The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-14

Brief Rehashes Of Gossip and Other
Matters Heard Discussed il Nany
Quarters Of Mersantewn.


When the average man or woman
begins to recognize the fact that
Generosity unselfishpess and sub
stantial sympathy for the unfcrtun-
ate pays big interest, sorrow and
distress will begin to drift out of
sight. Not that there is go much
sorrow and distress around here, but
there is enough to engage the atten-
ton of few home missionaries even
though they be self-appointed.
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Giving aims for show is not right.
Remember that Sod loves a cheer
full giver." l will just explain thus
wise: The Morgantown church
these days that is not making a no
BILE effort to make its treasury more
plethoric has not yet been dsdica-
ted and nearly all persons are asked
for subscriptions to this one or to
that, but they do not like the man
who makes it his business to go
around the town and make a big
splhrge about small donation yet
in some cases it is doiie. The mod
est gentleman gives all he can afford
and then keeps his mouth shut
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Christmas is coming, the .mer-
REST holiday of the year. 1t is es.
pecially so TO the little folks whose
belief in Santa Clsus's generous Wis.
its has not been disturbed By the
encroachment of time. Most of the
Sunday schools are making prepare
tions for its proper celebration, while
domestic thought is almost entirely
absorbed in arranging for it demands.
1t takes so little to amuse child
that there cati be no good excuse of
fered for rot making Juvenile JOY to
the highest degree ON Christmas day,
and for the older ones | hope the
coming to be the merriest Christmas
in Morgantown's history.
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People say that the day for Nor
gantown's becoming a summer resort
is gone forever on account Of the
railroads, steamers, gas and water
works, and that by these modernisms
her remote and isolated conditions
are deadened. That's true regarding
the hard time Of getting here, but all
the water and gas in the world will
not drown out nor burn up the places
beauty and picturesqueness nor
remove her near mountains a whit
farther away. Rather inducements,
to bring people to place where the
conveninces of life on the one hand
are galore and on the other hand all
the wildness of aboriginal forests
near at hand. Her chances for a
popular summer resort are increas-
ed instead of diminished.
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1t is hard to tell which is more
interesting to notice, the Christmas
goods, toys, notions, etc, which are
so artistically displayed in the win
dows, on the counters and on the
shelves of the stores which deal in
them; or the happy and unhappy,
enyious and confident, expeetant
and disappointed faces Of the small
people who make it their business at
all leisure times to take in all Of the
displays Certainly the goods are
pretty, but | think the children are
prettier when engaged in the absorb
ing occupation of looking over the
wares. How they do speculate as
to whether or not that best Of old
souls, Santa Claus, will remember
them with this or that or the other
while it is to be regretted that some
will not be entirely satisfied without
a store full. BY the way, the stores
in question have already begun to
assume holiday appearance.