Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-06-24

osity mingle into huge heart beats ia
have the blue capped telegraph mes
senger punch at one the usual sealed
telegram. 1t generally means bust
neps and you have to get up and move
out.
So did the NeWs man take the train
on Tuesday mornlDg the 10Th inst. at
the early dawn in company with Dr.
Hicks. put the State line behind
me and darted out into Va. Fairfax
WAS at the hell rope and that always
neuns business too. He Ia one of the
best, and b-avesl, and surest conduc-
tors on the continent. On time we
had good breakfast at Boyd's and on
time we stepped to the ground atDub-
lin. In four hours we had inspected
the heart of s. w. Va AS soon a.
we had passed Abingdon we were
cheered with appearances Of less
drought. AT Glade Spring the grass
looked well. Through Smyth the
sields looked fresh aud green. AWAY
up in Wythe there was rain in
abundance. To prove to us ther, was
no mistake we were furnished n light
shower, aud Reedy creek was as mud
dy as heart could wish. O ts and blue
grass were fine, but everywhere along
the 100 miles OF railway the wheat
was Just tolerable. F"
The Altoona N G.. r.. r. Mt Mar
tins in Pulaski still hangs fire. There
lie the little rails so close together
they look like they had heeu for the
baby carriage Of some country swell.
There stood the coal ears that looked
like little chicken coops on Main
Street sidewalks in Bristol. There
was the unused road bed on which,
10 make haste, had been laid down In
dead Of winter The cross Ties aud rails,
which the Spring rams aud thaws
have caused to settle out of line and
out of grade. This n G.. II, II, was
made without the use Of carts, aud
witu only wheelbarfows for moving
the diil. The tramping had been in
sufficient and the whole line must he
dressed anew. They say this will
be done right away" and we will
soon have tho coal run out by steam
to the glad news of half price TO us nll
! hoJ. NO, but doesn't II in this cnun-
Iry take mae longest I, are these good
things brought nbOutP by tile way
you should never forget Martin's-thr
station where this n q runs In aud
the place that was once the home Of
Booker Brown-Rev. Booker Brown
OF Bristol. Those eood people lost
Brother Brown, but they gained the
Narrow Gauge. Bristol gained Book
or but have not yet secured the Narruw
Gauge, for tell You, that, until can
hear the Richmond Il Allephany Il.
II. Co. hns taken charge Of the Canal
line aud released tho convict labor
which II has monopoIized, / can zee
no chance for us 10 move out with our
Marrow Gauge line.
Arrived ut Dublin. our guide and
conductor Informed us that the fresh
vt had destroyed the bridge on the
Giles rOad aud that we must make the
trip ION the outside Of h0rse,h M
Major Cerl used to say, II WAS fine.
We opened gates as though we owned
them, and took nll ahaded roads and |
felt moderately happy, m our recent
lrIstol experience hal dIsHlpated MI
fears OF rain. But we were In u nrw
country. aud after We had passed /
Cloyd'u mountain aud Walkers creek
there came sweeping about the brow
Of ANGELS Rest" n ain that droye
IN to The trees aud almost beat the
Ienves from ulioye our he ads.
At PpgHaburg aud ihereubout, we
were everywhere greeted with nnp
,rops. Circuit Court was sitting, aud
my legislative friend Capt
]. u. Johnston, between whom and me
had been drawn the dividing line Of
Tho McCulloch Bill, | could not refrain
rom telling him, fucetiouSly that ]
was then IN a hurry TO respond to the
telegram, but lhnt on my re-.
urn | would call aud discuss before the
people OF Giles the "Publlc Debt" |
,ven asked him to present my apollo
~ to tho assembled people Of GILES,
aud acquaint them with NY purpose
10 ooine again, My friend snld 10 us
hat Massey aud Blulr hnd tried that
Ind that the good people Of Giles
we're M immovable as Angels Reut,"
hat towers two thousand feet above
heir heads. Rest, dInEef, river, more
lem llshed bridges and roads mex
bad, made II dark when we
cached PeiertO Sn, where we crossed
he forged State line NJ w. Va Facts
ire more stubborn than constitutions.
md despite our feelings, we were out. ,
lde Virginia. There we met an old
ritnd of my boyhood, MIR. Lewis
)allaway. who seems 10 be doing n
Iood business ~ one Of the leading I
merchants of Monroe, aud from him I
bnrrowed lantern by which We I
we're able Ia thread our way down de. I
lles aud through the dark orests Of $
W. Va" arriving at our destluatloD. /
Mouth OF Indian, at II y. m. d
Hero We are snjoying the situatlon. 4