, 1879-06-14

clal con,s!tlon nt lhe UHl1ec Eta9eh viii ba IN"
coInparably superior to that Of any nation on the
Rlobc.
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WEST VIRGINIA..
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A"s ooer-iseao"ro0s OF IhAs etats'
III EDWARD K'1'Es.
Fur ne Trtbnnr.
] asssnt .F.lsle' s . Of our. ,', IN n tho & Nav York
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ss,., ..'o ~ M 10y ~Het a
a'f'cs 10, REGARD 10 tno ttmpef.fcaoaFees OF that
pared tho following article. II ws hays not
cnrc,.d in n ali +h,. nu..ttous ,vh,cb ~, tnt.na
na .o,.n, .na. a..,4. - hss. sn.u".aa '* ~,
,t ~: '"t'e. M*5 .ss"e W H*fe Ins"eEeo' &c.
the pubssaher Of this pnpor.
The tin,bcr.trado vas the fyst to which the
ra,1v ,attlcr ~ Wrst v,,on,n t,,,nrA hi. .tt,,.
tion ' s",,.,,rs on 'a , ''sa ,,,ott "a .,s'. -,
''oh. eauattnR On ltfe s1ca "oottoms OF
somc ot ll'a tnany nhvtgabls or raftaba streams,
he iirst planted small patch In corn sud trIsh
potatoes. aud then fot,cd a fer Of tho ofant
trres that grow about hi. humble drejlt,,r.
f,oa'ms ,hess IN small Talta OF blng,a 1oea
down to tho nearest saw.m9l], be "poled" I" his
way back III bis log bateau, Laden With yenr's
supply Of ten, smut, "baeker," whisky. and
iaas9 aA"'s soI VIC taaue Eoooes6 VINO pro-
sloca over Ills houiehoia. sho "dsppcd"
the snuff nntl slipped tho Lea,
,rhtta ha Mch.v,aM +ha t.h.,l.,u .,t
| ou,y,od thc xh,.Lv. and ,tu. .t,as r,a ~.
su.H'ta -. 's s sn'sky, ana 1nus une5 paa1eo tnc
year In happy Independence Of the modern
world Of ucNspapcrs aud school.houses. An.
.o.,s .nv -, a1a .,n1ur'a. ), ,, aao'aes ;s
,.,. ,.a. suppy w. a1a,,'' s"u p'oaoeuea a's
n1e,e urea o1 "c'ear,nE"; n1'a thus no wont on
on, cutting iust enough timber to meet their
tmmnili,+o ncr1. ~, nav In ro.-. Nv .,nr".
.. 49,. ".E1s' -. NV, ~ yca'e y, eelo'
aoou1 astcf tne'r n'"t seI'tcment OF t'''a re-
glon, they have brought under cultivation
scarcely onc-sl1th Of tho Understand of tho
| Stats
| Hail, ,,orv -.,.a,,x II, ~. .. a.. A..
homc-markcts was gotten out after this iash.
Ion; aud now, when the Chesapeake & Ohio
Ruwny has r,fypu c],enp seecs. tn nil t1,e m ,r.
kct. ri thc wo,,d Isroo 1rorortro, ~ ~.
ns'o " t.,o "ol'", !"'ko ptopot"ot VI t"c
ioFcss-product Is produced in this hand'to-
mouth way, and very few pursuo logging as O
] systematic and regular empioyment. Tho re-
suit Is, tint vast forests remote from tho furm
~ sott'a4uou.o' suoufa s44'la.'s w n'u9u'a-
/ cent logging streams, And not far remote from
tlc railway nnd the saw'inills, are 40 ignorant Of
/ Iile OK g., as tlley Wefo Wten Adam iirat Wa!kod
alnon!: th' trees In tue tiar.iGn o. Eden.
| AS 'oggtn!s htreans the West Virginia water-
eooFses hhee no suect,ors. WIN the exception
81 h t1@ Sew mvef.G1sat for hlty miles TUBS
tat9nRh a,t! maa9!hsaln,.sorecs, aha Ia furious
fap,. IN ~htcl solitary lDgs Often sattter ship
~rGek,-',le rivers Gohcrally nave Rentls How,
VIVA iow hehas or sAaiinws, NM ara admirably
aaan,sea H. 10 r. hra1tllls; up 70 tflas tno timber
| getting taa Gtea eonnneh 10 Tic larger streams;
pat on tne hanks OF thcto streams vast budles
o. the oriG1hnl EroWtt are Sill atanding Every.
Wnerc West ol ne junction ot thc NON and
an'ey vs5s 51e oatg Zt5tp g sGe log
! i've or HlI miles OF tic sources OF the Yuf{oua