John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, Page 22

[John Milton Binckley, June 1859 Travel Diary, page 22. Many thanks to William Myers, Mary Davy, Sally Young and Sue Davis for their ongoing research collaboration; specifically to William for providing scans of the original document, and in turn many thanks to Peter Johnston Binckley and Patricia D'Arcy "Trish" Binckley (1951-2007), at the source. This is my rough transcription. Extra paragraph breaks inserted for easier reading.]

[continued] sapphire throne, if he seeks it.

Or let Athens of old display her academic groves. Behold the wise men disputing the great doubts of nature, aspiring to dispose all but truth. But here I must stop right short, without what I was about to say.

In the mountains now. Starlight. Enough to see the darkness any how. Shall look out for Cheat River.

My young Schuylkill friend, a sort of secondhand [D]utchman, says "overy" in talk, nose rather [D]utch, mouth like a half opened Norfolk oyster, spoiled at that -- good fellow, I don't chew tobacco. I take him out to see the Cheat River Bridge. 

We stand on the platform, linen coat, cold, fog. Conductor say[s] we will get to the Bridge in ten minutes -- goes on.

I go to get tobacco in a few minutes -- return -- wild scenes. The storm king sees his home Land. Echoes seem his warning voice. "These are my mysterious hiding place[s]!" Defiant! But we don't. Masses of fog, driven by wind. . .  [to be continued.]

[John Milton Binckley (1831-1878).]