Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-16

upon. Wise men will doubtless oJme TO
the front and tell US where it came from. A
German shoemaker, living in Pleasant Grove,
cast his eye towards hole in the ceiling of
his house, and then gave il as his opinion that
~dot was der blaze where all dis cold weddt r
has been coming from.
1t would be telling an old story to speak of
the loss of house plants, canned fruits, &c.
+ We heard one lady remark that her cans
were so bursted that she could not even find
the lids Much of this loss is chargeable TO
those Uniontown woodpeckers-they hung
around and made US believe we would have a
very mild winter; therefore we failed to stop
the cellar windows, and Jack Frost stole
march on us, while we were mapping We
J hope the sage of Uniontown will not suffer
/ birds of a fair feather to deceive him again.
During the past seven months we lost five
of our citizens, whose united ages amount to
about 425 years.
Levi White has so far recovered as to be
able to walk about his room with the aid of
crutches. We believe that five doctors Ms
sisted in amputating his leg. 1t they had left
the stump five inches longer, there would
have been no difficulty ia attaching false
limb.
Literary societies are all the rage this win
ter; our school houses are filled to overflow
ing-shindees, hOe-downs, &C., have almost
become things of the past; even an oyster
supper at fifty cents per couple, draws as
h4ildly as second hand mustard plaster. One
of the leading questions for discussion is the
moral condition of The penple-are we getting
better or not? The believers in the Bible ex
claim with one voice, we are getting better,
while the philosophers of the Ingersoll school,
ovaloip1 in oh
They point with horror to the atrorious
crimes of Richards, and to the Billiard Saloon
in St. Clairsville. One young orator, with a
stentorian voice, called attention to the thou
sands of degraded communists that nowi:
fest the country. After fair discussion it
was evident that the affirmative had carried
the day.
Another question that agitates the minds of
our citizens is the W. s. T. V. Railroad
will il be completed by the present Company.
or will ii pass into other hands? Some of the
persons who solicited subscriptions for this
road inspired hopes and expectations that
have not been been realized-some of them
promised an early completion of the road,
and handsome dividend; and by this means
induced some to invest all they had laid
by to support their declining years.
1t will now be in order fol some distin-
guished pomologist to step 10 the front and
tell US that the peaches and early cherries are
all killed, and the balance of the varieties of
fruit badly damaged.
Mr.. Dungan's son is recovering from his
blow up.
There will be communion at the Presbyte-
Iian Church in Pennington, on the 10Th inst |
The pastor expects to be assisted by the Rev. |
Lyon, of Allegheny.
The Prospectus of Col. Poorman's new pa
per has been received. Some are disposed to |
favor it because it will not be published under
a Billiard Hail. They forget the sad fact that
it will be surrounded by about sixty grug
shops.
We give il as our opinion that we need
Just one more paper in the county, and that
is an outspoken temperance paper.
A very interesting meeting is in progress at
Beech Chapel. 1t is conducted by Lloyd, |
Hussey, and other ministers of the Guerney
Society of friends. Where is Beech Chapel? /
you may dsk. 1t is located on Little Short |
Creek, near Eli Cleaver's. The framing tim
Der of the house is composed largely of beech, i
and some profane person has named it Beech
Chapel.
As sleighing and sliding are IN order, one of i
our blacksmiths-Mr Babb, of Pleasant Grove
set his wits to work and has invented sled
brake. 1t is as simple as press-lock on a
wagon, and equally as effective. Every sled
driver that investigates it wants one.
Jesse Bundy. who recently emigrated to
Kansas, writes back to friends that he has
found the garden spot of the world. He says
that he assisted in husking seven bushels of
corn from one shock.
The Revs. Smith and Lancaster are holding
J series of meetings at Lancaster Chapel
The house is nightly crowded with attentive
hearers. Whether they will prove stony
ground hearers or not is a question.
Coley Clark, an aged and highly respected
citizen of Colerain township, is lying very
ow with paralysis. There is no hopes of his
The snow is Is inches deep this (Saturday)
morning, on a dead level.
EThe friends of J. Wilson have not heard from
lim since his departure for the South. **