Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-01-04

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ditficulties of the position, and We
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tanned in such contributions. W.
thank our readers for their expression.
of good will and appreciation of former
efforts and through the coming veal
We will strive TO make faithful and
fearless record of current events fol
their perusal. Let us all in the com.
ing year go out to fight the battle Of life
bravely putting on the whole armo- O
faith, remembering that in this world
thsre must be sorrow-that there pust
be weeping at the bedside and fare
wells at the grave-but courage dear
friends it will not be for long" for
''Beyond the parting and the meeting,
| Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
! We shall he soon,
! Love, rest and Home, Sweet Home,
Lord tarry not but come
On New Years morning, at o'clock
A. NJ, the mercury Indicated s. above
zero. On New Years day, 1876, So
above Z.,ro. The greatest degree of
cold indicated here WAS l0' below zero.
One srntleman has Thermometer
that only indicates 81 below. 1t has
been suggested That he should cut
notches it the post upon which it
hangs.
The great ireteoric display, on the
evening Of the 2Sth ultimO, WAS wit
messed by Mr.. Lewis Mur.laugh and
Others from his nome iu MurriStOwn;
he describes it, first as a bail of fire in
the western horlz IN apparently burst
Ing and forming numerous brilliant
,tieteOrs, which passed eastward with
uniform motion about, apparently, as
fast as flock of hirsis, there was a long
fiery trail which was visi BILE for about
twenty seconds. These who witnessed
the phenomenon say that it was gor-
geous beyond description.
A young man of our acquaintance in
stead of hanging his socks i'm tie chin
ney place here they could have baen
filled with pPsnutS and clal cinders-
threw them t1lt upon the floor, at the
foot of the bed, and i'm revenge Santa
Klaus sent him Christmas gift with
ears fastened to it. In the morning he
was compelled To sit and hold it on his
lap fear ul that it would get away.
Had he been u bachelor, he would have
become deranged, but as 1t was he only
said "wah-wa" and griuned. If he
had attempted 10 Carry it he would
have caught it by heels or the back OF
the neck like IA cat, but an old lady who
"had come over that night" showed
him how, and he row carries it rs a
Christian father should. He SAYS he
'specks heswill let it fall and break it
some day.
Christmas and New Years Il ,ys were
observed so quietly here that there is
nothing worthy of note TO record.
And now when they take their
ducks to the places of amusement, and
take them home again, and 60 in to-
warm and chat, and drop off asleep the
girls call it bull.duzin."
The Washington College studentsi
from this place were not cremated in
DIR. LeMOyDe's Furnace the rumor was
without foundation. They and the
franklin College boys are home for the
Holidays, and we hope that many long
years may elapse ere their bodies are
laid in a graveyard or roasted in fur
mace.
Residents and nOn-residents. MIR.
Thomas Morrow has moved with his
family into the Holloway house now
owned by Mr.. JOS. Lee. Mr.. Riggs
has moved to East Richland. Mr..
George BOlpn has moved to town. Mr..
Westly Humphrey hes purchased the
property formerly owned by Mrs.
Mary Stokes.