The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-09-04
MoRGANTowN, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER

ity by selling out his sugar stock at a
discount, and being on the peoples side
in the senate; so that after that term
was ended they never reelected him.
Poor fellow, his career ended too in
gloriously.
The road is very good however after
mile or so and one forgets the dan
gers and unpleasantness OF the part
that is past in its present pleasures.
On the left are the waving corn fields
and pleasant meadows Of many farms,
with here and there low cottage or
picturesque log cabin imprisoned
amongst the trees and iuxuriant yege-
tation. On the other hand flow the
dark waters OF Cheat now moving ST
lently In long deep stretch, now rip
pling merrily over the shallow stones.
Along the bank and the fence row
grow immense clusters OF rhododen-
dron or mountain laurel, now full OF
magnificent white bloom, the delicate
pink centre delighting the eye and
tempting us to alight. The road is
literally lined with the most luscious
blackberries and daisies and golden
rod cover the ground. Large trees in
many places grow on the bank, and
the sycamore, sumac, and willow
groves lend an additional beauty to
the scene.
Near the foot of the mountains the
view enlarges taking in broad meadow
lands and a little village. The road
passes by many an old ruined chimney
or furnace, belonging to some past
epoch OF material development. The
view across Cheat at this point is very
fine. Every tree and vine seems to
have clear, embracing beauty that
is denied TO them elsewhere, and the
various features of the landscape, the
wood, the hill, the green-clothed bank,
all blend in perfect harmony and SYM
metry. No more delightful place
could be found to spend summer
holiday than the banks of this ro-
mantle river. 1t is not lacking in
historic and legendary interest either.
Many a pretty tale may be told OF the
early settlers on its banks, from Vir-
ginia, or of the earlier Indian tribes
who roamed about here.
Mont Chateau is the name which
has been given to a rocky summit
along the road, overlooking the river.
1t has been fitted up as summer re-
sort and made very attractive. There
is fine hotel also with good enter
tainment for man and beast. From
it steps lead down to the river where
there is pleasant shore walk, and a
cluster Of inviting skiffs. The scenery
here is truly magnificent, the long,
smooth stretch Of sinuous river being
in full accord with the symmetrical
sweeps of the wooded mountain sides.
Many places of interest are in this Vi
cinity, such as Panther Rock, the cit
les of stone, and Others. Beautiful as
is this. section the full grandeur and
sublimity of the mountains is only
found much farther up the river,
where no one lives and few ever go;
where Nature revels in her loneliness
and exults ia her wondrous beauty.
Here are only the huts or log cabins
of the lumbermen who come up from
below and remain in the woods
for months at a time preparing logs
to be drifted down in the next freshet.
They have to be sure they are we'll
provisioned for their journey before
they start, for people have been there
before now who almost starved from
being unable to procure enough food
to keep alive.
There is a great deal of romance
oil M hn 20 .
in the forests of the Allghenies. They
acquire love for the giants they are
continually chopping to pieces, and
the freedom and unrestraint of the
place foster sentiment OF proprietor
ship and sympathy shat makes broader
men out of them than college profess
sors. The logs are cut and rolled into
the river to await the yearly floods
when they are carried down stream to
the mill. On the smaller branches
they build great flood dams which
they fill with logs, and then open, the
rush Of water carrying them many
miles down stream, where they are
caught in the log bOoms and held cap
tive.
Cheat river is lovely, romantic aud
most pleasurable stream. The men,
CRY Of one who traverses its course and
learns to know its peculiar life, will
always return with increasing delight
to the mental panorama of its banks,
its towering hills, and its noble for
ests: and he will revere more highly
the solemn might of God who taught
Nature to create and beautify.