Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-01
MIHE WILDERNESS.
DfsxTaeerul Encouragement OF NAH
Routes-WhO II 90 be Held Hesponsi-
bIe.-Life without Newspapers


bIe.-Life without Newspapers
To the Editor Of the Register.
KNOXVILLE, w. Va, April TO-
Route I2l ,OOl from Wheeling to Glen
Easton is so neglected, the mail so IN
certain, that many people are consult
ing the properiety of disseminating their
newspapers and other weekly publica-
tons. The mail, until quite recently,
was carried tri-weekly; but upon petl-
ton il was seen fit to change 1t to q
daily mail, which was sold to one Snou-
grass, who employs any one he can 10
M rform the duties; since which time we
have all along the route been terribly iso-
lated. Last fall, two weeks at one time
and three weeks at another, we had no
mail; while at sundry divers other
times ever since trips have been missed,
and that too with apparent indll1erence'
In the near future, we are nIOrheu,
mail will be delivered all along the
route twice twice a week, ana II the
same, haphazard, dOn't-care style OF
making these semi-weeky trips Is per,
sisted in, then possibly our mail VIII
narrow down to once month or at
least to odd times suitable to the wnimS
of the carrier. The great draW-Oach
lies in the low price for which TINS route
was sold, but if an Aberdeen Virginia
Mahoneite bites his fingers, we can not
see the propriety of making us Mar
shall county people pay the penalty
Ii the mail be carried Us 1t should, we
can get each days issue Ofthe wheeling
papers, and there would be hundreds OF
them read too. AT this writing there
has been no mail for four weeks ana
how much longer we may have to wait
is difficult 10 determine. The wilds oil
tie west, and the secluslOn OF the
forest, present no more lonesome
place than can be found along this
route. Papers and mail which you may
oct are two weeks late: renewals TO pa
Iers is folly, intelligence is o the wane
and many minds are running to weeds.
-Four weeks and no mail, and that
too, on distance of twenty-five miles,
and through thickly settled and
wealthy country where there are neither
Indians, highwaymen, impossible roads
or any lust cause, seems To be extreme
ly hard and unbearable. Ere long,
newspapers will be a thing of the past.
Now they grace nearly every house
hold. Stale news, however, cannot be
tolerated. Must this be endured? Will
not the press raise a huge cry and en-
deavor to. secure the regular transit OF
mail? If the great avenue of commul-
cation be shut off and our citizens be
doomed to hear nothing from the out
side world, not even from friends ana
relations, can it be no sympathlzlng
voice will be heard" Just think of all
YOUR life long enjoying mail
privileges, reading fresh matters al
most daily, receiving missives OF interest
as well as Ofprofit, and suddenly such
privileges cease fOrnO apparentreaSonS.
A father may be sick and you may be
notified of the same through the mail,
death may intervene and yet you be
stranger to the fact. No mail. Your
nearest city burned down and great
scOurge ravaging the country and YOU
in profound ignorance. No mail. The
frost may NOW down the crops, the
waters deluge the land, the locomotive
leap the bank, but you know it not. NO
mail. Great events may be enacting
and the world be in great cOmmotlon
but all is blank to you. No mail. Our
secluded, melancholy lot is truly de.
plorable, and, Mr.. Editor, we beg OF
YOU to intercede in our behalf and lift
the maze that tends so much to our
distress. .. H.