South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-06-05
Correspondence Intellieencer.


objects which We consider worthy % mention In
The columns o. your valuable paper. There h
beginning to manifest itself amongst the rsoplea
lively spirit Of enterprise this spirit hos long
Leen dormant but notwithstanding hard Time.
'nete are more improvements going GA "a this
little valley than in any other section Of ihs
county through which we have Travelled The
forest resounds from morn I'LL night with the
sound OF the carpenters axe. To al Outside OBJ
server II would seem az though the farmer, were
in competition with each other While some
are improving their farms ia oae way, Others are
equally ms busily engaged in other pursuits that
are conducive to the fast growing attractions Of
the community. We are Informed bv The far
mers that the prospect for good wheat crop VAS
never better than at present.
Owing TO nnfavorable weather 70 spriaz plow-
J ing, the iamets are trdy about plantnx corn.
the majority are planting during the present
week, which is at least tso W, eks later thln the
usual plantng-time Oats are beginning 10 peep
over the clOds-but the p! aspect for a good crop
is by means n1ttering
| By the way, | must not forget 10 say some
thing in regard to Church affairs. The PEOPLE
of this little valley have completed arrangement
for the erection Of n VI. E. Church South. and
we are Informed that it was through the inhu-
euce Of their .un,iring aud energetic minister
(Rev. a. C.. Gearhart) that this enterprise was
first put on foot.
Not wishing to weary your patience we will
| 10y our pen aside. More anon. OBSERVER
BOYS HEED TINS Many people seem 10 for
get that character grows that it is not some
! thing In t,nf "A
or manhood; but day 10y day here n litllc and
there little, grows with the growth & strength
ers with the strength, until, good or bad, il lie
comes almost coat-of-mal. Look at a man of
business, prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet
clear-headed and energetic. When do you sup
pose he developed all those qualities Wien he
was a boy Let see the way in which IL bov
of ten years gets up in the morning, works
| plays studies, and we will tell you lust what
kind of man he will make The boy who is
late at breakfas and late at school stands a poor
chance to be prompt man. The boy who ne
| elects his duties, be they ever So small AMI then
excuses himself by saying al forgot! didn't
think - will never be reliable man. AMI the
boy who finds pleasure in the suffering Of wegker
things Will never be noble, generous, kindly
mana gentleman - Erclange
| Some ten twelve counties were repre-
scented at the Grafton Capital Removing Conven-
ton ON Wednesday of last week. Of course, it
determined that the capital must be removed
from Charleston 10 some more accessible point
| What point not designated, and, after thus con-
GLIDING appointed an Executive Committee en-
powered to call any further meetings of the peo-
pie upon the question Of the removal Of the Cap
! al Of West Virginia at such time and place as
they in their discretion may determine. Col.
Alexander Monroe, of this County JOS Sprigg,
of Hardy, James /. Rarick. of Mineral, s. B.
Gordon, % Grant, John Boggs of Pendleton,
for this section are placed upon this Committee
Two horns will last an OK lifetime but. If
we are creditably informed, we have citizens that
want that number every morning before break
f st. AS to the truth Of this, however, we can
not vouch
| An Alabama advertises prepare nj
once TO get one of my Pictorial Home Bibles.
have the best umbrellas for buggics Also. ano-
ther'good thing, cucumber pumps The best of
all is the American cislern Filter. The people
want my patent coffee pots these hard times
Select styles of gentlemen's silk hats dress pat
terms, sewing machines, kerosene oil, non-explo-
siye lamps pianos, organs, harness jewelry. etc
Give me a call" lie will he hard to please who
cannot be suited at that establishment
--Bemember that mustard plaster should ne
YER be mixed with hot water, but with the white
of eggs and when so prepared does iis duty rs
a counter-irritant without producing the anguish
Of blister, as in the old method
Two citizens of Rich Noun tain, Randolph
| county, this State, killed lo7 ratUcsnakes ia one
day recently, and the Enterprise says hundreds
escaped" Rich Mountsn must be good place
for growing snakes, if for nothing else
A prominent public Office in Nashville has
| this notice posted up: Don't open this door 60
under which some wag wrol c the query, why"
and another responded, because darn it, you
can Its licked"
A Yankee wants the government to pay him
handsomely for a process he has invented for
making it rain wherever and whenever he pleas
IS. = contemporary says:
lis well the stars are up SO high,
/ Or some designing ass
Would soon propose to take them down
And light the world with gas.
How TO get rich Live on air and sleep on
a clothes-luc.
! Dollars nd sense DO not necessarily travel
/ together