West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-06-01
serve to account for the following ]:

Alter taxing ms head away, the
editor further remarks that:
Reports from various portions of
the county seem to indicate an inn
mense fruit crop this season."
AS the Commissioners of Putnam
county have not granted liquor H.
cense, you can always find a good
article of pure Old Bourbon and
Rye whiskies at Uhrig & Stock
hoffs, Gallipolis, Ohio.-Pptnam
Democrat. 1os
And SO, in consideration of few
dimes in hand paid, "the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged"
you are willing to aid in inducing
your unfortunate neighbors who
are slaves to strong drink, to go all
the way to Ohio, and barter their
money for headaches and fights,
and return with loads of trouble and
wretchedness to their honest
Master Frank Carroll caught with
hook and line near the mouth of
Bluestone run last Monday, turtle
that clicked" the beam at II lbs,
the largest ever caught in Middle
Island It's head was over s inch
es in diameter West Union Record.
We can't quite "swaller" that,
brother, unless you punch the "crit-
ter" and make him draw in his
head bit.
An Indiana country girl who has
planted, cultivated, harvested and
sold $50 bushels of wheat is the
subject of a favorable editorial in
the New York Herald Clarksburg
Neaos.
Sorry she hadn't raised that
"crap" some dozen years or so soon
er: and we proceed to remark fur
ther, that if we had a gal what
could plant, cultivate and harvest
such crap all herself, no one-hoss
paper like the Herald would find it
healthy firing favorable editorials at
her. Not very.
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.-Elab-
crate Preparations are being made
at Frederick City, Nd, for the dec
Grafton of the graves of the Confed-
crate dead at Mt. Olivet Cemetery
on the I'd of June. Upon this occa-
sion a magnificent monument to
the unknown Confederate dead
will be unveiled under the auspices
of the Ladies' Memorial and Monu-
mental Associations. The order of
exercises will be- Music by the
band, invocation, music by choir,
prayer, music by band, roll of hon
or, original poem, anthem by choir,
address, music, unwilling Of monu-
ment, march by band and decora-
ton of graves. Special trains will
be run from various points, and a
number of organizations have prom
ised to be in attendance from Balti-
more, Winchester, Hagerstown and
| elsewhere.
KEEPING STEp.-A two-hundred-
BATTLE-GROUND North Georgian
asks us "Did you ever see a
mighty majority succumb to. the
minority more gracefully than my
side did at Athens, on the prohibi-
ton resolutions? Forgetting the
things that are behind, let the 240,-
900 Baptists of Georgia join hands
and hearts in the great effort to rid
their State of the evils of intern
perance and let the Baptists Of
other States bestir themselves and
keep step with their Georgia breth-
ren-Religioals Herald.
Christians of all denominations
with good citizens everywhere, are
rapidly catching the step, and will
keep it till the "cruel war is over"
Miss Willard is evidently break
ing down the prejudice so general
| in the South against women speak
ing in public meetings. Indeed,
nearly every one is converted ex:
oept the Religious Herald. Central
Christian Advocate
We had rather be right alone