The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-11

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2. .s.ss....
ly Tie interests of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad get the bulk o.
tho iAajors splicituds.
After a hearty breakfast, 70 thoex-
cellenco eENhicb my memory still
bars grsatful testimony ! was told
that Nellie was in Waiting, aud at
sths door ! was introduced TO the ma,
.ior's companion in his myriad over
land journeyings through the yir-
Iginias.
Nellie is comely sorrel, as well
sturdy as her master, and
possessed Of a spirit and determine.
tion cxceIled only BY his own.
Now, baron, jumpin here lively,
and before yon know it you'll be in
The heart Of one Of the widest coun-
tries you eyei set eyeson, was the
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seat in the staunch buggy, so well
adapted to rough travel over the
mountains.
The major lit his two-quart pipe,
stroked his luxpriant beard, run his
hands out along the reins as if to
hold a coil or two in reserve, and
with "G'long Nellie" we wereaway.
The day was one of a pattern from
which October cuts the bulk of his
days-set in a cincture of unfathom-
able blue, flooded with waves of sun
light whose every kiss is rich with
sweets, coursed by winds that seem
to have taken morning dip in the
reservoir of health, and tinted with
all the hues that lend their charms
to the splendor Of autumn's carnival.
"Major, haden't you better stick to
the road; jumping rayines and freaks
of that nature are very enjoyable to
those who have the intellect to ap-
preciate them, but consider the horse
she isn't blessed that way, and
she'd feel a good deal less anguish, il
you'd give her the beaten track"
made the remark because | saw
he was aiming the animal toward a
gulley whose narrow basin scemedto
have been repository for all the
stone walls in the country. A heart
ier laughed never echoed through
vault or any other sample of aisle
than that which followed my inno-
cent suggestion. They told us the
next day at Red Sulphur Springs
Gust fourteen miles distant,) that
they heard it distinctly.
.:AEhy, young man, finally came
in responses;sthis is the road; that
cluster Of rocks you see at the foot of
this littletlip is just specimen of
macadamizing such as you'll find
here and there along this route. You
see, the commissioners haven't made
up their minds yet as to the pattern
Of road they mean to establish, and
so they keepall the samples on trial"
"oh that's it, eh2 Well, that's
thoughtful isn't it-giving the free,
holders an opportunity of knowing
what they're voting about?"
We had commenced tho descent Of
the ravinc, and the major had too
much business on hand in the effort
against being joggled overheard to
make reply, and my test of the first
specimen ola mountain highway was
taken to no other music than the
premonitory creaking Of the ingred-
tents of the buggy, and the clacking
together of displaced rocks, that eth
er moved out from under Nellie'sfeot
to avoid being stepped on, or wrest-
led for opportunity to win the caress-
es of hoofs so nobly fostered.
We worked our way out of the
quarry without causing any increase
in the census of the widowed and the
fatherles, and as l began systcma-
tic survey of my bones, tallying dis,
locations as l went along, that l
might thereafter know my reliable
points, the major looked at me sym
pathizingly, and said;
"You can't travel over these roads
very fast, but then the effects is just
same-you feel as if you were going
pretty lively"
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