The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-27


Lent and Easter have passed and
with them come the release from the
sombre discipline that has curtailed
the vivacious enthusiasm Of many
who have fretted under the sombfs
imposition. Hold! did | say sombrs
impositions? Probably ] shouldn't,
for there's not great many of my
dearly beloved denizens of the Mod
ern Athens who take much stock in
Lent. More's the pity; hut here and
there is found one who has lived up
to the rules laid down for the forty
days reflection, and who has I'M
questlonably found much delight in
the contemplation OF those subjects
particularly pertaining to the souls
welfare. For my part never could
see that the average Morgantowner
ever cared a continental for Lent. ]
have noticed in some towns that
Lent came as a happy interruption,
to long round of gay dissipation,
offering soIace to the weary, and
also notice that we are so gay here
that the solace needed is more gay
ETY.. We are gay set of folks and
propose to keep it up all summer
coming. / can add, too. while Lent
is the theme, that it is the time when
a good deal of sober and senseless
vanity is observable even here.
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The angler is numerous thus early
N the season, and if I'd believe all
of those fellows who Caught one
that weighed just pound l could
as nationally give credence to the
Koran or the tales of "John Hall
Courtney's wedding" The liquid
notes of the fish liar can be heard
again and again at Millcr's, Hirsch-
mans or Johns upon his return
from up the creek where the stone
toadcr and hungry sucker toss in
the angry pillows of that turbulent
stream. There's lots of fish in town,
but most of them come from the
meat markets. We have some ex-
pert fishermen in town, though, who
catch all the fish caught and do the
east talking about it.
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! have often heard it said that the
Intelligence of a nation is measured
BY the amount of soap it consumes.
think the same principal will APP
ply to small towns or cities even.
There is great deal of soap used
here at this time of year by the busy
housewife during the renoyating and
general securing up of her home.
We profess to be community Of
intelligent beings and / am sure the
'oap adage applies here. In no place
,lace can be seen better samples of
rood clearly house keeping and the
mind is cultured in every case in the
'ame proportion. Now just think
or a moment and you'll see that
his is true.
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Last Saturday afternoon at the
exercises at the free school the pro-
,rams were written. This is not
light l understand that the Board
If Education of this district has a
mug surplus. Why is some provis-
on not made for having printing
lone? In fact, why is there not q
fund established by the
3oard, to be used in the judgment
If the principal at the proper times?
The high school graduating class has
o have all its own printing done
This is not right, either. Some one
should make a motion to establish
printing fund. 1t need not neces-
'arily be large sum. Twenty dol
ars year would be better than
it should be 800 annually.
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Now is the time when the mind of
he average man is filled with terri
Die forebodings that the hole in the
'eat of his well-worn winter trousers
nay show beneath the tails of his
,oat, and he goes alone by himself
md buckles up his suspenders till
hose trousers chaff his arm pits.
Tore ExrosTuLAroR.