Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-06

Il Allegheny. While nearly all pas
senger trainsgo via the C. & o., freight
passes over the r. q A.
The State is yet practically undevel-
oped, and its immense wealth remains
to be opened up by the firm of Muscle
& Money West Virginia ranks next
to Pennsylvania as mineral State
already, and in a few years will out
rank her older sister.
In addition to the double track, the
G. q 0. is building many spur lines up
the creeks and branches tributary to
the Kanawba and the New rivers, and
in some places these lines will reach
twenty or thirty miles length when
finished, having several colleries stu
ated on them. While few of the
older mines Immediately on the road
are beginning to show signs of failing,
new ones are constantly being opened
up, and with the spurs up into the
surrounding country, it will be many
years before the supply will begin to
show diminution.
The timber trade is another impor.
tant industry here, representing hun
dreds of thousands yearly. The finest
quality of pine, poplar, walnut, oak
and cherry is to be found in great guam
titles and much of the timber is ship
ped in the log to the East. Many fine
saw mills are found, however, at diff
ferent places doing an immense bust
ness. Ronceverte, on Greenbrier river,
has the most extensive mills in this
region, and has several large estab
lishments. Iron ore of the finest
quality is abundant further east, and
forms another prolific source of wealth
to the States mineral credit.
When l would speak of the beauties
of the country my pencil stops, for it
is SD much easier to feel and appre-
ciate them than to describe them
Those who have had the pleasure of a
trip from Cincinnati to Richmond
over the G. d o. by daylight can real
ize the beauties that meet the eye at
every turn. Every variety of land
scape is to be seen, from level fertile
fields to the widest and sheerest prec.
ipices. At one time you pass above a
laundering, rapid stream and again
you can look up a thousand feet of al
most unbrOken rock wall, while ever
and anon some leaping cascade is seen
tumbling from the mountains almost
onto to the track. But to thoroughly
feel and love the wild grandeur of the
country one must spend more than a
mere passing glance at it. He can find
new beauties every day, and must
spend some time under the shadows of
the mountains, and listen to the rush
ing and roaring of the rivers to come
to know them at their full value. Some
of the finest scenes are found away
from the railroad, and one who wishes
to see grand, wild, romantic scenery
does well to pack his lunch basket and
start on tour up some mountain
creek or branch and follow its wind
ings to the source.
One of the choicest bits of scenery
[ ever saw is on Mill creek, small
tributary of The New River, which
joins that turbid stream at Hawks
Nest. Flowing, or rather leaping,
downward at a fall of $50 feet per mile,
its waters clear as crystal, fringed with
ivy, laurel and mountain magnolia,
perpetually shaded by giant spruce
pines, whose dense, dark-green foliage
almost entirely excludes the suns
light, with here and there perpendicu-
lar falls of ten to twenty feet, while
the giant rocks which have fallen into
the stream are covered with bright,
green moss. 1t seems almost a pity
that mans ambition should mar such
a perfect picture--yet at this time a
railroad is being built up Mill creek to
the Austed Mines, four miles from the
river. At the village of Austed,
which is about half way, is the grave
of Stonewall Jackson's mother. A
simple, unpretentious slab marks the
resting place of this lady, who gave
the country her greatest general. I'm
til within the past year the grave was
badly neglected, and was overgrown
with weeds and briers, and had moth
ing to mark it as her grave.
The winter here has been remarka-
bly, warm, and overcoats have scarcely
been needed. Three or four light |
SHOWS have fallen but have melted al
most as fast as they fell, except on the
mountain tops, where they would lin
ger few days. But rain well, yes,
rather! Since Nov. LIST, 1889, we have
had rain on about 80 days, and at this
time another Johnstown flood is ex-
pected
"Grips," one, two and three have
each other till we think we
are thoroughly inoculated by this
time.
A prosperous year for the Great and
Good and its many readers.
Respectfully,
PAUL J. WYATT.
After so much lovely spring weather
I'll through the winter season, bring
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