The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-07-16
Lelter from yYehster,
CHnRRY VALLEY HOUSE,
WEBSTER Co, w. VA.

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write communication toyonr paper
giving a history Of my trip, &c, &c.
Az some Of them may be anxious to
hear whether Oh not we survived the
perils Of the road. viii write to-
night,
We left Point Pleasant at 81
o'clock, Monday the Both ult., and
reached Red House at 12a o'clock
without accident. There ] came
very near having my trip brought to
an abrupt termination BY coming in.
unpleasant proximity tothe business
end Of a mule, and received severe
kick on my right leg just above the
knee-cap, which rendered me quite
lame fortwo or three days, andg gives
me some trouble yet,
We stopped at Dir. S. Herefords' to
lunch and have our mules fed; and |
viii state hero for the benefit Of any
friends ybepay have occasion to
ttravtl-that l5ads that ii they stop
with the sstbey win never regret
| it. The kindness and attention
shown to me and my family by him
self and most estimable lady will
ever be gratefully remembered by me
as the most pleasant place that we
stopped on our memorable trip to the
state Of Webster" and may their
journey through life be peaceful and
prosperous; may no recipientof their
kindness be less grateful than your
humble servant.
! thought I had provided myself
with every thing ! could possibly
need on my journey, but failed to
take into account the cussedness of a
mule and had neither proper lini-
ment nor whiskey to mitigate the
pain, both of which was supplied by
my kind friend the Dr. We left Red
House at 3 o'clock, P. NJ. and reached
Charleston at nine, whore we waited
two days for Mr.. G. G. Miller and
lady; in their company we left
Charleston Thursday morning and
reached the Falls that evening.
] am satisfied that Kanawha coun.
| ty has the most villainous roads of
any county in the State, Webster not
excepted. Ihave never seen a good
roadfn that county and even in the
suburbs,of the future Capital City
they are disgrace to the county
We.suffered more with heat and the
rough .road from Charleston to the
Falls than any day during the whole
trip: We left the Falls Friday morn
ing and took our 18th Of July dinner
on Peters Greek in Nicholas county,
gettinginto somcrville at dark we
put upat . Mr.. Tetswaters and for
poor fare and exorbitant charges,
they will discount heavily any one
on this road. My advice to any one
coming that road is to stop at at
Shelton's about s miles beyond Som
erville, We ate dinner Saturday on
strouds Creek and got to Major Trip:
let's about supper time, where we
were very kindly received, aud en-
tertained by the Major and his lady.
He told us that he was eighty years
of age, but he looks at least twenty
years younger, and is as hearty a.
man as l ever saw; he has two Cali
biate and Sulphur Springs on his
place. We left there this morning
and got here at noon.
We are stopping at Mr.. I. R. Cher
is,'s: when and his lady we find tobe
very clever aid agreeable people and
excellent hosts; they set an excellent
table and the most fastidious could
find no fault with the cooking. The
house is beautifully situated on Elk
river with waterfall opposite, which
forms a pool below, making the most
delightful bathing place that you
can imagine. The only objection is
that it is most too fur from the
Spring, bcing something over mile
from the.town. Addison, named after.
old Mr.. Addison mclaughlin, one of
the pioneers out here, is q place Of
perhaps sevcnty.fve inhabitants, sit
uated right in the fork of Elk river.
The springis near the edge of the
water, in front of the Court House.
1t is surrounded byan old dilapida-
ted frame house about ten feet square
with a wnnfan Hoar Tho Cnri,, &c