West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-01-28
Rsearyills.


( La grippe is seriously prevalent here
now, scarcely family but what hasit
! Joha Gross drove over To Morga
town with lead of produce Monday.
j. l.. Squires is making large ship
ments of poultry to commission mon
in Baltimore
Jo Nenear, who is employed in the
Ga. Works at Norgantowu, is home
for few days
Miss Bessie Jones, who has been Wis
ting her brother over In Penasyvania
Is now back to her homo at Reese Wat
kins
Another tombstone man, by the
name of Shopper, from Phnippi, is here.
but we declare we will not buy till We
have a bnrying ground.
Confidence is certainly being restored
in the ethereal regions, judging from
the profuse manner in which the feath-
cry flakes are descending upon us.
The last issue of The ARGUS is n
social aud mental treat ThE ARGUS is
decidedly the best paper in the county,
II not the best county paper in the
state.
George Watson and Charley Stone
were here calling on Mason Watson
Sunday. Mace hud very sick spell
Saturday night. He is having pretty
hard time of it,
ELLA Rec" put out quite newsy
letter last week. In answer 20 her
request will say, that the "Helgremit s"
and "Neby Nimrod" are expected TO
loom up about the of February.
Our literary will re-elect officers next
Friday evening, after which the Pleas
ures OF Hope and Memory will be dis
cusssd by Virgil McMillen, John Gross,
and Mrs. DIR. McGinnis on the affirna-
tive, and w, A. Gutherie, Jas Dill. an
T. Il. Loor on the negative
1t was the evening OF Jan. 81. the
twilight hours had come, and our UNI
assuming little hamlet was being
folded in nights sable curtains, when
a stranger stepped up to the Hotel de
Loar, and engaged supper and lodging
for the night From external appear
ances he did not impress one as being
IA unusual parsonage, consequently
the Inhabitants were Innocsnt OF the
fact that vested in this incognito were
panacea for all human shortcomings,
and elements Of n polish that out-rivals
"Hsnry's Copal." After The repast
was over the stranger explained to
the host and hostess that "he was
representing a modern work ON
Etiquette, and knew OF no other
place SO seriously in need of such a
treatise as Reedsville. Noticing the
effect of this inuuendoical remark, he
shyly EXCEPTED Mr.. and Mrs. -
We shall only give THE ARGUS read
ers a brief account of this "comical
freak" during his stay in our village,
which was of necessity short. He
was next located at DIR, McGinnis'
where the lads and lassies were assem- b.
led for an event ng social, at which
place he was kindly received. After
the sUiree was over, he repaired to the
hotel where he re ndered himself obnox-
ious to Miss Maud HolyAeld the pretty
blonde clerk, by remarking that "the
hostess Of the party might pass as a
lady, il she would exercise better taste
in dressing he hair, and that the
brooms she (Maud) had in stock were
certainly adapted to hardy han DIS, such
as belong to the ladies at the social
As yet he had scored no sales. Next
morning he presented himself to
Clara Cosun who eclined to buy
the book he thought she so much need
ed, where upon he explained that no
persons refused to buy except those
who did not know what etiquette
meant. Our jolly VIII Guthrie next
became his victim, and thought he ex-
planned in eloquent terms how much
he was in need of the work, VIII re-
fused to buy. After canvassing the
tow n and signallY failing to convince
the people OF their need of work on
SELF CULTURE, he beat an unceremou-
ious retreat, remarking as he closed
the door, (seeing the outer knob was
missing). that "a fellow would do a
rafting business here selling door
knobs" whereupon he vanished, we
knew not where. but supp ose he Is
perched upon some adjacent hill over.
looking the doomed city exclaiming
''Oh Jerusalem. Jerusalem, etc -
N.