Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-05
MUSIC FROM NIX ZEE.
The Laureate's Views OF Wheel
ing.


The star OF the Immortal J. N
loses its lustre and sinks into shadow
eclipse when that brilliant lumlnary, J.
Mckee, Pittsburgh's noblest citizen,
comes above the horizon. Mckee has
dawned upon us, and from beneath his
scathing pen We shrink in dismay.
Here is his letter. unshorn OF its orlgi-
nal beauties of dictiOn, wonders OF pune
tuation, profundity Of thought and sub
Unity OF Imagination:
WHEELING, Dec. t, 1879.
To he People Of Wheeling:
Gentlemen | am pleased to Have the
high honUurs of speaking to you through
the press. And ! am glad to be hon
CURED so highly as TO be in The great
Capitol of Western Virginia. | was in
Eastern Virginey not long ago, but you
are different People from them you re-
semble the Pittsburgh People more than
they do your City is a good deal like it.
And il is about as smoky but YOU must
put up with this for il your Rolling Mills
and Coal Works that produce the
welth of the Place. You are hemed
in by hiles like MISUNDERSTANDING
along the Banks of the Ohio for miles
about thirty THOUSAND inhabitants All
engaged in the industerys of the Land
| visited your Public schools which are
fine institutions there is nothing like an
Education Educations is Liberty lgnOr-
ance is slavery. hope that you will
never exclude the Bible from your
schools And | hope you will employ
Christian men to teach you have some
of the finest churches ever saw And the
Cross the Roman Emblem Flotes the
highest like every other place, but
high steepels and deep Toned Organs
! don't make Christians. your Capital
! building is very substantial one but
| think The story might been higher and
/ the Carpenter work might been q
little more sorgious when People spend
a hundred THOUSAND Dollars they should
have some thing fine-the Hotel BUS
ness is well represented by the Mcclure
! House and | think the Proprietor
| quite a gentleman.
And the watch Business is we'll rep
resented by Jacob w. Grsbs |. think
his Establishment will compact with
| any thing IN PIttsburgh--you Have 4
very welthy Place and some OF the finest
! dwelling Houses ever saw have not
scene finer City no Place nor finer
People | see no Rowdyism like in Pitts
burgh and very little drink
! ing too much of this
always destroyes place. | don't believe
in Totalism | believe in temperance II
all things. | don't take any stock in
Pat Murphy | think his hole object is
money and popularity. | concider The
Temperance people dead beats lmpos
tiers on the people and they don't dc
any good the only way that you car
stop drinking is to stop the manuiac
ture of it think that the only reform
that is wanted. You might keep the
streets a little clener than they are
/. like to see clean streets ]
hope you will attend t.
this. | hope you will supper
General Grant for next President he i
the best man | know and he has scene
How Kings rule And he sertantly knows
by this time what would be best for tn,
country think he is true Patriotic
am Republican because the Bible
teaches me to be sO-Dcmocracy /
CHAINS and Slavery. ! don't believe II
secret Associations in Religion | an
PRESBYTERIAN hope that long life anC
Prosperity may Awaite you Till | return
agane remain your Friend and wei
wisher j. Mckee Poet Laureate.