West Virginia walking beam. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1879-188?, 1880-12-04
Ertracts From Our Exchanges.

ion regarding the Amendments
Some think they are adopted and
,thers contend they are not
IClarksburg Telegram.
We heard q teacher Of long e1-
: perlence declaring the other day
hat the children were the masters,
and that be taught to please them
md not the parents. There is s me
,ound philosophy in the remark,
though the plan may not pan out as
we'll for the iulure.-Ritchie Demo-
crat. .....
The Weston road is doing a busi~
ness of 500 a day.-Clars sburg
| News.
Why cannot Harrisville have
"rolIer skating club" this winter?
We think it would be an excellent
plan for the youngsters to organize
such club, to meet once or twice 8
week, provided q suitable room can
be procured. d.-Ritchie Gazette.
What a relief it is to turn from
the poIit cal editorials in our ex-
changes to the calm, digni6ed state.
mems to be found in local notices
IF patent medicine advertisements.
l-Grafton Sentinel.
Where did you get that, MIR. Sen.
Ttine?
Three weddings since our asst
issue.-Interior.
It. is said that in the month OF
Octvber $50 car loads of earthen-
ware were shipped on the c. & P.
railro: d from East Liverpool to diff
terent parts OF the United States.
The receipts N freight alone were
a little over $4,000. Hancock Go.
Courier.
Tafiy parties are all the rage at
present. We mean tsffy made from
sugar, water, &c., and not that arti-
Gle supplied bv the mystic hand Of
coqueiry, ard distributed BY silly,
arll6cial females, that thrills the
heart OF the innocent, but chekes
the experienced, We do not free
the male portion Of the human race
from this evil, by any means. Both
sexes engage in "g:ving taffy' too
extensively. .-Morgantown Post.
Yes Bro, you are right. But it
seems you have had a deal OF ex-
perienoe IN that line yourself: You
speak of it in such knowing man
ner,
An Ohio widow owel her hired
man 1920 dollars. She married him
t square the account, and for sou
secured a divorce and turned him
out. Yet some people say women
have no heads for business.-Moor-
field Examiner.
The gamin seem to have no re-
gard for other peoples lives. They
make long slides on the pavsments
and slide on them until they are as
smooth as glass;, and then they
leave them. A slight wind b.ows
just enough snow on to cover them
from sight. Along comes some un- !
suspecttng person, and they sud
denly sit down.-Wheeling Regis
ter.
The courts all having been
knocked into a cooked hat and
smithers, number of unemployed
lawyers in this part of the country
would like to get job of husking
corn for some farmer who feeds well
and don't work his hands hard
Wayne Advocate.
The distillery at Webster, owned
by Isabella Lake, has suspended op-
era'ions for repairs. The proprie>
tors find that the distiilery at it's
present capacity does not pay, and
when operations are resumed il will
be on less capacity. The present
capacity is 101 gallons per day
Grafton Eagle.
IT is said there has not been 81
mucn money in the country since
the war as now. This may be true, =.
hut our experience is that it was
never as hard TO get at. There
seems to be very little in this neigh-
borhood,-Fairmont Index.
Adown east typo made strange
mistake. He said the receot rains
in that section of the country were
not sufficient to meet the wants Of
the milk men. He should have said
"mill' men. A never failing spring
will suffice for the average milk
man.-New State Gazette.
The average hoy thinks it is in
human to compel him to work an
hour or two, this weather. He will
almost perish. But give him a pair
O. skates, and lie can face the wind
fer half a day and weather exceed
ing. pleasant. St. ange isn't it.
Tyler Independent.
An overland mail route from
Wheeling to Parkersburg would be
a nice thing to have, il the river re.
mairs in it's present state.-Tyler
Gunuty Star,