West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-01-11

News and Notes From q Correspon-
dent at Aurora.


dent at Aurora.
On Alleghany's top your CORES
pendent elevates mis- goose. quill to
extend bis congratulations to the
editor and readers of the AReus
and wishes them Prosperous and
Happy New Year" Long may the
good paper continue to dispense the
news to the good people Of Preston.
The holidays passed of in the
usual way, except snow. The NJ.
n. Sunday School had Christmas
Tree on Saturday night, Dec. GARD,
and the 4. l.. Sunday School had
their services on Christmas night.
The Sunday School children were
remembered and gIaddened by
treats, presents, &c., and In return
the congregation WAS treated to
good singing. music, &c.
We are having very mild weather
for this season of the year, scarcely
enough snow has fallen to cover the
stubbles in the fields, whilst the
roads are almost impossible on ac-.
Count OF the mud. and this is very
unfavorablc to the farmers who
have been quarrying large quantities
OF lime stone and expected to haul
u on sleds. And now whenever an
old weather prognosticator is met
the Grst question asked him is,
when are We going to have snow %
And the reply is, "In February, of
course, but then it won't last long;
so don't make too many calcula-
tions on it,"
The farmers of Union District
consider lime as much of necessity
to their land and crops as the aver
age Kentuckyian considers rye
whlskey a luxury. But there is one
satisfaction to the f,rmeI this year.
and that is, the open winter is GER
tainly saving vast amount Of feed
and they can do their plowlng for
spring crops.
The schools of this District are
progressing nicely, SO far as we can
learn. OF course it c,nnot be ex-
pected that all the teachers can
please all the pupils and parents,
for some of the patrons, instead Of
trying to impress upon their chll
dren tho Importance of improving
their time, try to create an enmity
between them and their teachers for
some trivial cause that exists only
In their narrow Imagination. Two
of our largest schoos-Eglon and
Amboy-hlve been unable to pro-
cure teachers so far.
The county is full of influcnz,
Nearly everybody is complaining,
ana such coughing as you hear
everywhere is appalling.
But little is said about politics.
Republicans, or some of them, are
attributing the present business de.
presssion to "Free trade" Democ-
racy, and j am satisfied that one
If OF the rank and file of that
party peep under their beds at
night to see if this monster is not
there, ready to grab them up and
carry them off. You can't convince
them that the people are just be-
ginning to experience the benefit of
Mckinley tariff To give You an
idea how some men are posted, |
will only relate the following: A
leading Republican, and n man who
claims to be one of the leading bust.
ness men of the county, said few
days ago to me, Your man (Wm.
l.. WILSON, is doing everything be
can to cut his Own thro,t. Why.
be has gone and put every stick OF
West Virginia timber and every
bushel of her coal on the free list. .
Any average school boy, whether
he has studied political economy or
not, would have better idea of the
tariff than that. But many Repub-
licans seem to think that Mr.. vii.
son can't be renominated. Well.
wait till next fall or summer and
they will find out.
notice some papers are naming
candidates for State officers for Two
years hence. A little early, but no
harm to begin talking about it. II
the farmers intend to present a
candidate. and they ought to be
recognized, there can be no one
better equipped for tais position
than Hon. -. w. Shaw, the pressn
Speaker of the House OF Delegas es.
Ills education and his legislative
experience fslly qualify him for
this or any other position in the
State. TREoA.