West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-31
FUN, FACTS AND FANCY.
River city Riaplcs, Ruled Up by
Oar Special HUSTLER { Eowlesbrrg
RowLgsBvRs, w. Va. Jan. %. Isos.

RowLgsBvgs, w. Va. Jan. %. 1895.
The recent COLI snap which brcu rht
joy to some. distress TO many. and n
crimson nose with a desultory drip to
all, struck this place last week and
some OF our robust slcdders, rs well as
our swift winged glacial angels. are
bursting their buttons with glailness,
while others are moaning in sadness,
as they sit on the bedside applying ar
Mica to their bruised and laccrated
forms This place above many others
seems better adapt. IA 20 cDastia-. from
the fact that the county road which
forms the coastiny plane. has "a natural
dcclivity for n mile or more approach
ing the railroad crossing. after which
IL strikes level with Main street, and
b. the time you have reached the river
the speed of the slci has spsnt itself.
making in all about IL miles. Not
only this but we have the finest bob
sleds that ever tobbed into n snow
drift, and drove snow SO far up your
neither garment, that you had to un-
faSten your collar buttsn in order to
remove it, but il should freeze solid and
stiifen up your backbone in manner
that would compel you TO trim your
corns with n long handled pruning
katie. Those sleds which consist of
half-score in number. are made in two
sections. connected by huge board or
beam eighteen feet long. the front Sec
ton having an oscillating bolster with
| lever attachment which furnishes the
steering rover An are fitted up with
u bell, whistle, headlight, signals. etc,
and break equal To the famous West
inghouse Automatic. However. all
those facilities would amount TO naught,
had we not the men to man them, or
the woman TO woman them, rs il were
fortunately we are bless ID with both.
Owing TO the extreme inclemcncy of
| the weather, our mills had TO close,
and that furnished us with extras"
but even without them we would have
enough to run two shifts. as every body
turns out land up tool for the COOL OF
their health and the doctors bank nc.
count, old and young. both sexes, with
here and there varicgated with fif-
teenth amendment type To give it color,
so to speak Owing tn the danger of
being run over Ivy the trains ola Man
! Duan, the crossing Waterman, had
taken out an injunction restra.ning
! them from crossin the track The
married women had all coucurrei in
the movement. some giving as reason
that their patience were exhausted, as
well as their fingers punctured. put
ting tap-soles on their husbands pant
| aloons,and others maintained that thev
could not get them to come 10 their
meals, much less replenish che coal box,
Notwithstanding the presence of so
many "hoppers' in the yard" Every
thing now points to n cessa ton of
bruises, ani falling of in the arnica
trade, but fortunately Joe Pugh clme
TO their ass sttnce in the form OF an
application for writ Of mand.Inu,
| compelling them TO run. alleging that
IT impaired his trade. His plea was il
stopped, that they woulI have TO loaf
in the stores or go TO work. and their
! presence in the stores would drive Gus
toners away, ana as the majority be-
long to the "Sons OF Rest" they could
not go to WORK without violating their
| oath Party feeling ran high, sIme
taking one side and some another. ev-
c.pt the girls for the way they rode,
one would come TO the conclusion that
they were on both sides. Any roadster
| with spinal column unlike an iron
beam could not have withstood the
combined wei1hC OF Il sc )rs or more
No 3's swing ug TO her sides, Int "Old
Calamity" as she is called. is insured
TO hardshps, and she would start out
as unconcerned and as smoothly as the
ordinary rnother-inl laws tongue. But
on the 10th, dame nature took n hand.
and put an end to their sport in an un-
safe, though expeditions way. Morn
/ ing found it sleeting, and m hour later,
as far rs the eve could see over n
glacial field The hill coull not be- as.
csndei, ana ali those who were capable
OF balancing them selves on an eighth
| inch runner, snapped their eighteen
footcr with two runners, for one
eighteen inches with one runner.
/ Half hour later the streets were alive
/ with a 6cvy of bells, flying TO and fro
as IL propelled with the wings of an
Or:ole. Chubby faced damseis with
cheeks vieipg with the vermiII.on hue
Of their "tam-a4shauters" c.rcuinnnv.
! igated the town, and while they did
not display nearly so much canvass
they went with the speed of an ice
yacht on LoreIl lake. But the ilcai
skater, paradise seemed 20 he at the
old Pottery. and tho way the fair
owners seemed 70 locS there Indicated
strong desire TO join tho .POtte,s
Union" One lady who had her ankle
dislocuted. called IN the Doctor. and
/ expressed herself ~ thi, wise Do.
| IL die. SIC that I am pat IN a as RE-
| box and buried In tbs 'potters Field"
j. NAfPER TANDY.
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