South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-07-20

Losr RIVER, HARDY Co ". VA. I
July 9th, 1883.

IIi iiAecER Dear Sir. As have
Just returned from tri,, - Grant. Pen
dic,on. Rtudolp, ani TucHer Conaties,
IL am not intruding upon your patience
and space in yors valuable paper, l viii
mention some lea it'll. notes think OF
some interest to some Of your many res-
dcrs. left homc two weeks ago-pass-
ing Moorcaeid noticed the wotknen
tearing away the old town mill q. that
place 10 erect new one on tho old
site 40 by 50 feet. three stories high.
On my return yesterday | noticed the
old mill had been torn away, tho new
one raised one story high and the work
was progressing VOL. Messrs. Daniels
s. Insxcep are very enc, cite business
gentlemen. On my way on. noticed
tha farmers wero all busy working their
corn; IL 10 looking we'll for late plant
ing. On passing Petersburg learned
the Iron bridge builders were at work on
the bridge ut that place. On my return
| secn the first span up AMI 1t work or
on the second. Passing up Seneca
see they arc erecting very complete
frame Church-huilt by the Meihodists
and United Brethren but will be free
To other denominations to worship i'm.
Tue next object of interest after cross
ing the Alieshanies was the erection of
new Circular Saw Mill. built in Hardy
county by Carpenter & Co.. for Har.
mon & letters, two very enterprising
gentlemen i'm the milling business. k nc wn
as the Days Mills here-haye a fine run
Of business in their linc-the saw mill
will be great improvement ut at that place
as timber ia plenty and convenient.
Here lind one of tho best locations
| have seen for many years for q coun-
try store. Mr.. wager, a whole soul oil
Vir2inian, is the present merchant, doing
handsome business; he is now ship
ping immense quantities Of wool TO Bal.
timoro as we'll as other country ira tie
~ miles west on Dry Fork of Cheat Ri
yer is smother S,ore-from outward ap-
pearancc it looks well enough il ru-
morcd about that there TIE Indian fire
water is used to some extent in viola.
ton of the laws Of the Sta.e and county.
l didn't see the article only the sign.
Eastern Randolph county is trying
to form new county-if the county
should be divided Dry FORK will want
the county seat as the contem plated
Railroad il ever built will have good
natural grade up this stream this part
OF the county is but thinly settled yet.
but will be valuable to the farmer if
they should get Railroad through here
the land IS Of excellent Qu.lity-it is
the finest tiinbered county ever saw
wild cherry, some black walnut, white
pine, especially in Tucker county on
Red Creek l seen the larges. white pine
timber on the above named stream I
have ever seen-larger than ever seen
i'll Western Pennsylvania on the great
Susquehanna river. I was told By sew.
eral that they hoated white pine log
out last spring in raft that me ,sured
seven IT. across the big end, 20 TT. long,
but as | did not see it, l will not
voucl, for the truth OF IL. This county
is badly in need OF some good mill ma
chinery-I mean Tucker county--I was
in little grist mill TO get feed for
my horse taking birds eye view Of the
interior. l seen n horizontal shaft in
motion something in the shape of
spire mill attached to it. seen a lit
tie corn in the hopper above. seen
the miller cycling ne very close -look-
ing at his wonderful mill asked how
much he could grind p--berore could
finish my Question he looked at me with
much confidence and pleasure. / held
my breath till the answer came. He
said he had ground IL bushels in a
day when there was plenty of water
The water in this stream is about cher.
ry red, and the stones look about the
same color.
On my return in Randolph county |
met Major Norment OF Petersburg; he
was on q business and Trout fishing
trip. We spent the night together a,
our hosptable friend Mr. John letters
at the above named place, Days Mills
Next day the Major aud | was Invited
TO attend large Picnic and tour
nament To tie held on the summit OF the
Alleghauies, n beautiful grove where
they had the benefit OF tho best cold
spring water; close by was another
good spring; one Of the springs was a
tributary OF the South Branch thence
to the great Potomac other u the
Ohio-thence TO the great Father of va
tors Of the west. AS business called
me home | couldn't stay TO spend the
day stthis delightful place as came
by met the Brass Band from Tie Up
per Tract. in Pendleton county-they
came over across the mountain horse
back they were fnc geptlemanly set
OF young men and IL ia said they make
excell9nt music. As / passed on the
Eastern side Of che mountain I mot a
great many young and old going TO the
Feast, as every conveyance seemed TO
be loaded with baskets of good things.
Tue young ladies' and gentlemen made
a quite good appearance, we're well at
tired, amt had excellent horses. a lot
OF small boys in the arena afcot seemed
to DC in time-ihcy kept in siaht OF The
teams ahead OF them
The Major was invited TO he The ora
tor or tue day--ha is we'll qualified to
I'LL the place % he is full OF good hu-
NOR aud talk and 1kcs.
There is excellent stock Of oil kinds
10 Randolph county. good horses. cattle
aud sheep, they have tho hest breed OF
milch cows; they make the best OF hut
ter; but during the hot weather butter
and eggs Is very cheap aud the citizens
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