Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-06-02
"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.


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 rising 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 26th
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,
- imagine our surprise to find so
I, any friends and neighbors all
.ady for tie same voyage. Think.
j lg no one would care to te'Ie a trip
to so dreary place and having been
delegated, very much against our
wishes to make this voyage we were
glad of SO much good company, bu.
v,ry sorry for our unfortunat
companions, We say, "Good CON-
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 feast
on the good things here. AS in this
case, it is we'll 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
/, p stream and put on full head of
steam, we are ready to admit that
we felt little blue. But as we be.
gan to get well under way, and a
sw bends and curves of the river
were pass ed, 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
use to resist what you could not
help, But imagine our surprise
ngain, as the crowd OF passengers
began TO compare notes. Being now
well up the river, none seemed O
have lost his memd&S 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
I'LL seemed cheerful and willing to
''pick their tiints and try again. We
hear many expressions, as one after
another opens up his memory and
iecalHfhis recollection of that mem-
orable 25th of May 1899.
We hear most Of them say, "this
friend and that one and the other,
NIL 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, I
helped him time and again, bat when
Ineeded his help, he was on the
other side. Some had raised their
hands and said we will stand aside,
but on election day, they lined up
on the side of the enemy" So it is
the unanimous conclusion of all on
board, to store all these things safely
nway, and as time and opportunity
offers, to pay them back with any
accrued interest thereon.
Being more or less crippled we are
glad to find, our armor is in trim
that our sne 60 still hangs by our
side, and the assurance that we will
be able to pay many debts of graf
tude, and also, many of different
nature. While there is considerable
grumbling on board this old boat
yet many are of the opinion that
when one buys any thing and pays
full market price, and as in this case
considerable more than market. price,
he ought to have it. So we take
courage, and as one after another
Z election rolls around you may be
sure this whole crowd of passengers
will be on hand to pay as fast as
possible their obligations.
Manga fellow who ia todnv swell