West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-03-06
KIND INDEED.
COLD WEATHER ON THR
MOUNTAIN BUT FASHION
ABLENEWS FROM GAY
TRAVELLERS IN THE
SUNNY LANDS.

We country people who Alive a ouiet
lite At home and keep far from thu
msddening crowds ignoble strife" know
how TO sppresicste ne wspapers and news.
paper correspondents, for by these means
we are enabled TO know something Of the
outer world. Ii 10 - praise worthy exam
pie for those who have plenty OF means
and travel over the country to write en-
tsrisinirg doscriptionl of their journey
ings as "H & NJ" are DOUG OF their ex-
tended trip to The South. The letter writ
ten by them in last weeks Journal vas
surely one of the finest productions we
ever read. Their descriptive powers are
unsurpassed. Their description Of the
country aud things of general interest was
certainly very edifyipg TO us mountain
people. tor very few Of US can afford To
travel so extensively. Tue information
gained from their letter was very valusblr
and could not have been obtain ia any
other way for If we had ,sKensthe trip
ourselves we could not have learned as
much. II was cad that they wero delayed
by wreck, but think II nothing strange
that the officers, knowing who were on
the train, should hold il tor them.
Those must have been wonderful tick
cts The mountain folks never heard OF
ticket so lorg, Out of course we n, yer
were so far from hom,) 50 the wonder is
where they carried them for tue capacity
of our travelling equipments would NO, Ad.
NIT Of 90 much. extra psoer.
With regard To the Mann Broucoir Carr
they were right in their suppusiiion that
we did not kucw exactly bow they were
arranged, and are very glad that they d,s
cribed them so mlnItely. But thhk VS.
could have enlightened them concerning
''the other man who.had something to do
with the car"
We are sorry they did not rest better Oh
the car after paying such an enormous
price. That porter should have been told
VINO was occupying the berths, and We
think IL 80 strange that the Mann BOudoir
Cars would shake and Jar as much As 9TH
CT carr.
We certainly think they desc We credit
for leaving the wheeling croud and seek
ing apartments less expensive, for their
trip was surely very expensive and one
that very few people in this country can
afford For what with paying o., for
rooms, 37t cents for meals and 8 cents 10
ride all Over the city, 1t surely does A.
mount up in the end.
The description Of the Christian Wo
mans Exchange. the.moDumeDts in Jack
son and Lafayette SquMes. the French
portion of the city, and .the
han isome building made us envy
them their privilege Of "sight seeing" of
which we are deprived. But still we are
under the greatest obligations to them
for writing it up for our special benefit.
We surely were surprised 10 know that
the people of the South had adopted the
fashion of mother Eve and had mo wraps
but parasols and FANS" for VIC people
here are Obliged to wesr oyer coats, new
markets snd sarctics, aud. we Here sorry
that II was Threatening rain for no doubt
that would be dampeT on tn ir sight sec
Tag.
We are c. rtainly glad to know thai
10 'these glorious United States" ladies
can travel IN perfect salty tor some ~ us
mountain people may want to go to 81.
George sometime.
II threatens anew and we will close
more anon" MOUNTAIN uoonKR.