South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-08-25
ROMNEF, August Ia 1881.


RoMNEF, August IA. 1882.
Editor I"teidiyeacer Sir: A
Mr. Cowgirl has acknowledged that We
are not prepared TO teach, which is al,
We wished to prove, we therefore offer
nothing further on the subject. But it
was well established fact before We E :
yer thought of speaking of it.
lawyers, doctors. preachers. farmers
and mechanics have spoken of it for a
long time Boards of l. iucaiion Le,i, D.,
1t; patrons begin 10 believe il; Super.
'ntendents k,ow il, and children have
'oun1 il on, by costly experience /; be,
AID, $. understand. that Mr.. C. him self,
On his return from an Institute In auo
ther county, said, tina. we were far be-
hind. rs the 'In:elliycncer" will show.
30 tho pop gun ias done its errand very
eifec'ually. ani given my friend. in his
description Of tho app roach Of same. a
iino chance to display his power Of wri-
tinI. Truly he has presented us with
n gigantic specimen of English litera-
ture. which has immortalized his name,
and in power, rivaled The Declaration o!
Independence and the Emancipation
ProcIamation
lie presents 10 Va in n few wor Is. the
gathered wealth al the English tongue,
aad gives MS the key that opans The way
to nil classics. What u rich supply il
left IN; in the glory and strength OF
whioli am lost.
Reader, I would have Won deeply i'm
pressed by the force, fu'ln ss and Il ri
lilly OF his noble thoughts, where, il
anywhere i'll these modern days, The gi-
gaatic strength Of thought aud truth is
wet'!cd tn the scrapliic beauty OF per
feet uit rance. Let us fling ourselves
out, onliesi' atinily. into this great fresh
sea Of words, like bold swimmers on
the rCiltrg waves Of ocean AMI there
find such variety. sucl an inc xhausti
hlc store rs will call To mind the tlp-.
qucnce Of american CuloniL ,im,s and
oi Cicero, whose praise was heard in
every land. But now. alas! his sun is
sol forever. And where now. is the glo-
~ Of the Roman orator ellis clo>
qncuce once shook the forum and struck
terror TO the hearts Of tvrants; :" In, a
mig tier than Cicero is here A modern
western pe''a9oguc is nov To triumph
| It, a.
nal darkness Of Once in While. no
longer hroods over cur land The lamp
of learning has hccn lighted on orr soii
and tho glory Of Oh Hampshire has inst
hut hawned. AMI rs Once in While
heEaiie,h his calamity. lie roads his
loom in the evening skies, and drops a
tear Of sorrow aul ". ma-velous'v
mixed sorrow for his own down fall.
ioS in the hope that our county will ere
long be as famous ne Greece and Rome.
Bat it seems "a IL there is q certain
height 60 vlich great ones inspire. and
then Inc hurled into midTisht darkness ::
for Charles had hi5 Cromwell. Lincoln
his Booth, Garfield his Culeau, AMI
Once in n While his Cowgirl.
Alas for human greatness! such is
hfr." Eut bark tho braying OF q goose
again arrests our car. and tradition tells
us that this is the outcome OF one OF the
one hundred eggs upon which that an
cicnt hen 'sPreal he7sclf'-pcrpetual
sqnacking- m1chine newspaper CORES
pondont. yield Yell
And now with slow and solitary step
We take MP our mlrcI to another cline
and Weld with broken heart and trpm
bling Land our pen, 10 the mighty VIC
tor, reluctantly retiring rs the shad Of
night before the luninary Of day
Alh rs we go We hear echoing along
tic hills, the gladstone tidings that
Clcopatra's-beautiful ladies have aris-
on il tic western hemisphere, in the re-
gion OF Gainesville, and the voice Of The
Third says, Come and see
Now, of course, afior this mighty argu-
nent against US. we are forood To admit
that all our teachers are well prepared.
and especially ha, who adgertiscs the
I beauty Of the girls Of his own neigh
borLood, making himself perfect bore, :
and victimizin9 the beautiful girl
Respectfully,
oNCE ~ a WHILE.
a LAEeE B4ES BpENED. The lirpe
hara belonging TO orrick Cunningham,
who lives nine miles northeast of Mar
liusburg. was burned on tic night Of tho
10th inst with all is contents. includ-
ing 200 bushels Of wheat and all bis
hay, harn' - and farming implements
Ills loss is estimated at S3.5uO. with no
insurance ID IS not known whether n