Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-27
THROUGH a MOUNTAIN.
ATIip Through the Bowels of the Earth a
Ia Jules Verne.

ATIip Through the Bowels of the Earth a
Ia Jules Verne.
Yesterday afternoon, in response TO the
kind invitation extended by Colonel Philo
Kimberly, a REGISTER reporter HE'D his slop
py way to the works of the Manchester Coal
Company. At 2:30 o'clock quite a good
sized party had assembled and were shown
through the vaults of the Reymanu brew,
ing establishment. Of course the elegant
wares Of the works were sampled by the
party and pronounced good, as the numer,
Gus repetitions of the sampling process
proved. The party was shown through the
immense vaults bygenial Col. Fred. Happy,
the efficient superintendent Of the establish
ment. A new vault is just being completed
which is situated on the left side of the
main entry a short distance in.
Time being called, the party proceeded
to the mouth of the coal mine where elegant
palace cars were in waiting, as per pro
gramme, and the trains were made up
Each train consisted of two cars, about ten
men and one Kentucky mule. There were
three of these trains and after all were
comfortably" seated upon the elegau
spring cushioned, hair stuffed seats, the
steam was turned on and the party sailed
The REGISTER reporter secured a special
berth in the second car of the first train,
whose motive power was a young lady
mule named Judy.
Clear through this mine runs o heavy and
uniform vein of frst-class coal. Probably
the presence Of this vein was what caused
the constant vein ofhumor that permeated
the eXcursiOnists conversation throughou'
the whole trip. One noticeable feature of the
fun was that Sam Harrison perpetrated only
one pun, which must have taken a grsa,
deal of moral courage on Sans part.
At last a little hole in the darkness was
seen ahead and after q few more tugs the
car rushed out into daylight. The occu-
pants of the first car having gone ahead
aSssiled the passengers in the next car with
snow balls, and to get revenge, all the rest
joined together at the mouth of the mine
and as each car came out its occupants
were literally covered with snow and moth,
ing could be seen but hstless heads sticking
out from the avalanche of the beautiful.
After all the party had arrived upon the
scene a free-foral II SNOWFALL pitched battle
occurred, in which Col. Dave Brooks and R.
j. Smyth came out second best. When
everybody had enough of the fun and their
fingers frozen on the tips, q re-embarkation
was made and the Black Maria" again
sailed into darkness and dirt with Judy in
the lead.
Near the mouth of the bank is a rather
steep dechvity, and down it the ears sped,
when all at once q crash a jam! confu,
sienl The REGISTER scribe felt something
strike his head with the presumed force of a
brick house falling from the fourth story,
and for an instant was almost certain that
that cussed mule had planted one OF her
hind shoes into his head, Just for luck; bat
after rubbing his pulses with q now ball
he revived and found that the car had
Jumped the track and knocked one of the
side braces out this letting down a heavy
roof prop on his head, which also struck
Charlie Hamilton on the wrist causing a
painful bruise. Col. Dave Brooks, who was
acting in the capacity of conductor,
also had the misfortune to get
his right leg between the cars
when they came together bruising
and twisting the limb quite badly. As there
was no hospital at this station. which was
probably dutch Gap" as everybody be,
gan to yawn, the wounded excursionists
we're teEderly thrown into the cars and
again We sailed the Mountain Deep"
About 5 o'clock the last of the party ar.
rived at the starting point and were met
with q terrific FIRE Of snow balls. Every.
body Immediately made a break for the
brewery and after several more glances at
the bottoms of beer glasses, they bsde Col,
Kimberly and Col Happy good evening AID
struck for home, tired and sOiled, but bsppy,