The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-17
acknowledgement.
NOrEs OF A Tar TO WASHINGTON PA.

Western PennSylvania. II we had only
had more time, we are persuaded that
we. e.could have found a great deal Of ma.
terial in and around Washington for
long letter. We were fortunate in falling
in early with Brother Moore, Of the Re
porter, who is an editor, an ex.member Of
Congress, an ex.member Of the Pennsyl.
Tania delegation to Cincinnati last year,
man who can tell you all about Penn
sylvania politics, who knows all about
the CamerOns, who enjoys the confidence
tthe people, and who, without being ag.
gressiye in his characteristics, has uc.
quired large measure OF influence in the
politics Of his county and Congressional
district. We said to Moore, we are here
in the condition Of George Francis Train,
when he called on Grant and pulled out
his watch and remarked ~ have
just two minutes and half to
stay, Mr.. President; tell me all you
know" Seven years had rolled away
since we last set foot in the classic town.
In that time the new college had been
built, the Charters railroad had come to
town, the Seminary had changed princi.
pals, DR.. LeAloyne had become famous,
the Narrow Gauge had made start, and
u daily paper had been launched On the
world. And yet the town looked as much
like itself as two peas, and the people
were precisely the same we had seen on
the streets for generation. Rufus Choate
once said, 81 will be in and around Boston
4 thousand years from now; | know
will; it will be necessary for my happi.
ness hereafter" And so we are persuaded
that il ever We visit Washington hun.
dfed years from now we shall sec the
came old time element Of population that
we have ever noticed IN its streets. 1t
! will be necessary in the personal econo-
mics oi the future tia. this should be the
case.
As weremarked, we said to Moore lie
il short and time is lleeting, and We must
see the great Cremationist before We leave
town, for fear that our days or his may b,
nearly numbered, and the world left in
darkness for the lack Of the taper that we
may ligh. on this occasion. With this
remark we bent our steps toward the lie.
Moyne residence. We had only turned
into the street whereon he lives when our
friend remarked "yonder he is," aIluding
toa most farmer looking specimen Of Old
Mortality, who was sitting in his shirt
sleeves on plain chair at the top OF the
stone stepsin front Of his stone mansion.
There he sat, 70 years old, corpuIent,
grizzly, dark complexionel, gathering in
the warm evening air in his open shirt
front, supporting one hand on couple
OF common broom stick canes, and the
other on his dropsica! knee. Ole would
naturally say, here is an old grubber Of
some kind, who keeps himself unkemp!
b,c,,.s of the e,rtbines, of hi, male nm
anil ,orcr,,co ala, n Jisc,r,,,o al
ideas OF proiigali!y on the part OF his
b,u,ohoId TTs reyor couIj h.r. L.J
,,v ,,,o,.1s,,, wor,b sno,I.;n, oh,,,,
p.rr,,, lila F,I,,,T La b,, .nnno1 -.
y,,d Js,I of s,cL in III, finn, to pra.,,
6,lf r,urvwo,tb NJ b-,,1. aud r,,h,n,
I;ye simon S,vli,o, b. :, noe, ,,,..;i,
IN, III, 1s.L hv ,I,nos, ;,ro,;,, o;,;Ii,,
,iou ;,.o,f No,bir, of ~, LirJ u,,s
w,, =, oII ,,Lr,;o;o,u,a .oo =; ,
E,s,ch rbysic,,n and h,,b of hioh >.
,,,oi, ,ho r,of.g,;o, iii, ono una,;..
srd N tho manner b,-rp who iohor;,oI
,wo,,l oous,b;rr of ,,,r;rorr
70, ike Wendell PbiIIin, grow nm No,
onIy = Radical bu, almo., 4 nro,etariar
r,J;c,I and made himself nj low e,,,,o in
,baa,,imo,iop of all wboIivo bv tho f,vo,
nfpubIic oniniop There w,.a time whom
william Ilovd G,rri,on w,s Icd ,brou,b
the s,rects of Boston bv n bowI;ny anti,
niger mob with A halter around hi.
r.ck There were time. lor,v va,r, oro
when the neck of ,bi, old doctor w,s Al.
most in the same predicanen, in this
v.rv ,l,ire town of the ,rc,, fro ro,;r,
ion. S,,,c b.Iri.b coun,v of Wosbir,,or
He was one Of the old pjourer oboIiIion.
iu.of the limited S,,,es , ,l,s, wLo =,
ons fine vsro as r,ucb L,,oJ he ,Lo
yor,boro m,,,a.o o,c ,he;r ,r,oo,,ors Wv
Tho P,nrhI;c,r, ,r.ro br uo com,o..
f,o,,or, To,rovr. v,, ono or, L,II'
o.,of ,bou-so ,nrcb az tho, ha,r,a a"o.
M, nm for Goyor,or of psnr,vIr,ni,
a, ,ho ho.J of,hoi, ,iclo, uo w,. .;nLi
Drima when Jo.enb Rrv,n, v,s ,,ied r.
Wnnoyir, f,r ,hlrc.;r, .I,yo, nrJ TaL,
Gilmor w,, colIed on n ro,i,r HI, so,,
anon, ,be Ohio comn,v Jr.,;co. for sisn