West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-10-13

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SONY good place for coons out your
way isn't it2' And about the mid =
die OF the summer Jay began looking
around for Purp; concluding to
raise his own dogs he succeeded in
getting one, aud when be was bro't
WAS found to be as fine bull pup az
you ever saw; he was at once named
Jack and duly Installed in the
BDnafeld mansion where he grew
alace, dud es jay looked fondly up
On hun. bright visions Of great oak
trees with coons clinging TO every
ittie branch, rose up before hun and
all went well until some med q leso m r
drummer from Baltimore came one
day 10 sell Jay whatsoever be might
want In big line, and he being an
intimate friend of jays (oeen In the
Station house together, | suppose ]
be marched him over to see Mrs. B..
the boys, and the coon dog. Alas,
10 "Ronny'e" hopes; the first excia-
nation was, why, heavens man YOU
cant make q coon dog out of full
FLOODED buib like that" Here. then.
was trouble, mo time to ralse AZ
other, and Que lupst be had ola
enough Tor work, but " here, O
where, was II to be had. Just then
our TREND xxx stepped III WITH a
disabled gun; would like to have
his gun fixed In tim tor coons. but
was short OF cash. A bright idea
stinck Jay, and be exclaimed. "eot
any good coon dogs2' Yes, got
two" "Weil. no, I'll get yonr gun
fixed if you give me one of your
logs. Its bargai Il, SAID KIRK,
and In due time the gun was IN or
der and the dog on hand, the hard
Get looking spe;lmen of the fist kind
you ever saw aud so gun-shy that
be would run at the sight of ram
rod. Here, then, was great err trou-
ole than ever; the coon season on
hand, the coons tearing the corn to
pieces, and no dog, Jay became per-
fectly frantic, and there is no tell
ing what the result would have be &
nad not some kink friend came TO
the rescue and informed jay that
Calhoun county was noted for its
good coon dogs, aud away sped a
postal to John to send u good coon
dog, regardless OF price. In due
tine came the dog and bill, the for
mer iair looking animal, and the
latter . V. What he would have
proved himself cannot be told, for
unfortunately he strAyed away the
next day and was set upon by lot
oil worthless ours and killed. Still,
not discouraged, Jay concluded 10
try 1t once more, but little shy OF
investing, he concluded to borrow
one. Our young friend, Will Hern
don, agreed 10 loan HIM one which
IS now a member of Jay hou eho.d
and from hlsgeneraI appearance { be
log =, not Jay's,) he would be hard
on a econ, particularly If 1t was wei
roasted, with taterS jay is pian-
ulrg grand coon hnnt which ~ tc
close the Ieason oi'lS77, the result
Of Which W. Will duly inform Won
The usual stir among the sctoo
teachers Is gong on and the schoou
are last heing taken up. Among
the engagements not reported W,
notice Harry McCaffefty, York
Run school; P j. Crogan, Union; W
a. Watson, Shsler's school house;
Q Shaw, Tunnellon; Miss Albert,
Shaffer Austen; Mllla1d Hin erman
No. IA OF Is on district; Hattie Ra.
ma, at Shay = school house.
Clerk Martin will have a blank I,
fill out during the week Tor use il
Reno, unless we are badly mistaken
If our bachelor friend Jon W. Bona
field is III town to-day ask him abou
it.
We notice that Billy Mekins &c
"on his ear and proceeds to preact
some hardshel! doctrine to YOU
once a Republican always Repub.
llcan. He is the man to do sucl
taking, o yes; be, who, before tn,
the asst sounds Of hot campaIpr
were over, began deuouncing as :
Democrat man who worked for the
Republican party as few other mer
worked In tbs county, simply be
cause he chose to run against a mar
whom he bad set up aud who wal
never heard OF during the campaign
de-, WHO held up the Republican
ticket rs the soul Of honor and aftel
the election denounced them as a sci
OF "ra1y hogs" because they did
pan ont just right. On, no, be don
run q paper for money, or supper
the Republican party for the gam
ITS only principle, kind of q moderf
philanthropist, you know.
Hope you are overrun with visit
ors TO shower their subscriotior
money around you like a hail storm
But enough for this week. Coco
night aud pleasant dreams.
ONCE A WEEK.