The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-23
AT THE GOLD WHITE.
rAE NATIONAL reAoAERs, MEErINe
To b, Held at the White Sulphur sprlar. s,1,
Year Ia all PrObAblIty-sons Of the BE.
Communications Of the Plles-o,A.
sr Educational Gatherings. b.

StAte superintendent OF Free SchooId
Butcher, whoha been kept busy for several
weeks pat attending commencemen's, insti'
tutes, the State teachers meeting at Buck
harmon, the Ohio State teacherJ meeting ii
Chautauqus and the National Teachers'Assc
citation meeting at Saratoga, 10 home for q
few days, and Saturday evening an IsrELu'
oEScER reporter had q few moments conyersa'
ton with him. While talking about the
Saratoga meeting he said, Pm bound tina,
we sGall have the National Association
meeting next year,
"What, not mere In Wheeling?'
'0h, bless you, no. At White Sulphur,
Wouldn't that be q grand place, though?
The reporter answered that II most certainly
would, aud asked for further information.
"Well," continued MI. Butcher, sit will
either be held at the White Sulphur or al
| TopekA-that much Is settled aud I'm In
| clined TO believe that a majority OF the CON-
mittee will favor the Saratoga Of the South.
At Saratoga ! extended 10 the association the
heartiest Invitation / knew how TO make, and
| received ASSURANCES from nearly all the
Western representatives that II the White
was selected they would not act the dog in
the manger, but would come on In force, and
Prof. Birch and myself assured them that
we would he With them II Topeka was chosen.
The New England people want u come 70
West Virginia. Next week expect 10 go "a
Richmond, and there meet the President o.
the Association. He is chairman Of the
eommiltse to select a place. OF which l am a
member. | am going 70 escort bin over te
the White, show him what we can do, AID
also show him part.o that country down In
the Kanawha Valley which Is bound 10 be
world.famed In our time even. Every edu'
Gator can learn something that will be TO hii
advantage down there-i:s resources arr
wonderful"
.How about rates?' ,''a
awe shall Interview The railroad compa,
MES on that point, also Mr.. Harrison Pho.
bus, who has leased the White for FIVE years.
For a long time, you know, he has been the
proprietor OF the Hygeia, at Old Point Com
tort. have already written TO him and re.
ceived assurances in reply that the very low.
So so at Saratoga. Now the facilities for
reaching the White arc excellent. At
WaynesborouVh railroads. center from ey.
erywhere almost, and the G. q o. With Its
elegant equipments would carry visitors
right TO the place"
'Well, l certainly hope you'll succeed in
getting the Association to come"
IFS not alone the National Association
we would get provided the White Is selected,
but one or two State Associations would also
come. For the past FIVE years q large minor.
ity OF the Ohio Association has favored
White Sulphur, and they ssy they will go
there next year IL the National Association
meets there. Then tn .re is the Maryland As
ISOLATION and probably Pennsylyania's Last,
but by no means least, our " State AsSo-
citation, which hiss been holding q highly
successful meeting at Buckhannon this week.
1t would probably meet at Lewisburg, where
II would be gladly entertained In the liberal
manner that the good people OF Buckhaonon
did. In this way a local enthusiasm would
be aroused, which would help to make
the meeting a success and the State teachers
would be spared some expense For some
time there has been q feeling In favor Of hold
ing the session Of 1884 somewhere In the
South. But the heated season, whe4 the
Association meets, makes the climate OF the
extreme South Objectionable TO all sections,
but In the way OF climate the White cannot
| be surpassed IL the South. 1t is comparatively
cool there. It would be q great thing for
West Virginia to secure next years meeting
And with a pleasant good night Mr.. Butcher
passed on.
1.-THE Whit." undoubtedly offers superior
Inducements Tor q meeting OIL tnlS nature,
surrounded as It is by p aces OF historic'i IT,
tsrest, while the beauty Of the scenery fully
iustites the name given to the State, the
Switzerland OF America. Near the ohesa-
peake & Ohio railway station, and not far
from the celebrated White sulphur Springs,
Is the Grand Hotel, whose spacious dining
hall Is capable Of seating fifteen hundr,d
guests. The hotel Is surrounded by oyeron
hundred cottages that, though they hays less
architectural style than the cottages at Noun.
tain Lake Park, Maryland, are comfort
able and nice. The Chesapeake & Ohio
railway, connecting at Fortress Monroe
and Old Point Comfort with lines OF
steamers from New York, furnish the finest
facilities FOR those who come from New Eng
land and New York, to travel both by land
and sea, on their way to White Sulphur.
| This railroad has q branch commencing at
Washington. D. @, which extends far toward
the West, and is fed by leading lines from al
most every State. from the moment one
enters the State until he leaves 1t be travels
over historic ground, where were laid some
Of the most vivid scenes OF the rebellion,