The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-02
WELLsBURG.
Further Extracts from the Diary
OF an Old River Pilot.
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average one. Everything else in the
Rreatest abundance. Flour in Cincinnati
s. 65. Politics 10 full blast. The people
Of this small town generally keep clear Of
nonsense in politics, but this time they
have raised poles at many Of the street
corners, some Of them made like the
masts Of a ship. Many kinds Of flags
with many Inscriptions on them; and
newspapers, il you may call them such,
with all kinds Of pictures in them, from
coon up. The friends of Polk claim
that he Is rs good tariff man as Mr..
Clay.
[Here we End thst no entries have been
made until Feb. !, 1913. Events were
kept 10 memoranda, but not compiled
10 this book
June 4, 1913. Great deal Of rain this
spring, and cold weather. We had
frost on the night Of the I'd. We shall
have a political storm soon. The De-
mocracy have proclaimed Cas- & Butler
as their candidates. Religion Is not
much talked Of here. The Mexican war
and the Sons OF Temperance are all the
20. / have forsaken the river this sum-
mer.
June II, lS4S. have no reason to
regret that am not richer or that / am
too poor.
July 2, lS4s. There is some enjoy
ment after all in hard labor. When you
return home to your cottage Of satus.
day night to sit down and think that to.
morrow 10 free 10 all it's happy
thought, and ii was happy circumstance
that created Sunday, whether human or
divine. How much better II ia for all to
conduct themselves morally on Sunday
than TO do as some do. In my observa.
tious on this subject have noticed that
when you see man stoop TO all manner
OF misunderstanding you see man oil
little thought. You see poor men labor
all week and on Sunday you may find
them in sons ale shop, or fishing or hunt
ing, or in some fight about something
that Is Of no use to them or any one else.
On Monday you may see these men slow.
" vending their way to work with sore
heads and sour hearts. Everything is
wrong then according TO their construc-
ton Of right and wrong.
July 8, 1913. Cold rain all week with
cool north winds; -four s. rs, corn rs to
2s, bacon cts, lard Ct to s cents, butter
10 cts, beefsteak sells in market at Z cts.
March /, 1910. 1 have been TO New
Orleans amidst the cholera, and. have
made my escape clear. 1t is horrible
sight to witness its ravages. 1t Is beyond
description. was glad to get away from
II.
May /, 1910. Arrived at home.
WelIsburg, Oct, 1S49. Harvest short;
every thing Is now high; flour S., bacon
5 10 12i, potatoes so to 70, apples 81 so
pe. Dbl, beef 4 to s, groceries on the rise.
This looks like some one ought to be get
ting paid for their labor. l am satisfied.
We have had the regular round OF reli-
gon and political excitement, and the
world rolls round as usual notwithstand-
ing Millerism.
October q, 1S4s. This ia a fall day
10 all It's beauty. The yellow leaf, young
man, indicates 10 you that your October
is coming; make hay while it is yet har.
vest time; spend not your time in idle
ness. Go 10 church, not for past time
bat for information, and for the pleas
ure Of being 10 company with those who
have gathered together to return thanks
to God for bis goodness. God will be
pleased TO see you examining his works.
| He fears no detection.
September %, 1851. l have been a
long time absent from my diary. The
river is now down 10 low water mark.
In many places there has been no rain
for two months. 1t has not rained here
for six weeks. In many parts they
have hauled water for tweny miles for
families and stock. Fine wheat crop.
Flour 50 O0a3 %, bacon o to 12lc, pota.
toes SOC, apples from SOC to 81 per bu-
shell.
October 8, 1851. Our town has been
tolerably healthy with the exception OF
scarlet fever, which has caused the death
OF many children. The cholera has been
prevailing in the Western States. We
are about to have an election to ascer.
tain whether the people Of Virginia will
accept the new constitution, Itgives the
right Of voting TO every citizen q years
OF age.
October 10, 1851. River low; -four is
worth from So 10 to S. 10; not much de.
mand for II. The low water in the Ohio
river will be the cause OF business not
opening. The whole commerce OF this
county Is dependent on the river. II has
now been very low for two months, 80
that nothing but light boats can run, car.
rying very little freight, and that at 80 |
cents per 100 pounds. All kinds OF bust.
ness are so linked togethe. that all are et>
iected more or less by low water. Twill |
leave in few days for Cincinsati.
November %, 1851. Returned home
after a tedious trip 10 Cincinnati on a
aAtboat, and back again on the same
boat. We got our boat towed back, the
first Of that kind OF business, which l
think will be the principal business by
the steamboats, at some future day, when
the great lines Of railroads are completed.
This ends volume frat. The remain
ing volumes contain events more Of a
local nature, as the recorder had In
great measure quit the river. We find
very many things recorded Of interest,
but an ordinary newspaper article for.
bids their mention. The remaining vol.
umes contain mention Of events which
have occurred within the time OF the
present inhabitants OF this neighborhood,
but many OF them are entirely forgotten.
II is likely that The volumes before me