West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-11-18

NsW ork ana further that very
large vote was pollcd. A peculiar
feature about the election was that
1t ralned during the day, but the
dispatches say further that this did
not keep the voters away"
The poor reader now excited al
most beyond control seeks the
editorial column. lie finds it
headed
"a GRRAT VICroRY.
Our readers will fiud in tedays
dispatches matters OF absorbing i'm.
terest. In our telegrap phic columns
and elsewhere will be found the
full particulars of the election.
Our readers will remcmbe that we
/ predicted that Hill would be elected
II the vote was strong enough. Aud
that there was going To be strong
vote was apparent from the move
ments of politicians throughout the
state. Our prediction has been
verified. Hill's majority is said to
be large. If it is twenty thousand
is sweeping victory for the
Democrats. If II is less, 1t is
pretty good showing for the Repub
licans and Mugwumps. Whichever
way 1t went 1t was great victory.
III the majority is on the side of
liill as was predicted and as the
dispatches seem to indicate we re
peat TIT is sweeping victory for
the Dems. We so much feared
that II l. rained the voters would
not come out but our readers will
recollect that we predicted that even
II 1T did ram the vote would be
heavy. That it did rain and that
the vote was heavy anyway show
that an Impediment to success was
dlsreg garded aud that our predic-
tons were fulfilled as we before
stated. Our next dispatches will
no doubt give full account OF the
great election to an anxious public.
Such an account as the foregoing
is issued the morning after the
election and is called the result OF
journalistic enterprise.
Again, in the matter of plans
and methods of advertising allow
me to charge the newspaper with
nigh crimes and misdemcanors.
This charge is made on personal
grounds as well as on grounds Of
public policy. In tho callow DAYS
OF my youth frequently answered
tho advertisements which | found
IN the county paper. "Who steals
my purse steals trash, Twas mine
tbs hls-and he didn't get much IN
1T anyway. But ho who sends me
medicine that would not cure, seeds
that could not grow, guns that
would not shoot, ,--he insults me
beyond endurance. Bat this is not
all; when ! sent dollar TO the ad
vertIscr expecting him to send me
a photograph OF my future wife
aud to tell me my fortune besides.
lie sent me as a picture OF my flu
ture wife photograph Of ono of
the witches of Macbeth, and he
told me IN the most heartless way
that If ! wanted to know my for.
tune, just count my money. How
! could j? He had it himself.
Again / sent for package of
Dykes Beard Elixir; it vas a bare.
faced fraud.
/ remember too that / saw an or.
ticle headed: "a Thrilling Feat Of
Bare back Riding" 1t was a most
exciting article. / can now recall
the vivid pictures which that dis
cription called up in my mind.
As read on got excited. / won.
dered what the issue would be.
The COW boy tried desperately to
keep his seat. The wild pony
leaped like Kangaroo and lighted
like stone statue. At last the
poor cowboys mangled form was
borne away from the scene Of the
struggle % hospital. / expected
to see the article close with an ac-
count Of his death. But no, by
the use Of ST. Jacobs Oil he got
we'll m three days.
felt injured by such conclu
sion. had been basely betrayed
Indeed a preacher told me lately
that he always looked at the end Of
his hymns before reading, to see If
there were not an advertisement
attached.
a school telchor told me con.
/ ddentiaIly that when she was ex.
amining her children on United
States History, she asked "Wha
vas the father of his country p"
The unanimous md ready answer
vas, "George Washington l' Then