The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-07
OUR WELLsBURG LETTER.
Wednesday Nights Bro.
Barnitz sunday School Exeur-
sion Visited by Our Cores

pondent
Correspondents oi the IntSlliseneef.
WELLsBuRo, June 6.-Yesterday the
north west winds came with their chilly
bias. indicating that lift kept clear dur.
ring the night that heavyfrost would fall.
Whenever and wherever frost was men,
TONED, one was reminded Of the memor.
able frost Of June 9th, 1859. Many re-
tired for the night with fears for the
worst when the morning would come
Some had great consolation that, being
dry and the light Of the moon, . frost
would do no harm. Still, the morning
showed heavy white frost 70 early ris.
ers.
BRO. BARSr1zs SUNDAY SCHOOL TxcuR.
Zion
was all the talk along the P. W. & KY.
railroad this morning, and when the two
locomotives came rolling through town,
pulling = long train OF passenger coaches
hlled with eIcursionists, large numbers
turned out 10 greet them and Wish them =
happy and Joyous day. After dinner We
concluded that we would 90 up to Ma
hans Grove and see how the Wheeling
folks were enjoying themselves, also see
what the country looked like after the
irost. How are you going? Why, as we
have often done before-walk We can go
there in an hour and half and no trou-
bic; stop when we like, and start when
we want TO. We started, took in the
country along the line Of the P. W. & Ky.
The farmers were at work ploughing
their corn. On inquiry we learned that
the frost OF last night did no harm 10 the
corn. Vegetation had as fresh an ap-
pearance As before the frost; and while it
seems almost incredible that frost like
that Of last night should come and go
without injuring vegetation, yet 1t is ap-
parently 90. We may discover when the
time comes to gather the fruit, that il will
not be entirely perfect. May be the theory
Of dryness and the light Of the moon is
correct. At any rate it Is worth iDyesh-
CATION by our scientific men.
In due time we arrived at MAhan's.
And where is Mahan's2 Il ia twenty
miles and fraction from Wheeling, on
the Ohio river and accessible by the P.
". & KY. Railroad. Five or six hun
dred feet from the railroad is Sugar
Grove, on the farm Of Thos. Mahau, Esq,
where Brother Barnitz and between seven
and eight hundred Of the big and little
people Of the city Of Wheeling were en-
ioying themselves in true American style.
There are about two acres level, hills
north and south, covered with the grand
old trees that have stood the storms OF
Here the tired mechanic, the
merchant and his clerk, the
little ones who are pent up between long
rows OF houses, who tread all day long
over the rough cobble stone or the rough
red brick; and last, though not least, il
they only had time, the newspaper men,
may come, leave dull care at home, and
spend day in undisturbed plessurs.
The very best OF order prevailed on the
grounds. The little folks amused them-
selves in various ways. Older folks
spent the day as they liked. Then the
other folks. that il those who are in
The bloom Of youth. What shall We say
Tor them1 Well, they strolled arm in
arm through the woods, keeping step to
the delightful music Of the Wheeling
City Band.
The time to depart for home Is at hand;
all board the train. anil all are gliding
safely for Wheeling. At Wellsburg we
leave the party trusting that they may
have safe journey, and be greatly bene-
fitted by their visit to the hills and val
Ieys Of old Brooke. G. B. C.