The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-08

- eSe you sous copPeIa II you II come pacl
=. and show US the cow" g# 5tlr.T-
II soon as turn my cows In" called bacl
the boy, letting down fence and turning
over the cows to An older brother.
Tue sToNE COW. @
1t was q pretty shaded road, the dense
woods on one side oil US, a grove belonging
TO the Proctor place on the other. We
crossed bridge, stopped for awhile to ad.
mire the great beds Of ferns thst covered
the banks OF a pretty little atream; the cool
iimpid water gurRltd and sparkled over
lutting stones. forming cascades and water.
falls tn miniature. T2.f Ili
"Ohl babblipg brook" said Jack,
whence come your" ~MH
"1come from hsunts OF coot and hcru,
make sudden baly, 'I.0
Ana sparkle out AMONG tho fern
10 blcxef down tho valley"
toilly sang Mis-, X.
n "Guess It comss from the Iron Spring, by
.. sha iook Of the water" said the small boy.
Jack. 4H . 80 :
II should Judge It to bo about a mile
!" Cow" -. -
81 But no. to-day exclaimed Nellie G, We
IL ".. W eeo luo Eotuue low,
we entered little open plsce by
narrow path-and there lying In the can,re
Is unaer the shade Of the trees WAS the Cow.
"A curious freak OF nature" exclaimed
v JACK, see here, fourteen ribs, you can
! count them.
The animal, the stone,or whateveri! wss
r nag all the appearance Of "a very large
I animal, much larger than COW, there wsa
. the back bone, the hip bones and fourteen
r ulsunct RIBS on one side-the other Is not
60 distinctly marked.
Its pettitied" said the boy,
we walked about 1t, examined It care.
I iuuy, passed our hands over the ribs,
, oemoaned the absence Of the head, and
, arrived NJ aa many conclusions concerning
az there were persons in our party.
~, MY opinion about II" aail Jack is THE.
ms little spot lies low and If you vii!
nol,ce tne grass has much the appearance
OF me oladegrass I should judge that it
must nave at one time been marah; that
niue depression vas evidently the bed OF 4
small stream, probably imprtgnatcd with
siHeate. NOW acow. wandering this way
ieViaehuy sunk in this marsh, suck fast,
anu 60 Just here gave up the ghost, the
Crows did their part and the skeleton was
leil; tne little stream rushing over it left its
deposits and gradually covered the car.
cass, preserving its outlines In measure;
N courae OF time the marah dried up, AMI
after lapae OF years we come here 70 look
at this work Of nature"
"A pretty good Dead Sea story" laugh. )
ed Ned, another Of our psrty.
MAY 90 to the Big Yoush with Won.
MlsteE? asked the email boy. IL
You don't wish to trudge sloup by vour.
sell, do you Ted?'
II can ride up behind" e
Then up With you" said Jack, who was 7
o. very accommodating disposition, and {
We finally drew up on the county bridge
across the Big fough. a general excana.
llon OF delight 1ung out from our little
party. $500
VIEW OF THE YcCGu. q
u chstter over stony ways" but poorly l
dedcribes this wildly beautiful river and /
me Wlidness OF tho scenery surrounding il.
The rivers bed il full Of huge stones
rising up out OF the waser-one almost as
large as Eagle Rock; both banks are COW
elea Win these rocKs, some large enough !
iof taoles, others serve as comfortable eea,s:
many OF theae are partly torn up bv the
ioots oiimmenss treee: oak and pine, hem.
locS and spruce border the rivers edge.
| we tied our horses, Chamber over low
rail fence, followed narrow path th,ouyh
q dense thicket OF laurel and shododendron.
the hitter in full bloom, aud for awhile
rsssed ourselves on come Of the great rocks: !
the email boy Jumped from one to the o.her
lar out into the river. Our ride had sharn-
ened our appetite and our fra: thought was
dinner, go while the ladies spread a cto,h
on large Hat rock and set out q poodly {
store OF that which satisieth the inner
man." Jack and Ted busted Themselves !,
making tire and boilius coffee, whilst I /.
commenced sketch OF the bridse: the !
small boy made himself generally Useful a. !
first, but after awhile falling in with other
small ooy6 OF his acquaintance who were
busy catching alligatvv(?) We cav no more
OF him until dinner Was ready, a. which ,
time he made his appearance with one OF :
these ugly creatures in each hand. We r
suggested that be should get rid OF them j,
at once, which he accordingly did, but not l.
as We supposed, for CHANGING to pu, nv '
haad IN one OF my pockets not long after.
ward drew forth an alligator much TO nv I
own discomfort and Ted's merriment,
Later IN the dag We wandered about
went over to lcok at the beautiful iron
brldge across the railroad, and then
betook ourselves to the highest poiut
IN the vicinity OF the river which gave
line view tf the rocky stream and ,
lta wild and rugged surroundings, u ,
mere We came aercss the deer.s skin lepgins,
We soon found an acquaintance, iopnd tha:
they hsd bssn up in the S.. G sorxs's "a.
g!on some twelve or four.esn miles west .
OF here, had BILLED bear and trapped an
abundance OF game.
I'VE came up Tor o week" remarked
one, land have now bsan here aix week.:
We have quite little caravan along: theirs
are eight OF US; we have two ligh! spring
wagons, tent and other accou,remeate:t
We hsve secured this portion; las. week We
were IN the Fort Pendle:on region, and
also were over to Fairfax stone."
HUDSON pALlsADEs THROWN IN THE suApE.
Il have friend" said Jack, "sho eiyes
glowing accounts Of that region"
"And we'll he may" replied one nj tba
hunters. Talk about the Hudson PaIis.
1 AIDES, sir, they are nothing compared to the
canons that rise up twelve and fifteen HIM.
dred feet on either side OF the Black Water
river, as 1t threads ia way between them
in nearly straight line for miles. We
pitched our tent jost at the head Of this
stream, and by good luck we had moon.
light nights. Well, sir, had all the camp
mp one night just as the moon came ont
from behind cloud. l. hoated lust aboye
the canoDs. From one lofty point Va
could LOOK down the river for ten miles Il
looked more like thread Of silver than
any thing else; the precip:ce ross up on
either side like mighty walls; the forest
was 50 denee that eve.ythits save this sil.
very thread lay in deep saadow. lis /.
wonderful country up there; there ara
thousands OF screa OF forest land yhereihsl
woodlands axe has never vet bsen and
many spot whers doubt II mortal foot