The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-29

his dairy must be quite source OF rev.
enue, as his 800 Jersey cows are not
more than equal TO the demands made
upon them.
Blltmore milk Is supplied to the Gus
toners In one-quart glass bottles at
sever cents, and II Is paid for by the In
dividual boarder as an cextra. When
Il ls put at your plate In the morning,
you may see the rich cream going near
IN one-third the way down the bottle.
and the first thing TO do Is to lay 1t
down and roll 1t back and forth until II
is equally distributed. All care is taken
to keep the animals in a healthy sari-
fary condition. and walk through the
large stables Mt milking time would
make Charlie Vernon turn green with
envy and make him break the tenth
commandment, II YOU substitute COW
for OK In this part of the decalogue. The
products Of the Vanderbilt greenhouses
arc not so profitable, II the current re-
port be true, that 1t costs 80 per dozen
to raise cucumbers that the Battery
Park hotel buys from him Tor 81 the
dozen.
Asheyille Is not q manufacturing
town or It would be ruined as a health
resort by the smoke and sulphur in,
cldent thereto. The Asheville cotton
mills, OF some 400 spinGles. Is about the
only exception to the rule. and 1t seems
to be doing very prosperous trade,
making quite q variety OF cotton
goods. from common brown muslin 10
cotton cloths In all manner OF stripes,
checks. etc.
In a retail way the south lat least this
portion of it) seems not 10 have shared
. in the improved condition OF trade prev.
aIent in the north Orly last August
and September three of the four banks
( failed owing 10 the depreciation In real
estate values. following the Vanderbilt
boom of the early sos.
/ To put the situation in few words;
/ canno; do better than 10 Iuole irlena
of mine here, who sells on commission.
He says 1t Is generally supposed mat
there are no two things exactly ailke.
hut he can find no perceptible point OF
difference between a Mckinley boom
and q Cleveland panic.
Since writinv my last letter the
Wheeling colony has added to 1t Mrs:
kraus (the widow OF Capt. kraus) ana
her daughter, the latter being the III
valid. I have also learned OF Mr.. Meht-
MANS arrival some three weeks ago.
and found him doiHr nicely, but OF
course anxious to return TO his pros
porous grocery business on the Island;
But down here one soon fails INTO me
easy-goInE mot 10 say lazy) ways OF the
native and let's the other fellow do the
worrying. What else could YOU expect
OF people who begin the day at ~
o'clock, have elmer at l:3O and supper
at $50?
Church begins at II o'clock a. m. and
at s D, m. Banks close at . p. m. after
April LIST and schools have but one SEES
sion per day. But let this suffice for
one infection, and IL there are any OH
yer Twists among your readers who
want more. there Is abundant material
In the points OF interest that surround
Ashevlle for another space-iiltns ar
ticle.
Let ME Just add word by way OF
explanation OF my title. 1t seems that
like some other jokes it required key.
The word Hunger" Is so commonly
used here 10 designate the weak-lunGed
sojourner that I had not thought Gas
one friend writes mel that the word
might come from the verb ito lunge,
having some reference to bad men"
with a knife. The title is not so prac-
tlca! as "Tke Land OF the Sky" but Is
perhaps more original and descriptive.