The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-13
KNOCK.ABOuT NOTES.


night-a shake.downc in the carriage
for Madam, the horses picketed, a blaz-
ing fire, three men taking turns to
guard camp. Probably that would
have been very romantic, but the more
we thought 1t over the less we were
drawn to It. 1t did not have to be, and
that seemed to suit even the horses
better
The flood compelled US to miss our
appointment at Capon Springs, but
when we reached there next morning
We had snug little meeting In the
store OF Mcssrs. Hlnnum & Gibson,
sound money Democrats. Mr.. Han
mum Is the postmaster Here we met
Mr.. S. B. Sale, brother of the propr!e-
tor of the hotel, very pleasing man,
Democrat and painfully unsound on
the money question. The fine old typi-
cal Virginia springs hotel was closed,
a house which has sheltered its share
share of gaiety. 1t Is building to
command respect with its stately col
umns and air OF decided gentility. The
scale Is large, but SO is the rush when
favorIng breezes blow towards Capon
Springs. The waters and the baths of
Capon are OF old and wide repute. The
beauty Of the spot cannot be over
drawn. So delightful location, so
much green grass and somany towering
forest trees would make any spot beau
tiful.
The valleys OF the Capon and the
Lost river are fertile as well as beau
tirul The character Of their farm
houses tells of time when cattle
brought a better price than now: and
the farmers of. this region were laying
up treasure. Substantial brick houses
and well fenced farms are numerous
enough to attract attention. An abund-
ance of beautiful flowers tells of the
pride of the women folks In the APP
pearance of things. ! have rarely seen
so many miles, of floral beauty in any
farming region.
Wardensville was our first appoint
ment in Hardy county, and by dlnt of
keeping at It We reached there in good
time. Wardensvilie is a quiet village
that has a good trade, street lamps,
Intelligent people, comfortable little
hotel, and thinks well OF itself. 1t is
in 4 bark region and profits by the
traffic In that commodity. 1t seems a
pity to take n trees life Just to get Its
bark, but remotcness from railroads
makes this tho fate of countless fine
trees One of our party suggested that
dlfferenc between tree and q dog
is that you can get the dogs bark
without killing the dog. We met many
bark wagons laid up on the. road be-
cause of the flood. They had to wait
for some repairs in the roads before
they could go on. At Wardensville our
meeting was said to be the best the
town ever had. The house was packed
and the attention the closest and most
respectful. When we got TO Bakers
run the next morning about twenty
five persons had gathered there to have
a meeting. We stopped for about two
hours. 1t was as great pleasure to
talk to this small company of interest
ed persons as II would have been to
address ten thousand. M
When we found Lost City 1t was
necessary to do n good deal OF skir-
mishing to find quarters. Lost City
has no. hotel, and, Its only boarding
housc w6E 'fiiiilt ,F2rtunatrly DR. Hall
Renuhlican no;ninen for house ~ deIei
gates. came along md the rest was
casv. MIST. o. Davis. wife OF the
announcement of tbc tnnnery. took
cnmnossion on us and nt rrcot ,ncon-
venlence 10 herself nsvo ms n night of
great comfort. Here again there was
tory mnctlnr Az 10 We're leaving In
the n,ornInc n number If tho good fol.
lows In the Itanuerv Icft their work IA
Md ne fnrn,veII' YIN a bcnr,v hurra h
for AIcJ;inIcy. That made rs ferl
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