The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-05


dollars in our money, The owners
could have paid u practical man three
or four hundred dollars Il month, paid
his passage and expenses to Cincinnati
or New Albany, built a boat Of three
or four times the capacity, put machin.
cry material, furniture, &c., &c, on q
barge, towcd 1t to New Orleans and
shippsd 1t to any Of the ports on the
Australian coast, when the boat could
have been puttoge,hcr and made ready
for use, mt n saving OF, ut least, ten
thousand dollars. besides having n
steamboat that would DO q beauty and
or which they could have carried their
passengers and freight with ease, com.
tort and speed.
use this steamboat rs M argument
to illustrate the necessity for tho people
TO so to Chicago TO our Worlds Fair
to SEQ the latest improvements In NIL
kinds OF machinery and mechanical
work. In 4 very few years, when these
numerous irrigation schemes arc per-
fccted, there will BIO a line OF steamers
required on the Murray and have no
doubt they will be there with all the
comforts and ~elcsancios Of our Ohio and
Mississippi river boats. Tho Austria
lians arc not behind hand IN adopting
all modern improvements, and as they
take life easy and have the means 10
crafty their tastes, they will no doubt
have every modern improvement in
boats at no distant day. No civilized
people on earth take life more easy and
have moro holidays than tho Austria
lians, | feel satisfied our American pco-
pie would profit to a great extent could
they in 4 measure follow their example.
There is not that rush and struggle Tor
life VIC have In America
2 PLEASANT HOLIDAYS.
AS We descended the Murray We went
n milo up the Darling river to tho
very nice little town OF Wentworth, in
New South Wales. 1t was three p. IN.
on Wednesday when We reached tho
wharf. We saw hundreds OF people on
the river bank. q few hundred yards
above the landing. On enquiry We
found that u boat race and swimming
race were in progress. Walking through
the streets We found tho stores closed
and those we met were in holiday dress.
We were informed that every Wcdnes.
day in tho year was q half holiday.
Passing by q stable VIC saw two fine
looking race horses being led out, and
asked an old lady who was sitting on I
bench by the stable door. where they
were taking the horses. She said, "Ah,
that's 'Appy Jack and Mountain Maid
going out to the race course to run q
race" Happy Jack and Mountain
Maid were thoroughbreds and we re-
GREETED time would not allow us to see
the race. Our. party. reached Adelaide
safely after q trip OF nemly eleven hun
bred miles, greatly impressed with the
magnitude OF the greatirrigation scheme
OF the ChafTcy Bros, and wishing them
the creates success.
This 22nd day OF December, on which
1have written this letter, is IL very warm
day in Adelaide. The streets are crowd
cd with happy looking ladies and gen
ilemen gathering up their Christmas
presents. They enjoy the Christmas
holidays as much here as in any part OF
the world. Its, however, moro like the
18th OF July tome. The. heatis anything
but like an American Christmas in the
north, the fruit stands covered with
splendid ripe fruits making it a novel
Christmas to me. Peaches, apples,
pears, plums, apricots, cherries, figs,
oranges, etc, arc in great abundance
and OF splendid quality. ALEX. c.