The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-22
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| oottoG, and agaias DithssHdden, movement,
throws bimseif phighin tbeair .hakinpyhIm.
se. I 10 the frantic edorttGesa pc. But keep
a. Ia. Mt line gradually draw, him 10 till broken
doWn, !; and ,conqueted, he hes apantinc on
the SUI, face OF the water ,alobgsder The
boat, Ash worthy of your Z hoob,
/, Imagine arepetitiona Of the, Scene [ have
but poorly d. scribed erery, fifteen or twenty
minutes during tho. day hat.is,a when the
wind ia right, am, the water is right, and the
fish are of the sam e mind as ynursetf--and
you will hive sorneth Ing Ike q correct idea Of
bass fishing In the Sou h Branch, and under.
stand the. nature Of 1.-THE attraction (which
draws parties of anglers 225 miles from
Wheeling to this pi1ce every October
the present occasion we 6shef with q short
intermission, when we ate fish, till it grew
dark, and carried home a beautiful string,
the largest weighing three and half pounds !;
and it is the boast Of your correspondence
that though this WIS bis ,frst'experienceft In
catching bass be took the Largest that was
caught that day.
AEword about Romney: tits, asrrhany Of
your readers know, the connty-seato LOT Hamp.
shire, and also the location OF the State In
stitution for the Blind and the Deaf and
Dumb. The buildDg-is a pretty ore, and
beautifully situated; the school is 3we ell
conducted and prosperous, and, under
the management Of Major Coryell, an
| old citizen of Virginia. ard for many
years principal f,sot. the i Institution; at
| Stanton, aud though not on 30 large
sclle as the Staunton school, the accom-
modati00s are ample for the demands of
this State. There will be ninety or one hun.
dred pupils the current year yISomney is
| romanticaly situated id d most 'healthful re-
gon, aud. found a gooaly number, of citi'
'zens of the old State (asitEey'speakh OF Viz
| ginia here) located in the place, who, .somts
| what to my surprise, have bt come reconcile d
to the "political rape" (Which the sarcas %
| of ey.Governor Wi has made SO ,potorious},
and are satisfied with the, State of their ador-
| ton, well pleased with their home here,
and , manifest no inclination to return
from the bastard State 10 The arms
of it's virtuous but much-abused m2ther.
The writer is surprised to fod the public
roads and turnplkes here in such excellent
condition. THE old State might well initiate
her offspring in this particular, for though
| the whole country have traverSed since
reaching this State is alternate mountain and
valley, bill and dale, the roads are so well
graded and worked that travel by private
c rnveyance is comparatively easy and rapid.
The valley and often The mountains and
| hill-sides are rich and alluylal, and
the scenery grand beyond deScrip ioD,
so will not attempt it, but leave you and
your readers TO imagine everyt hing attrao;
tive, exhllarating, awe-inspirlng, &C.; and
with this l will conclude. But, dear Dis
patch, l am furnishing for home news. |
| never SEGA Virginia paper out here. The
saYages don't even take Dispatch. Can't
you send Two or three Of your latest out 10
Huntington to intercept me there, and con.
lfera lasting obligation upon your wandering
friend, q ~. - -, 80. BaTEToURT. r
2. S.-Not getting this mailed at keyser
this evening, add line TO say that forty
miles further west have broughtme to Gram
berry Summit, the top of the Alleghanies.
Our iron horse climbed the mountain in
seventeen miles on a grade Of one hundred
and ten feet to the mile, and am two thou.
SAND feet higher than | was at O'Clock, aud
Two thousand eight hundred feet above tide
water, sitting by q roaring fire, with the
tnermometera at iorty-four degrees and fall
Ing The denizeus of this town in The clouds
expect snow before morning, and if live I'LL
morning | will go down to Grafton to take
my sabbath rest. 'E ''. '.."- 30