The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-07-12
Letter from lhe Mountains.
ANDERSON, C. & o. R. r.,
July Z, 1877.
M HiLor.

July Z, 1877.
JIr. Editor
Allow me to wish that you could
be away from your sanctum long
enough to enjoy the pleasure of this
Mountain Scenery and pure Noun
tain air. 1t might add freshness to
your feelings ifnOt to the current Of
thought. The. latter might not be
so easy as tile former. "You are
ever first in thought" Well 1 did
not intend to be thus personal, but
started out to say u word with. refer
ence to trip from your place to CHS,
Leaving the Point with pleasant
party on the Boone Thursday even
ing, we visited the City of GallipOlis,
and found that the hot weather had
not taken all the life out of the busy
people of that thriving town. Quite
e storm kept us housed there longer
than We wished, but between the
showers weawent to the boat.
This was our frststriI. onsour new
boat, which VIC found complete in
all its arrangements. The officers
and crew are all that could be desi-
red. They have won their way to
the confidence of the Kanawha PEG,
pie, by slow and sure steps, and are
sure, by the same uniform conduct,
to retain it. The boat was built UNI
der the direction of Capt. Hamilton,
and in it you will find "what he
knows about steamboats," To the
unineciated it seems to be complete,
and well suited to the wants Of the
Kanawha trade and travel.
Leaving Gallipolis between 70 and
1 o'clock, we might have reached
Scary, our point of destination, by
breakfast time, but the boat lay up
at our place more than an hour, and
some time, at other places in order
that we might not have to wait toe
long for the train. AS it was we
reached Scary before 10o'clock, where
the boat remained more than an hour
much to our comfort, taking on
freight.
At the Depot we found Mr.. Vim,
troaux quite accommodating, fur,
nishing what he could to the com
fort of our party of five children, two
nurses, two ladies, two gentlemen
and quite an array of baggage. AT
70 NJ, we spread out our lunch and
tried Picnic style. A few minutes
after twelve, the West Virginia, took
back to the Point, one of our party,
and at 1890 the Eastward bound
train went rushing along with the
balance of us, with quite q crowd Of
other passengers, at a rapid rate
leaving behind us in rapid success
sion, and without any incident Of
Importance, depot after depot until
we reached Hinton. Here a dis
agreeable delay, occurred, caused by
a hot box. Nearly two hours of time
was lost, but the damage was repair
ed and away we flew at rapid rate
At Hinton our party was re-cnforced
by Mr.. Cam Thompson, who was on
his way to Renceverte.
| At 9 o'clock P. NJ, two hours be.
hind time, we reached this place,
which takes its name from Anderson
Ferry, not in time as | had hoped,
to hear the speech of Mr.. Burdett, in
favor of Charleston, which however
we heard well spoken of. The peo'
pie are in sympathy with her and
will roll up a large vote for Charles.
ton. How we are surrounded by
Mountains, and the cool nights are
very refreshing, this hot weather
The rain of Thursday night was
quite extensive reaching above this
place, doing some damage to the har'
vested wheat and the growing corn,
May all your trips, be as pleasant as
this ono has boon this far to us.
Yours, V.