West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-22
The Bishops Letter.

feaQlnS ne BlSnOp LetCol ~
the last issue of The Church News.
From the account given of his trav-
els through the mountainous coun-
ties of Summers, Pocahontas, &C.,
we feel warranted in guessing that
Bishop Peterkin would be a rare
travelling companion for party
even with taste for ''roughlng 1t"
We are sure he would do his part
in getting all the pleasure out OF
all the hardships endured.
= We must give our readers q por-
ton of the letter. Passing over
the Bishops travels and labors
through Wayne, Kanawha, Lin
coin and Summers to Princeton,
Mercercounty, we will go with him
from that point. We copy as fol-
lows:
On Tuesday, 10th, we rode about
twenty miles and stopped in the
neigh borhood Of the new mining
town Of Pocahontas. We expected
to preach there, although it is over
the line in Virginia, but we were
much delayed in our days travel
by the duilness of my horse, and
we found also upon our arrival,
that a few days before the floor
had been taken up in the only
building available for the purpose
of service. We had a cordial re-
ception at Pocahontas from Capt
Miller and Col. Narborne Berk eley.
The latter we found was an old
schoolmate Of Bishop Whites
and asked particularly after him,
| have rarely, if ever, seen a more
busy place than Pocahontas. What
with six openings for coal, which
they are working vigorously, pill
ing up the coal in great stacks, land
the building of many houses in the
town. and preparing the bed for the
railway, and building coke ovens,
and strengthening the course Of
troublesome and driving a tun-
mel through the mountain for the
RAILROAD, and other things going
IN, they seem about as busy in
Pocahontas as people ever get.
From Pocahontas we came on
through the upper corner of Taze-
well Co., Va, gong by the mouth
Of the mines, and up Flat Top
mountain until we came to the
peeled chestnuts, when our route
was henceforth by bride path. In
about 30 miles we came to Cart
wright's, where we spent Wednes-
day night, Oct. II. When Mr.. Lacy
rode up to Mr.. Cartwright's and
asked him whether he could take
care Of US for the night, he replied
IN his characteristic way, "If you
can stand me, | reckon I can stand
you"
BY the time we reached this
point, which on the map rejoices in
the name of Snake-root, my horse
seemed completely tagged. Mr..
Cartwright came in the morning
with the cheering intelligence that
he did not think he would ever get
MIN back to the stable from which
he started-As we were eighty
miles from our base Of supplies and
had upwards of two hundred miles
of rough mountain road still before
us, the effect Of this may be imag-
ln d. After full consultation, we
determined to leave behind us
most of our baggage and the jaded
beast which we called Gilbert, and
press on in TWO columns, consisting
OF equal numbers of cavalry and
infantry-which we accordingly
did on Thursday morning. TO
make a fair division of labor, we
adopted the ride and tie" plan,
which | will for the benefit of the
initiated, explain to mean that
one rides for given time, and then
ties the horse by the roadside
when the man on foot comes up to
take the horse, passes his fellow at
the end of a certain time, ties in
turn and goes on until the distance
is accomplished.
On this occasion we were fortu-
nate enough to secure another
horse after travelling as above about
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