Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-02-24

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i'm these hills 10 us was truly interest,"
ing, not the game alone, hut the sub
lime scenery, if naught else. made
every step pleasure.
You may climb these hills-these
mountains for some of them are 900
feet in height and survey a world Of
wildress and glory spread DOT IN pro-
fusion aid elegance unlike any
other place on earth-original, UNI
tanned, and beautiful, and seems to
the senses like some divine fancy wo>
ven into legend of fairy homes in a
world of imagination and chance,
rather than land of real forms and
conditions. Here is the real sublimi
ty of nature-awful forests which for
ages have darkered these hills with
tremendous gloom; mysterious springs
pouring out the purest of water from
impenetrable recesseS, She wreck OF
elemental contests, and the jagged
rocks-monumental OF earlier ages,
all have antiquity beyond that of the
Pyramids.
ENJOYING LIFE.
We will here give our readers a
brief but strictly correct account OF
how some Of these people live, and
act, knowing full well that very
many of our people know nothing OF
the way their neighbors prosper, and
how well they fare. We called for
dinner at house of good appearance,
| (at least it was best, for miles around)
and were told to come in and be
seated. and in - minutes dinner was
ready; we took up'a prominent posi-
ton at the head Of the table and
made an invoice OF the various ar
ticles of diet. which footed up us fol-
lows: Cold corn-bread, stewed Tur-
nips, and water. Only these, and
nothing more.
We were not half so hungry as
we had at first imagined, so ate but
little, and silently stole away. An
Their place can be cited where the
family have NJ table, knives or forks,
plate, spoon. or even cooking utensil,
save only one kettle and broken
oven. Their modas operGn9t Of bak>
| Ing bread was, to heat Che hearth
stone with hot GOALS, pour the corn
batter on the stone and cover with
the two pieces of oven till done -
Under the floor is 4. hole dug about
six feet square by four feet in depth,
| filled with leaves; when they wish to
retire the trap-door is raised and
down goes the entire tamlly--to bed.
Sunset found uS-n0t at the place
lust described, but where the gentle
man was noted for his piety and
great propensity tor asking questions
As an example of men who never
read newspapers Che was worth SlO,-
| 600, but had never taken q paper
We give few of his questions
as the war still going on in Rus
sia?"
"What ever became of Horace
Greeley? l have not heard Of him
for six months"
as the war debts of the l. S, all
paid up" ,
Are it 50 that some body robbed
some bank about Huntingdon"
| This is no stretch of Imagination,
| hut is actually true. Here we char
tered Mule for little ride-good
to Logan c.. II. and retum-a dis
lance of . miles. There were but
way was a world of timber, rocks
ard wildness.
! LOGAN G. II.
The Queen City" of the noun
tains, is situated on the East side OF
| the Guyan River 70 miles from its
mouth. The people are as kind and
accommodating us any in the world,
and the traveller is always made wei
come to such as they have. As for
intelligence, we affirm that they are
| in advance of many other more high
| ly favored settlements, and in pro
| portion to its population, Logan re-
ceives more news papers than the
general public would suppose; and
in this connection we remark that
they poy for them. We like these
people, we like their hearty shake Of
/ the hand, the willingness to do you
tavors, their natural courtesy to their
! fellow man, with few sectarian preju
diccs, and no political prescription.
NATURAL RESOURCES.
Logan County has unlimited rich
ness in timber, and mineral wealth.
Timber, Of the most excellent
quality, Oak, Maple, Walnut and
Poplar; coal-wi,h scarcely an equal
IN the world u TO quailty ana guam
tity.
Ores, of various kinds, BIT the
Iron Ores are most plentiful. We
were Shown specimens from the col
lection Of Mayor j. a. Nighberu Of
Black Band, which was very fine.
The soil, is good, and produces
fruits and small grains it is also well
adapted to the growth Of Tobacco,
Sugar-Cane and Grapes.
LITTLE BUCKSHoT.
The new Jail is nearly completed
Mr. Oliver Perry is the builder
/ Cost $1,000
j. Z. Robertson & Co, and L..
Justice & Bro, are engaged in mer
camille business. They are energetic
men, and have established good