The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-10


Early In the spring as It is, many
plans for outing trips haze already
been sprung on the public and there
arc others" The indications are that
the record for pleasure trips out OF
Wheeling will be broken. in fact
smashed to smIthereens. Many OF the
trips are OF the unconventional and
unusual order. There seems to be u
general desire as q well known Wheel
Ing man SO clearly put 1t, ito get out OF
the rut and glare into the back yard OF
nature"
Last summer. It will be remembered.
Colonel William II. Exley and Major
John Bodley, together with the lntter's
son, made u long tour OF the east In u
blackboard which had been arranged
especially for the trip. They went
across West Notwithstanding the south
western pike and preferrlngS natures
almost unheaten byways to the high
ways where the mldding crowd Is In
evidence. From Martinsburs they took
the road up through Maryland. past
Hagerstown, into Pennsylvania, visit
ing the battlefield OF Gettysburg.
Thence they went east. visiting many
sey seRshore resorts.
( The day before the Fourth of July
they were ut WeStcheSter N. Y. Here
the patriotic Colonel EXley and the
no less patriotic Major Bodley. bought
yard after yard OF bunting and flags.
These they used In decorating their
vehicle, On toppf all this an immense
sign proclaimed che fact to rural New
-. - n,
Ia" The thing caused n sensation.
heightened by tn firing Of the many
crackers the colonel and major had In
stock. That evening they were dead
tired, r when they arrived at one OF the
typical country taverns OF old York
: state. The major had gone his limit
when he managed to reach the shade of
a tree by the roadside. The colonel.
however. had yard or two left up his
sleeve. and made bee line for the
tavern.
The first inquiry of the New Yorker
who presided at the inn was:
What are you sellipg?"
We're not selling anything" was
the colonels response.
what are you doInE?" was the next
observation OF the dcSccndent OF Peter
Stuyvesant. in n tone that conveyed
any amount OF suspicion. Visions OF
"Sold brick" schemes fioated through
his head. probably.
I'VE are buying" said West Virginia.
This, with enough emphasis to convey
the impression that the colonel was IN
the market for anything from paper
OF taeks 20 the Albany capitol
Buying WHAT" said New York state,
with the suspicion slowly chasing Itself
across his expansive brow.
sPleasure and beer. Give me u glass;.
was the colonelS very appropriate
Fourth OF July climax. Further the
deponent saith not.
But this is n depression from the
story that was In mind at the start.
What the 1ntellisencer wishes to con-
vey to the public is the fact that Col
onei ExIey and Major Bodley have de-
cided that they will take another buck
board trip this summer. They have not
yet decided on the route, but It viii not
be the Identical one they traversed last
summer. They may so west over the
National pike or In any other direction
that their fancy may dictate. That
they Will have what Is so eXpresSively
known as "a good time" goes without
saying. II possible. the fntelligencer
will have stat correspondent with
them.
There are other parties forming for
outings during the summer. Among
these Is one being formed by Mr..
Charles E. VanKeuren. He personally
conducted a crowd Of twenty ladies and
gentlemen TO northern Michigan last
summer, where they greatly enjoyed
themselves for two or three weeks.
Practically the same party viii lgo 70
Michigan In June, making Alpena their
headquarters.
A party OF young men nre planning
to take a pedestrian tour through
Widest West Virginia during the sum
mer. They contemplate going to Sir
Johns Run. In Morgan county. by rail-
road, and from that point Will strike
across the country to some point on the
Chesapeake & Ohio or Norfolk & West
ern railroads. They will go through
what Is undoubtedly the widest see
tIon of the state, traveraing Morgan.
uampshire, Hardy. Pendletnn. Ran
doiph. Greenbrler PocahontAs. Fayette,
Mercer. Mcdowell and Wyoming coun-
lies. But wont they he tired before
they get within range OF the sound Of
a locomotive whistle? It's n hundred
TO one they will be glad to get aboard n
train when they reach the Chesapeake
& Ohio road.
Another party Of Wheeling tourists
may 20 on steamer and awheel-back
to the national meet OF the League Of
American Whcelmen at Louisville. The
plans OF the wheelmen include ride
down the Ohio on the VirSinHto Mays.
VILE. KY From Maysvlllfs.thoy Will
ride through the Blue Grass country
TO Louisville. spending week on the
roads which are very hne In Kentucky.
The Stephens-compton Tragedy.