The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-01-24
LOCAL CENTENNIAL NOTES.
In l77G tho bloody "Injun" wig,
wommcd IN our Main Street

Lewis county, it is said, will furnish
a larger variety of forest timbets, than
any other ounty in tho State.
Tho Ncssrs. Burns, of Lumberport,
are preparing elegant specimens Of
timber for the Centennial.
The State coat Of arms. made out Of
various kinds Of ores and rocks, pro.
duced ia this county, is to be ono Of
our offerings to the Centennial.
West Virginia. it is sqid. has already
exhibited better resources in tho way Of
coal, timber aud iron ore, than any
other State in the Union.
Lewis county will have at least
hundred representatives, at the Cen.
,cunial. Economy is the order Of the
day, now. The people arc Saving
up" to pay their expenses to Phila.
dclphiu aud back.
The Board, acting for the State.
will. out Of an appropriation made
therefor, pay all expenses Of truuspor.
tatiou. exhibiting, &C., otter specimens
arc delivered at some point on line of
public transportation.
All packages. boxes, &c, for the
Exhibition should be addressed to the
State Board Of Centennial Managers.
Wheeling, West Virginia, and should
be marked with tho contributors
name
Mcssrs. William E Arnold, W. J,
Bland and Blackwell Jackson, arc our
local Centennial Commissioners. They
should now he actively at work with
tho State Board, as the time for entries
closes in April.
Tho vein of ochre, on tho farm Of
Perry T. Smith, Esq, has attracted
the attention of tho State Centennial
Commissioners. They report it to be
of the finest quality. and very valua.
BILE.
A large building for the reception
of the products Of this State. and for
rooms for visitors. is now being erected
on the Centennial grounds. It's COM
posed Of timber. and other materials.
produced entirely 10 this State-nails
aud glass not excepted.
As is pretty well known, we don't
bet much on Governor jacob, or his
appointees to Office; but when he ap.
pointed Mayor Sweeney, of Wheeling.
Chief Of the State Board Of Centennial
Commissioners, he put tho right man
10 the right place.
At tho suggestion of Dr.. Camden,
about quarter of an acre Of tho nat
ural blue grass sod Of this county. will
be taken to the Centennial aud 70.
planted, as an exhibit of our natural
grass. The sod will DO taken, We un.
derstand. from the hill farm of Mr.
William Z. Arnold, near town.
Mr.. ". Lance. of Peck's Run. Up
shur county, has handed US very re-.
markable specimen Of Indian work.
manship 1t is a tomahawk. but OF
much finer material aud nuke than
those usually discovered. The relic
was found on the head waters of Peck
Run-a locality famous for Indian
fights during tho early settlement of
this country. The tomahawk will be
sent on to the Centennial with other
relics
LOCAL COMMISSIONERS
Upshm.-D D. Farnsworth, W. @
Carper and c L. Lutz.
lpeLssr-B. G. Conrad, P. Duffy
and NJ. Triplctt.
GiImer-Leyi johnson, P. Hays
and S. Stump.
Brartoa-W. D. Rollysou, G. +.
Taylor aud L D. Camden.
TO these gentlemen are entrusted the
interests Of their counties ut tho Cen.
tennial and they should not be dere.
lict 10 their duty
The Centennial may prove a glorif.
cation for tho great Yankee Nation, as
was asserted by the delegate from JEFF.
tcrson but il it brings men and mon.
cy into the State Gus it undoubtedly
willy our portion of tho expense will
have been money we'll invested. Now
that the State OF West Virgiuin has
appropriated twenty thousand dollars
for the purpose of having the mineral
aud other resources Uf our State OK.
hibited at tho Centennial. let every
man who can. send something and
thereby make known to tho world the
extent Of our wealth.
In the matter vf timber. 10 which it
is expected that tho counties Of Lewis,
Brax,on and Webster will excel, the
State Board issues the following 10.
structions: It is tho object Of the Board
to have this staple we'll represented
FROM every portion Of tho State, aud to
have every variety of wood native to
West Virginia exhibited. For this.sc'
lect the finest and largest tree Of every
surcty and. from the butt end, saw off
u section, taking care to retain the bark
Intact, For trees having diameter OF
feet and less. q section one foot thick
is sufficient; from 4 to 6 feet 10 diam.
ctcr. the section should be eighteen
inches; above q feet in diameter. it
should be two feet thick. Ends Of
hollow trees should not DO sent. except
in the case of curly or knottcd black
walnut Where such sections are
very heavy, they muy be sawel into
halves or quarters, for convenience Of
ltr,nsnort,I;np hu, in surb nases pnch