The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-09-01

WululHB NuiCet give up your pefnlcl0uh
habits and become in reality gentleman,
| will forgive and forget your past sins,
meet you in the spirit Of cordially and
treat you according TO your merits as a
man and your abilities "a n trader. Mr..
Holiday will in all cases instruct you in
your duty to the company, and you will
govern yourself accordingly, He will, l
am sure, impart to you with pleasure a
knowledge Of your calling, provided you
behave as becomes you; and it will de-
pend wholly upon your future industry
whether shall henceiorward consider
you valuable acquisition to the COM
pany or regret that ever had the misfor-
tune to meet yOu' am, So
II the recipient OF that letter did not
reform, hardly anything that could be
said on paper would have reached his
case. Yet from an allusion in subse-
quent letter, it appears he did not but
had been on another Carousc. What his
fate was is not written in this book, but
OF course he went to the devil.
There ia some curious little things
about these old fur company buildings.
Here is an old lock on one OF the parlOr
doors as big Us half dozen locks you see
in these degenerate days. The windows
in one building have no less than thirty
little panes Of glass in each. A building
in the rear Of the others, probably built
for warehouse, has as much wood in 1t
as would be put into three or four OF like
dimensions and modern build. In the
rear the yard Is cut into the hill, making
a bank facing with a wall twelve or if
teen feet high. This ia pierced with UNI
derground apartments once used for the
storage OF powder and other articles
which ii was desired to keep especially
safe. The grounds at that period were sur
rounded BY high piCkets made Of small
cedars driven close together and sharpen.
ed Mt the top. Each picket was suFmount-
ed with m iron spike with three or four
prongs bristling 10 all directions, FORM
Ing cheycau dc frise that made sudden
assault by the Indians perilous under
taking, and tFespnSs atNll times risky and
difficult,
II Is novel experience to an inha bitant
OF your latitude to find comfort in winter
clothing and OverCoat at midday In mid
August. II is enough to make one feel
that a little Wheeling smoke and sulphur,
with even n flavor OF that alley adjacent
to'your office, would be endurable for the
sake OF the kindlier temperature that &C.
companies them. The cold makes the
water seem less attractive, and the sight
Of party Of gentlemen out this afternoon
in sail.bOat sCudding before aTaw wind,
with OyerCoats buttOned to their chins,
fairly made me shiver. After the wind
fell this evening, spent an hour loiter.
ing along the beach west Of the village in
tho direction OF "LOyer's Leap" picking
up the pebbles that line the shore, with |
All occasional agate, watching the swell |
rs 1t came rolling in, and speCulatlng |
about the way II wears the stones and as
sorts them In layers, the larger ones far.
Their up and the less nearer the waters
edge, and trying to comprehend what II
was the wild waves were saying. The
beat Interpretation | can get Is. that they
advise n return to the south shore and q
little angling for the shy speckled deni.
IONS Of the pelluCid brooks. had de-
signed to go on up to the SAUL Ste. Ma
rio, and an excursion boat from Detroit
yesterday afforded an opportunity, but a
survey Of the boats interior, which was
not inviting, und tho Discrimination to
spend a couple Of days mOreon the water,
or to get any farther north while It was
80 cold here, decided me not to go.
The accustomed dullness Of the Astor
was enlivened this evening by little di.
version mot down In the bills" IN the
large hall devoted to billiards and bar.
A couple OF gentlemen were playing bill
lizards, two or three more Of lis were
sitting by watching the game, while at the
far end Of the hall, n half a dozen fellows
Of the rOngher sort werO standing at the
bar, drinking frequently and talking
loudly, among them soldier from the
Garrison, who seemed to be an object Of
pique to two or three Of the others. A
scrimmage was evidently brewing, and
presently 1t began. 1t was as pretty q
little tisticur IA you ever saw. No
weapons werO used; and from our end Of
the room we looked at II with the same
feeling OF amusement as one looks at
circus. The fight began at the bar but II
ranged round the room, with an Occa.
siOnal lull and fresh outbreak, till II
brought up among the billiard tables.
II ended by one fellow snotehingup cue
and aiming tremendous blow at the
soldier, which missed its mark and fell
on the head OF the bar.kecper, who had
injndiciously rushed into the fray to
separate tho combatnnts. There was n
sort Of poetic Justice In this; and since no.
body was seriously hurt, It was tile most
little fight I had ever wit.
messed. II was all over, including the
process Of getting drunk, inside Of ten
minutes. Indeed, 1t looked as If some Of
tho parties got drunk with suspicious
celebrity. It may be, though, that the
whisky makes drunk quicker
than the kind we have down South.
RAMBLER,