The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-08-03
MAY MERELY
Discourses on the Present Administra.
tion and Entertainingly Comments
on Various Matters.

DEAR New DOMINION IL write you
within -four miles of the seat of gov
eminent of the L. :. Baby Mckee
is at Deer Park, and Grandpa Harri-
son has come up to spend the heated
term with HIM accompanied by his
wife and some of the members of the
Cabinet All matters not requiring
full Cabinet meeting will be ad-
justed up here on the summit of the
Alleghenies for the next month. The
health giving breezes Of the noun
tain heights are having their effect
and the boyish springiness of the
Presidents step was commented on
yesterday as he wendell his way to
the pretty Gothic chapel near the
hotel along with his wife and daugh-
ter to attend divine services Ho-
tells and cottages have filed very
slowly so far and the rush TO rub
against royalty which was anticipa-
ted from the Presidents coming has
not been realized.
The excessive rains have injured
crop prospects very much through
Maryland and Virginia while in the
West crops and even cattle are likely
to perish on account of drought. If
things only could be equalized lit
tie better. This Old machine seems
to be getting out of gear some how
of late. l am in favor of abolishing
the weather Bureau unless they can
discover some way OF distributing
the rain fall to better advantage.
Something like the Eitfel Tower with
heavy ordnance mounted on it might
cause rain in dry weather, as it was
noted during the war that every
great battle was followed by copious
showers and rains usually accompa-
ny the 4th of July possibly. because
the conclusion of explosives produce
precipitation, but ! leave this to the
meterologist.
The camp meeting at Mt, Lake
Park was well attended. The w. c.
L. IT, is now in session there with
fair attendance.
Some New York capitalists have
become interested in Mt. Lake Park
and are projecting great improve
ments there. Thirty new cottages
are said to be feature Of the near
culture. One thing which works in
jury to that place is the fact that
the management will not allow trains
to let off or take on passengers there
on the Sabbath, although the depot
is near half mile from the town.
The Sabbath is broken just as much
by the trains running past the place
as it would be by stopping there.
When any idea is carried to an un-
reasonable extreme it borders on ia
naticism and there are some people
there who are supposed to insist
that their roosters shall go into the
back yard and put their heads
under the house when they want to
crow on Sunday.
We dined with General and Mrs.
Paine, of Washington, at Druid Hill
few days ago. They are spending
the summer at Fort Pendleton, .
miles from Oakland. When the Gen'l
learned | had recently been in Nor
gantown he inquired concerning
some of your prominent citizens and
stated that he was counsel in a
couple of West Virginia contested
election cases some years ago. "One,
Davis Republican and Judge Ha
gans Democrat. How is this?
Did the Judge once have his feet
fixed on the highway of political
holiness and then fall from grace or
is it only mistake on the part of
the General2
Ex- Postmaster General Tyner is
very i'll in Washington. He is to be
brought to Deer Park in hope Of
saving his life by the grateful
change. Yesterday was considered
warm day here but the thermome
ter only registered ~ degrees at 3
p. NJ. | felt hotter weather in Nor
gantown in May than | have found
here in July. MAY.
Woodland, Nd, Juiy 20.