West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-10-03
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Interesting Items Hunted Up and
Run Down for The Argus
Readers,


which has been here the past two
weeks, located on the northeast
corner of the Brown Additions, has
not done a rushing business. Our
people have been pretty we'll sup
Piled with pictures this summer,
and at very cheap rates. The Nov
city Gallery came here from Nor
gantown, where they claim to have
done rushing business. Their
speciality is to offer seventeen pic.
lures for twenty. FIVE cents, and this
Is a drawing card. The pictures
are small tin types, and are very
cheap at that rate. 1t seems that
the blackberry pickers of cold
Mongerhair' just climbed over each
other to get into the Studio to get
their "purties" and "uglies" taken
at the above rate.
The DeBerry boys, Frank and
Jim, who have been In the CHERRY.
go-round" business the past two or
three years, and were in Kingwood
last summer, have been working
through the West this summer and
closed up the season at Valentine.
Nebraska, where they traded the
machine for thirteen head of horses
and mules, one big four horse Cor
mule) wagon, four sets of harness.
etc., and are on the road now driv.
ing through to their home in this
county for winter quarters. Sam
Herring, son of Geo. w. Herring,
of this place, who has been with
them now the past two seasons,
remained awhile to run the outfit
for the new purchase.
Dolph Conley, ten year old son
of John A. Oonley, of this place,
had "a narrow escape from death
last Sunday at TOWNSVILLE. The
small engine on the T. K. & f.
Railroad was hauling water to
hll the tank for the big engine on
the West Virginia Northern, and a
lot of boys piled on to ride. At
townsville the Conley boy jumped
of behind the tender as it was
backing us to the station. He
tripped and fell on the track, right
under the wheels. Another instant
and ne would have been cut to
pieces. Will Smalley and Dan
jackson were close at hand and the
former made grab for him, but
missed, and Dan caught him by the
back of the neck and jerked him
out just as the wheels were upon
him. 1t was as close a shave as can
be gotten at HackIey's Tonsorial
Parlors, and the boys legs are black
and blue where they were pinched
by the wheels closing in on him.
BgHR
All the old stoves in town have
been resurrected and dragged out
of their hiding places this week and
set up in business by the aid of the
devil and at the expense of religion.
for II there is one thing more than
another that will cause hard swear
ing on the part of an ordinarily
good church mem Der, it is when he
comes to put up stove and adjust
the joints OF pipe that seem to have
gotten mixed and no end willing 10
fit into another. You try them all
and hammer them out in one place
and hammer them in another, and
about the time you think the whole
business IS fixed, the pipe falls
uO"n ana sWIpes you IN the Jaw
and knocks SCOT down your neck
and over everything, and then -
- your wife says, "Well,
/ never did see such a man TO
swear ~ Rev. Crummett should
return at once and hold a week Of
prayer after the stoves arc all up.
HIlE
Miss lisa w. Monroe, daughter Of
Col. Il. w. Monroe, Of this place.
is justly entitled to quite a reputa
ton as an author. She has written
verse worthy Of publication since
quite young, and her productions
have appeared in print several times.
Her latest venture Is in the music
line, and she has just had publish
ed at the we'll known music house
OF w. ID. Swisher, Publisher OF
Sheet Music and Books, 115 South
Tenth Street, Philadelphia. a beau.
tiful piece entitled 1.-THE Old GRAY