Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-26
WEST VIRGINIA'S CHARMS.
Her Summer Resorts and Their
Popularity - Agriculture i'm
PrestOn-The Rush Over the
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with considerable danger. The capa-
city OF the road is so taxed to convey
the freight Of the country that the men
in the employment OF the road are COM
PEELED TO make sixteen daysi in the week.
This unusual physical strain is too great
TO be endured. Certainly the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company are now
Straining every nerve to supply trans
portation TO the products of our country,
and the road from Baltimore TO the
Great West seems but one continuous
train Of cars. In addition to the heavy
freight traffic an unusual briskness is
manifest in the large number Of passen-
gers that daily are seeking mountain re-
treats, West Virginia is fast becoming
a mammoth summer resort, and thous-
ands from the East and South are liter
ally flocking TO her mountain fastnesses.
At
.t OAKLAND,
the apex Of the Alleghenies, an immense
throng of visitors have captured every
shaded place, and with Eastern fashion
and the lash of the spirit OF the times,
have taken possession of this lovely
"city upon a hill" A lovely pictur-
eslue country spreads out in wideex-
panse around Oakland, shaded drives
and fine fishing and hunting grounds
aboundlng almost within a stones
throw of the town-the county seat OF
Garrett county, Md. SO great has been
the rush to this place that the Glades
Hotel. kept by Mr.. Daily, is crowded to
its fullest capacity, and over one hun
dred and thirty guests at the Oakland
Hotel. But the cry is, 'still they come,
and another week will see this town
"full up" Music, dancing and park
decked with Chinese lanterns, WOO the
senses tonight. and as We look around
us from the veranda of the Glades Hotel
we behold scene of beauty anl volupt-
uouSness that would lend enchantment
10 the iaireSt scene that legend has
handed 10 us from the sunny skies OF
the Orient. A number of Wheelingites
are registered here, among whom are
Major Norton and lady. We gave you
glimpse OF
PORTLAND
i'm a former letter. In addition to its
claims as summering place, il is place
Of considerable commercial importance.
Vast quantities of shook and lumber are
shipped from this point, and around 1t
is fine agricultural and grazing region.
Rev. J. Il. Mcclure, OF your city, Is
resting from ministerial labOrs at "Uncle
Davy" Freeland's, a short distance from
here. Uncle Dayy has one OF the finest
trout dams in the State, and many pleas
ure seekers yearly resort TO it.
Having desire to visit the country,
we leave the railroad at this
point and wend our way TO
the enchanting little town OF
AURORA,
about nine miles southeast of Portland.
Here we found the Aurora Hotel, kept
by as clever and obliging landlord as
ever welcomed guests, and almost over
flowing with summer visitors, among
whom we note: G.. +. Oliver, wife and
two children, Miss +. j. Davis, Miss
BERTHE Davis, Miss A. ID. Banks, Miss A.
ID. Williams. Baltimore; DIR. :. ID, Hart
and wife, Marietta, o.; Mr.. r. l.. Still
son and wife, Mrs. Capt. f. +. Morris
and two children, Mr.. W. l.. Marcy, wife
and child. and Mrs. Mary &. Marcy,
Washington, ID. c.; Mrs. f. A. Haines,
Washington, Ohio; Mr. NJ. G.. Holmes,
Clarksburg. We question is a more
beautiful, quiet and healthful place
could be found anywhere. Ii is a very
Eden Of loyeliness, and the broad
stretches of woodland and picturesque
hills give unlimited food for admiration
and profound thought. The country
surrounding Aurora is OF the most fer
tile character. it properly being chris.
tened the Garden spot OF Preston"
Sheen raising is very largely carried on,
and each year Is gradually but surely
bringing with il more rare
and cultivated breeds of both cattle and
sheep. Farming is carried on extensive,
and the general use of farming machin,
cry bespeaks a spirit OF enterprise and
thrift that is highly gratifying to one in
terested in the prosperity and develop
ment of otrr State. Crops are excellent
i'm this section, and the high state of
cultivation wrought by judiciOus lining
and other fertilizers makes this country
''blossom as the rOSe'-thirty-fve bush
els of wheat to the acre being almost a
certain.
Manufactures have not as yet pene-
trated 10 this distance from the railroad,
though Messrs. Painter 4 Wilson, from
q small start in the glovemaking bust
ness, have built up y mammoth trade
and manuiactory, and to-day are sup
plying the largest jobbing houses in the
East. Their gloves are of superior
character, and throughout the dull times
they have been taxed to their utmost
capacity to supply the trade. This is
an important industry and is carried
on To an extent, but little is known by
those out of the trade in this State.
The farmers and stock ra;sers through
out Preston are greatly discouraged at
the shortncss OF the grass crop, as short
grass makes cheap stock, and cheap
stock means hard times to most OF the
farmers, because farming and stock
raising in this section go hand in hand.
LEO.