The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-09
-A45.LEISURE MOMENT
DEvorEpTo ALLsonTs orrnNGs.

DEVOTED TO ALL SORTS oFTHrNGs.
The Grnpe.Growcrs Of Luhesk-Two Nota.
bio Speeches on Current roplcs-Gov. :
Rorcr,nn Rnkcs tho stntc A,in,inistrn.
| tion-Mr. Church's Tnrin Views. il
From he Eiitor N ne nltslipcaeer.
PARKEusnuno, September 5.-This is
rcst7short, for l must soon be gonc-rcst
inexprcssibly sweet and grateful The
sun pelts mercilessly the dry sands OF
the street, and the sands try to give buck
to the sun as good as he sends. "None OF
these things move me-" for none OF them
reach me- lam in n cosy little nook, in a
real home, taking in 80 far us nm capable
the inspiration Of other lands in other
titncs-carvings heavy and delicate, in
light woods and dark, Of birds aud flowers
and, ,wrcaths Of leaves, and running vines,
heroic thoughts and tender touches mid
dashcs OF humor in glass Of curious dc.
sign and superb color. l look upon two
Persian lamps OF bronze more than three
centuries old, forms Of stately grace with.
out a counterpart in the country. The
maple trees sweep in the breeze through
the open window, just stirring the heavy
hanging that ! have pulled aside; andf
watch the wreatlling smoke 70 up from the
simple little Turkish pipe, for moment
circling over the white bowl, uncertain
whicl, way to fly, breaking, and gliding
away in shapeless vapor as other smoke
wreaths-lreams-havc gone before.
There is no meeting OF fellow citizens to
address tonight; nobody drops in to talk
politics; there is no press rattting and
pounding three stories below; there is no
foreman demanding moro ''copy" !; no one
comes, bretlins threatcnings and sla,lrh.
ter, demanding "to know whatthis article
means" and 10! the trump and whistle
and song and occasional tlouble-shutile of
the telegraph boy are not heard in tho
land. ltest--swcet and pcrfect-the sweet.
er because It must be SO brief. And sol
smoke the little Turkish pipe, and sec the
smoke wreaths break. and hear the water
gurgling in the amber jar, and thank
heaven for all the good things Of life. iil1 2
WHERE THE VINE GROWS.
Yesterday l visited Lubbock, village and
district, south Of Parkersburg, lntelli,
gent, thrifty people live In ls1bcck district,
Germans, some Danes, old Iluyucnot
families and sturdy specimens Of the old
native stock. Here the vine is held in
high regard, and there are rich, protluc.
tive vineyards. to which, ut some other
time, hope TO devote special article. |
am under engagement TO visit model
vineyard OF Washington Bottom, when /
shall have the advantage OF further con.
vcrsation with Capt. Emil Meldahl. II
Dane, a man of high intelligence who
makes OF grape culture scientific pursuit,
This year Capt. AIeldahl sold from twenty
plants OF Ives Seeding s3T worth OF grapes.
AZ this rate an acre would have Yielded
$3.50 deduct $3.50 for expenses and there
lsanc profit OF 800 pers acre. 4 Is this
profitable husbandry?' The sa,he grower
has produced, by accident understood
him to say, variety OF grape which he
thinks is not equnllcd anywhere. for Which
reason lie calls it the Garfield. It is us
large as damson, OF about tho same
color and OF thin, tender skin, very
sweet and luscious. Some OF the buficl,cs
weighed a pound and quarter; {: pound
6nnch WIS common thing. Grapes lave
been . fine crop this year, Rhout tho only
crop that has donc well through dry
season. which has severely taxed the
farmers reserves. Betwech tile dry time
and the State administration the farmer
Is not in joyous mood, q.. .5!;s 154.
soNE PUBLIC MATrEns.
And SO from mcdiryal surroundings
and the grapes Of Lubbock we. drift. into
public alIajrs, otherwise politics. Thercwas
ameetingycsterday yafternoonin theGrangc
!lallat Lubbock, and Ihaye not attended Q
better ono This year. There were Demo-.
Gratis present as well as Republicans, and
for two hours and 4 half their attention
was fixed. Ex-Governor BoreInan, whom
tho people OF l,uhecE hold in spccjal re-,
gard, discussed State iSsucs only, calmly.
fully, aonvincingly. Mr. MIC! G[Church,
one nf the representatives OF the Fourth |
district in the National Republican con.
yention, discussed National issues, dcvot-
ing himaelf mainly 10 thp tariff, These
topics will not be better handled by any,
body in this campaign. 1t is because I |
hope that these speakers may hc heard
el1ewherc, particularly at The more! i'm
portant points, and because / do not wish3
toatake from those who shall hear Them
any OF the pleasure OF receiving Iii, Sc
good things, from first hands, ] make no
report Of them. Governor Eafe:nans IL !
lustrations were In fact powerful argu.
mepts,,' plain and unanswcrable, '-1F'S
!, have never heard the tariff question
treated as Mr. Church treated it. His
central idea is that a sufficient protective
tariff is the right OF labor, being one oi.hc
means by which the American working
man is to be. lifted up to the hiehcst,planc
Of manhood and %.!mericau citi,cnsi,in,
lie IS not so much concerned for capital,
which Is better able to take care OF itself. !
The protection OF labor, in his view, pro-
tccts capital in this that tho well paid
workingman ,who is, ablc to maintain Il
comfortable homo and educate his chill
dren, has such M. interest In the good
order oi society and ,thoSstability Of our
institutions that he becomes the real safe
guard OF our liberties, the conservator OF
the peace and the deicn'ero the rights OF
property. Socialists and communists and
the whole horde Of wreekers Gun find no |
materials to S9rk with IN . country whose
labor Is IN this attitude, We Have not
Yet reached this high plane; but in SIr.
Chnreh's view we are in tho right line
and have lately given marked earnest
Of the general purpose in this direction.
EEYNlSSlscEscE, OF IL a. y,
Yop remember thatM Church was IN
tho Liberal Republican movement OF 1872
everybody knows that. Very few know
why he was in it and why, being in, he |
remained there and fought il through on
thathopelels limo, Ito was nne Of about
twenty men who were ION the inside"
These men believed there was such a
thing as Grantism-a well-detincd policy