The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-02
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and the des Of March.
Airy Tongues.
Mr.. J. X. Tacgart, manager of The Virginia
Coal & Iron Company, says Big Stone Gap
coke combines the purity Of the focahontss
with the strength of the Connels,lle coke.
The livery men have offered to give loo
to 200 wagon loads of fertilizers, to the gar
den and dairy men who will avail themselves
of the free land GOO acres) offered by Messrs.
Whiteridec and Fox and the Jones estate.
Y Captain Joe Smith, near Little Stone CAN
hauled to tn. station last week holly tree,
sixty two inches in circumference at the stump,
and fifty-two inches ten feet ADORE. There
are in the park near Poplar Hill, three others
81 80 and 81 inches in diameter, and near
the Proctor street bridge arc two more IS and
81 inches, these last dividing into three forks
few feet above the ground. 1t should be mat
ter of pride with our citizens to keep five such
splendid specimens Of this beautiful tree in
berry from them. =
T >Thc authorities at Washington report that
the latitude of Big Stone Cap is 80 degrees
81 minutes and u seconds, and longitude 50
degrees &c minutes and IS seconds, and the
difference of time 81 minutes and seconds
less anstandard Eastern, railroad tame, that
is to say, when it is now at Big Stone Gap it is
81 minutes and ) seconds past at New York.
The Norfolk & Western railroad has recently
issued some of the handsomcst maps yet put
out By any railroad, one showing its Ohio River
extension: another its relation to other rail-
roads and the country generally; and Il third
this immediate section Of Virginia, Kentucky,
West Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee;
and, in colors, the GOALS. iron and other min
erals; railroads and country roads; State and
county lines, and li6t Of elevation. of many
important places.
The Appalachian Clubreceiyc' the following
papers:
DAILirs--Ncw York Herald, New ork Sun,
New York Tribune, Boston Herald, louisville
Couricr-Journa, Richmond Dispatch.
WEEkLrES.--Li(c, Puck, The jud. The Ma
ton, Public Opinion.
NOTIFIES. -larpcr< ,Scribncrs The Centu-
ry, North American Review.
81 knew was charming fellow" said one
of the Big >jon: Gap dudes, as ne walked over
Qhc lack of Our city fathers ravcn.:nts, "but
| had no idea this mud woull get So stuck on
me-"
| Ii is said Senator Mills cleared $;G,un0 by
deal ii few DAYS ago, and lie at once invested
nearly thousand dollars in Chris las pres
ents, which he distributed amcng his friends.
much Of it going To the poor. Everybody
wants the Senator To win. H. never hoar.!s
his dollars bus sends them shout doiug good.
II YOU have no compass and wish To know
the points, fake yon; watch, tnrn it until the
hour hand points directly to tis sum- and
midway between the hour hand and tie
figure MI will be south. Say the hour
hand is at X, the figure N will point So the
south.
/Alnon.. one Of The slaunchcsl friends OF Big
Stone Gap x Mr.. John r. Proctcr, the director
Of the Kentucky Geological Survcy, Who early
saw its merits and who has been responsible
for the coming here of 80 many Of our best
citizens He rode through here to Bristol
with Mairr II. W. Bates, from the term-
nus Of the Eastern Kentucky railroad (Which
| Major Bates was then and is now managing
for its owner Mr.. Mai Thaycr Of Boston) from
which followed the completion Of the South
Atlantic OHIO railroad. Mr.. p'octcr also
indicated the route for the Clinch Valley extern
sion Of The Norfolk il Western railroad. aud
which il followed through, except that it did not
come through Little Stone Gap. Thr friendship
ofMr Proctor ior Charles Dudley Warner and
james Lane Alien. and for Mr. Alder The editor
of IIarper's Monthly, gave rs the favor Of that
powerful magazine, that did such charming
justice 10 Big Stone Gap and this section of
the South, and which introduced - properly
to the wealth and culture OF the and. Il service
which cannot be valued by any amount of
moncy. Thus vast deal OF our present
status and great future is due Mr.. Proctor,
! his Kindness and interest.
Here are two good puzzles to try .ycur friends
on during the winter This is tic name Of
All author and one Of his works
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Two Marks::-..Mark Twain and IN no sense
abroad Tnnoccuts Abroad.
a gentleman just in from the East says he
noticed there three growing pocul;arties, viz:
An increasing use Of you was " in Speaking 10
one person, Instead OF the old fem "you
WERE The use Of the possessive &C some
body else thus, not somebody cisc's opn-
ion,' bu. somebody's Csc opinion, which is
correct. as Z" body is the noun, iist as We
would say, ''sorac other bady opinion"
Greater use of the apostropho sad > Csl III
stead of Of and the subjective 10 a lid harsh
sounds in expressions OF possession, aus the
poetess's writings So rarely was this used
a few years ago that remcD.bcr my
teacher, who laid great stress ca grammar,
offered me $40 il I could find tire. - (sss) to-
geth1r in one word. Thes, gramii.a. zeal notes
lead Airy Tongues" 10 say hat he error
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