West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-18
WEST vIRGlnIA MOUNTAINS
FULL OF BUMPS AND THRILLS
Ride Over the Hills Would Inspire
Poet to Write Verse That Would
Thrill-No Danger of Going to
Sleep and Miss Seeing the Seen
cry

mus Wilson and published in the
PITTSBURGH Gazette Times last Wednes-
day. Col. Wilson is on the staff OF
J that big newspaper and was a recent
visitor here and that he appreciates
kingwood's many charms is fully evi-.
denced in this article.
The power, the beauty. and the ma
jesty
That had their haunts in dale or piny
| mountain.
Or forest by slow stream. or pebbly
spring.
Or chasms and watery depths-all
these have vanished. -Coleridge.
II is very evident that our good poet
hasn't been out in the mountains OF
West Virginia, for these things are all
there and large as life.
wonder what poet would do were
he to tour the mountain roads that
wind around among the foothills. see
saw up mountain sides. cling to the
| edges OF precipices and lead to dizzy
heights?
III all this were not too much for his
nerve. and should inspire him as IL
| might, he would be able to write verse
that would thrill The thrills are
there ready made. but not expressed
in poetic terms.
IL Is fine for dreaming, n you are OF
the dreamy sort. Indeed anyone IA
likely to get into dreamy mood, and
might even become lost in dreams
were 1t not for awakening bumps
that go along with a mountain tour I'm
| a machine.
And there is a bump or n thrill ev-
cry minute. sometimes both in the
same minute. for what happens on
these mountainside roads or wagon
trails is liable TO happen suddenly.
One thing is quite certain, and that
is that you won't go to sleep and miss
seeing the scenery. This seems to be
the high purpose OF the bumps And
IL is well they are thrown in, for Il
would be shame to miss any OF the
scenery when II is about all that a
mountain has to offer as an induce
ment for you to take the risk OF losing
your life.
Some folks are OF the opinion that
II is not worth the risk, but IL is. and
more.
good way to get a start on a really
thrilling mountain jaunt is to 90 to
Morgantown and then run over TO
Kingwood by night; the darker the
night the better
III you haven't done this stunt lust
keep your mouth shut and place your
life in the keeping of the driver. See
ing that you had never driven II you
can't instruct him; besides he might
get miffed at your interference and
tell you to drive your old car your
self
This drive down the hill and then
up the mountain until you reach an al
titude OF 1000 feet, good measure. may
be charming in daylight, but on dark
night II is both charming and thrill
ing.
Have you ever noticed how very
dark the darkness becomes I'm a noun
tain gulch? The proverbial stack OF
black cats hardly expresses II.
We never fully realize the value of
light until we get into a patch OF
darkness shrouding a point OF dan
ger. Then II is that glimmer from
an electric light bulb sends thrills of
delight and hope throughout your ana
tony.
And right here is where you have a
practical demonstration OF faith and
trust. Knowing that you can't run
the machine. and wouldn't know
which way to turn IL you could, your
heart goes out in thankfulness for that
glimmer OF light, and you feel like
falling into the arms OF your fellow
traveller, especially II that fellow trav-
eler happens TO be a woman physical
ly able 10 support you.
Laying joking aside, a fellow does
feel the need Of a dependable friend
at time like this. Indeed you arc
apt to feel II so keenly that you might
give yourself away 10 the first woman
who would offer TO be a sister TO you.
II helps some TO remember that a
faint heart won't get you TO Kingwood.
where there is light and love and eats.
but no drinks.
II so happened on this particular o.
casion that something had happened
in the electric plant that left the town
dark II also happened 20 be the dark
OF the moon. On such an occasion
tallow dip is q boon,
n the thrills and bumps. the passing
OF dangers seen and unseen. is not
enough TO compensate the risks YOU
had taken you will find Il in Klngwood.
where there ls abundance to eat OF
fine quality and IN great variety.
The town is high and dry. II is
necessarily dry" seeing that West
Virginia is a dry" state. But II isn't
far to Point Marion where there Is
bridge leading into Pennsylvania.
For quiet and quality Kingwood is
hard to beat. But the quiet is not op-
pressive, nor ia the quality boresome.
For real human beings there is pleas
ure, recreation and health. More than
This weuld be q superaulty, which Is
always discomforting.
Then you have the prospects OF