. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . t a mile and a half below Fairmount, the railroad leaves the beau-tiful valley of the Monongahela, and ascends the winding and picturesqueravine of Bufialo creek, the characteristic scenery of which is displayed inthe annexed sketch. The stream is damd—(but we despise profanity ;)—a dam is erecte
. Rambles in the path of the steam-horse. An off-hand olla podrida, embracing a general historical and descriptive view of the scenery, agricultural and mineral resources, and prominent features of the travelled route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Wheeling, Cincinnati, and Louisville . t a mile and a half below Fairmount, the railroad leaves the beau-tiful valley of the Monongahela, and ascends the winding and picturesqueravine of Bufialo creek, the characteristic scenery of which is displayed inthe annexed sketch. The stream is damd—(but we despise profanity ;)—a dam is erected in the creek, which furnishes the driving power of the oldmill on the opposite side ; and half-a-dozen houses are scattered aroundit, as if the place had a secret idea of one day aspiring to the dignitiesof a village. The prospects, however, are poor; and nature is against will not do, either, to go agin natur—it is not natural. Buffalo creek is some twenty-five miles in length, and is first crossedby the road five miles west of Fairmount, again at two points a shortdistance apart, and finally about nine miles further west. The bridgesare of timber stringers, trussed with cast iron posts and cross-ties, and 830 EAMBLES IN THE PATH OF THE STEAM HOESE. Barnesville.—Buffalo M wrought iron bars, and lying under the rails, make no show from thecars as you pass over them, but when examined are nevertheless foundto display a remarkable combination of lightness and strength. Abouteleven miles beyond Fairmount, we pass the small hamlet of Farming-ton, and seven or eight miles further is the very thriving and admirablylocated village of Mannington, lying at the mouth of Piles fork, a branchof the Buffalo creek. There is a beautiful flat here, on both sides of thestream, affording room for a tovra of considerable size, and surroundedby hills of a most agreeable aspect. The village, like nearly all theothers we have passed—and they are getting to be as common asbl
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