The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20

Matters Heard Discussed In Many
Quarters Of Mergantonn.
| don't hear of as many good &. o.
p. fellows being after Postmaster
Nye's place as formerly. Why. six
weeks ago the woods were full of 'ep,
\ and the number of petitions flying
around were enough to make our
worthy P. NJ. tremble in his new
rnorrocos. ! think they will wait till
next spring before anything more
will be done They see it's no use,
as the Grand Sanhedrin of the p 0.
D. has given it out that proficiency
in a postmaster would recommend
itself and that those Democratic
postmasters possessing the same
should at least serve out their terms.
That being the case Mr.. Nye will be
the custodian of the U. S. Nj. till
i April 81, 1890
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i The ladies in the churches don't
have mite societies any more. won.
der what's the notion for that?
j Mite societies used to be the occa-
sions for the youth with the goslins,
in other words boys from Is to IL, to
make his entrance into society and
for the giddy young maiden to learn
the art of Transforming a shipper
into smile. Why, its fact that
some Of our most accomplished So
ciety people were drought out" at
mite societies. The older and more
experienced folks enjoyed themselves,
too, but the mite society was origi-
nally intended for the 'just entering"
to have picnics. Organize mite So
cieties again, ladies'; every day / see
several dear young things who just
ache with longing for them.
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Almost every day / hear the ques-
ton asked: "Are we going to have
a new court house this summerp" 1t
takes a good deal to convince people
who talk that way. l don't know
what to say to make them believe it
and don't care whether they do or not
since when they see the old structure
which now pretends to represent a
temple Of justice being torn down it
will cause such a pleasurable sur
prise for them. You'll see it in June
A. D., 1889.
I'm glad that the square issue Of
| license or no license is to be put be.
fore the voters of this town at the
municipal election May IA. It'll
show good many things, but most
important of all it will show how
big the majority against licensing
the liquor traffic will be. Our peo-
pie Il rejoice to say it) are enthusi-
astically against it, or majority of
them Prohibition comes so near
prohibiting that since the last SEES
sion of the Grand Jury there are not
so many people to be seen beastly,
maudlin drunk. I'm temperance
man, but know where the boys used
to get their liquor, just the same.
They don't get it at the same places
any more, that's certain and the
docket at the Mayors court is cor
respondingly spare.
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used to be a little boy. They
didn't have Sunday School Orches
tras at that time, but I'm sure
there's no objection to the change. |
| attended the musical session of the
M. Z. Sunday School Orchestra Sun
day afternoon. / tell you l didn't
know it was such an elegant and ac
complished organization as it is. 1t
certainly adds to the attractiveness
of Sunday School. I'm getting too
old to get out so early to go to Sun
day School, hut I'm almost tempted
to go to hear the mnsic. All you
people who don't go to Sunday |
School these days don't know what
you miss by staying away, many
features outside of the music being
improved from what it was in auld
lang syne. Go to any Sunday School
in town and I'll wager you'll enjoy |
the service.
The flutter of delightful expect
ancy never stirred the emotions of
our girls at the prospect of the Uni
versity opening and thereby catch
ing onto new student beaus as it
does the yearning and tender
thoughts of some of our young men
as the time for the Institute opening
draws nearer and nearer. The boys
look forward to gay times with the
Institute girls. We've heard the
boys giving the girls very serious
upbraidings for their preference to-
ward the scholastic element. The
girls are not half, no not quarter
as bad as the boys. It's all poppy
cock about these preferences. Let
our boys show our girls that they
are the best girls in the world and
follow it up by sticking to them and
then see how things work. We have
nice, good girls, but let bevy of
blooming beauties from afar set foot
in town and see how quick the home
girls are forgotten. The girls are
right and the boys are wrong; the
coming session of the Institute will
prove it.
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Did you ever see man whose very
personality SO exactly fitted the title
Of Judge as Judge Hagans'7 | new
er did. His dignity, walk, talk, ges
lures and genial air are precisely
calculated for the bench. He looks
like Judge
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The new postal clerk is hand
some widower of some thirty sum-
mers. He is pretty good fellow.
These things considered it's great
pity, girls, isn't it, that his time off
isn't spent here instead of at Fair
mont.
/ notice good many bicycles in
town this spring. Some of the boys
ride we'll, too. There is not at this
time single organization of athlet
les here and none is as productive of
real pleasure as bicycle club. One
might be organized here of those who
now have wheels. There are SO
many different sporting organiza-
tions that the young men have in
other places that they don't have
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