The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-19
HERE AND THERE.


In all the seasons merry whirl-
Oh. why no note Of her wiles this year?
Has she gone the way Of the kissing
A fad then fiutter on the rug?
An anxious public bends patient ear
1t was not thus in the recent days,
When she posed focus for enthralled
And manly bosoms were fractured sore;
When a seaside queen she cut swuih.
OF broken hearts In her rearward path,
Yet the smitten swalns still sighed for
more
How the papers told of her dazzling
And pictured the host OF entreat!ng arms
As she proudly strobe nthwlrt the beach!
But alas for herr glory Of the pnst,
Her triumphs. jlltS and homage vast,
She has filckered far FROM modern reach.
Is It because of the summer man,
The festive youth. with the ducks and
tan,
No more she wields her sceptered sway?
Even tbs sea serpent's awful tnmc,
And summer resorts belle the nane-
Oh. bring back the dame they plead and
pray d W.
a summer spent away from the heat
and noise of the town need not be ex-
penslve, unless your summer pilgrim
feels satisfied with nothing less than
being In the swim OF society. But to
those who love the country for It's
charms, the money problem is easy, a
half-hOurs ride on the street cars from
Wheeling carries one into delightful ru-
raj scenes, and this city Is so Fortunate
ly situated in that respect. with sue
cessive hills and valleys within easy
VtFfa "
rustic seat need suffer little loss OF
time In getting there. Some people
crave the sea, others. particular health
resorts. and large proportion dote on
green fields and running brooks The
latter class, poor as Its members may
be. congratulate themselves that their
tastes run thusly when they consider
how CHEAP they can summer IN the
country. so near in reality TO their
homes and yet so far from the smoke
and sulphur OF the coal-consumlng mills
and railroad engines,
For instance, and this Is not an al
whatever. Imagine boarding at a hotel
on the highest hill In Marshall county
for "a per week. Yet such can pc done
in the little village OF Limestone
which occupies the loftlest location In
the county. Shut away from trains
and traffic, and with no reminder OF the
worlds hustle but the one stnge every
day TO Moundsville for the mail, the
tourist might well imagine himself IN
the heart OF the West Virginia high
lands, instead of up in the Pan Handle
and able to toss stone into the neigh"
boring states OF Ohio and Pennsylvania,
II he had Davld's sling.
And then, boarding Is procured ut q
hotel on the Moundsville camp grounds
for IS n week. The same prices as
prevail in the city So why should the
snIrlt Of mortal be proud, and the tlr-
"a brnin tell itself that It Is too poor to
take vacation.
oh. the price isn't such great thing
after all. Wheeiingites are fortunate.
Indeed. DO half Of them ever think OF
a river trip to Cincinnati and return on
n naIatIol steamboat, which costs but
$40 including board and consumes n
week? Many OF them spend this sum
for the same period Of time Tor board
and incldentuls, Many Of ufe.s pleas
ures are within easy grasp when you
come to think 1t over. Fe
There Is in Wheeling II newspaper
man who finds panacea for human
ills by riding on train, The mere
sensation Of locomotion Nils his frame
with rest. ard he spends his vacations
riding from place to place. Siyht-scc-
ing ls second consideration with MIN
ON a trip. HIS aches and worries dis-
appear as soon as he climbs aboard
train. and while his fellow passengers
fyyfst and sumrm about In order TO
alaep. his heretofore sleeplesS eyes close
IN sweet rest as II lullcd by some magic
popcr connected with the pun OF the
engine and roll Of the wheels. He wns
one OF the party that jOurnGyed 70 san
FranClsco two years ago to see the gun
bnat "Wheeling" receive proper cnn--
siderntlon by the local committee ana
no gnined twenty pounds In weight by
the itinerary. He SCOTS Mt syrups ana
saullls pellets and pills when he gets
that tired feeling Experience mas
been his teacher and h. hearkens Y the
monitor advising long ride al|nys
returning improved In proportion TO the
extent OF his Journey, 4 long trip on
train has contra effcct on other people
but complex ls human nature
The speed attained In travelling fheFel
DAYS n enough to nmnza the Oldest IN
babltnnt In the days when our gram
dads came from the old country,
three months passage nCrOss thr sea
was considered orthodox. md . mention
az faster time would have Instantly call
cd u, visions Of Witches md fairies. II
has n tendency 10 steal ones breath 70
think that the passenger on Penpfyl-
ylnll train. leaving the wheeling de-
pnt al p. m, can be IN New HortC next
morning for an o'clock brcnklnst, ana
ii Ia further interesting to note mat Mr.
John DeeEan, veteran Benwood meF-