Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-03-31
COLERAIN.

We saw boy wearing straw hat
two men went tishing-the doves and
pee wees gave few cheerful notes, but
cold-hearted winter still sits in the lap
of spring, and the dandelions and johnny
iump-ups refuse to waste their odors on
the chilly air.
Public sales have been well attended !;
in fact, a large number of the attendants
could have been well spared. We refer
to to lot of idle young men and big
boys who assemble at public sales for
the purpose of playing base ball, and
keeping general uproar to the great an
noyance of the auctiOneer and bidders.
There is also large number of young
women who go to such places. They
are far more ornamental than useful on
such occasions.
We are Informed that J. p. Mitchell
has purchased the farm owned by the
late Geo. Theaker-C. Lash has pur-
chased the farm of ThOs. Major.-Alex.
90. b. Henderson the farm of JAS. Kerr.
%. Negus purchased the tract recently
sold by J. Maule.
Hogs Stock have brought from 10 to
Horses, cattle and sheep have command
ed fancy prices.-Patent right fixtures
are below par. We saw nearly $400
worth of such property sold; it brought
nearly ? per cent ON first cost.
Charles Eckles will take possession of
ICampbells Mill, in Wheeling township.
We commend him to the people as a
master OF his trade and gentleman
We are informed by some of our port
able saw mill firms that they have as
much work ON land as they can perform
this year.
Squire Naylor and T. C. Brown have
purchased a couple of OrganS-that is,
they gave their girls the privilege of do
ing so.
Ezra Roberts has emigrated with his
family to Missouri James Wiley is 60
ing to the same State.
Hannah Hall and Jas. Cotton, MEM
Der of the society of Friends, from
Oceanica had an appointment to hold
meeting at Pennington on last Sabbath.
We regret to hear it reported that the
Rev. Day will dissolve his connection at
an early day, with the Church at Farm
ington. We hope the report is untrue
he as been a faithful worker, and us a
result he has been the means of convert
ing moral waste into fruitful field.
We observe that that they are getting
the fowl fever in some places. We have
some as pure Plymouth Rocks as ever
raided cabbage patch. They are a
large hardy bird, but with us they are
not prolific layers, and they have the
habit of wandering into the open fields.
where the hawks have fair chance at
them-yet we will try them a while
longer. Ifanybody wants half score
for an Y, we will supply them.
This has been tOlerable good season
for maple molasses. We hear it intima-
ted that somebody has made the discov-
cry that quarts of maple molasses add
ed to 16 qnarts of good n. o. meIasses,
will make gallons about equal to the
Vermont article.
The T. V r. Co. has promoted Mr.
Westervelt; he now runs two-thirds of
his time on the through mail, the bal
ance of the time he is in his old posi-
ton.
We learn from DR.. Cope that he has
had a large number of cases pneumonia.
He had on his visiting list last week
Lee Denham, Mrs. L. Pyle, d. Bundy,
VIM. Sharon and daughter, f. Cooper,
two sons of L. Bracken, John Dubois,
and several of his own family, with
nuAber of other persons.
NJ. Hardesty, youngest son of d. Har-
desty, disappeared from home last week.
1t is feared that he may have met4an IN
timely death, as he was subject to slight
mental arrangement at times.
Railroad agents are visiting the rural
districts offering extra inducements to
The past winter has blasted the street
hopes of many an apiarian. We had
IS good stands of bees last autumn; on
the 1st of March we had II; since that
time they have dwindled down until
there are only good ones left. Some
of them left large supply of honey.
We observe that you have new cor
in this region. He endeav-
ors to find fault with us for not giving
fuller reports of what is transpiriHg.
All we have to say is, that it would not
the public nor add credit to our
to report everything that
We should be very careful
how we wrap the garments of self
around ourselves, and then
charge our neighbors with being rs
wicked as the inhabitants of Ninevan.