The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-27
ON THE WING.
The Scenery OF the Route from Wheel.
Ing 70 nountain I.ake--The Cheat River

The Scenery Of the Route from wheel.
lag 10 Mountain I.ake--Thc Cheat River
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Special TO the lntelligenccr. SIS
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Mp July 90
There are three daily trains from Wheel.
ing 10 Mountain Lake Park. II that one
be taken which leaves the former place
about five o'clock in the afternoon, the
traveller will find himself at his destination
about midnight, and unless his room has
been previously engaged by letter or tele.
graph, the best hour OF the night will b.
gone before he is comfortably settled. II
the train be taken which leaves Wheeling
at hali.past one in the morning, It will be
nearly daylight before Benwood is passed,
and the chances fora comfortable night will
be even less marked than before. iii
however, the, traveller goes by the train
which leaves at Q in the morning, the en-.
tire distance is Travelled over by the middle
Of the afternoon. and there is yet time for a
survey Of the Park before the DAY Is ended.
II now the time OF the early train were
three or four hours later, the railroad
company would have the lasting gra,itude
of the travelling public, and a greater nun.
otpassengers would each day Be carried.
FswrHSrRle IRON wHExLIsos
"Great heights charm the eye" said
Goethe, "but the steps which lead to them
do not" but had the great philosopher
made the trip by rail to Mountain Lake,
he would have written in different
strain. What can be more glorious on a
hot July day, than to sit by the window Of
a through car, with your pass slowed safe
ly away in your inside pocket, and with
succession Of beautiful views presented
to your sight at every turn. I
i must have cost vast sum OF money
10 build the Baltimore Il sOhio railroad.
Now you leave tunnel onlyfto enter an
other. Soudash through chs which must
|haye employed armies ofmenE in the max
ing. You climb mountains which seem
almost tinsurmountable. You cross bridges
which must have cost fortunes in their
construction. You round curves and thun-
der along embankments which have been
laid out according to the strictest mathe-
matical formulas. Now the route is through
wilderness as dense and unbroken as
when Columbus first discovered Alnerica;
now through farms secured to their ros.
SCISSORS by years Of toll and self-denial, now.
through towns and villages with all the en-
terpriseand energy Of modern civilization.
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THE CHEAT RIVER SECTION.
The scenery Of the route eliminates in
the neishborhood Of Rowlesburg. The
mouniainss covered with timber, to, their
summits; the river narrowing ike spiral
thread IN the distance the"4dark 4ravines,
the rugged cliffs and the awful chasms, the
light, color and perspective-these are the
elements which fascinate the spectator, and
which make the view one Of extraordinary
beauty and splendor. 1t was here that
Joseph, Cooks Yosemite Doxoloay. was
quoted and it may serve as amending for
] this bling lette5ff I'll .f4Siftf
THE hills Of God support the skies, - =. :, I.
To God let alteration rise;
a Let hill, aud skies and heavenly host, F-.s, !, ]
P.aise Father Son aud Holy Chest"