The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-11-08

| bOmlHloEhi BOed LlEOuRu your VAllhe Ike
lightning. litried TO resign myself to
these annoyAnces but in the effort was
not half 90 practical as summer traveller
whose ecstasy was excited to such poet.
10 and philOSOphic height by flea bite
that he.spontaneOusly and mellihuously
murmured:
"Ths little aeas have lesser aeas
UpOa their hacks 70 bite EN-;
The lesser aGaI have other aeaj,
And - ud lnhntum."
HoOsAC TUNNEL.
Saturday finds me invited to visit the
Hoosac Tunnel, and thither we hied drawn
from the Arnold House by intense ex-
citement and pair Of mules, through in.
tensely wintry wind and storm Of
"beautilul snow" that, now that | think
OF ii, did not suggest one poetic thought,
A mile and quarter drive and short
walk finds us within and looking out OF
the biggest bore OF this or any other age.
When you stand in the west portal Of this
great work and imagine hole five miles
long, wide enough Tor 4 double railway
track, through solid granite and mica
slate, under mountain rising 2,6O0 feet
above the level Of the seq, you are led to
exclaim: "Truly, man Is fearfully and
wonderfully made" and this hole was
fearlessly and wonderfully made by that
king amongst men, that natures noble.
man, that man OF giant will, that honest,
modest gentleman,
WALTER STANLEY.
Instead Of carving his name as the
builder, In large letters, In the granite
rocks on tho facing wall Of the west pOr.
tai, as many Of his warm admirers de.
sired, he, in characteristic mOdesty, die.
tated and had carved in large characters
the words and figures
"HoosAc.
1874"
Sunday found us like good boy at.
tending the NJ. E. Church and listening to
one of the best sermons we ever heard,
by the Rev. Farrar, on the text "Have
Faith in God" The church edifceS here
are very fine for such place, exceeding
in some respects anything in our city, |
The Catholic Church has chime Of bells
making complete octave, by which any
tune not exceeding an octave may be |
"eIecRef" in more senses than one II the
ringers have no tune or time Ia their |
souls. As We walked up street at half. |
past ten, listening to the chime, We grad.
ually found ourselves in sympathy "with |
the Naturalization that so unsteady |
wells from the jingling and the ringing
OF the bells" saying to our Aforesaid
selves, do, re, mi, ia, sol, Ia, al, do; do,
81, Ia, sol, ia, mi, re, do" Rest.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
Monday night found the streets alive
with brass bands, blowing up listeners to
hear Senator Dawes for the Republicans,
in the hall connected with my hotel, and
Governor CASTOR for the Democrats, In
Martins Hall, on the opposite side Of the
street, In The closing efforts OF the politi.
cal campaign. As had never seen either
OF these luminaries, and had no vote,
was a curious and impartial listener, and
made myself a numerous auditor by list.
ening awhile to the Governor and then to
the Senator. The Governor had much
the larger audience, and Is the more agree.
able and argumentative speaker. The
Senator had the better brass band, but
the worse cold, and Is not the equal Of our
Governor Jacob in good looks, avoirdu.
pois, or as a stump speaker. The Sena.
tor was far below my idea Of an eloquent
man or an able, accomplished MasSaChu.
sets statesman. The Governors audi.
ence waS more magnetic, sympathetic
and demonstratiye; the Senator'S more
reflective and Self.posseSsed The ad.
herentS and admirers OF each were re.
spectful towards the other; positive pO.
lftical convictions, though widely differ.
ent, we're no disturbance Of personal or
social relations. In the manner Of the
adherentS OF both parties saw much 10
admire, nothing to condemn.
OYER THE MOUNTAIN.
To-day Mr.. Morley Donaldson, an eff
cienL young gentleman, who has for seve-
raj years been In the service Of Mr.. Shan.
ley, invited me to take a ride over the
mountain. Mr.. STANLEY gave me his
net Jacket 10 put on under my coat. Mr..
Sweet, our gentlemanly host, provided
me blankets, comfort, and heavy gloves,
and thus "done up and wrapped In buila.
10 robes, we started up the H0oSac Noun
!alns; ny series 0l w or NJ We
found ourselves ascending the grand old
volcanic pile, with mountains IN 'front.' o.
!iS, mountains TO me riSnt, 70 the lelt ang
In the rearot u.s. Oh to me right IS granu
old Grey Lock, rising 400 feet above the
sea, its ctessenshrouded IN cIo!ius ana coy
cred with snow TO is leitu Inc va.leyAlx
miles distant, IL eouth Auamsi on 70 our
lett, SIX miles up another valley, IS
town IN vermont, Tnlle a. me 1901 i
North Adams, win ltS couon, ShQe, ana
numerous other factories, impelIed by
water power !ed ny the Two branches Of
the Hoosac river. Down me valley SIX
miles Is WllllamStown anu ia college,
where ex'Mayor Mcclellan was grad
liated, anu IN the s!lIl latther 9ls-
lance stretch the villages. factories,
and endless chain oi mountains. NOW
we are 2,2OV ieet above she sea on ihe
west crest o. The Ho9sac, while Oh to the
HOosac, with mountain valley between,