The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-10
Ynh WHISPERING GAlE.EHY.

THE WHISPERING GALLERY.
l don't know, therefore I would not like
TO cay, that tho aorvant girls at Wheeling
are worse than elsewhere, Or TINT tho house.
keepers Of this city know lcsa Rbou. house.
keeping than Tho women OF other places.
But, though the problem Of "servantgGlism"
Getms 10 be universal, 1t scems to me that
there Ia more trouble hero ,han there ought
to DO. Drop in when you will and you hear
the came story OF poor help or no help.
Can 1t DO that tho limit 10 not all with the
BeLyanLg-tAat the mis.resses expect q
drudge and A h~ouaekeeper all In n be-.
Cause an essential part OF their own educa.
ton has been 'neg.ectcdH II q woman
decent understand the busln,ss OF house.
keeping her Eervant Hoon tinds that out
and makca her pay ior her ignorance. |
am quite euro that there Is many q mistress
who doesn't know how to manage Il maid.
Neither do l, bu. l am not In that limo Of
business.
The recent interest In tho ordinance
against lettering upon tho sidewalks, stir.
red up by the uorkhcimer case, has done
good. Tho ordinance Is c valuable one,
and I hope the police will enforce it more
strictly In the futurc. There arc nightly
crowds at prominent arrest corners who
obstruct travel and annoy r2taOns walking
alongth streets. AT tho ccrner OF -Four.
teenlli and Market streets ig ono OF these
places. | recently eaw tive ladies croes 10
tho south side OF Market street and 60 to
Main, croes back TO tho north side and re.
turn TO a store in the Opera House build
their way through q crowd of ~loafers. This
was n serious Inconvenience, and 1t should
not be possible. There il always q similar
gang Of ~lolterers at tho post office cornerin
the evening, and many people take round.
about routes to East Wheeling 10 avoid
tleae crowds. The loating on this corner on
Sunday morning is shameful, and is n
source oil much %aHnoyaacet 10 church goers.
| should like 10 see the law vigorously en-
forced. 1ls rigorous enforcement does not
preclude the employment Of discretion By
the officers, however.
In connection with the present boom in
natural gag, and some Of the methods used
in locating wells, l heard a very laughable
story about a prospector during the oil ex.
element at Smiths Ferry, 0. It was Just
after the close OF the war, aud the boom
wss on big in that section, which some in
this city, to their sorrow, know tla.tened
out completely. Among q party Of pros.
pectoIs Was o rotund, jolly fellow, who,
with hazel rod in hand, was %meandering
over the meadows and climbing tho hills,
hoping every moment that the divining rod
he carried would. show some intelligence
and eelect a spot from whence his fortune
would flow in gu oleagineoua stream. It
was q warm day In June and the obese
Bealche Tor the hidden treasures Of earth
WAS sorely troubled in body under the ex-
crtion,
Parentheticnliy, and to aharpen the point
OF 1.-THE story, it might DO remarked tina. the
gentleman was extremely fond OF q certain
beverage, Of large consumption. called
beer, rs his csek-liko belly Indicated. On
this day he had not neglected to nourish
his stomach properly. Suddenly he paused.
and his companions who wero near him
watched his movements cloaely. The stick
he held YVES swayiDg gently, when all ut
oncc with q loud, exultant cry he placed
the stick across his stomach and epiyrsm-
matically exclaimed, "Beei!", 1t was too
much for his compauions. They quit in
disgust. That WIS not what they were after.
Attic tavern that night, though, the well
wis tapped, and Gs long rs it flowed the
laugh waa long, loud and furious.
h
HIM Anybody Told Yon-
That it is cbout time for the sweet girl
graduate and the dude graduate to intlict
themselves and their essays on Il long,suG-
ering public?
That they will tall; on tho aamo ancient
subjects that graduates have malueated for
years past?
That many n young man will bankrupt
himself for two months buying flowers for
this came sweet girl graduate?
: That by keeping your cellars clean and
well ventilated you will avoid disease?
That several OF the boys propose 10 deco
rate the town in lurid colors mex. week?
That the return OF Ida Siddons and her
giddy girls to the Academy is tho reason
thereof?
That Wheeling would DO better of il
she hgd moro public spirited citizens like
those interts sed in tho Elm Grove line and
Wheeling Park?
That Fourteenth street will BIO a dandy
coaating track next winter?
That the local dramatic season promises
10 wind up in n blazs Of glory?
That the nail market is enjoying n boom
on account OF the general fence repairing
by candidates? .
That the Wheeling brewers contemplate
increasing their force against July %?