West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-12-12
CURRENT COMMENT.


CURRENT COMMENT.
News and Notes OF the Day.
The Post is the name of the new
paper to be started at Bsyard, Grant
county. coon. John +. Nydeeger
will edit the venture, while Chas.
Il. Weymouth. late of the News
force, will have charge of the
mechanical part. We wish 1t sue
cess. Eikins News.
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A recent subscriber to Georgia
newspaper writes to the editor to
stop his paper. and makes this ex-
PLANTATION; 81 think people autent
TO spend their money fur papurs,
mi daddy did't and every body sed
he was the intelligentest man in
the kentry and had the smartest
family of bois that ever dug taters."
-Atianta Constitution.
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An exchange says: GA Richie
county man under 80 years of age.
father Of AZ children" How many
mothers his children had is left to
the reader to guess.
We knew that Presley Morris
had large family, but we had no
idea it was as bad as that.
The Philippi Republican saws:
Many of our exchanges are in favor
OF curfew bell ut 8 o'clock i'm the
evening to hustle the kids off the
street. When we were kid our
mother used piece Of barrel stave
Tor a.curfew, which brought us in
quicker than any bell would have
done, and if mothers would use the
same persuaders there would be no
need to ring bells.
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The editor of local paper is the
most thoroughly criticised individ-
ual OF community. To escape
criticism he would have to be
mem Der of all churches and of none;
prohibltionist and a drunkard at
the SINE time; married man and
a single Dnln 1T once, saint and
sinuer, "a genius and fool; hvpo-
critic, back bitter, liar, rascal
and the opposite of each.-Ne,0
Dominion.
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West Virginia cuts no small fig
ure In cutting timber. Some com
piler computes that we cut 3IS,26O
600 feet of lumber per second. or
1853. 92S, 1872 600. 600 feet of lum-
bsr per year, which seems to be
quite feat. While this enormous
amount of lum Der is being worked
out from West Virginia, vet there
are thousands Of acres Of forests
untouched, enough To keep the vast
machinery now in operation busy
for many years o come-Pathfnder.
49,
1t will be gratifying to ali faith
ful Democrats to know that after "A
careful examination into the politi.
cal affiliations of the office holders
IN the government departments ut
Washington, IL is ascertained thnt
two tenths of all the best places are
filed by Democrats, and only eight
tenths by Republicans. How thank.
full We should be to have one office
while the other fellows have four
under - Democratic administration.
-OakIaHd Democrat.
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The London Times prints a hith-
erto unpublished letter written by
William NJ. Thacksray at the CIar
endon Hotel in New York, April
D, 1858. In it he says: 81 have
come here from the South not so
horrified as perhaps ought TO be
with slavery, which in the towns IS
not by any means a horrifyIng IN
stitution. The negroes in the good
families arc the happicst, LATEST,
comfortablest race of mortals. They
are kept luxuriously IN working
time and cared for most beneyo.
lently in old age"
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The following item from the
Fairmout Tree Press will be of in.
terest TO many of our readers. as
MIR. Hutchinson is we'll known here
and used to merchandise in King.
wood
Mr. Clyde Hutchinson, we'll
known to very many Of our people
as a successful coal operator, has
disposed OF his property in Fairmont
with the view to moving to Chicago.
near which city he has large coal
mine IN operation. Mr.. J. NJ. ia.
cobs has purchased bic residence in
West Fairmont, and bis interest i'm
the Worthington Coal Go. will be
nmrnhnanh hn liz hrnAan.