Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-06-02
UP SALT RIVER
"Bunyan's Pilgrim
Makes the Journey.

&
Numerous Excursionists-Im-
ages and Memories Reflected
By the Fabulous Waters.
On Board Salt River Boat,
May &c, 1899.
Mr.. Editor:-It has often been
pictured, that one taking passage up
Salt River, was to go into land of
forgetfulness-a barren waste, with
dark foreboding clouds ever hang
ing low on the horizon-a malarial
stencil ever Using from the many
bogs that CT oss and recross this
dreary land-that one must pass
from this busy circle of friends and
companions into an isolation too
great to think or speak of.
But this has recently been disprov.
I'd. On the morning of the Goth
inst. there was an excursion up this
noted River. Having engaged pas
sage the day before, and finding
erything in readiness for our de.
arturo, we hastened to our boat,
> nagine our surprise to find so
any friends and neighbors all
.ady for TIE same voyage. Think.
ig no one would care to to re trip
to so dreary place aud having been
delegated, very much against our
wishes to make this voyage, we were
glad of so much good company, but
vsry sorry for our unfortunat g
companions, We say, "Good com.
any, for many a good, upright
citizen has been forced to take this
trip, while his less deserving neigh.
hor has remained to feed and fea, t
on the good things here. AS in this
case, it is well to consider first, the
almighty dollar-then the wishes
Of Eour countrymen. Well, we
found it necessary to weigh anchor
early owing to the great rush on
this particular day. AS we headed
pstream and put on full head of
, steam, we are ready to admit tina t
We felt a little blue. But as we be-
gan to get well under way, and a
wv bends and curves of the river
were passed, we began to feel better.
We had expected that with our pas.
sage, to pass into that land of forget.
fulness-that all was lost, and so no
pse to resist what you could not
help, But imagine our surprise
again, as the crowd OF passengers
began to compare notes. Being now
well up the river, none seemed @
have lost his memd2 of the past.
Whilst it is true, the most of our
passengers were more or less Grip
pied or crushed by the weight of
those big greeuback dollar bills, yet
all seemed cheerful and willing to
s'pick their tiints and try again. We
hear many expressions, as one after
another opens up his memory and
recallshis recollection of that nom
orable 25th of May 1899.
We hear most of them say, "this
friend and that one and the other
oil promised to help me, but desert
ed to the side of the big dollar bills
and was left, SO far as they were
concerned. Hero is this friend,
helped him time and again, bat wher
Ineeded his help, he was on th,
other side. Some had raised thei
hands and said we will stand aside
but on election day, they lined uI
on the side of the enemy" So it il
the unanimous conclusion of all OIL
board, to store al these things safel,
away, and as time and opportunit..
offers, to pay them back with an,
accrued interest thereon.
Being more or less crippled We ar
glad TO find, our armor is in trir
that our sweg still hangs by on
side, and the assurance that we vii
be able to pay many debts of graf
tude, and also, many of differen
nature. While there is considerabl
grumbling on board this old boa
yet many are of the opinion tha
when one buys any thing and pay
full market price, and as in this cas-
considerable more than market pric,
be ought to have it. So we tax