Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-06-26
THE BEAUTIES or THE WEST.
AS Seen by Berkeley County Girl
Who IS on Jannt.
WEsr PoTNT. Ill, JuNE IS.


published my letter. have concluded
to let the good people OF Berkeley
hear from me once again ere I return
to the haunts Of childhood
From heading you will see ! am
rusticating in the pleasant little town
Of West Point. situated in one Of the
most beautiful portions Of Illinois.
The country around is perfectly grand.
This is a real prairie, because for
miles it is perfectly level, and espe-
cially so east of here. The drives are
delightfully."- charming. as one does
not have to worry climbing any steep
hills.
This place is about 20 miles from
Keokuk, Iowa, and 2S miles from
Quincy, ILL.,, both of which are inn
portant cities of the West. This
county is quite thicxiy populated,
and there are some good sized towns,
in it. OF which is Warsaw. the home
Of Hon. John Hay, U. S. Minister to
England. Quite number Of people
whom we have met are descendants Of
old Virginia families. They seem
especially pleased to meet any one
from the home OF their foreparents.
We have been favorably impressed
with the people of the West, and find
them quite enterprising. At present
we are having some very warm wealth
err, the first OF the season. We believe
it to be warmer here than in Berkeley
as one does not have the advantage of
cooling breezes of the dear old noun
tains, and this place is too far distant
to have the benefit of the evening
breeze from the Mississippi.
This week we had the pleasure of
going to Augusta, ILL.,, pretty, little
shady town, IS miles from here, and
attending the Epworth League Con-
vention, in session there. We enjoy
ed the conference, and were highly
entertained by the speaking of the
best divines of the First M. f. church
of Western Illinois. Miss M. Eva
Gregg, noted teacher in the Train
ing School of the Gospel. OF Chicago.
gave some excellent lectures, and
charmed the congregation by her
splendid explanations of the study Of
Scripture, and also an account of her
visit to Palestine. Miss M. L. Line
barger. a celebrated cornetist, of
Chicago, rendered some sweet music.
All in all it was grand meeting, and
everyone who attended, were made
happy by going.
must not forget to mention the
beautiful HANNIBAL Cave" situated
near Hannibal, which we visited pre-
vious to our leave taking Of that city.
1t is spoken of as being next to the
Mammoth Cave, Of Kentucky. 1t has
not been fully explored, but what we
saw of it we can say it was one Of
grandeur. 1t is located along the
Mississippi, and extends for miles and
miles The guide told us that it was
visited by the noted MARX Twain"
and other celebrated characters We
thought of the words of Tom Moore, "
as we gazed upon its infinite wonders,
MANY, like me, have viewed this
cave, but they are gone, and their
eyes are closed torever!"
We expect to stay in Illinois till the
early part of July, when we will go to
St. Louis, tor few weeks visit, after
which we will return to our loved
home in West Virginia. We trust
this may find all of our friends enjoy
ing Gods choicest blessing, good |
health. And before wearying our
kind rea lers of the dear Herald, we
will bring our letter to finish, by |
Sending loving wishes for Joyous
Fourth OF July" to all of our friends,
thus remaining, as ever, Berkeley
girl. V. K. l..