The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-29
A SUMMER TRIP

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SUMMER TRIP
As Enjoyed by Party OF Wheeling
People,
Editors IntClliscnccr!
A party Of Wheeling folks have been
spending several weeks at Eglon, We re-
ceived mail three times week and two Of
ourparty received the lNTELLlGENcER, which
was always gladly welcomed,
If you will permit us space in your col
umns, We would like to tell you OF one OF
many pleasant trips we have had since our
arrival, On Tuesday, tho I'd OF August,
we started to "BlaGk Water" There We're
sixteen in the party, including baby
about one year and a half old mention
her as she added very much to our enjoy.
mGnt during the trip.
We travelled over beautiful mountain
scenery for about eight miles, passing only
two or three houses in that distance. Once
or twice we met children coming to EglOn
andsMrtled them yshOutinggOodm morning.
AT half.pAst nine we arrived ut Mr. Moss
ers There we were greeted in Il very hos
pitable manner On entering the house
we saw the large fire place with its and
irons, such as we read OF, next the room
that we ate our dinner in, Afterwards we
visited thespring house, the cool spring,
with ferns and Ivy growing all around It,
The cool water WIS very refreshing.
+ Well, dinner over and good byes said,
we proceeded on our Journey. The gentle
men went ahead Of the party as Mr.. Moss.
err had told them several trCOs Ind to be
chopped down before our wagons could
pass. AUS uDir nnE.lUHg ""'
We met nountalnccr, asix.footer, who
swung his arms like windmill. He said:
"No use talking about Citing TINT party
through 10 here; II can't be done" But
VIC laughed, thinking he did not know our
persevering "Whceling crowd" TINT we
had naued the 7. f. funny niteen.) Then
We came TO IL bridge partially made, Each
gentleman carried d log to complete 1t
sufficiently forNls to pass over We passed
saw mill. There were logs everywhere.
The men laughed at the idea Of our at.
tempting such u trip with spring wagons,
and ladies' in tho party;'but we went ON,
The horses walt2ed over the logs. No
other word will describe such pnnclng,
Then all Ind to get out OF the wagons but
the driver until they went down steep
mountain pass and crossed the North
Branch. Some OF us walked purt way up
tho mountain, thinking II impossible to
ride up such an elevation, but It did not
take us long to discover that we had
travelled over the best part Of the road, so
we got in the wagons again, expecting
evcry minute to come out Hgnin-nOt OF
our own accOrd-as the wagons reeled and
the horses tugged.
We had gone, us We thought ten miles
when we found store boxin thGrohd II
was marked "Knox, Wheeling, W. Va"
There WIS Il lantern on the ground by it.
We took possession OF it, thinking that
darkness might ovCrtaEc lis and we could
make good Use Of Il. A little further OH
we met two gentlemen returning from
Black Water. They were walking, ind
were very communicative and pleasant.
They told us the fishing was excellent;
Tint they Ia purity Of tiye) bud been there
for three weeks, and thnt they were from
Pittsburgh. ,,.-.
The silence OF the dense forest was only
broken by tic Clopping down Of trees,
that hindered our passage. We felt Us
though we were prisoners. a little
further on We met a man driving sled
containing the tent and fishing apparatus
OF the gentlemen we hOd passed. This
gentleman told us he had no ilen we would
arrive at the river that night us it was I'M
| possible to travel after dirk 1t takes tho
most skillful driver IN daylight to wind in
and out among the trees Tint he WIS glad
he had gotten over the rorgher portion by
TINT hour. The horses began to show
grent wcariness. .uH
We would look around and number Our
party, the careful mule pOdding along no
comfortably. The girls and boys trampng
along over stumps In mud and around
laurel bushes. no
The scenery was perfectly lovely, but we
we're too tired to be satisfied with this con-
tinuation Of beautiful scenery. Some want
ed to stop and finish the journey the next
dry, but We went OH, getting out every few
minutes as We would sec how the horses
plunged and fell, md the wagons rccled.
They would have to be lifted over many
places, as the horses could not manage
them. The shadesof the evening we're be.
ginhing TO fall, when we heard II joyful
shout, and supposed some Of the gentle.
men were lii sight of the water.
After our horses falling several times
more we Ind came to the conclusion tint VT
4 would only have u wreck Of Oiir' wng0ns to
return with. We heard another shout and
heard the gentlemen say, the river, the
river. Ut.
After riding quite a distance We
! got our first glimpse Of the river, but
when In sight Of II We had very rough
portion Of the road to travel. We fairly
held our breath going DOM 10 where they
were. Two more trees had TO be cut down
and our party, wagons and I'LL had reached
"Camp Thunder" and then passed on to
"Camp Welcome" the Ore That had Just
been vacated by the gentleman we had
passed.on Ottr why out htigp llrn had
! been lighted and 6ur 'littlc Sunshine" WIS
singing az nCTriy US though she lad peYet
left home. Our coffee mddc and table set
we had capital supper, which we enjoyed
Hugely, as the mountain dir had, slmrpGned
ouf abpelites more than Install. Everything
4 presented Il weird anneapanpe NY l|Tr-llalit,
!Tbe gentlemen talked. Of 1leatS and pan;
thgrs and deeys, We shpdd ered as We pre-,
pared our beds, lnngnlnathey would soon
come creeping In our camp
Fairly the h"yt morning we were awak.
pDgd liy aguh shot, One Of the gentlemen
hhd shot Il bird across the FLYER
Breakfast prepared, the gentlemen ntC
lhcits and took their gtiis and fishing
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