The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-07-29
SLKKrY VALE. Pa, July 20, 1880.

SLEEPY VALE. Pa, July 20, 1880.
To the Editor Of the ENTERPRISE.
1 stopped few days at the Mecca of
moral culture, ChauIauqua, and spent a
"city of COTTAGES" making acquaint-
ances, to be renewed hereafter. 1 wan
dered through park, over a ravine, aud
from lettered board leaning against an
ancient tree, learned that L was entering
Palestine, and looking up, verify the
sacred mountains were looming up in
the distance. Not wishing to traverse
tliis land alone, and desiring some one
better versed in sacred history than my
self for q companion, 1 hastened back
to a cottage and prevailed upon n good
Baptist lady to accompany me. 1 took
her down the shore to Joppa, across the
plains to Jerusalem, thence down TO
Jericho aud over Jordan, and rs /
stepped over the little stream took occa-
sion to impress upon her mini the i'm
probability of her theory of immersion
i'm SO small a stream. After looking
around and taking In the whole scene
its besuties and onders-.he declared
she had little faith in this little Method
ist Jordan, and still believed that primi
tive Christians baptized by immersion
IN the real Jordan.
Chautauqua has been so often de-
seribed by others, and is so familiar to
MANY of your readers, that I will mol
take up more Of your valuable space,
but hasten to report my success I'm get
ting subscriptions to, and right of way
for, the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
through Sleepy Vale. l find it uphill
business, for the reason that many know
nothing of subscription paper, or any.
thing else that has pen or type marks
:e G,nI hN, hof nat
not read and don't know what a rail-
road is. This is the toughest place fol
a white man to live in that know oil
ever read of. The valley has been set
tied for number of years by oil sharks
gamblers, thieves, blacklegs, drunkards
etc., and more profligate set of being
God never hemmed in one valley, and i
he has any mercy on the rest of man
kind I pray that he will never permi
hem TO leave it to mingle with peopl,
of higher type.
In this Presidential election wear ever,
vote will count, and as this place will bt
heard from again, 1 thought it well t.
feel the political pulse, and seeing -:
crowd in front of a livery stable,
sauntered up and gently "touched,
and straightway there went up shon
=" Horr -" Herrick" -" Horr %
H'rick '-''Horr''-Horrick"-"H
rick''-" Rick "--'' Rick k"-s'Orrick''-
OF its stalls, with sleeves rolled up an,
slouched hat turned back from his mas
sive brow, and shouted, "That's tn,
chap, boys. He's my man, and he'
going to win this race, too; and dom
you forget it, neither. Have a cigar
boys?" and for a moment 1 though
my self in front of the fancy brick in oul
own little village. With heart over
flowing with pride of our own toVn ant
its beloved statesmen whose names arr
| emiuent so far away, / presented, will
renewed vigor, the merits of "Wheelinl
and Lake Erie"-its connection witt
the Ohio Rivera better outlet for til,
flow of the surplus oil of this section
| than any pipe line in Christendom
Following this stratagem / performe,
the duties of my mission faithfully anl
energetically, and think made favor
able Impression.
The south part of this valley Is set.
tied by Dutch, mostly. They are quit,
industrious, and some of them wealthy
but as a general thing not very tidy.
called at very respectable lookin,
farm house while out looking for a suit
able place to pitch n depot for the w.
l.. E, and found the family at dinner
An old tabby cat was sitting on one cor
ner of the table endeavoring to curr,
off sundry fleas by dexterously apply
ing its posterior walker, and the coat o
this feline was beautifying the table
l was invited to partake; was hungry
but cats fur ard fieas had no affinit,
for my empty stomach and cravin,
appetite, and was forced to suecumb.
DE LA Mo.