Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-08
Dusgg GenrgS.
WEDNESDAY,. OCr. &, 1915.

yUslD Ge11IE
WEDNESDAY,, OCr. 4, 1915.
Cs From this time until the commence
mcnt OF the session of Congress. which will
be duh season in the news line, we Shall
o'nit our Postscript. and put our paper to
press m the evening. Om advertising c,isto-
mcrs will b. compelled to furnish their iavors
at am earlier hour than heretofore.
THE ORIGINAL CONGO MINSTREIS
have been giving series oi concerts at Con-
entertained large audiences with their unique
and pleasing music.
Co. The Roman Catholic Church has built
and consccnted over thirty churches in the
United States within year.
O-l-. The face of Lori Metcalf,. the Gov
crnor General of Canada, is half DESTROYED
by cancer
WHEAT CROPS OF lLLlNoIS.-Thc
Sdngamo (IH.) Journal says that the wheat
crop iii that State, taken in the aggregate, has
been unusually large. The corn crop, it is
thought, will b. unprecedented.
Q'E~ NEW PAPER.-We have received
the first number Of the ''Orthopolitan," Will
%ins Tannehill's new paper, at Nashville 1t
Il handsomely printed and ably edited. 1t
exhibits spirit and worth, aud we trustit will
prove to be what its name imports, The
Upright Citizen"
LECTURES.-We attended the Lectures
on Electro Magnetism, which have been de-
livcr,sl by Mcssrs. PUTHAM x CuRTicE. at the
City IL Ill, and we are sure no more interesting
oruseful Lectures have been delivered here for
years. Yet no one attended scarcely. The
lecturers stopped for want of pa;ronage.-
Their apparatus was oi the most beautiful kind
AMI perfectly un lerstool by the lecturer.
THESOU rHERN LITERARY MESSEN-
GER FOR OCTOBER is OH our table. Ii is
one ni tn most interesting number, we have
had b fore Us. an we heartily urge upon our
r';l'rs to becom, supporters of it. There
arnsnveul articles of great strength in thi.
II Im1er b. Hurry Bluil "a | Others.
SlLN.-A csrr spond lint of the Lynchburg
pirginidn passes the following wcll-descrved
compliments upon our ctcrpriAing fellow -citi-
z,u, JoHN w. Gull, who Is now erecting a
silk Mandatory in our city. This letter ac-
complui'd long and valuable communion
lion of Mr. Gill, to the ohio CUliiuaior.
LocUSr HILL. BEDFORD County,
SEPTEMBER ~, 1918.
To The Editors Of Mc Iirgiaiam:
SlRs: | s;nl YOU letter of Mr.. John
w. Gill of Mounlplcaslnt, Jefferson county.
Ohio, written to the Editor OF the Ohio Gulf
vaiOr giving information ON "Siik Culture, :"
with directions for cutivuling mulberry trees.
constructing cocoonerics and feeding silk
worms, with description of " Gilrs Vent
lifting Cradle which | have been requested
to have published in the Nirgiuim.
Mr.. Gill i gcntl man oi enterprise and
skill, and has fJily tested the practitstbilitv
al raising and manufacturing Silk iii this
country 1t is now, / think, about seven
years since Mr.. q. commenced this business
and from his experiences is enabled to- give all
necessary information both in regard To the
growing and manufacturing of silk.
Those who b'lievc that silk cannot b. pro-
iitable, grown in the United Sat. S, have only
10 visit Mr.. Gills establishm mt in Mount
pl 'aSant. Ohio, TO be convinced that il can bc
rails 'd with profit, and that larger too than
Is derived from capital invested in the orli-
nary pursuits of life. This ! have learned.
not ouly from my owh observation. but from
til; testimony of Mr. Gill hims II. as we'll as
from that oi the citizens of the town in which
h lives. and 9th RS who had visited Mr. Ct 5
cocooncry, an | seen for th mselvcs. And |
N-AstlI i, 4 4. II
Ncn,ilating Cradle, Invented by Mr.. G.. | was
so much pleased with i; that purchased the
right al using II in any own cocOOnerv, and
from the little experience ] have had with il
am InlJccd to say. that of several other of
tn most approved plans for feeding silk
worms which have tried, Mr. ellis is far
preferable. us combining in It's use cleanlincss.
ventilation, economy OF labor. and of room :
and withal, by the necessary arrangements of
the branches in the cradles for cleanliness
when feeding the looms, ample aud choice
places are furnished for them to spin In when
ready to commence. These are conditions
indispensable To success in the raising of silk
and ] would here recommend To every one
who has engaged, or is about to- engage in this
business, TO purchase the right to- use =. Gill's
NenillalnS Cradle; and If hc shall b. gov
crncd by the directions of the inventor. there
Will no doubt remain of his success.
Mr.. Gill intends moving To Wheeling. Va.
thiS winter, whrr, h. expects To- cngoo,. Iar,r-
" III the manufacture OF silk; and lie Old
Dominica may well congratulate herself
upon Tie accession to her manufacturing Cant
tai and industry, for suie icncy of which
she has 80 long remained stationary, while
many of her sister States have made rapil
ddrdnccments IN prosperity and wealth. whose
natural resources are no better ilmu her own.
Yours, respectfully, w.
EXSPEANER WHTTF.-Thc Mr. yoyL
I'ibi"e' speaking Of the painful ,bject OF
the suicide Of Judge WHITE, saws: