The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-08-26


Frank Wilson, a promising son
in-law OF Dan Coons, and late qem.
Der Of the we'll known firm Of Wilson
& Hogue, dealers in dried apples, stale
butter, chickens, soap, and eggs ofun
certain date, has got himself into lit
tie misunderstanding with the Com
monwealth Of West Virginia. Will
son was driving, few days since, past
an oats field, in Richie county, where
the oats had, been cut and shocked.
Not having the fear of the Lord or the
ten commandments strongly impressed
upon his understanding. and careless
as TO what property belonging to 9TH
ers than himself he appropriated, he
stepped over into said field Of OATS and
proceeded to load his wagon with sew
eral bundles of the same; after salts
fying himselfwith which proceeding,he
jumped into the wagon, took the lines,
chirped 20 "Bill" to get up, and start
ed, a self.Satisfied MIN. for the jungles
of Sand Hill. While all this was 60
ing forward, however, the argus eyes
of the owner Of the oats saw them
vanishing-by the help Of Mcssrs.
Wilson u Hogue-into the huckster
wagon aforesaid, and after their de-
parture he followed them to Sand
Hill, where trey were accused OF the
theft, and compelled to return to the
field where they had got the oats and
replace them as they had found them.
A vibrant was then sworn out, and
Hogue at once gave himself up, but
brother Wilson refused to be taken by
making himself scarce, and succeeded
in e!uding the vigilance OF officer Pal
mer for several days, when it was
fourd that he was Q regul ar visitant at
his own house and that his wife stood
sentinel while he was present, TO pre-
vent any surprise. The constable went
several times TO the house, but being
warned by his goodly frow Wilson
would make his escape from the back
way and light for the woods. Find
iug that he was at home one day, OIL
Ger Palmer deputized Reuben Markus
TO appear at the front door, while nc
should cut Off the retreat AZ the rear Of
the house. All things ready, Markus
appeared at the front and brother Will
son, having got his signal Of danger,
appeared at the back of the house on
all fourS, crawling through the weeds,
unobservart Of Palmer, straight for
whom he was steering. HALT" fell
upon his cars like the blast of the
archangel'S trumpet shall fall upon the
sleeping world, and with one wiid
bound he leaped forward down the
hill. But tl'n. arms OF the Common
wealth reached for MIN. He was 4
q prisoner and in the hands of the Of
Tended law he had tried so hard to
elude He appeared on our streets
with a pair. OF bracelets around his
wrists and his arms behind his back, a
proceeding he thought unkintG Of
THIS man Wa, 4 canting professor Of
christianity. and no longer ago Than
last winter was bowling his .miracu
louS conversion into the ears CT the
unsarctified, who had not, like him,
felt the coming Of the Lord. lie was
on probation, bit fortunately had no.
succeeded in worming himself in
among the lambs Of the church before
his hypocricy was discovered. Such
'illainS will worm their way into the
church and do incalcuable injury to
its good name. but such should not be
the case. The principles which are laid
down for the government Of the
church may not be condemned be-
cause black sheep occasionally
crawls in, as we have heard many well
meaning people attempt TO do. We
pity Wilson and sorrow for the dis
grace he has brough. upon his poor
family as well as the community in
which he lives. Let us trust it will BE-
lesson to the gentlemen in question,
and that they will in future So conduct
thEir lives as 10 wipe out from the
book OF the recording angel this little
transaction OF theirs in the oats mar
ket.
Rev. Wayman, OF the Methodist
church left Volcano on the Est inst.
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