The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-19
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DI1 R SIR on the ia day q l'ea=
llruary ID tie year q ON lord ninstRer
hundred ana of cF9rse Syashington ne
one ihundred mi lght4, the pa
ffiotic rltisens pt on state metropolis
fresoiysd q celeb ~ the natal day q
our tfirsteit' man g such q mn nneE as
10 make III, coca Ion part q the iiif
perishable history & that already his-
tsrie SPOT and g s. mig ths nenels q
Ebenezaf zane Colonel White General
Clark Morris T5pfl heltnari sam, Mes
Cofiocha ana Afrs 3 6cltpnier that ft-
tune genera lions Will be Kept guessing
as 20 which q tie aboYe named Celeb
ritiss WIS The IL founder q the city.
when TIE news of the proposed eele7
hFatlon reached tie humble lsnoWledge
shop among the lsopiss q I5aneach. pre-
sided oyer BY ser lantern sawed
fliend, aud his quick eye noted that no
fepre sentatlve Of the banner county Of
the Fan Handle was siven a place on
the pfogrontne bis bones ratified with
indignation; especially when be reaeet-
ed that his long 8 perience as an AFTER
dinner speaker e country school pienlcs
had dtted him es no one else in the
state Is fitted to- deliver the address q
welcome 70 Admiral. Dewey and to exc
tend % him the fl edom Of the Pan
Handle, ny first resolve was to boys
colt the concern, but my bitter feelings
wore somewhat molIlhed when, upon q
clossr examination o. the programme
I / discovers trat other portions Of the
state. ana n1tSblY Charleston had
Jared no bettgrs a. the hands Of the
committee on. aEfaH gsFhents, 50 I detes-
mined to attend and 70 trust to chance
ana my usual lhpg luck for an oppor-
tunity 10 make ilig presence felt.
/ arrived II the city on the evening q
the 2lst andFfoind the old town in an
the glory ofshet wa Paint and fsath-
era most gpra ou5ly bedecked in
buntiif 5ire and yaf coiored electric
lights After sipps went 3io the =.
NJ! c: u. bufldi here. fthrcpgh the
courtesy Of few ffiends, I wat 70
ihave q peep AZ the admiral as he
being Welcomed to The city. but Hthe
best laid plans Of mice and men aft
gang a Elee, I, and when we had listened
until a late hpursto the monotonous
scrape Of the street scayengers mud
hooks, We Learned that the hero Of Ma
Mia Bay hadiheep for two hours inhal-
ing the delightful odors Of the Atlantic
refinery in the Henpfeid yards.
!. And the evening and the morning
was the second day, and had all the
weather gods in-the catalogue set them
selves to mar the festivities Of the day
they could not have made q more conn
plete lob Of It, than did the weather
end Of the committee on arrang eHsnts;
but the descendants Of the Zanes. the
Ciatlss, and thS scets-to say nothing
OF those dauntless spirits whose anccs-
tors bravsd the passage Of tho Red Sea,
and those hardy some Of the Rhineland
were not to be blufted by any card
the weather man might have up his
sleeve and the band played on"
In the forenoon the admiral visited
the Loan Exhibition, and needless TO
say the charity fund was swelled TO
immense proportions.
After dinner came the parade, but II
was the old story Of going to see the
circus parade when one has not the
price Of adHnittance TO the big show
the huge wild beasts are in closed
cages and you see nothing but an ex-
aggerated picture on the outside-an
90 It happened that thousands OF peo-
pie, some Of whom had come for miles,
are. not sure 20 this hour whether they
saw the admiral or only Norris Hork-
heimer
But everybody saw the truck-wagon
boomlet Of a certain Mr.. Robinson, can
didate for prosecuting attorney. Az
truly politics Is. thb American national
game. and while among It's votaries We
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