The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-02-02
Mrs. B. N. Smith has pneumonia

sunday.
When the hogs eat up the devil just
blame il on us.
We are better prepared to do your
job work than ever.
j. Fl. johnson, of Henrietta, was
milling in town Friday.
redagogue w. S. Peninger was in
town Saturday evening.
S. w. McClung gave us a nice or.
der for job work Saturday.
Mrs. H. NJ. Smith is still confined
to her room with sickness.
More men are reformed by sim
pie invitation than are driven to
reformation.
We learn that j. +. Knight is go
ing to build fine Touring mill at
Brownsville in the near future.
The ground hog can't possibly give
us worse weather for the next SIX
weeks than We have been having.
Every one of us should thank God
from the bottom OF our hearts that
our lots have been cast in this hilly
country.
1t requires lots of energy to get out
and face the weather when it is in
charge Of blizzard makera, as il was
last week.
There is such wonderful DISPOSE
ton to make excuses when there is
job to be done especially if there is no
pay attached.
Alph Yoak and j. +. Griffin
caught u rabbits last Friday. Trot
out your rabbit stories if you think
you can beat it.
There were fewer people in this
town last week than there ever has
been IN the same length of time to
our knowledge?
When boys go to an orchard to
steal apples they usually Look for the
tree where the most clubs and poles
are laying about.
AS soon as this awfully cold wealth
er breaks up let everybody get down
to business and start the wheels of
progress to rolling along.
Grit don't always lead to success
For instance, few years agp man
out west invested a fortune in
grindstone factory and lost ii.
1t is All old and true saying that
if some people would keep their
mouths shut so many people would
not find out that they were fools.
Rev. Robinson commenced rcviv-
al meeting at Hardman Chapel last
night, and will begin the ssme kind
Of II service here on the night Of the
10Th.
We were requested to announce
services at Pleasant Hill Sunday, but
the request did not reach us until af-
ter the last issue of the paper, and
for this reason did not appear.
The bursting of bull wheel at the
Bennett well, on Steer creek, last
week caused quite delay in the pro-
sress of the we'll. Oko and Roy
Stump went up Thursday to adjust
matters and things will soon be NOV
ing along as Of yore.
Clerk Trippett issued marriage IL
cense few days ago to Hubert Starch
er,aged l6, to Eunice Coon, aged is.
This is perhaps the youngest couple
ever joined in wedlock in this county.
They will certainly get the benefit of
all there is in married life.
Some of our city authorities who do
not have the courage to perform the
duties of their office are findii.g n
comfortable hiding pi"ce behind the
CHRoNICLE's complaint last week
ABOUT COVE running at large. Well
it is a part of our business to brace
up the weak.
Some Of us may not go into the Wis
lble church on account of some of its
members, bu. there will come a lime
when we will have no ch Iice about
the company We are to keep. We
venture the assertion that the average
citizen would DC willing to enter
heaven with gang Of goats.
Mrs Mary JeHreys, wife Of Benia-
min Jefireys, died last Tuesday morn.
ing at o'clock at the family resi-
dclicc on Sugar Camp, near Brooks
Vile, this county. She had been sick
for quite long time, mention of which
has been made in this paper. Inter-.