West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-05-30
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Correspondence ofthe Argus.

Correspondence ofthe Argus.
Now boat industry. this is the lat
est acquisition we have to our town
'Prrtzer,' the founder. is rs good n
younT carpenter as ever ",vhetted n
TOOL or filed n saw saws IL will pros
per under the Wilson Bill and will be
% this place what Cramps ship yard is
to Philadelphia.
NO doubt every lady has heard and
seen too much of the recent cold snop
ana We would refrain from inentionint,
IL were it not connected with the brief
story which we are about 20 narrate
IL is this 80 much excitement has
boon here recently about finding min
erals oil and etc. that three OF our
young prospectors started out to try
their luck in "Spooners Grove" and
unfortunately they got lost They
got blinded in the snow storm and
just at the time "Old Sol" was due TO
draw his head under cover, they per
chance found themselves in jacob
Stores mill yar'l. After shaking the
snow off and stamping the water out
OF their ears like school boy who had
just took dive i'm the brook They
met stock man" and inquired the
way home. He kindly pointed TO the
town on the opposit side and added.
owing to blind partisanship You elected
Few years ago commissioner who nut
quietus on your bridge, now all can
see Tor You to do is TO hoof il back the
way you come" But SIS he gazed on
their look OF detection he relented and
Sal have spirited "Hameltonian.
he VIII not carry Double" but you can
go 1T one ut time and he will skim
you over like Bird" The faithful
animal landed them safely over and rs
he returned TO his pasture they re-
marked what an excellent wheel horse
he would make.
bull in china store is ganoro1l,,
looked at with awe by all who ever had
an opportunity to witness his royal
nlos" enter She door, dust the counter
with switch OF his tail, stampede the
lady attendants. and ram his opponent
who seems TO be banterine him for n
setto through the large mirror i'm the
rear But all this and more too would
be considered religious meeting com
pared to dog fight in a basket of eggs
In grocery store with number of tho
gentler sex waiting to be attended to
as the firm i. w. Nine will attest.
o"ing 10 the recent upheavel in the
gastronomical tropics of Engineer John
Carrico, large amount of errs had ac-
cumulated at the above named firm and
Were placed in a huge basket Mt the
entrance. Now nothing is more harm
less than basket of eggs-unless Won
slt down on them with your linen pants
anu doubtless those who gazed plac.
IDLY on them suspected little life in
some OF them but they little thought
moment later they would be flyinp
through space and exploding like so
many kernals Of popcorn heated in an
open griddle. But those errs vvere
harmless enough if let alone. but nm
fortunately they were possessed by an
evl spirit, and that spirit took the
shape OF dog and that dog was neith-
er country or town dog He had no
owner, neither had he n pedigree for
he was ''yaller dog" One third Of
ms time he spent in the country, one
thlrd at BOB Hollis's and the remainder
IN the peoples smolSe-house's He had
an abnormal appetite of the carniyer-
Gus specious, a disposition to fetch or
carry anything that did not belong To
him in the line of edibles and was Gift
ed with abundance of unadulterated
cneek, and monumental gall. Now
this dog entered the ware room OF the
above
clear side of Armour Meat Trust and
was just about TO make his exit when
ne was confronted by the irate clerk
D. = Hooton. Joe held a full hand in
the shape Of hoe handle. and was inst
about ready TO 'call" him when his
tJoe's) dog came running in with flush
and called for a ''show down" Onieje-
err than IL takes 20 tell IL both doe,a
were in the midst Of them eggs and the
atmosphere was alive with eggs, bacon.
dogs, clerks and other store room brick
a-brack. Had an anarchist bomb
exploded or mouse turned loose, IL
could not have caused greater conster-
nation The women jumped on the
chairs and did as they generally do
when the cat chases mouse acroe the
moor and the proprietor mounted the
counter, holding firmly TO the balance
OF power and weighed heavily on the
brutes With shells from his Fairbanks
repeater Joe finely elected them and
the ladies' once more reached terra
hrma and as the proprietor gathered up
the weights and wiped them on the
rear Of his pants he remarked that
them dogs viii carry facsimile Of the
trade mark OF the Fair0anll Scale Co.
70 their grave. Joe viii probably never
approach q member Of the canine fam
iiy without having desire TO kin it on
sight T. N.r.rp 1,..-,.,
500 Rsward- el0n