Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-27
A GREENY ABROAD.
How a New Yorker Regards the
City of Wheeling,
His Extreme Freshness Leads Him Into
Some Startling Proofs Of lgnOr-
ance-The Recent German
Celebration.
C5ncsyoaacurc Nrw York TimCs.


CINCINNATI, November 9.-The railroad
ride from Wheeling TO this city takes close
upon twelve hours, and the trains run fast.
One OF the first things TO strike a traveller
is the absence Of psrlor and sleeping cars
from most of the roads, except on the fast
express trains between large cities. and as
these trains stop only at the principal sta.
tor :, the waytsrer who starts from some
little town has to rough it in the ordinary
cars. For journey like that from Wheel
ing to CincinDsti, reaching this city in the
middle OF the night, sleeper
Would be u Great Luxury.
Even the narrow beds, the srctic drafts,
the box o. a sTokipg.rooT, ard the lazy
porter could be borne with. But grumb.
ling will not change rumbling coach into
a sleeper, any more than imagination can
turn bite nj a railway station into com.
Portable meal. The most pleasant part OF
Wheeling, TO my mind, is the railway sta
ton Not that the station is anything to
brag Of; suppose because that place al
forGs n better chance Of getting away than
any other. II Wheeling were TO wake up
tomorrow morning and, my word Tor II,
she won't she would lind herself Just
about TWO generations behind the age.
There II 40 Wharf.
If course, but ali inclined plane, rpayea
edge. All packets. etc, land Il; the wharf
boz. and the river business seems TO be
considerable, for no: less than dozen
boats came ard went during the four or
five hours that spent in the place. The
Germaa parade that happened to be in
progress engroSsed cvcryb0dy's attention,
snd there was no agent in the station, no
clerk in the hotel, no baggage master, no
any body anywhere, except up In the main
str, ct, looking at the parade. IL was win
feelings in which no sorrow mingled that
heard, before the train left, that a man had
fallen ont Of wagon In the parade ana
broken his neck.
wheeling ~ HLeSiIiag
lust now with the prohibition ques.
tion, ami one OF the principal hotels is
closed and another gives signs OF weaken
ing about the knees. Down at the depot, q
iew MINUTES before train time, there was a
gathering OF rural visitors waiting Tor the
cars. Their great subject OF conversation,
of course, was the parade. They had oome
to town to see it, they had devoured their
share, perhaps more than their share, OF
peanuts, oysters and beer, and they were
going home The fashion-plates OF fifteen
byeone generations would not do justice TO
their costumes. They were unanimous In
III. opinion that the parade did credit to the
great Commonwealth Of West Virginia.
We'll, sir, lis
The Biggest Thing ! Ever See"
wts in everybody's mouth so frequently as
lefd sn innocent hystsnder 10 reflect that
If oil they never did see were TO be described
in n,.e lsrge quarto volume the book wou'1.
have to he printed in very fine type indeed.
r. re Was small restaurant cd joining the
teton, in which were displayed a tempt
'ng variety Of FIngerbreads, apples, and
nus, and large sign informed the travel.
irr ub'ic that tiere were on sale