The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-11-30

articles loaned will he placed in Ii
brary building, and the price Of 90
cents will be expected for sight of
these odd and beautiful articles,
ranging from the Ratchet of George
Washington to the most modern and
artistic painting. My wish is, great
success TO him in his enterprise.
"Our Bachelors" accelerated
Case" .Pique" and "Oliva" were
the run of refined amusements. the
two last named plays being the at
tractive plays of Miss Fanny Daven-
port.
Robberies, house breakings, muir
ders and fires fill the columns of the
papers. l was also indebted to Al
pha Mercer. one Of the finest tele-
graph operators in the country, for
tour through the Office Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company-.from
top to top. One grand invention is
pipe from the basement to the
third floor, whereby the messages
left To be sent are placed in small
round box, put in this pipe and up
it goes to the office, and the same
way messages are received below
from above, so the messenger boys
are relieved from climbing three
flights of stairs for every message.
l think If the merchants would in
vent some acco mmodation in the
way OF seats for their clerks while
not engaged, fewer cues would fill
consumptive's grave, and fewer
slow but sure-murders would have
to be accounted for at the awful bar
of Justice. In the fourth or fifth
story Of the Office are the charged
batteriss, in number between 500 aud
1000. In the main office is fire ar
rangement having tho number of
each room on it, with a center hand
to point to any number. To this
box wires are attached which con-
meet with glass globe in each room,
able to stand 50 many degrees of
heat, so when u fire breaks out in
any of these rooms and the tempera-
ture become great enough to injure
and bursts, and the wire carries the
report to the box, a bell rings to at
tract attention, and the hand points
TO the lumber Of the room on fire.
Other great things l saw, but space
will not permit naming them.
The gardenes at the Parks has ia
ken up all the flower roots, and now
the grounds look dreary, but AS l
strOlled among the fountains and
statues, happy hours, of DAYS gone
by, We're wildly brought to my
mind, could see, as of yore, lovely
lads and lasses arm in arm, taking in
the sights, and myself. with my male
friends, watching the little birds
hopping from branch, and now and
again b.ushing as innocent" eyes
peeped from the rear of IA touch-me-
nOt-fan at us verdant youths. l fan
cied Pennsylvania has finer retreat
than the greatly admired parks to
some, Tor l know a young man who
could be seen every evening of the
whole time | was in the city as a
witness, ringing the bell-door bell l
mean-Of certain house on beauti-
full Pennsylvania Avenue. | can't
blame the boy, for the happiest days
Of my life were spent on that Ave-
nue., and the kindest hearts and
sweetest faces. Years may chill the
aspirations OF my youth, and bring
silver hairs among what is now not
so light, and the sound of going and
coming boats and cars may pass un-
noticed by me, and every ray of sun
shine be darkened by clouds of
trouble and misfortune, every flower
that is now sweet may be crushed
and witheI ed at my feet, every face
now dear TO me may have gone far
beyond the readable, every voice so
sweet to my ears may be far away or
hushed forever, hands that l have
pressed in all mutual feeling of
friendship may be wrinkled, or per-
haps strewing flowers at their Fa-
theirs feet beyond the gates of gold,
yet still will the spring time dew
drops, summer sunshines, autumnal
phyrs and winter blasts be ladened
with entertaining "reminiscences Of
the happy though fleeting hours ling
cred away amongmy friends on dear
Pennsylvania Avenue aud in dark
old Pittsburgh. If receive wagon
loads of bouquets l may write again,
until then kind a farewell.
ONE OF Two.
CORRESPONBENCE.