West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-04-13
4 RAMBLE UP KANAW HA
VALLEY.

offer my services for the first time,
as contributor to your admirable
paper. BY the way its mission Is a
grand one. To make men free! Free
from strong drink; free from tip
ping; free from drunkenness; free
from debauchery; free from the
gutter; free from debt; free from
poison free from murder; free from
all the ills produced by the manu-
facture and sale Of strong drink
But | did not mean to write an eS-
say on the FREEMAN. The Hud-
sons whistle was heard, and with
valise in hand we fastened to meet
it. Once on board we found genial
associates, and aftera pleasant chat,
we retired and knew little of the
luxury of the trip, but the luxury
of sleep, made if possible more pleas
ant and refreshing by the gentle
rocking of the boat.
After fourteen hours on the boat
we stepped off at Huntington, 1875
miles from Parkersburg.
The porters-with so many OF
them and 50 much noise--are a null
sance to a quiet traveller, who has
his hotel arrangements made with
old friends in quiet homes
THE QUARANTINE.
Before we got fairly on the streets,
the Hotel with it's new fence around
it made its appearance, and por-
ter from another Hotel cried,
smallpox sab, "small-pox" "don't
guy dar, sab" Well, we were not
wanting that article just then and
we passed on. We entered bust
ness house, when DR.. and the mer-
chant each laid sudden hands on us
and said, "you are from Parkers-
burg, now tell US, did YOU write
that article about Huntington and
it's people, that appeared in the
State Journal" Of course we didnot
write that article never write that
kind Of stuff about people if we eX-
pect to see them soon at their
homes. Well, the DR.. was satisfied
that he had the wrong man, and to
prove it, and to assure US that it
was all right, he asked us very kind
ly to step into his office and pro-
ceeded ut once to vaccinate US.
BUSINESS.
The scare produced by the small
pox has very much affected the bus
mess of the place, but Boom is
coming. Think of a Grand Ho-
tel" to be built soon by Mr.. Hun
tington, President of the c. q 0. r.
R., to be located on the corner of
Fifth Avenue and Seventh street.
Then car works that will employ
500 men, and turn out five new cars
each day, except Sunday we hope).
Then a mill for making steel rails,
and nail works that will employ
800 more men. These are some of
the business projects now talked of,
and expected to be realized soon in
this great city with its 70 avenues
and 80 streets.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The train goes East at ten, and
we are on it, but we soon realize
that this train moves slowly, and
we are more than two hours in
reaching Charleston. We pass
through Teay's Valley, which is
beautiful country; villages and
towns springing up all along the
line of the road. Church and school
house seen SO frequently, tell us
that the intellectual and moral
wants Of the people are being cared
for. AS our valise had been well
packed with copies of the FREEMAN,
before leaving home, we made many
a boy, already happy still happier
by it. y 30 p. m. the Capital was
seen across the river. We will pass
along and call as we return.
HELP EN- UP.
The tram had stopped, and a
crowd was getting off and many
coming on, when we heard some
one call out, "help 'em up We
looked out to see who was down,
and, Alas! a group of young men
were trying to put two Of their
companions on the car, But thew
(the two seemed stop heavy
climber kneed," acted very much
as one of our neighbours cows did
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