc-, furniture and cigars. We
smel, the bread that they had baked. We
went to the blacksmith shop and lifted a
ball and chain, which they said weighed
over sixty pounds. We didn't carry Il
away very far for fear they would need Il
before we got back. We went into the
clothing room and saw the cloth they
make their clothes Of. | thought II real
petty. but not at all stylish, considering
that plaids are all the rage nov.
Last Of all we went up to the top Of
the building and had fine view Of the
whole country around. And a very
beautiful country il il too. and 4 nice
place to build large city. We looked
down into the yard below US and told
what we would do il We were down there
D allA AaAlNN W zap anu NhiAbhH HNlt
the plans and suggestions as to how We
could scale that formidable looking vail,
without being seen by the gentlemen Of
seemingly elegant leisure, summing them.
selves so comfortably Al the four corners
Of the wall. All very 6ne, making plans
away up on top Of the house, but ! i'm.
agine il We were down in The yard, and
really trying to escape We would sOOn
find that "the best laid PIansO o mice aud
men, gang aft a glee.r "a
! Upon looking at our watches we foulhl
that We had no time to waste II we would
make the $40 train, and accordingly We
had to descend to The level Of ordinary
MORALS and leave our plahs and flights Of
imagination In the clouds. A brisk walk
brought Va to the depot and after saying
good day 10 our friend, who had 30 kind
~ shown ~ all the sights, we were SOoh
whi.king along Wheeling ward. MOre1
cannot say. only that We arrived safe and
sound. that's what folks always sayD, and
We think we'll go to MOundsvile again.
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