Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-07
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
COLERATN.


Late cherries are coloring, and the
birds appetites are improving.
Strawberry suppers are getting ripe,
and the young man is now anxious to
investigate the contents of his best girls
pocket book to see whether it contains
curling papers, glove buttoners and such
like, or good a supply of Uncle Sans
small change.
The wheat is rapidly shooting in
head, and is very short; the late rains
will improve it greatly.
The weather during the past week has
been considered quite leaky, and much
damage was done to cornfields and gar
denS.
The contract for building the new
school house at Barton was let last Sat
urday to Alvin Barton consideration
$3.50; work will be commenced at once
Mrs. Oliver Wilkinson died at Barton
last week from general debility; she had
been in very delicate health since the
drowning of her son in Wheeling creek,
some four Years ago. Her remains were
inferred in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
The Pleasant Valley Church at Blaine
will observe children's day next Sab
bath. An interesting programme is in
preparation, and general good time is
expected.
The &. A. r. furnished neat head
stones for the three soldiers buried in
the Pleasant Grove Cemetery A dele
CATION from Mt. Pleasant came over
and covered the graves with beautiful
flowers"
The Church of God has been trying
to organize a society at Blaineville, and
several members were recently baptized
in Wheeling creek.
The coal trade along this line has
been slack for the past few weeks, but
will soon be on full time.
The strawberry market will open the
latter part of this week, the weather per
mitting. Our largest growers will ship
to Cleveland.
Bees are swarming, and are making a
large supply of surplus honey.
Eighty thousand fish were recently
distributed at various points along
Wheeling creek.
The mercury fell within 27 of freez-
ing Sabbath night on the creeks, and
there was considerable frost. 1t was
just % years since the big frost of 1859
Mr.. Edwin Simpsons new carp pond
got on high last week and washed out
COUNTRY COUSIN.
MEMORIAL SERVICES AT MOUNT HOREB
Perhaps it will be well to say that Mt
Horeb is near the Fork of Captina, in
Wayne township, and is the largest buri-
al grounds of any country cemetery in
this region Memorial services COM
menced on Sunday, May 27, with very
able and appropriate sermon by Rev. S.
p. Lloyd, from Deut. iv-9: "Only take
heed" &C., to LuptOn Post &. A. R.,
which attended in a body on this Occa-
sion.
May 80, 10 A. NJ, being the hour for
again meeting, and the morning being
rainy and threatening wet, it was a lit
tie late when the gathering came, but
time brought the members of the Post
in procession, headed by the New Castle
Cornet Band, so that by II o'clock there
were perhaps 600 people on the ground,
when decoration of graves commenced
by forming in procession on the hill
above, in the following order: Little
girls and boys and young ladies, carry
ing wreaths apd flowers, band, platoon
of infantry with muskets, followed by
Lupton Post G. A. r., citizens of all
ages, male and female, numbering per-
hapS 800 in all. In this order they
marched to the grave of their COmrade
Abel Hick, where the ceremony of the
order was had, interspersed with excel
lent singing by the choir, led by Profs.
Jenkins, Craig and King, after which
the salute was fired, and the Strewing of
flowers on the graves of the nineteen
heroes whose dust repoSeS at HOreb,
with wreaths and choicest flowers of
spring was accomplished. Then, under
the pines, came one of the ablest ad-
dresses, by Rev. Darby, of Beallsville,
that it has ever been our privilege to
listen to, in which he showed us our
country'S greatness, referred to our sew
ely ears WdT Oh HlOTe JndH nunuT6u
years ago, and showed that every nation
al struggle since had tended to enhance
our greatness, but that our greatness as
a nation was never complete until after
passing through four-years' rebellion,
emancipation proclamation and all-it
was only after all this that we could sing
'the land of the free and the home of
the brave" and realize our superior
greatness.
We then adjourned for dinner, and
we did that part up in fine style. After
a recess of one hour the band again
called us together to hear that young,
glowing orator, Rev. Nathan Barnes,
followed by Rev. Joseph Dunn, of Wash
ington county, Ohio. These gentlemen
followed the same train of thought as
first speaker, delivering very entertain
ing addresses.
Thus closed another Memorial service,
and while thoughts of sadness had a
place in our hearts because of the fallen
braves, joy and gladness has its place
also at the remembrance that we can
call This POuntrV Our 0Wn y