The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-12-23
VOLCANO AS IT IS.


STATE Tourgal. all the secular papers
paL':shed in this vicinity seem to take
pleasure in holding up to the readers
of their sheets, what they term the i'm
morality of Volcano, and miSrepTe-
sent this little town 70 all who read
their Journals. To this end, they PUB.
lish any vile SANDER that any anonr-
nous scribbler may write for them;
and not content with this, they Gull
from their exchanges ANYTHING of the
sort and display it in their local col
INNS without comment. The proprie
tors Of these papers are very anxious
to extend their circulation out here,
thinking the people who live in this
"Sodom like atmosphere" are fools rs
we'll as kuaves. To re(ute the vile
ISLANDERS published by irresponsible
parties we have started to write this
article, and try to show to the people
outside that Volcano has no "Sodom-
like atmosphere" only such as natur-
ally comes from the city Of Parkers-
burg.
Volcano is located in Walker dis
trict OF Wood county, about 20 miles
from Parkersburg. It's population in
the town proper is now about 600
souls. The only product is oil; and
the people hail from nearly every State
in the Union. There are about 200
dwelling houses scattered all over the
hill-tops and in the valley; there are
three churches, Episcopal, Methodist
and Baptist, all having regular minis
tiers employed, and Ike ones too; the
united membership Of the churches
amounts to nearly $50. There is a
Masonic lodge with membership o!
about 40; an Odd Fellows lodge mum
boring about 40; and Good lem
plars lodge numbering about $50 per-
sons. We have q railroad, a telegraph
Office, line new hotel, two large ma
chine shops, and one boiler shop
Our post-office, we believe, ranks 80
class. We have four grocery stores
two LADIES' furnishing stores, one ba'
kerry, one shoe store, dentist Office
drug store, and a jewelrv store. We
have two practicing physicians and
two lawyers, together with moral
wide-awake community to back all this
up.
We now propose to say a few words
about the morals of Volcano. We
have been a Magistrate Of this place
since April, 1871, and have never had
a complaint made before us OF any
crime of greater magnitude than assault
and battery; we have never had com
plant that lady had been insulted'
We never have had robbery here;
no stealing. no shooting, no nothing
that would tend to give the little towr
of Volcano q "Sodomlike atmoS
phere." Another thing, we have only
one bar where liquors are sold, an9
that is at the hotel, The proprietor
Mr.. Nicholas, not using liquor himself
knows just how much he sells, anc
who he sells it to. We say, without
fear Of contradiction, it is the best
managed bar in the State. y man
under the influence of liquor at Vol
cano now is rarity. We have not {
single house OF prostitution, nor one
instance Of man and woman living
together in open adultery.
The people Of Volcano have been
fouily slanGered. We never had when
our population numbered over twelve
hundred, more than fifty persons
who were outside the pale of SO.
ciety; we done our duty as journal
list fearlessly; we gave the names Of
those who behaved Improperly to the
public: the result is, they have al
changed their course in life or left the
place. We ask then, whence comes
this oft repeated story of the immor,
atty OF Volcano? We ask, where can
you find a community that has a larg
er percentage of good christian PEG.
pie? Let some of our base traducers
answer these questions. Let the pa
which seek every opportunity to de-
fame Volcano learn:
"When fiction rises pleasing to the eye.
Men will believe, because they love the lie.
But truth herself, if clouded with 4 frown,
Must have some solemn proofs to pass her
down."