The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-07-29
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.

STEwARTsrowN, July 25th, 1882.
james Robinson's little child has
been quite i'll for several days past.
Eli Conn narrowly escaped an ac-
cideEt similar to that which befell
Bowan Crow, at the planning mill.
His hand was caught by the saw
and badly mutilated.
E. W. Stellar purchased fine herd
of cattle from w. B. Holt of Clinton,
last Saturday. There were twenty
seven threc-years- steers whose
average weight was almost 1000
pounds. The price paid was $33. 33A
each, making 5000. Ed. will realize
handsome margin on his invest
ment.
Misses Maggie and Emma Snider,
two charming young ladies, the for
mer the belle of Morgantown, the lat
ter of Fairmont, are visiting Shelby
p. Weltner and their many other
friends here. And as a consequence,
the heart Of the masher is in his
mouth, and Jakey and Jamesy are
elated.
DR., Frank John left Saturday for
Conneffsville. In the evening. upon
his arrival there, he was married to
Miss Nellie McCurdy, of that place.
The Doctor has lately been offered
very good position with DR.. Greene
OF New Geneva, and will probably ac-
ceptit. The young NJ. d. has always
been an attentive student, which to-
gether with his natural talent and
good hard common sense, has made
him skillful and successful physi-
clan, and man of recognized intel
lectual ability. We wish him and his
excellent lady abundant success in
their battle for life's sweets. May
their matrimonial pathway be strewn
with roses without thorns, their joys
be underwriting and their sorrows
unknown.
Wouldn't our farmers make more
money by fertilizing their ground and
raising $50 bushels of wheat on five
acres instead Of fifteen? Has one far
mer in thousand got his land cul-
tivated and fertilized to make it pro-
duce all it is capable of producing?
How many study and realize the value
OF taking the greatest amount of pro-
duce from the smallest amount of
territory? Wouldn't an agricultural
textbook, a practical treatise on com
mon sense farming, introduced into
our common school do more good to
q community tnan 50 much geometry
or latin? Wouldn't patron of one
of our schools feel better satisfied to
step into a school and hear his hope
full giving the best plan for removing
stumps or killing briers, than going
over nonsensical jingle Of "amo,
amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant,"
of "a square on the hypotenuse," &c;
or mother will think there is some
sense in book larnln' after all if her
daughter could make better butter
or lighter biscuits even if her knowl-
edge Of II love, thou lovst, he loves,
we, love, you love- was limited, and
dosn't it sound better to hear far
mer refer to his noble high spirited
steed as "a fine critter" than to hear
his neighbor call his own plug, a
sorry joke on Rosinante, as San in
comparable Bucephalus?' Do our
schools, toward which our farmers
contribute so much tax aid to make
our boys more practical workers or
do they spoil good agriculturist by
making poor clerk or worse law
yer, who sports a paste diamond,
hobby cane, Greeley coat, perches
himself crosslegged on the counter,
with pen, over ear, and refers to you
as ''oid man. when you visit him and
calls you "a reg'ler buckwheat" when
you are out. Wouldn't it be better for
farmers to begin realizing where the
old maxim about Saving at the spig-
OF and losing at the bunghole" hits?
$40 worth of paint judiciously appli-
ed is $40 gone at the spigot but it
saves $500 worth of implements at
the bunghole. You buy your tea at
Is cents per quarter but jew the mer-
chant down to a 'levey and save at
the spigot; but along comes a man
and you buy an organ that you have
no use for, it is hundred dollar or
gan, you pay two hundred and fifty
dollars for it and you lose at the
bunghole-lose the bung entirely.
You take no newspaper-can't afford
it-tater crop failed and worms are
on the tobacker-that saves $1.50 at
the spigot; but here come the patent
right fraud, long since exposed, the
agreement is signed and before the
farmer knows it the stranger has car
ried away the whole barrel, bunghole,
spigot and contents. G. w. C.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECTFUL a /
regular session of the M. p. Sabbath
School, held on Sunday morning July
%, 1882, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed on the death of one. of its mem
bers, Miss Anna MADEIRA:
WHEREAS, Under the devine ruling
of Almighty God, THE School j ae
been called upon TO part with one of
its most cherished and beloved mem
bers, and,
WHEREAS, The intimate relation,
long held by the deceased, with the
memhers of fhic School randar II