Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-05-27
EDITORIAL CHAT
On things Seen and Heard by the
Wayside.
BOOK SKETCHES MADE
On a Return Trip from the Interior Of the
State---Crops, Railroads, Politics
and Indians.
SdF C'rTrsPoBisnce.

never wore finer coating Of green than it
does at this time. There is no more beau
tiful landscape picture anywhere than that
painted by Nature on the route from Buck
hanan to Grafton. And at this season Of
the year it is tinted in its richest and fresh
est colors The cool May weather has
likewise been favorable to wheat, and
the indications are that this crop will be
GOOD one. But unless the summer is
unusually warm and seasonable, the corn
crop can not be so good, as the backward
spring made planting late, and the cool
wet weather has caused great deal of the
seed to rot But with plenty Of wheat bread
and grass for the cattle and sheep, the West
Virginia farmers are satisfied.
1t is remarkable to see what an improve
ment has already been made in the coun,ies
of Harrison, Lewis and Upshur by the con.
struction of the narrow guage railroad from
Clarksburg to Buckhannon. When the
road was first built to Weston
The Old Fo:ies
shook their heads and predicted its early
collapse, for they knew there would never
be more freight to carry out than would keep
an ordinary six horse team busy.
Yet. to-day the railroad company is no,
able to supply the demand for tranSporta-
ton, and additional cars and equipments
are being constantly added The road is in
excellent running order, II good, level track
and well halasted and one is surprised 10
find how smoothly and how rapidly the little
coaches skim along. 1t is now demon
strated, what the REGISTER long ago sad,
hat the narrow gauge railroad was the
proper system for the interior development
of West Virginia.
A just Complaint.
However well the Clarksburg and Buck
hannon road has succeeded in some re-
,pects, in one particular, at least.
It is a miserable failure, and it is
in that of which the travelling pub
ic has the most right TO complain. II is in
he way of making connexions. So far aS
a time table and schedule goes it may very
properly be called Misft railroad Why
ihc management should adopt and retain
such an absurd schedules is one of the things
that no fellow can find ont.
For illustration. the train leaves Buck
hannon at 7:30 in the morning, and the
passenger going east, (the travel is prime
patty in that direction) will get to ClarkS-
burg little before | ! clock Just about an
hour after the east bound h. Il o. train
has passed. And there you are at Clarks
burg. from / o'clock in the morning until
about half past eight o'clock at night wait
imgifor another train to the east. And then
# Won are coming TO Wheeling You get TO
Grafton half hour too late to catch the
night train. and YOU are compelled to pay
sevrniv-iive cents for bed to lie on To
hcar
Screaming Locomotives
urdrr vour bedroom window all night and
hen get into Wheeling next day sometime.
Now If tie managers Of the Clarksburg and
Buckhnnr on road would just start ont
train an hour earlier in the morning, the
Passenger could run through TO Wheeling
Washington and Baltimore the same day.
It does ,ccur to us that any company, or in
ii,idual for that matter, which makes Its
living from the public ought to have some
respect for the rights and conveniences Of the
public. We make this criticism more in
sorrow than in anger, for railroad com
pamy that has done so well in many other
respects ought to correct an evil which
goc- IL long way with the travelling
public TO bring it into disrepute.
Talking Politics.
All along the line people are talking poll.
tics. Tie local candidates are multiplying
and the Democrats and Republicans are
discussing fusion Blaine, Tildrn aud hun
drcd and one other things connected with
the political canvass Of this year. A large |
number Of Republicans chnckled over the
fusion success as though they were going 10 |
accomplish wonders One enthusiastic Re |
publican, more sanguine than polite. said |
they intended TO put Brown and |
Berkshire on the ticket for Supreme Judges
and I.oomis for Attorney General "and then |
with Maxwell for Governor, we are
going TO give you rebel Demosrats |
n complete back->et when We come into |
power. and will give YOU what Sou have |
never felt. registration law with rigor to |
it." OF course the fellow meant it, but the |
absurdity of il was striking. Some of the |
cooler headed Republicans are very frank |
in saving that their party will suffer more
than il gains BY the BuckhannOn trade.
found the Democrats universally pleased |
over the Fusion faSco. They declare that
if the Democrats can beat Maxwell by from
Is 600 to 20 G0G thev had better retire from
business. The venerable Judge Edmiston,
C Weston. declares that the Democratic
majority in the State will not be less than
q. 00O.
Royal Forest King.
The tedium of long delay at Grafton
was agreeably relieved by an entertaining
talk with Rev. John j. Bemo, a Baptist
missionary in the Indian territory. Mr..
Bemo il a full blOOded Seminole Indian
and comes Of royal blood. He is a nephew
Of Osceola. his mother being a sister Of the
famous Seminole chieftain who kept the
United States army at bay for seven years
in the swamps OF Florida Mr. Bemos
real name -
TaIamasmicO,
which signifies King Of the Forest He
WAS captured by United States soldiers
when eleven years Of age. and was ransomed
bv a sea captain named Bcmo who adopted
him and gave him his name.
Nr Bemo has vivid recollection OF his
distinguished uncle Osceola, being the
finest looking man he ever saw. He showed
me photograph Of his uncle taken from a
pnr:rait Of the celebrated chieftain,
nainted while he was a prisoner at Fort
Noul;r;e. where Osceola died Of broken
heart because or the treacherT By which he
was captured, The picture shows tall,
slim. athletic looking warrior in fall Indian
dress. Osceola's first name was POwelo,
and received the name BY which he Is
known in history and which signifies Over
Al" after he was made Chief Of ah the
tribes Of the SemiuoIes. BamO slsO speaks
OF his personal recollections OF
Billy BowIegs,
Wild Cat, and Tiger-tail. whom he remeTn.
hers as being large and athletic Indians.
He SAYS that Billy Bo~leWs vas no; bow
legged "a his name implies but was
as straight-limbed an Indian as he
ever saw. His Indian name was Al
buttahoncho. Bemo has q distinct recol-
lection Of the blood hound chases after the
Indians, and once sat concealed IN the
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