The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-04-26
Fresh Canned Fruit at yassa,'s.

Fresh Canned Fruit at Vsssars.
W Dun RalLaoAp If We may
Judge by the notices Of the Press IN
all portions ofthe State. Lewis county
has right to be proud Of her vote at
the Railroad election. Every puper 10
tbs State hus paid US a high compli.
meat and our examplcis being urged
in other counties as an induccinent for
tbcm alec to secure for themselves the
benefits Of cheap and easy Transports.
tioa.-Hampshire county put tue ball
in motion a couple Of years pgo; and
We now predict that In less than d,
teen years nearly every county 10 tue
State (now IN the list Of black coan.
tics, will DO trayersed by narrow.
suase railrssl..-.we saw a letter the
other day from T. NJ Jackson. Esq .
civil engineer, Of clark.burg, WIN was
appointed to survey the variou. pro-
posed routes for our road. He has
accepted the position and before this
paper re,ders. he will have entered
upon the work. He will probably be
in Weston within week or teu days
There are two routes that are consid-
cred feasible; and they will both be
surveyed. in order to ascertain def
nitcly which is the moot dssirabls Z,
We hear by a gentleman from West
Milford that Colonel Waldo GoG pro.
pose TO take $4,000 10 stock, rroyi-
dcd that The West Milford route |.
chosen. Mr.. Golf has large coal aud
timber interests along tue West Fork,
and is willing 10 contribute largely for
their devcIopmsnt.-The Harrison
county people are not displaying that
opposition to the road that some Of Us
aniicipared On the contrary, now
that Lewis county has shown her viii.
liugness to do all that eau be expected
of her, narrisonis willing to aid US
In this there Is no charity extended 70
Lewis county; for the business men o.
Harrison sec plainly that instead Of
being q detrim.nt to the mother coan.
~, Il will aid materially in developing
her resources along thelrich valley Of
the West Fork.-'fhc meeting Of the
s.oekliolder, will be held ID Weston
Tomorrow Tuesday and plans for
the speedy construction aud compilation
Of the road will then adopted. In
our next issue we shall give a full re-.
port Of tho proceedings Of the stock,
iolders' meeting. -Apropos Of tue
railroad subscription, We received the
following letierlast week. too late for
our last paper 4; but as IL is q good
thing, a iitla age will improve u:
CoiL,ss' sErrtsaBST, April i5-Mr. Ed.
tori sec by your last issue that kitson
has tonbsiones, and lady is making ,htonds
for the dead Of The railroad election Now
Mr.. Editor, would Il not be well to walt and
see " hich tide 10 dead, before closing Tue
conttacl7 II tile road should notb built
which Ii certiinly Ia lie liounda probabii.
ityt or II built, aud tails toyield q dividend
TO the county, such rs Is promised would
not It's friends be as dead &c any body elsef
True, Il the road Is built, persons owning
town property, or wild lands, will need no
burial, whether the road paws or not. Bat
not so with the tar payers generally, whtin-
er they voted for subscription or against IT.
Don't /, anyhow, exhaust your fluids N idn-
eral llonots for one party, Gil you KNOW
whether OF not the other party may be dead
also. AMI.
We arc glad "Ap,i'' rsssurected
himself. so that We have an opportu
nifty to cpea bis eyes 10 relation to
lis selfish remark 10 remark to perrons
owning town lots. We refer hin to
the election returns AT the three
precincts 10 town 40 votes werc cast,
Of which 423 we're for, aud A against
the subscription. Now there are moi
over 100 voters 10 Weston; and We
know that many Of them do not own
town lots; and We know further OF q
good many who voted against tho sub
ssription. lutsay there Is l0O-tben
32s Of the votes cast bern for subscrip.
,ion we're By farmers aud Ant
seems to iusiunaie that nobody but
farmers pay taxes. Did they own
wild lands The taxpayers Of this
eounty-regardless Of location or cc'
eupation, never expressed themselves
80 emplaiically before, and unless
ANTI wants to place himsclf 10 The
position ofthe man who couldn't go,
along with tho other eleven nd
stubborn eusses' who were on th'
Jury with him, he will at least enter
tain some respect for the opinions Of Sc
large q majority Of bis fellows itiscns
ofeourss "Anti' has the right e
think just as be pleasesi but We sag
gest that II would be much more gen
erous 10 him not To impute etinlna
motives TO those who do not agre'
with him. Tho vote vas not q spocu
latiou on town lois or Wild lands; bu
an effort to ''get out Ofthe Wilderness
by developing the abundant re
sources thai Nature has given US, aui
that we have hitherto been to ating.
10 avail ourselves Of.