The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-08

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about three hundred thouuanh acres
as tine land as ever 4 crow flew over
In any country. The sight was SUI.
rerb, with It's orange and lemon
groves, Its barley wheat, oats. sugar
Lcets, pastures, alfalfa and vegetable
gardens, its apricot, peach. grape. al.
nionds. fig, olive and other fruit trees,
such as umbrella, ash and few 9th.
.rs that are not yet interphosed
with paper. eucaIypatus, elder. ever.
green, eottonwod and palms, made a
sight fit for the Gods to gaze upon.'
After feasting our eyes to our hearts
content on all this beauty and gran.
deur we proceeded back dewn tn.
mountain side where banquet fit for
kings was awaiting the devouring IN
fuenee CT our ravenous aPpetites. oh
men, waat feast OF good t:,ings that
the ladies' had prepared fer the inner
man and with a flow Of soul we par.
took Of those tempting viands until
our appetites were satisfied. but we
did not take up OF the fragments no
twelve basketfuls nor seven either
and IT there was any fish left did not
Gee them. At the banquet table which
was set on the pehbled granite at the
base of the mountains among tho eae-
tus, sage brush and mesquite bushes.
4 young gentleman appeared and In
troduced himself as Mr.. Norman
WansIcy, a nephew Of 8. L. Butcher,
and a native born West virginian
from Randolph county, having heard
We were out there climbed OIL BIZ
cycle and ran out there to meet US.
Then came another gentleman with
his wife and three children in an au.
tomohile and introduced himself as
M. Frank Thomas, stating that Mr..
Richard Thomas, of Marion county,
aas his uncle. At once Mr.. Bernard
linn stepped up and took him by the
hand and said, Richard Thomas was
my grandfather and at once rell-
tionship was established. He was
well acquainted with Judge Ice. of
Barbour and number OF Ices, so a
fritndship was extended all around.
He Inquired of the Hutchinson boys
at Fairmont and said he was a guest
at the marriage of Clyde. He was
delegate 10 the convention and assist
ed in nominating MIR. 3. 1. Butcher
for State Superintendent Of Schools.
He Is an insurance man and has had
headquarters in West Virginia. Graf
ton, Fairmont, Charleston. Parkers.
burg, Wheeling and other places and
was &C qualnted with and Inquired
about nearly all the prominent men
of the State and many from Fairmont.
He is nav located in Phoenix, after
a long S ociaI chat and wendell our
way to the hole in the rock, where we
did the climb act again and TOOK
come more ptstures. The hole in the
rock is peculiar formation, a noun
tain Of rock and about forty feet down
from the top right through the solid
granite is a large hole that you coult
almost drive team through and
right down through the top is another
hole formed shaped coursh1g down
through and intersectinu the other
hole. 1t looks like at some :ire the
mountain had been SO hot that these
holes just melted and run. out, and the
top is just mere crust overlooking
the lower hole around the edge, after
satisfying our curiosity there we
started for home, coming by the pre-.
historic mines. A Mesa that sup.
pose covers about two acres. it Ifea
by the side of the Halt river in the
made and several rooms have been
found that arc about 4 to 0 feet wide,
and so you can walk straight in them.
went In two ef :i,en. They extend
back about 25 feet, and along the
| sides in places are wallis OF masonry
| built in regular rublc masonry form.
| In those places have been found skel'
| etcns homes, sem. implements of war
pottery and other things, no one
| seems to know by whom this work
was lone or when. After sur cxplor.
ing was at an end we drove back into
town. to our homes every one saying
il wac one of the most enjoyable days
they ever spent. | must tell of one in
cident that occurred. After we had
eaten our Dinners some one suggest.
ed that the rrt, would not be com.
pIetc ac we Jazcd up at the noun.
tains without we sang that song about
our own native West Virginia Hills,
SO we formed ourselves into d choir
and sang and As we sang one of our
k4r efeIs child frer