The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-21
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while IN conversation with a friend a
day or two ago, I was remarking upon
the material wealth aud resources OF
West Virginia, aud its advantages as d
field Tor the profitable Investment Of
capital. He replied Yes, naturally
West Virginia isone OF the most iayora.
bic. regions on the globe, but Just now
she Is tortured with an animal, which,
unless 1t can be annihilated or brought
under subsection, will eiIectuallyi pre-.
clude the possibility, OF hcr making very
rapid progress In developing aud utiliz.
ing her great resources 81 az III
n Knowing that the State d not at pres.
ent infested by any tribe OF Indigenous
animals, asked to what particular spc.
cics he referred. A III fyi{E,i' n
80, no species at all. It Is single m.
imal, composed of Ia great many dis.
tlnct parts which exist all over the
n DO not understand yon nj all. Tell
me something more about this seeming.
ly very peculiar animal. "a +, 7, Z,
ut Is Indeed very peculiar animal,
In fact, It's the only one known to exist
at present, though Il has some very, near
relations, one Of which lives over there
In Ohio. Tho one hero Is called the Dem.
ocratic party OF West Virginia. ''jslSsS5s
1t has an exceedingly small head, an
enormously largo body, and a tail forty.
six tines as large as tho head. 5si
1.-THE head Ia named Walker, and 1t Is
supplied with two feelers named respec.
lively Wilson aud st. Clair. These feel.
ers arc very useful, bearing about tho
same relation to the head Hs the hands
and arms. bear 10 the, human animal. s1i'.
Tho body Is composed OF a thousand
particles, every one OF which il capable
Of thinking and acting independently,
but, strange to shy, such thing Is almost
an unheard OF occurrence, md would be
looked Upon rs Il nine days wonder, at
the least. 4 1. q. s,'3t5
But the. tail Is tho most wonderful
part OF this wonderful animal. = II is
made up. OF Sforty.six vertebra thirteen
principal and tthirty.three subordinate,
commonly called Democratic members
Of the State Senate and tho House OF
Delegates, and well trained in this eau.
dial of appenlage that at the bidding Of
its masters, the head, 1t came SO near
breaking MS to seriously crack the strong
warrant OF un oath lls. winter. ijAt least
tina. ia the view great many take OF Its
action at its last session. I'd Il ~ YEA
when n State or uny community is
controlled rs this State has been for the
past year, when elections are made such
Il farce rs the last general election was,
when the cry Of fraud rcsounds aud re.
yerberates from one end OF the State to
the other, and that game cry. being a lie
so black as to make hell hide lis face for
shame, when honesty is cast out oil I all
high places and a premium placed upon
rascality, tempting indeed must be the
prospect held out to induce capitalists to
come in and invest their money!
|#naving thus delivered himself, / he
strobe away leaving us to wonder why
it is that such things are permitted to be.