Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-06-14

SSA ~te-S VIC VI Qe-
legates To the contemplated Railroad Com
vention to be held IN Fairmont on the
10Th day of june. 1884
On motion of a.. Nj Bastable. Esq.,
Doct. d. S: PinneIl Was called "a tI,s
chair, and John s. Fisher, Esq, was aps.
pointed Secretary.
The object OF the meeting was furthet
explained by the chairman and discus
sion arose as to the proprlety OF sending
delegates to the contempl convention
and after the subject VI rs fully discussed.
ithemeeting determined 70 appoint dele-ss
gates ton represent our county a saids e
convention. and, on motion OF A. NJ, sss
Bastable, a commute of i've was appoint
ed by the chair to draft suitable resolu-iali
tions etc..8for the consideration OF this lli
meeting. The chair appointed Al. 7, 4.
Bastable, r, s. Brown, u o.. Core. John
Davis and L.. l.. ID. London said commit.
tee, and after retiring for a short lime, ~
presented the following preamble aud re- .
solutions which were adopted by the +
meeting., s., ir,il e-ol sl3p8a sshs
Whereas, The resources Z of iUpshuri4
county eau only be developed by enter
prising aud internal impro ents opens
ing our country, and as our county bids
fair to become ofgreat agrlcnlturals graz
King and mineral wealth. and, whereas, g
the contemplated Railroad from the Penn
sylvania line to Ravenswood, in the coun-
ty of Jackson, offers inducements TO ca
pitalists' to make said road, thereby de-
Yeloping the rich resources of our coun-
try and as there has beepa call for q
convention tobe heldin Fairmoht on the
l5.hday Of June. 1854, Tor the purpose e., 81
OF taking into consideration the pt6priety'
ttftJu
h. ReSotDed, That this meeting do now
appoint tiIty deleg ttes to represent the nf
county of Upshuf in said convention. ~
The chair was requested TO app6intt he,
delegates, which was done. viz Z & I''s rs
R. L. Brown, Adam SptIier,5 Alvin NJ"
Bastable, w. G. Carpef, WA$Giny toa Sdtht
mers. Anthony B See, II rWfntfoves, D.S.g,T
iHaseldsn, NV. Berli6, W. W. Jacksoh.'ii
Thos. a. Jsnhey, Alan Carpsr, j. or
ICote, w. Loudin, DID. II. Fafnswotth,b
Watson Westfall. Valentine Iorentss Milf
| fin LorenLz, lorenzo ID { hhrents. John
Love. j. w. Blagg, K. 5H6Pkinss q. y.d'
ItCuinden. George Bi.st,i6ia, u w Simons,
G. r. Gould, g. F.. .FerfaiS Thos. Htnf-
ner, George Clark, s. T. TALBOT, Nathan
Roger, Jackson Shultz. Georgs.fF. Coopsp
pet. j. T, White, o. B. Loudins Joseph
Flint. y . w. Mapls, Samuel Wilson's john
Davis, Arson Young. VIM, Bennett, sSilasn
Bennett, A. D. Woodley, JglDl Days,M.si
H. Browning. P. Depoy,21 ID. housH
din, NJ. j. Fogg, w. -. Sumner. joint
Maxwell. Si@ 'stS"ssti soad aairUp:
On motion of Col. IT, d d. iI6pdin,tth6
proceedings of this meeting WAS REQUESTS
ed to be published in he Glarksb1rg ReSa
gister aud the Weston Herald!9 l1i'SfI ID
! On motion, the chairman and Secretasli
! On motion the meeting yadjburuei.s R5
i i89 DIS. 'PINNEhL, Chm M
! Us. FIsHER. aSsc'yti1 9di-slii@ .1tst,nW
June Sd, 1884,. tino iii HI iI anqu
I +" L.Ult zL-i l-sii.i.L.. !, sd ,,.,g,tIls
The Joint Worm In Rappahannock "a
sit1 i#a7s mi fCoqnty's l5fj sha,t .ttt
We copy the following account of stheIs
destruction of the wheatlcrop in Rappasr
hammock county, va, BY the joint worm q
and - proposed remedy, from q eommp;s
.nication to the Baltimore Sum- so,7s- MAJ
1t may interest your,feadersto khows
something Of the vast destruction of the
wheat crop by the Joint worm audlay.4--d
such Wholesale rum WAS uneverst beforeu
known here. Land capable ofpr0ducIbg
Fifteen to twenty bushels, pefsacre will not
produce the seed sown. q This. evil iaas
been rapidly growing on US nfor thfeeI
Eyears. In $50 i could take seat inii
my wheat field at this season. and reach-.,
ling around me could End half.a.dozsna
stems injected wivh,joint wormt last year,
iu the same position, could lind twenty,
and now CANNOT blythe same irule,nfinds
half-a-dozef clear ofiiityr This isiamores
particularly the case withthe swheatiiMe5
cab purple straw,l Cred wheat. rqpThei
Mediterranean wheatsis less affected and
in good land will produce hall, crop.s---l
4 That many good farmers will not reap the
amount sown7 ID nowra Jfred facts ssThel
/ question with US no@sis, wtiatashall zbSs
done for the best7 Some say stop sow-s
ing altogether, and statye II outI d Some
say burn the stubble, whether We sOws
again or not Others say turn, the stubble
under. refalIow and try again. Il ForSmye
own part, 1 shall do asifolIo&s, as at pre-
sent adyised':saI shall, whensminsishall
have reached its most fruitfnl state, cutit,
with the grass sythe and treatit as hay
for my cattle. i shallabythis means. clip
nearly all the worm, which is noWaabont
IL inches to l8 inches above the ground
the straw be- fed in my barn ayard,,
and its proceeds be piled for rotling the
ensuing summer. After moving, shall,
burn the stubbl5 If Ilcan.g It-isearnestiy,
hoped that ever farmerwiIl burn his st,ib.,
Bile. This will be an easymatter, ASH will
stand more like broom sage7than wheat
stubble. And il we select 4theifirst dry,
day atter.a damp season, thei clpyerwilb
1 not be greatly injured by the sEfeI By
4 purstIirlu thisJcnirSa ztv3, thadu IF "a he,