New-York tribune., 1900-12-13
THE PASSING THRONG.

'T took a recent business trip into West vir-
ginia," said A L. Curtain. OF Philadslphia. at
the Gilsey House yesterday. and
ALONG never have ! IN the East
STREAMS scenery that surpassed that which
AND OVER I viewed there Leaving Cumber-
MOUNTAINS land we went through to EIkins.
the western terminus OF the rail-
road. and Il one continuous scene Of beauty
AS had come through Washington had followed
the Potomac on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
from the capital to Cumberland. and from Cum
source From tie mighty river that interpossd It's
Ss9ad Pro- bosom 6stEsen the North & and ne ne SS1Ia
lions OF a creek then TO a mountain brook finally
the Allegheny Mountains Soon the water ran
the other way and knew that whereas moment
their egress to the Atlantic Ocean through chesa-
peake Bay. now was gazing on the oraWllng brook
gaheIa River The Blackwater insensibly becomes
the ohio, which rushes On 10 its destination and
is absorbed and disappears in The dark and turoid
ward to the Gulf Of Mexico At point in the di-
VIDE we BAD passed Two tiny streams one o5 wnlcn wn
OF the States OF the Atlantic seaboard This brook
running toward the setting sun was its tiny laugh
ing sister, who in iourneying to her destination
River Valley and touch on the southern limits OF
than divide AS we ei prs9es5 %estWarS NE
Blackwater rapidly swelled from a babblng brook
Of water that huFties So madly down the Western
slope Of the Aueghanies and endeared the
memory Of all trout fishermen"
"Endeared no longer alas! as the mining Of coal
along its course has so poisoned It's waters as to
render them no longer habtahle
A LAND OF for that game and gallant fish
GAME AND From Cumberland We passed
BEAUTY through Piedmont and that
rounding country made so famous
by the Civil War Rapidly ascended until
reached the divide few miles this side of Thomas.
Then followed the banks OF the Blackwater
until we passed it's famous falls. and the stream
dropped far below US. while we followed on far up
but touching the blasted rocks Of the mountain
was almost a nre@fnirs Ear beIoVr ms +brougb the
tree trunks we could catch occasional gmpses of the
the valley were the bleak but beautiful Aeghanies
eIoWned Wlth snow their line occasionally broken ny
to join and swell the volume OF noisy companions so
bound and border the junction of the main Black
water with smaller branch is a plateau known
SaTaan L is wonderful agrieultura and cattle
actlv INQUIRED if the Land OF Capaan lay not be-
hind distant ridge. No the Land OF Caneen
with an accent on the neenl is behind the noun
tion he received The country is valueless exceDt
Il is wonderful game country abounding in deer
like. At one station two fresh killed does wsre
aWaitng shipment A. another mountaineer Of
along the line Back among the hills where coal
mines as yet do NOT contaminate. trout are s-I to
hunting and fishing the natural game preserves Will
amply reward you for trip TO this part of West Vir
glnia- The lover OF scenery and Nature viii find
more than reward in the panoramic succession
OF wonderful views that will everywhere meet and
greet the eye
some curious things occur in a legal way said
W H Thompson, an attorney Of Chicago at the
Hoffman House yesterday. I'VE
GOT HIS had in Southern Illinois a
JUDGMENT, few years ago. that attracted at
AND MORE. tention on account Of it's peculi-
/ TOO. aritv A judgement had been So
cured against a man. and he. fail
ing 70 satisfy it, had been locked up in the county
jail At that time he happened TO be it's only occu-
| pant. ana the Sheriff whenever he wanted TO go
/ on anywhere used to loSk the up in his cell
L until he returned. One fine day. however. in the
SheriTs absence swarm Of bees entered the Jail.
1 and before he rescued they all but stung it's
/ only occupant TO death. He had means OF fight
/ ing them off with his hands. and cover to
/ fly to- The Sheriff luckily rather unluckily for
| the county. came back before they had quite
/ finished him When the prisoner had recovered
/ sufficiently to his wits he promptly sued the
had been Improperly looked after. He won his
| case, TOO. and got sufficient sum back from the
county not only TO satisfy the judgment but also to
| lay by a snug sum in bank.
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