Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-01
SOCIETY on JUG RIDGE
The Dsstardly Fraud Perpetrated s,n.
Husking by the StOver's Mill Set


" Y. World.
re- The corn-husking at Rube Suyds,,.
place Saturday evening was a social ev.r,
loog locked forward to, and drew r.
gether large number of our best yopn,
people. It was the initial event Of nj.
kind this season, aud was held in the rsv
barn on the back place. Some Of III.
Stover's Mill set was there, and only "a,
their presence among the cultured lsdi..
and gentlemen of the Ridge eyerytbin.
would have passed off with the utno.,
harmony. 1t is a pleasure to record ina,
four of these wretches were laid out bo,'
de combat very early in the Ieyeninq ssi
were taken home on q stone sled by friend,
who were themselves in need OF the ms'
istering kindness of friends with a stor.
sled and yoke of oxen.
ndrIt was observed early in the hp.s
ing that the Stover's Mill boys were gs,.
ting ell the red ears and conssou,SI,
were kissing our girls right and LEFT, s51.
the Ridge boys were simply left, II "a.
will pardon q witticism. The SION,
Mill crowd had been around the c.rs,
halls dozen times each while the Bi.
boys were left to suck our thumbs Is +
were. We of Jug Ridge husked lie f5-v
in order to find red ear and enIoy t5e
delicious osculatOry privileges Which cane
with it. We were ripping The hu Ks OF
like mad men and finding nothing Tor our
mains. when a. the same tine tie Mn
BOYS were k,ps busy kissing our charming
eirls. The adverse luck of the Ridge boys
was exciting much chagrin when 10 and he.
hold it was discovered by a lucky caslce
that the S,Over's Mill crowd Of hoOiuus
ware peipstrstiug a most dastardly fraud
and outrage upon us-a deep laid SID
diabolical piece of business, VIZ :
ESy-It was found that they had pierlTsi
and brought with them a can OF red dye
made, we think, of pokeberry juice, sod
this they had hung with devllisn iDgelul.
ty under one of the chairs occupied BIZ
them. The plan OF operation was for some
one Of the StOver's Mill boys 10 occupJ
this chair and when he got ready ga ear
of corn would be surreptitiously immersei
in this dye. In moment j, would
be dry aud then with q de- erity born
of the devil it would be dashed
upon the husking party as bona fie
red ear fresh from the husk. This would
net be gainsaid, and the fraudulent hlder,
with wild swoop, would make the grand
rounds of our girls, kissing everyOue be
could grab, and none escaped. Then il
the excitement attendant upon the w5ols
sale kissing some other one Of the Slower
Mill party would get this chair with The
dye can under il and the same outIag
would be repeated. Is it any wonder
these dastsr were getting all the red
ears? Our blood boile with riteous indy.
nation when we think of this netaTiou:
scheme and the brazen manner in which It
was carried out.
pSg1 Need we say that riot followed this
discovery? Nay, we wot not. We Of the
Ridge are not made of the stuff that tame.
ly submits to such unseemly conduct Il
was the LYNX eye Of Persevere Benson who
detected Zsbulon Boyd dipping a yellow
ear into the red dye under his chair, and
in less time than it takes to tell it,,
he climbed his form,n in common par
lance, and a very pretty rough add
tumble followed. We think Perses
we're lacked discretion in tackling Zsbulon,
as the latter is known to be one OF the
most why of the StOver's Mill crowd. Per.
severe was no match for him, we regret 10
say, and Zsbulon scattered the corn helg
with bic gallant form in startling ma,
ner. With rare presence OF mind una
distressing circumstances Persevere lE-
aged to point to the can of pokeberTl nee
under the chair and the mystery Of he
sudden attack was made clear. An eata
corn was even found in the can, Zeb n'i
having had time to remove it
BzSnI wish l could convey TO my mani
readers an adequate picture OF the scene
which followed this discovery. But here
is where the puny pen falls from the nerve.
less grasp. With yell of rage, the Ridge
Toys sprang at the throats of the dastardlY
Mill crowd and literally f4yed them alive,
albeit my duty as journalist cOmpela me
TO say that the Mil boys were there OF
thereabOuts all the time. By a Ts.
grettable coincidence, af,er the two
parties had each closed
10 with q foeman, there was no MAJ
left for your correspondent to assail. Al.
though I was wrought up TO pitch oil
wild frenzy and eager for the fray had to
ascend the hay-loft, whittier the ladies bad
fled, to see that no i'll befell them. The
conflict that ragged below was something
not often seen since the knights OF old
mOpped the enssnguined ground With al
that was mortal to each other.
M We are requested to announce that
the spelling bee at the red school-honse
next Tuesday evening, at which a num-
Der of the Ridge boys were expected 70
contest, has been postponed for six weeks.
More anon.