The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-23

writer who came here as guest OF
United States Senator Wellington, who,
although a statesman of sagacity and
. politician of power, is also an enter
taining gentleman whose friendship is
wealth. Thrice fortunate again was
the writeriin having also the company
of the senator's wife. AS boy and girl,
young man and woman, they joined
hearts and handsin Cumberland, and
their lives have blended in harmony, so
that they twain are, one flesh. They
knew everybodyEhere and. everybody
knows. them and holds them in high es-
TEEN: :l>. - VI. :: ....l,-
Cumberland, the "Queen City of the
Aneghenies,'' is environed by scenes OF
picturesque beauty and grandeur which
| are perhaps not appreciated to. their
fullest extent by the people who live
their. lives amid these scenes and are
accustomed to mountain heights and
streams; but the visitor and stranger
cannot fail to be deeply impressed
by the, splendid. views which greet
the eye on the every side, varying from
the quiet dell and the placid flow
of the sPotomac's waters to the rugged
magnifcence of the 'Narrows," through
| which flows Wills creek, in the chan
mel made; thousands of years ago by
natures self. It isl notable place.
Once seen it will not be forgotten. On
either side rise the. rugged rocks to an
altitude which justly entities it to the
dattering description given it by the
great English novelist, William Make
peace Thackeray, in the ''Virginians. ~
One of the characters of this famous
book, George Warrington, in his story
of captivity among the French and In
dams, after Braddock's defeat, in de-
scribing his escape and homeward
journey, says: ''The last days march
of my trusty guide and myself took us
down that wild magnificent pass of
Wills creek, valley lying between
cliffs nearly q thousand feet high
bald, white and: broken into towers like
huge Notifications, with eagles wheel
ing around the submits of the rocks
and watching their nests among the
crags. And hence we descended to
Cumberland, whence we had marched
in the. year before, and where tn ere
was q considerable garrison of our peo-
pie. oh, you may think it was wei
come day when I saw English colors
again on the banks of our native Po-
tomac." 81 :. .:;5 ''-'> i, :. D., J..
Is The picture. lis well drawn, and the
century and a6haf of years which have
backward rolled into the. past since
then have not lessened the natural
beauty of the scene The giles n ave
i disappeared and SO has the English flag,
! butathe wild magnificence Of the cas-
tellated rocks remains. Through the
narrow defile below them the march of
civilization to. the, westward has con-
tinuedl even. until now. :, Aron ind and
about it linger legend and story. of the
old town by the creek and riverside; of
the savagesy who dwelt there of their
ioyes; and hates; of the. coming of the
'epale face" and the gradual disappear
ance Of the Indian. race; of the leap of
the savage lover for the sake Of the
maiden of his choice; of the Indian
chieftain, t3"'Will," and many kindred
themes. The Indian and his s. ruggles
against the ''pale face are but mem
cries now, and the white man has taken
possession; the region has developed,
and the hidden treasures of coal, with
which; aims above are rich,
shays. i made Cumberland ana the
qeolgt's Creek valley : populoug terri
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The "NarroWs,"' Wills creel and
WINS mountain have ever had attrac-
ton to soms people in every generation,
bearing near the verge of Ivenerhtion.
Espscially may this be said of thai part
81 the scene lying to the right is we
/ stand 1t the entrance of the .sNarfows,'
looking westward, and which beats the
name Of Willis mourtain, or as It has
been named Of late, Baehr's heifhts. =
Many Of those who are not at life's
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