West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-12-26
INNOCENCE ABROAD.
Col Broomsedgc ava, from his Base
And writing about what he Sees
From our staa Roustabout.

From our StaH Roustabout.
The width otthc Ohiois a little d.Sappoint.
ing to one who would have imag ined il vastly
broader than its southern fork. the Mon.
ohe'hela. Sometimes IL does not look
much wider than the latter river below.
MOT s"n'own. at present there is low water
ana lately this has int, tcrcd seriously
! win the running of the river steamers.
! hu' the Ohio is after an a noble stream
ana well merits the name given II by the
enthua>tic French explorers OF 200 wears
ago La Belle Rivicrc. "or The beautiful
| River IL winds through its vale, in a
continuous series of graceful rurycs
sometimes throwing a broad bottom an
'"'S SIDE and sometimes one on the
west Virginia shore The buas which
Shut these in look like chains of low.
swelling hills. They were once well
wooded but now have been put mostly to
iuI"ge OF grass. Many ut tie dwcllerS
along this stream have deep attachment
lot a. One of them who has boatcd ON
tue Missouri aud driven a stage coach i'm
''hlornid, told me he could not think of
HN'ng where he could not look upou tho
Ohio
Here and there is an island and tho
upper end is joined to one OF the shores
10y a dam. This is To throw the cur,cn,
INTO one OF the channels and prevent the
river from shoaling at such places so as to
hinder navigation. The Ohio is subject
II devastating floods. aud also to very low
stages of water.
Perhaps the best known Of these Islands
- the BlcnnerhaSsctt, short distance
oe'ow Parkcrsburg 1t is Eve mics lon,
ana became famous in American histor,
as the residence of wealthy immiyran,
from Britain, 100 years ago. Before tbero
was steamboat in America and much less
railroad. and before there was even n
good wagon road across the Alleghanles.
'"'s man OF wealth and refinement saw 6t
TO plunge hundreds OF miles from th.
Atlantic shore into what was then almos,
wilderness. Other settlers had preceded
MIN to tins country by only a very few,
years Those were pioneering times and
"'ihin 10 years the Indians OF Ohio had
defeated two Of our armies with rrcs,
loss
tut bicnncrhaSscu came here all the
same quit fine maSion aud filled IL with
iurniturc brought from Europe. Tho
forest covered river hills were then mor.
handsome than now. and the noble trees
%" 'h' 'Nc' bank mirrowcd themselves i'm
'"' n'uc waters. Here the scliconstitLed
'A"c might have continued To- live a auict
''"di"uS. uncvenIful lie. had not an evil
moment brought AKRON Burr the disgraccd
wee prcsidcni OF our country to this
island home To hlI the ears of IT'S owner
"''h dream Of western empire which the
A'','' Oh Alexander Hamilton proposed to
establish. Tradition says Mrs. Blcnncr.
hassctt was more To blame than her con.
sortw But ever since tic devil temptcd
Eve 100 he garden OF 3: cu aud Adam tried
to throw "Il The biimc ON Eve it has been
'"e way OF the word to lay fault on
women whenever there has been haif an
excuse Tor doing SO. However IL was ia
this case Blcuncfhasscu listened and lac
listened TO his ruin lie lost his beautiful
island home aud spent his last wears i'm
poverty The mansion was accidcnfally
burned oy tic Servants and house that
would be visited by thousands Of sight.
Us was lost o. the world The romantic
episode of B.dnncrhass,tt is the the OF
40 least NO we'll known novels thai have
iA'riy appeared
Some distance below is the town OF
R'vroswood on the West Virginia side
u is fine situation for city. for there is
q broad bottom lying mostly above high
water mark The plan is well Laid out
the streets generally crossing each other
at right angles. There are some handsome
houses hnc school building. and class
OF people who can hardly be etccIled
anywhere for irendincss and Sociability.
Ihcy make = stranger feel al home. and
the longer he stays the longer he wants
TO stay II person cannot get along in
West Virginia. IL is because he carries
lace mat ought TO hang him In any civi.
lied country. Her people do not 20 in
cdscd in layer Of ice that has 10 be
ihawcd before you can get al the man
inside
but IL seemed strange 90 find so large
place without telephones The night be.
fore there was an object lesson in the use.
iuIncss Of this lauerday invention A gang
OF burglars. some half dozen in number
broke into % bank and worked with ip,pu.
nifty several hours in trying 10 blow the safe
open They borrowed some tools Of
whcclwrIght forgetting however 10 70.
turn them. and used several charges Of
powder bat failed 20 gctinto the safe Two
persons living near by were reused by the
explosions and came 20 their windows. but
were persuaded los some Of the men stand.
ing guard iiat 10 would Doc healthier TO put
out their lights and get away Apparently
thc burglars quit only from the want Of
powder 10 was aftcrward learned that
they lay ail the next day in a barn across
tho river a telephone system might have
caused some interruption to their program
Point Pleasant is an old town "A the
junction ~ the great Kanauhl with the
Ohio and Its old brick houses remind ono
not % little Of 70 town in ole Vire.nny II
was $3.50 Important steamboat landing before
DO became ar1ilroad junction and each riy.
cr is now covered by 70 bridge The river
point waa the scene Of q great baltic be.
tween whites and Indians during Dnnmorc.e
war boo i77i Tho Indians were defeated
BOG not without inn.otine severe loss ON the
ro.puiI. troops under General Lewis tr
thc court house square Us monument fo
'ornsuit The valiant leader of the red
mon In ono of the stores may be seen
many w'rlikc relics OF thc oidcn time
There isa representation Of 400 Indian sit.
Nne on log The picture u.s. formed en-
urc'y hy Che use Of spear and arrow heads
of alI colors sizes and shapes Then there
s rust eaton n.ntlock muskcts percussion
muskcts and odd looking pistols with long
barrels thick round handles aud ro ham
mor on Ono upper side ono pistol is
double hlure'cl and fro,hcr OF thc old