The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-06-13
Our Moundsyille Correspondent
Visits His Old Homo In Penn

Visits His Old Homo in Penn.
SylVanla.
CARNucHAELs, Pa, June II, 1879.
Editors IutClllSenepr!
Whether anything from this part Of the
country will interest your readers am
at loss to determine, but l will risk il,
and try TO give you some idea Of how
things appear 10 ono who for four years
has been absent from the scenes oil his
childhood. Home again J.! What nem-
ories cling around the old homestead.
How many incidents and associations
long forgotten come back again IA one
wanderS over the old familiar hauntS Of
childhood. The brook, the meadow, and
even the old shade trees, are all here az
they were in our youthful days, for time
changes not these things-but tho friends
OF our youth, where are they? Here and
there we find one who played with us;
when boys together we roamed over
these old hills and through the quiet
woods, but many Of them sleep in the
quiet church.yard. Even four years
can make n great change. We
meet the pleasant smiles Of lit
tie folks that then we did not know,
and boys and girls them are now becoming
men and women. Marriages, death,
changes all around! 1t can scarcely be
realized. But did not think Of writing
in this strain so l will desist. Leaving
Washington, Pa, yesterday morning al
o. O'CLOCK on that most cxecrable con.
veyance, the stage coach, We had the
pleasure Of viewing at leisure the beauti.
iul country on either side OF the pike, and
it Is beautiful; no more beautiful any.
where. The farmers were all busy in tho
conGelds. Corn is very small for the
time OF year, but is OF good color and the
present reasonable weather will soon
bring it to perfection In some localities
through Washington and Greene counties
the frost almost destroyed the corn, fore.
ing the farmers to replant, and hence the
backward state Of the crops. Tho wheat
looks well everywhere, and tho oats with
favorable weather will yield an average
crop. notice that at Scenery Hill, or
lIillsbOrO, has been erected an Observa.
tory on the very highest point, which il
Of itself four feet higher than the top Of
the mountains, seen in the distance. The
view thus afforded il, no doubt
n grand one, and wc were only
sorry that we werO denied the priv
ilege Of taking view from It's top. We
found Benllsville much improved in ap.
pearance, many new and fine dwelling
houses having been erected there in the
last few years. But Us there il nothing
outslde OF beauty Of situation to cause il
to improve, IL will no doubt for many
years to come be the same quiet, peaceful.
nice little village that it has been for
many years past. Crossing the country
thence by private conveyance, We strike
the beautiful Monongahela at Frederick.
town, quaint old town which we first
saw some Is years ago, and which then
was Just about the same that it is now,
only, perhaps, the worse for wear. Below
this town we found large force OF hands
engaged in making new road far up the
bank, the river having encroached on the
present site Of the road, 10 as 10 make
the change necessary. Millsboro, a mile
above, where We spent two years trying
to teach the "young ideas" TO shoot, re.
mains about as il was seventeen years
ago, except that time is leaving its marks
on it AS on its sister town below. And
now am at Carmichael's, where find
many changes have taken place, and these
changes are for the better as u general
thing.
Carmichael's is n very old town. 1t was
founded more than u hundred years ago.
1t is the seat OF Greene Academy, estab-
lished in the year 1910 by an act Of the
Legislature. 1t was for many years a
prominent school, and indeed the only
school Of any note in this section. 1t
was here your correspondent received
nearly all the school education that he
crcr received, but he is free to confess that
much more has been learned in the great
school Of lie since that time. The old
Academy building is now the public
school building and an academic depart
ment is still kept up. The school is I'M
der the care OF Prof W. L. Wickerson,
an excellent teacher and an accomplished
gentleman.
Carmichael's is situated in beautiful
and rich country, and there is no inland
town within my knowledge that has made
more improvement in appearance than
has this in the last four years. 1t is four
miles from Rice's Landing, the greatest
shipping point on the Monongahela riv-
er, and is L. miles from Waynesburg, the
county seat OF Greene county. 1t con-
tains three churches, all Of which are in
flourishing condition. The town itself
is very beautiful. The streets are regu-
larly laid out and nicely paved. Many
Of the houses are painted white, which
gives everything coy appearance. Al.
ter few days soJourn among kindred
and friends | will HE me again TO the lit.
tie mountain, TO remain, perhaps, the
rest Of my natural life. Y.