The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-05
LIFE IN THE WOODY,


BuFr'a Mills Camp Ground M n SUM
meF ResOFt-AmNseInenIs u PuE-
suits Of the S%oJOuFnerS, dc.
BuRR's MILLS CAMP Ga UND, August 4,
1SSl.-As Burr's Mills Is fast becoming q
popular Summsr resort, We think 1t would
be interesting to the readers Of the INrEL'
LIdENCER to hear something from Il occa'
sionAlly.
Already there are about nineteen fam.
lilies on the ground, the majority being
from your n~eiRhboring city OF BellAire.
No doubt some persons would like to
know who they are, 30 II they have any
friends out here they can come and visit
them. The families from BellAirs are: r.
G. Hyatt, James BiCkerton, A. D. Hi.
born, +. U. Husbands, John Camp, ]. II.
Grafton, Dr., Grafton, A.. L., Wetherald,
Thomas WetherAld, Sylvester WetherAld,
Julius Armstrong z, j. j. Powell, James
Fitton and John Bigelow, and every day
others come seeking q place 10 board or TO
stay during the heated term. Nj, Satter.
fields family IL here from Wheeling, and
Charles Baron from Blrr's Mil. BIrnes.
viIlO thus far has only one family To rep.
IbEBHb w hllh tllht 10 HlIs / IlhulUu o.
We have some visitors here, among them
Miss Ida Evans, from Wheeling; Messrs.
q. Il. Grafton, Charles Winans, John
Randolph, Harry WetherAld, Stuart vii.
son and viii King, from Bsllaire. We
would not Ike to give the Buys away"
or we might state the reason why they
are here. d course 1t Ia Tor their health,
or NJ least 81 they would tell you.
Perhaps your readers ara wondering
how we employ our time. The principal
amusement teem4 to bs "a lag. Every.
thing else must come alter II. Ia the day
time the gentlemen hunt; Ehoot Of Q tar.
get (sOne OF the ladies' have tried their
hand at that toO); swing In hAmmocks
(this 10 u popular amusement with both
sexes, hnwevef)i play base ball and talk
TO the ladies As to what the lGdes do, l
should tell pretty correctly II | should
name about the same things the gentle.
men do, with the exception OF hunting,
and add reading and fancy work and such
things as only ladies can do.
At night young and old together meet
and We have q grand concert from the
stand. When We get tired Of that we sep.
arate and get around the tents aud Bere.
hhuo' w Alo lhlhAIHH HoIIUu1ly VI k6ItlDk
up charade parties, which were 0 source
oil amusement 10 us last summer. Some
Improvements have been made In the
ground since last year. One which will
afford people some pleasure IL the seats
with backs.
Several Q tents have been erected
and they still tax oil more.
Some gossip has started 3 report which
will be apt TO hurt the Camp; that ls, that
there lie diphlhetiA u here. One case
wasn't enough, 80 they have made IL 81.
Teen. As this is q good chAnes 10 reiute
this statement, | will say that there 10 no
sickness whatever upon the Camp ground.
The children who we're brought here sick
are begindlng 10 look Atrong and hearty.
One trouble vi have Ia that We cannot
get vegetables As easy a. We can ct home.
Thus far there are no preachers here,
but the way the spring chickens suffer 10
q caution. Mr.. 6waney, Of Burr's Mill,
has the boarding.tent again this year.
Mr.. PAngle, Ons Of the hotel keepers
here, already has bis house full. Mi. L.
p. Williams and family, Of Wheeling, Mr..
Thomas Strong and Ian Mason, OF Bella.
Ire, are all there. A, ], F,