Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-02

| justified In any quantity OF e~xtravagahce
| Il may be said without the slightest fear OF
| contradiction that since the Centennial
this country has seen no such display. no
such gathering Of wonders In Cne city a.
the visitor may see in the great hall for
the sum of fifty cents.
AWsrd Of Represeh 10 wheeling
lust here. Why 10 she not represented
beref Why has she not sent pane OF
glass, q keg Of nails, o mug Of beer, ajng
! of whisky and Q piece Of pottery TO repre-.
| sent and epitomize her in this great and
unique national fairi Has our enterprise
left MS, has our energy waned, have our
people lost their business foresight, are We
DESTROYS that our industries should be hid
under o bushel, and that . knowledge OF
| our varied and marvellous manufacture
| should be permanently hemmed In and cir.
| cumscIibed within local limits?. Ii can
hardly be; yet it bears that construction
yhsn one looks around and amid . thou
sand exhibits fails TO find any evidence
that there is such Q city in eK'
istenoe en- all the broad Cont
nent of America as the thriving,
noted and wealthy city Of Wheeling. The
railroad companies would bring everything
to the exposition free Of freight charges,
and nothing stood in the way Of q Wheel
ing representive here save the exercise OF q
little business sense and foresight The
remains OF West Virginia's centennial AZ.
hibit, now stored away in forgotten splend.
or in the third story Of the Capitol build.
ing, might, with but little trouble, have
been shipped hither and exhibited to the
world as a few items in the mineralosy,
agriculture and,
Mann %actures OF West Virginia.
All this may yet be done, and il is not 100
late for Wheeling to fill an honorable niche
in Louisviile's temple Of industry, art and
nature. The exposition has more than
three months of life before it. and every
day Witnesses some improvement in the
display. ..
II can be done, it ought TO be done. it
must be done. An advertisement here is
an advertiser ent TO all the American
world, and my not very original ides Is
that the more you advertise yourselves the
more you are likely to get your products
into notice, and the better will be the OPP.
portunity afforded you to obtain q com
man6ing position Ia the commercial marts
OF the world. / don't expect, Mr.. Eli
tor, that You are going TO maze
our nail city the Tyre or the Sidon in the
commerce of the world, the Manchester or
the Lyons in the realms OF manufacture
But | do expect that you will whoop I'VE
and activity into u fat and comfortable
citize ms, that you will spur them on TO en-.
prises OF great pith and moment; will see
10 il ttat they shake off their lethorgic
sleep, awake 10 the demands Of the ever
living present, and that il IL can by no
bsppy combination be otherwise brought
about, you will yourself bring q keg Of
Reymaun's Beer
to the Louisville Exposition and thus do,
in some measure, battle for the cause OF
The TAI. city and, in some slight way. aid
in "a dissemination of useful aud refining
knowledge as 10 the way my friend Rey.
msnn gets up the kes, if not the beer. |
say keg, for ! am not certain that
you would get here with more than
ihat-who knows? by the way,
vile mixture, snd 10 the average Wheel.
incire is productive Of all sorts Of tangling
trials, uuC. r ain sensations, strange u
hid, Gus combinations OF she ineXpressibie
and The unutterable, and Is warranted %
kill quick, o., so q':'ck. But 10 our sheep
By all means let Wn'eling incline hithcr
ward ard she will do a first class
stroke Of business for the year. Here are
VISITORS from the North, South, East and
West, farmers, manufacturers, merchants,
plante's, doctors, %clCrgymen. and last but
not least. lawyers. 1t would he we'll that
all these men should see Wheeling in min.
iature, and do not doubt but what in
finite good might result. Do Won not
think that il is time something should be
done 10 attract people to or place and
prevent them from shaking oil the Wheel:
ing dust and seeking u livelihood in
other lands and under other skies?
our skies surely possess the requisite
lorrliness. All that is needed is that the
cd town should be up II doing. | have
net several
Former Citizens OF Wheeling
here, end no one with greater pleasure
then John II. Dunlap, Esq. John IS an
active, Iu,hlng and vice awake young
nan, with a talent for getting on in tie
world. lie is commercial editor OF the
Louisville Commercial, and has already
made IA hit in journalistic circles. VIII
Caldwell and Frank Brilt are here, and are
said 10 be doing well. | understand that
Britt says that more money Is to be had IN
laying brick in thts town than in running
Tor sheriff in ohio county. Each one TO
his own opinions and all will be we'll.
The Exposition has many novel features,
ana many Things are To be seen in II that
have l"en invented since the Centennial.
For instance, they have on exhibition five
different kinds Of electric lights. They
haze en- electric railway. All yOn have TO
do is TO get on the cars, and electricity. by
some process unknown to the winter, Will
take you and the cars all arouhd the park
enclosing TIE Exposition building, n dis.
lance Of a mile. in less lime Than one cares
20 estimate. The building is ample, and II
a magnificent specimen Of architecture. "
g = tribute TO Louisville enterprise, aud
urOClaims in no uncertain way the progress
nj rspid growth Of
E~entucEy's chief city.
In tie hall they have a model posto'lice,
a.. -, Ia IA .l 80. aVA $50 .ysRa
csity in the postal world, but also have
matters so arranged that all exhibitors and
visitors who desire have their mail deliv.
cred TO them on the grounds. Here you
zee 10 the least details the working and the
management Of one OF the largest post.
ufi,es Of the country. This enterprise
~ os its conception and success TO Louis
yi.ie's accomplished T.. NJ, largely aided
ard sbetted by her able an efficient chief
assistant. the Hon. T.. s. Tuley. Tue
writer is indebted 10 Mr.. T. for much
courtesy. and found that twelve years Of
service in a pGstOffiCe as first assistant post.
master did not produce enough OF formal.
tLy to OblIierate the gentleman and scholar.
VI II. i. jerks, chief head clerk OF the
mail service OF the ~pOstOfIce, also rendered
valuable assistance IN the collection and
arrangement Of the materials. aud has
cen the recipient Of much praise therefor.
IN ibis department the inspector will hnd
very kind Of postage stamp. from the
old Continental times, every envelope
hat Las found an existence in
he United States, every lock
ha, vas ever in Use in the +. o. depart.
nent md y hundred curiosities OF a similar
baraCter. In fact. should ] attempt 10
present you a pen picture OF all that is TO
" seen at this Exposition and were you 10
ruhlish il, the REGisTLE typos would OBJ
ain 10 holiday between now and Christ.
MSS. The hall is situated 10 the center OF
1 beautiful park belonging 10 II. Il. Du
FONT, Esq and the surroundings go 10
make up a place OF rare, natural and arts.
tic beauty. This park is illuminated every
evening by
Electric Lights.
has water falls, splashing fountains
and. when sparkling, as beheld
II last night with magnificent dis.
plays Of Fireworks, makes a spectacle
-urpsssed by no fairy scene that ever
ived or died awsy in the imagination OF
he poet or i'd, Alist. But you are tired OF
exposition wonders. Al any rate | am
tired Of writing about them, and your read
.rs will not forgive you for wasting yalu,
able spsce. There is a time for oil things,
and II is high i'm. that thi. lucrubs,ion