Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-11-06
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1855
The Editorial Excursion.

affair, and enjoyable from beginning
to end. By the courtesy of the Press
Association, we were enabled to par
take of its pleasures, and accordingly
left home on the evening of the 23d
ult., and joined our brethren of the
quill in Parkcrsburg the following
afternoon. Wednesday evening an
elegant banquet was given the Asso-
citation at the rink, by the ladies OF
the w. C. T. U. of Parl1ersburg. The
room was spacious, we'll lighted and
beautifully decorated, and from one
end to the other were tables boun-
tifully ladcned with almost all that
the epicurean art could supply. Fair
hands did elegant service in dispcn-
sing the inequalities of the occasion,
and thereupon followed feast of
reason and flow of soul for an hour or
more, when the assemblage dispersed,
the editors bearing away with them
the most kindly remembrance of the
good ladies of the Oil City-morc
hospitable, entertaining or fairer
than whom we have have never met.
At A. NJ, Thursday, we took q
fast train over the picturesque 3. &
o. Railroad eastward, and breakfast
cd at Piedmont; on the way thither
passing through rich mineral and
timber section, and past the important
towns of Ciarksburg and Grafton,
and the beautiful summer resorts of
Oakland, Mountain Lake Park and
Deer Park. The scenery presented
to the view in crossing the Alleghanics
is fine at any season OF the year, but
on this occasion, with the early morn
ing sun rejecting upon the rich au-
tumnal foliage, with its varied hucs,
the whole seemed for the noncc one
continuous panorama of contrast
ing colors, gorgeous in the extreme.
After breakfasting with mine host,
j. p. A. Entler, Gan old Jefferson
county man, of the Sims House,
Capt. Geo. w. Harrison, Manager of
the w. Va. Central & Plttsburg Rail
road and the Elk Garden Coal Mines.
took the party in charge, and we were
speedily conveyed to Elk Garden, the
terminus of one branch of the road,
and given an opportunity of an cx-
animation Of the mode of coal mining,
which proved of much interest. This
road is the one of which ex-senator
Henry G. Davis is President, and in
which he is largely interested. About
so miles (from Piedmont to Fairfax
Stone) are under contract, about 10
or A miles of track laid, and about
IA miles in operation: the entire line
being located in territory rich be-
yond computation i'll minerals and
timber. Mr.. Musgraye, the Super
intendent at the mines, with his good
wife, extended the Inequalities of
their home to the party, and won the
highest esteem of the entire company.
On tue return to Piedmont a public
reception was given at the Opera
House, where the members of the
press were welcomed by the acting
Mayor and prominent citizens, and
thanks returned by President Morris
and other members of the Press As
ISOLATION; a fine brass band and
orchestra being in attendance and in
terspcrsing the exercises with good
music. The bill of expenses of the
editors at Piedmont was footed by the
town, and everything done to make
our brief stay a pleasant one. We
met whilst there former Charlestown
boy, Mr.. John Mcfarland, and were
gratiied to find him the honorable
Mayor of the thriving town of West
ernport, on the Maryland side Of the
river.
Taking our departure from Pied
mont on Friday morning, on a special
train on the Cumberland and Pitts
burgh Railroad, the party enjoyed a
fine trip through the famous Georges
Creek mining section, from there to
Cumberland. Passing Barton and
Homecoming, we soon reached Frost
burg, the leading mining town of
Western Maryland, where n stop
of an hour or two was made. The
railroad passes through tunnel I'M
der the town, and dcsccnds from its
lofty elevation, on the northern side.
by means of a prolonged Y. Frost
burg has a population, with it's SUBJ
urbs, of about 5000, is the scat of a
thriving business whom the mines are
in full operation, and has many hand
some and substantial buildings. The
elevation of the town is 100 feet
above Cumberland, and 1900 feet
above the sea. We met our towns
man, Mr.. Horace BeaIl, upon the
etraat /;t ha;nr L;e forDoor bo,,,o o,,5