The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-11
plenty oi everything for mani and beast
this coming winter.

! plehlS ~ everything luF mani AMI beast
this coming winter.
THIS BEAUTIFUL VALLEY
Of Buffalo Creek might we'll be compared
to lrving's SLEEPY Hollow" There is
also a striking resemblance between the
inhabitants here and those who dwelt in
that romantic locality. BY long years Of
arduous toll they have become indepen-
dent in this worlds goods-many of them
wealthy, as wealth goes up here-and
now they are content to yegetate-as it
wcre-by simply adding i few dollars
each year to their store. They watch
their chances to buy bit OF ground now
and then, and take delight occasionally in
adding another government bond to their
possessions. Being generally out Of debt
they are as a rule hard money men, and
look forward with pleasure 10 the day
when the bright shining dollars will again
jingle in their pockets.
A MORAL PEOPLE.
From the mouth OF Buffalo creek to
the Pennsylvania line you will seek in
vain for "dram shop" The tone OF
public opinion is decidedly against whis-
KY, although you might find an Occasion-
al drCanter Of fine old rye in the cool
corner Of somebody's cupboard A re-
ligious tone pervades Brooke county So
ciety, the Methodist denomination pre-
dominating.
CAMP MEETING.
Justnow the Methodist people are pre-.
cparing lur \ grand camp meeting at
BclIvicw, near Independence, Just over
the Pennsylvania line. 1t commences on
the 18th, which will be about the time the
grain is all thrcshcd ont and the last Of the
hay gathered in. The Young men are hay-
ing their buggics fixed mp andcompleting
arrangements with thcirgirls for the ocCa.
sion. The matrOns are laying in extra
supplies OF good thing4, and the young
chickens seem to anticipate the dread oc.
ca'ion by roosting higher than usual
THE CHANGERS.
"Co-operalion," as it is called, isapparcnt.
ly not very popular in Brooke, Recently
an effort has been made Ia establish u
grange at Bethany, and preliminary
meeting was held there the other day
looking to that end. 1t is said also that
grange store is 10 be established at Beth.
any. But maly Of tho old and most sub.
stantial citizens look upon the movement
with suspicion.
now lT Is OUT WEST.
The farmers who live thousand miles
west Of this would look upon the opera.
tiOns Of this primitive community with !
feeling bordering on contempt. They |
seem out there To catch broad ideas
from the wide fields by which they are
surrounded, and it is hard for them to
understand how farmers can labor so
hard for such u small reward hut who
cantcII which Is the true philosophy. The
farmers here work for small profits, it is
true, but generally they live within their
means, and each year lay by little for u
rainy day. They live, too in the most
beautiful country in the world. The
climate Is hcathfnI, and while they seem
to he shut in from the busy world, which
moves by steam and lightning, yet
an hour nr twO's ride over reasonably
good road will land them at the river or
the cars. And what more could n reason.
able man ask for?
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS nESCE
the farms in this goodly region may he
Il little larger, and the houses Of the
farmers al.o little larger, and per.
chance the roads may bc better, but these
are about all the changes that one may
expect to see. These good people and
their children after them will go ploh.
ding along the even tenor Of their way.
Raising corn and wheat and sheep will
be their business, n it is now, and they
wont care whether the rest Of mankind
likes it or not.
For my part love the people Of old
Brooke just rs they are, and the hills
and valleys have a place in my affections
that can never hc filled by any other land
on earth. licvcr get rich am coming
here to spend the evening Of my days.
WESTWARD liOrND.