The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-09-22

III town Friday.
We are especially thankful for a
submissive disposition.
Kenard Law was among the visi-
! tors to town Saturday.
S. p. Bell was looking after bu.i
ness matters in town Saturday.
1t is thought by one or two that
Ben Stump would trade horses.
We noticed K. J. Chenoweth pass
through town one day last week.
Correspondents who do not CORE,
spond are great aid % to news
paper man.
Henry Bland and o. l.. Petteay
traded mules last week. Both made
good trades.
We have an appetite that Graves
some of the Injuries Of life. Shall
NE ever be fed1
A section Of brick pavement and
II section ofrickety board walks don't
correspond very we'll.
1t sometimes happens that man
will side-track his principles to get \
little piece Of :he Offices.
1t may not be p crime to be poor,
but to some degree great many peo-
pie look upon it ss such.
AS we have often said we can't all
have all Ne want. Only half of the
candidates can get office.
The October term of our Court will
most likely bring together consider
able sized crowd OF politicians.
When men with good health com
plain what may we not expect from
confirmed dyspeptics and invalids.
1t seems to us that our streets
should be first graded and then our
side walks lain with some sort of sys-
tenn.
There il nothing that pays a farm
er SO well as getting his ground in
proper condition before sowing the
seed.
The town of Cairo is on another
great big oil bender. a new well
has just been struck right in the
town.
Rev. John Stump and wife, of
Charleston, have been spending sev-
ertl days visiting friends in this COM
munity.
Between hope, fear, expectation
and disappointment we are gradually
working our way up (?) the ladder
of fame.
Bone Ratliff and Dave Martin were
among the many people who came to
town to look after business matters
last week.
The merchant who fails or refuses
to advertise looses more in business
than the newspaper man does by rea-
son of his failure.
The finest sweet potatoee we have
seen this year grew on j. NJ. Will
sons huckleleberry and sand-brier
farm oil Sycamore.
A great many of us allow the divil
to throw sand in our eyes occasional
ly until we can not exactly see things
in their proper light.
a northwest breeze occasionally
strikes US and we are reminded that
winter is approaching, and who shall
have coal in his house
Some men call overseeing thing
work, but what We call work is lay.
ing off your coat, rolling up your
sleeves and taking hand.
We want it distinctly understood
that We will not talk politics to any
one except Uncle" Tom Sickles aud
Henry Bland, the PoPulists.
just now our people are manifest.
ing little or no concern about politics.
Street paving and fast horses are the
principsl topics Of conversation.
We want every body to bear in
mind that it il nil tho same to Sam,
whether the Republicans gain the day
or the Demucrs u get their man.
If corns on our toes aud boils on
our arms don't make our readers think
we have wheels in our head there is
nothing in being out of condition.
The last two issues Of the Cal.
noun CmRoNGCLE we're daisies. Keep
it up Bro. Barr Strsngcr
What do you think Of this one
If wo keep up with lifes procession
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