The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-25
acknowledgement
Letter from Rev. Frank Ball.
PlrrsBUR0H, MAY q, 1871

biographical.
i. Mr.. Hall was an expert in phOnogra.
ply, instead Of photography"
2. The French did not approach the
atockade with sixty BATTERIES" etc., but
with that number Of battedur, a peculiar.
ly constructed row.boat, which would
support floating bridges.
g. Capt. McDousA mot "McDJnnell'')
frst reported at Washington City with
the first volunteers.
The suburban precincts Of Pittsburgh
are scarcely surpassed, il indeed sur.
passed at all, for comfort, beauty and
the appointments Of wealth.
One day last week, by invitation, l
dined with DR.. Wheeler, the editor Of the
Plhburgh Christian Adp0eate. After din
ner he invited me to take drive with
him through East Liberty, this is now
within the corporate limits Of the city,
and | accepted. Soon | was seated
with the Doctor in Il nice buggy, behind
just such horse as preacher fancies,
and oil we went over concrete and Mich
olson paved avenues extending for miles.
! was almost charmed by costly resi-.
dences and beautiful cottages on every
side. Some OF them perched on terraced
hills, others on level platcaus, or in beau
tiful valleys, surrounded with cultivated
shrubbery or natural forest trees, giving
stability to the scene. The grass was
green, and early Spring flowers Of choice
varieties and peach, cherry and apple
blossoms all seemed to blend in beauty
and variety tina: cannot describe, filling
the evening air with their delicious
aroma. Atsuitable points costly churches
lift their towering spires heavenward and
silently direct our thoughts and love to
the Giver Of all good. No clatter OF ma
chinery or cloud Of smoke mar the quiet
and beauty OF the pCene. 1t smiles all
over like u garden Of beauty and bright.
ness. Penn and Fifth avenues, Highland,
Ellsworth and other long avenues display
rows Of gaslights on either hand Tor miles,
amid the coming darkness OF the evening,
while the perfume Of flowers and foliage
fills the air. Thus might 80 on and
weary you with description I'D iafnitim.
however, will close this part OF my
letter with short quotation from dis.
tinguishe1 gentleman, which will satisfy
you that have not overdrawn my pic.
lures. Sir Henry Holland, one OF the
Prince Of Wales suite, when he visited
Pittsburgh, said TO Mr.. Joseph King,
Esq, one OF the committee Of reception,
~ have, in 1916, spent week in an
: equestrian exploration Of the suburbs OF
Pittsburgh. l have travelled through all
the degrees of the earth's longitude, and
have not elsewhere found any scenery so
diversified, picturesque and beautiful as
that around Pittsburgh. It's like vast
panorama from which, as ! ride along,
the curtain is dropping behind and rising
before me, revealing new beauties con-
tinually." Now, add to this the i'm
provemcnts of thirty years and you have
it asst now is.
As gazed upon the scenes Of beauty
on every hand thought, well, "all is not
gold that glitters." Many Of these
beautiful mansions and grounds, no
doubt, are covered by mortgages. In
other cases the consciencies Of these men
are i'll at ease. And yet others, in
their greed for gain have allowed the
matter Of money making to divert their
minds entirely from nobIer objects and
from legitimate sources ofreal happiness;
felt as though il l could get their ear,
Knight venturc 10 say "They that will
be rich tIll into temptation and snare,
and many foolish and hurtiul lusts, which
draw men into destruction ard perdilion.
For the love Of money is the root OF all
evil; which, while some coveted after,
they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many
sorrows" l then further thought, why
need the beauty OF sweetness OF these
surroundings be SO maFred by reflections
Of this sort. Finally | thought 1t would
be very wise and saie for them to give
heed TO James admoniiion-"D not err
my beloved brethren; every good gift and
every perfect gil. ia from above, and
come;h down from the Father Of lights,
with whom there is no variableness
neither shadow Of turning" We may
not loose sight OF the fact that many rich
men are good men, in the highest sense Of
that term, beneiactors to their suffering
fellow men, and efficient, honorcd mem.
bers OF the churches. May all such be
multiplied a hundred fold.
Many persons believe that the smoke
SCOT and sulphur ofsuch places as Wheel
ing and Pittsburgh are productive Of dis
eases and almost. fatal in pulmonary and
asthmatic cases. On these points an
not competent TO decide, but the teslimo
ny OF physicians does not support thit
opinion. A former physician 10 the Ma
rine Hospital OF Pittsburgh says: "Thi.
smoke is, from the carbon, sulphur anC
iodine contained in 1t, highly favorable
to lung and cutaucous diseases. Thu
smoke ia also antimiasmatic; hence The
few cases Of remittent and intermittent
fever" Another eminent NJ. D. saws
strangers with weak lungs for .
while find their lung, aggravated BY
the smoke; but, nevertheless, asthmatiC
patients have found relief in breathing
1t. go The low ievers SO preya
lent in large cities among the poor dur.
ing a hard winter, and the ague and lever
40 common in tho eastern countries where
wood Is scarce, are here in measure
prevented by the universal practice o.
keeping good coal fires late in the spring
and early in the autumn, and indeed il
all seasons when the weather il damp anC
inclement,"
The temperance workers here are busy
They hold meetings daily, and have JUS
held convention for Weatern Pennsyl
vania Tor the purpose Of making a uniteC
effort TO have Local Option Law en-
acted by the next Legislature. It wa
we'll attended. Four members Of th,
Legislature took part in tho discussions
: all tayoring such law. Ministers and
laymen also took part, but no
lady spoke upon any phase Of the sub,
Jet. | don'tknow why this was 80.
also attended a meeting at the Temper,
ance Alliance Rooms, at which there
were thirty gentlemen or more, and four
or five ladies, none Of the latter speaking
except 4 very brief report from one 81
them, rs an officer d the Alliance. There
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