Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-29
UNIONTOWN LOCALS.

A fund is being raised for the purpose
of Carpeting, Papering, and Painting
the Church at UniOntown. The con-
tributions of the Ladies exceed largely
those of the sterner SEX.
School mas been closed for brief sea
son, owing to the prevalence of the
;, measles, of which there are q cases re-
ported in the village.
The Petition sent to Washington by
our Postmaster, asking for the estab-
lishment of new mail route has been
rejected, and the statement made that
as the people had short time previous
petitiened for change of route which
was granted, no further changes would
be allowed The people did not ask
for or desire change of route, neither
were they given an opportunity to re-
monstrate-as the paper was secretly
circulated among the Postmaster5 who
assumed to act for our citizens in this
matter. A double degree of restrain
ing grace is required to prevent the
victims ofthis outrage from cussing the
Mail Department and all its employ
ees. Our County papers are delayed
until Friday evening. Eastern mail
from three to four days, and it often
occurs that the eastern papers do mott
reach us at all. You read your n. Y
Ledger to the shutting off place, and
when Jones stands with loaded revOl-
yer just at the point of firing it into
Browns ear-but the next paper didn't
come and you don't know to this day
whether Jones killed him or not
Then you 60 off on little tour, and
write letters and send papers home to |
your friends. In about three days af- |
ter your return the letters and papers |
begin to come in, and every one is so
fresh and new. Who manufactures
forty-horse power swearing machines?
We want one that turns with a crank.
A boy whose front name is Saul
didn't have the easles-but his par
ents thought the symptoms were IA
vorable and he was ordered into bed
Boy said it was daylight and he wasn't
a bit sick, but through the mild per-
suasions of ''raw hide" he was indu-
ced to change his mind. During the
forenoon he partook of % varieties of
tea which were recommended by kind
neighbors as possessed of the requisite
soaring out qualities. In the afternoon
they put a mustard plaster on isstom-
ach and hot bricks to his feet. Grand;
mother arrived at three, and having
closed the window and put another
quilt Oh the bed, said she thought she
could drive 'em out with ''snake root"
Boy wanted her to send and borrow a
ferret as he had seen 'em drive out rab-
bits, and "did measles look like rabbits
when they was out?' At bedtime as
a night-cap they gave him peculiar
kind of tea which they called allspice
and which he innocently supposed it
to be. After awaiting proper length
of time the measles failed to appear. {
Ills Pa told him he was going TO lose
his dear little son, and if he had done
wrong to confess and say he was sorry.
Boy confessed to having robbed 800
birds nests, stolen an unlimited amount
of fruit, green corn, melons, &c. &C.,
to having slid on cellar door in his Sun :
day pants, and to having put cinder t
in Barker's baby's shoe. Well was he
not sorry? Yes was sorry he hadn't
stole four bladed knife. That boy is |,
now slowly recovering from the effects
of the medical treatment, and as soon !
as he has recovered sufficient strength 5