The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-05-25


Grun,sville last week.
j. Z. Pell, of Creston, was here a
short time Wednesday.
Carr Shafer and sister were in
town short time Thursday.
w. H. Riggs and wife, of Hur,
were here shopping last Wednesday.
j. III. Doddrill, of Steer creek, was
doing some trading here one day last
week.
Mrs. Wigner and daughter, of near
the mouth of Tanner, were in town
Friday.
Come in and see us while at court.
Our latch string always hangs on the
outside.
I. L. Gamer, Of the mouth OF Tan
ner, WAS hurrying business about
town Friday.
q. w. Maze. o. Industry, was at
tending to business matters in the
burg Wednesday.
Several citizens of this town and
county attended the Gilmer county
circuit court last week.
Constable Frank White was here
last Friday looking after the affairs
connected with his Office.
Last Friday was voucher day and
many of the veterans were here get
ting them properly filed out.
The District Conference of the NJ.
T.. Church, South, Parkersburg Dis
trict, meets at Elizabeth this week.
There ought to he at least two
fights i'll pint of liquor, but some
fellows can only manage to stir up
one.
Land which can now be bought for
two and three dollars an acre will
soon be bringing from ten to fifty an
acre.
b. J. Ash one of Calhoun's most
industrious farmers, WAS delivering
potatoes and lumber in this town
Thursday.
If witnesses before the circuit court
want perdiam and mileage they will
have to re i'll the court room when
their names are called.
a country editor may not know IL
all hut you can rest assured he does
not live il. a community long before
he knows great deal more than he
publishes.
An exchange remarks: While
needing The old saw that "a rolling
stone gathers no moss" do not over
look the one that, "a setting hen gath
crs 10 fat"
We would like to see a paper some
of the grumb!crs would get out. AS
soon as they mentioneded their own
and "Aunt Hammers" names they
would begin to scratch sem" head.
j. w. Pell has completed the
brick walk along his property on
Main street. Now you other fellows
follow His example and assist in inn
proving the appearance Of the town.
The blue grass that is growing
along many of our public roads will
he sufficient to seed acres of grazing
land. This Of itself ought to oe
enough argument in favor of gem
eral stock law.
O. j. Simmons, Eye Specialist, Of
Rutherford, w. Va. will be at Grants
vile June 10 and remain few days.
Glasses prescribed accurately for the
most complicated cases. Any kind
or style of frame manufactured. Prices
reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed
All goods warranted as represented.
An elegant line of Mirrors and Wall
Paper at Pell's.
When a young man starts out in
life with high and noble aims, but
finds that he is os.racised from what
is want TO be called good society"
on account of being poor and having
to work his way through the world /,
the temptation to adopt a shorter
method of living is wonderfully
strong. "What am / to do is the
question? p All manner of ways may
be thought of, and it too often hap.
pens that he decides TO blow a safe or
hold some maglup. Some times gam.
bling dens are adopted as a means Of
obtaining money without awaitil 2
the evoluti$ns of the wheels of time
In this s9/few succeed, except to get
a tilt in ghe wrong direction and a
start froti which they can hardly be
rescued We might turn to another
page and talk on the same or n differ