Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-08-24
Centennial Correspondence.

Centennial Correspondence.
Editor Chronicle thinking per-
haps your readers are not quite worn
out yet with reading Centennial sketch
Is. l will give You a brief account of
one of the pleasantest trips it was ever
my good fortune to enjoy. We left
Wheeling at 9 A. M, July 18th, and
changing cars at Benwood found our
selves comfortably seated in splendid
car on the limited mail train, going
East over the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road. This road has the name of being
very rough, but we found it the con-
trary, for although we attained speed
of about forty miles per hour the road
was comparatively smooth. The Off
courteous gentlemen-always ready 10
answer all questions, and careful of the
comfort of their passengers. For safe,
pleasant road, beautiful scenery, and
accommodating officers, the tourist will
do well to GO over the B. & D. r. R.
We arrived in Washington City at ten
O'Clock at night; we spent two days
here very pleasantly and profitably,
visiting all the Departments, calling
on President Grant and the Postmaster
General, went to the Capitol and
climbed to the top of the dome and
were rewarded by q beautiful
view of the City and surrounding
country, then down to the House of
Representatives and listened to the
argument in contested election case,
thence to the Senate Chamber and
Belknap impeachment trial, and had
all the notables pointed out TO us. On
Thursday Capt. Danford kindly &C.
cOmpanied US through the Treasury
Department, and we were shown the
naodus Operandi by making greenbacks
this department employs about seven
hundred women. Capt. DaDford is
making q very enviable record; as a
worker; was told by-several that he
had done more hard work during this
session than any man in Congress with
all his other labOrs he, as member of
the Committee on Naval Affairs, pre-
sented report that covered thirty-twO
hundred printed pages; his looks show
that he needs rest.
From Washington we took the cars
to Philadelphia, arriving at three
O'Clock in the morning, but as we were
in sleeping cars we we're not disturbed
until eight A. NJ. After securing a
lodging rOom-which can be procured
in any part of the city for one dollar
pc, day-we went out to the Centen-
nial buildings. To attempt any de-
scription OF this great .world-show
would be hopeless undertaking on
my part, rs able writers have tried it
and failed. No idea of the magnitude
of it can be formed unless it is seen.
We spent five days in sightseeing and
1 am confident we did not see the
fiftieth part. 1t is useless to advise any
one what particular part to examine
as that varies with the tastes of each
individual; for myself, the Govern
ment Buildings contained the most of
interest, but it is useless to attempt to
describe it. Each State has q building
as headquarters. We visited several
of these and think that West Virginia
presents the finest display as State
building of anything in the list, as it
has an attractive display of everything
found in the State, including minerals,
ores, grains, woods, soils, and animals,
while in the grounds around are shown
some fine specimens of camel and
splint coal. Ohio has house built of
the stone of the different quarries in
the State, and presents very tasteful
The machinery department appears
to attract more attention than any 9TH
er part of the exhibition, but taken as
whole the thing is stupenduous.
The complaints that living was so
high in Philadelphia l think is all a
mistake, as hotel charges are as low as
they are in Wheeling or any other city,
and in many cases lower.
From Philadelphia we went up
through Northern Pennsylvania anu
New York State, stopping one day at
Glen, noted place of resort,
and the most beautiful piece of scenery
in the United States, from thence to
that greatest of American wonders
(and the worst gouging place in the
worldly, Niagara Falls, from there to
Buffalo in time to see the fastest horse
racing ever known-got to see the
Queen of the turf, Goldsmith Maid,
make the best time she ever did,
1riven by the King of all horse jockeys
Budd DOble, hardly know which drew |
he luOSt ATTENTION tn0 morse or QTlV6r. |
While in Buffalo cx-Gov. Noyes open
I'd the campaign-addressing an i'm
nense crowd. From Buffalo we went
,ver the Canada Southern Railroad,
stopping one day in Canada) to De-
roit; stopped here over Sunday, and
N Monday went aboard the Jay
Jooke and had fine ride across Lake .
erie of eight hours, stopping at Putin
Bay and Kelly's Island, and landing at
in the afternoon; from here
We went over the B. & o. r. r. back
o Wheeling.
This excursion costs but nineteen
ollars, and is, 1 think, the best one for
he money given in the country. The
ickets can only be procured at the
epOt in Wheeling.
l could fill several columns with in
idents of the trip, but fear have tres
assed too much already, 1 will close.
UNIONTOWN.