The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-18
acknowledgement
WHEELING LETTER.
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81, ,rnrr,ryF. W. Va, December IA
;"Whreling charity expended itseli
~ sio,er in providing substantial food
v j,ip, ior those"poor untortunates,
ial wv, ~, rsTe then called. A tine building
sg W. most public part OF the city was
" ~, and converted into a soup.house
ielS 'sr,jir caterer was employed at a
i'o,bIe salary, and three meals were
N4,. 'jt 10 an birds OF passage" who ap'
g XII he, Of charge and in welcome. II
"'1," NOT to the diurnal feast vOlun-
-.' r .ome enthusiast was even ready to
~" IN, INTO the highways and byways and
Nv. ,br invitation. As Tor lodgings,
,,,Ion,housc was converted into as
" ,SnG,,able sleeping apartments as pos
,1 M and with warm fire and full stom-
'' M. ,bey thought poverty not such n bad
,air, aiier all. In fact, they rather liked
.'''i rbe name and fame OF this city went
y. had A. the very paradise Of tramps,
'.J ,bry gathered here to the number OF
Nv t",@Jtei or two. II the station.house
S, ~,r too warm and crowded, they
SSIJ cather around the fre.plugs, where
, zoo ire. we're made to prevent the pipes
i',',iog Standing around these fires ut
s',b, they presented a picture Of all
rI,,e, Of lilapidation, from the ragged
,Dj Drn" to shabby gentility looking
, -" like the bivouac Of the company
%T marched through Coventry, For
, ,' our citizens looked at this with
,,oTl deal Of seli-cOmplacency, but to-
,s,j .pring their ard0r in this good
r,,E began to cool, and 10 did the soup,
Tho tramp. who had waxed fat, like the
Sw,c,cr spoken Of in scripture, "kick-
a and a, the weather got fine struck
an, for green fields and pastures new.
Thi. winter the hospitality and charity
# ,bc Wheclingites have taken q more
D,,c,ical turn. Hardly had Jack Frost
plcbel the earth with his icy fingers
T5en our City Council passed an ordi-
aimee establishing a workhouse for the
,pesial benefit Of tramps, and now as soon
zone makes his appearance he is escort
Jn,his new rendezvous, and with his
Iule hammer il compelled to study the
interior formation Of a pile Of rocks pro-
rIlel for that purpose.
uAlas for the rarity
" rW Christian charity,
Under the sun"
THE LEGISLATURE.
The principal work OF the Legislature
,iace Il. session here has been the trial Of
Ihe Auditor and the State Treasurer for
hph crimes and misdemcAnors in Office.
liey were impcaChed by the House and
snt to the Senate for trial, where II Is
now pending. The Legislature will prob
,b.y adjourn next week, The members
have no cause to complain Of their treat
nent since they have come here, They
haze been ietcd OH every side and innu-
nerlbIe amuscments gotten up In their
honor. The first Legislature which met
in lhi. city complained that they were not
treated with due respect by the denizGns
d thi4 place, and some may possibly
hiuk that tho marked respect shown to
he present body, both individually and
is not altogether disinterest-
,l But the fact Is the citizens Of Wheel
ns don't anticipate such n thing as the
removal Of the Capital from this place
br considerable time to come, and II
there Is difference in the treatment Of
the present Legislature from the one that
tr convened here, II is because 1t ID
composed Of u different class Of men--
uen Of ability, and who are socially the
equal ii our rather fastidious people.
TIE PuRMC PRINTER.
The Treasurer and Auditor are not the
,nly officials who are commanding the
mention ofthe Legislature by the pecu'
lar manner in which they conduct their
evcNl departments. The Public Printer
lividcs the honor with the aforementiOn.
d worthless. For the last few years the
'iae printing has been auctionecrGd It
be lowest bidder, ami some Of tho bid:
Ave been 80 low by the 1000 ems that an
Ionest man might wonder that the Pub
ic Printer did not find himself in the
'oor.house by the end Of the first year
he present incumbent, however, la.
hown how the thing Is done by bill.
resented for printing one Thousand
,hool blanks. The only printing OF
lc,e blanks Is line or two running
TOSS the upper part Of the page thus, fol
! illustration;
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