The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-13

seI NA hAN 1AN'N Wv 1850
But melancholy you will learn-to burnt
Ia in no seasons care;
It comes and goes with either suns or
SHOWS,
In weather dark or fair,
When the days grow cooler the forensic
powers of man come to the fore. There
is something about stove that draws
forth from It's circle OF spectators a ten
dency to debate. Out In the village store
they're etlll at II hot and heavy bout
the elections In Ohio, the silver question
and the price of wheat. what Jim Price
will do with his place now his oil woman
has died, where DR.. Brown got his new
horse-and other momentous questions
too numerous TO mention.
In this city the shoemakers' shops are
filing up. The oldest inhabltant" has
picked his seat for the winter. There is
a rush for first glance at the morning
papers, everything from killing dog to
religion Is dlscussed-for there's always
two sides to question. Then, take the
ward hose houses What floods of ora
tory are waited through their prlncely
halls; municipal, ward and national pol
ment than accorded them there.
II the country Ii in danger, II II needs
TO be saved, II volunteers are desired, II
It's patriots, statesmen or legislators that
are desired, Hail Columbia look down
upon these untold resourcesl Remem-
Der when comes the hour of trial or trib-
ulation, when those high In Office betray
thee, remember and forget thee not, the
village store, the shoe shop and the ward
hose house. Ponder over these things
and dream on In peace.
An Eighth ward young man who con-
tributed to humorous magazines until
his stamps gave out, furnishes Joke"
to patient public Condensed under the
pressure OF a splendid pencil. though a
tribe worn, 1.-THE joke-ts TO the effect
that In certain grocery store, not a
mile away from Squire SChultze's, are
four lady clerks. These four going
clerks upon q certain day and certain
hour, agreed for space, or rather peri
cd, OF five minutes 10 keep their mouths
shut.
That agreement coming from four Of
Ewes prototypes is nothing short OF
sensation, and worthy of display
head" But what an anxious, and pa
tient- as exclusively stated above-pub-
lie, is eager to know. is whether the
agreement was observed In the obserV-
ance or the breach.
Hoping this will catch the eye OF the
Eighth ward young man, and thanking
him for past favors. at the same time
resolving to dodge his eagle eye, conclu-
sion is reached.
The rain of the past week coming after
the long drought has fabricated the
tongues OF the yarn pinners, and out In
Elm Grove they are getting In their
work. Fish stories are common, and II
reports arc true Wheeling creek has fur
nished remarkable experiences this fall.
You are told how the absence of moisture
in the creek bed drove the fish to drink,
they frequenting watering troughs, hunt
ing the side doors on Sunday-oh. great
is imagination But out beyond the
town was illustrated by reason Of the
creeks ups and downs, how two men
deal with emergencies.
These two men live stdo by side on the
creek bank, one having seen the light
OF day first under old Erin's skies; the
other, where Kaiser Wilhelm holds sway.
They were quite nelghborly until an ac-
cident removed the foot bridge, over
which both families crossed the rublcnn.
for after that they never spoke as they,
passed by. The German wanted to re-
place the bridge with one after his own
heart: to which the Irishman said nay.
Then Michael submitted his design, only
to have II turned down with n spread OF
feeling on top, Contending with loud and
angry words followed and when neigh
bors fall out you know the rest.
Fortunately for both the creek was
very low at the time. and as the summer
waned the creek did likewise, so that be-
ing minus the bridge didn't work any
great hardships; but as wet feet are not
congenial some remedy for the existing
III had to be invoked. The German glor-
led In pair of boots that reached UP to
HE waist, and similar in appearance to
stove pipes, with elbows for the pedal
extremitles. with these he babe def
anee to the ripples or the waves, and af-
ter he had crossed the stream he hurled
them back TO his front door, where they
lay In waiting for the next member Of his
family; and upon the slre's return at
eventIde the boots were tossed over to
him. Thus did German shrcwdness as
sert itself.
In the meantime Michael was having
all kinds Of trouble, and resolving TO end
1t all he built bridge Not for the use
of both familles--he wasn't built that
way; he didn't give in no casy as all that
The bridge he built would have been the
scene OF tragedy II aught but the
chosen ones had dared TO profane II with
their tread. And Michael laughed scorn-
fully as he crossed his bridge to see his
nolghbor wadlng through the creek. and
pnuslng on the other side TO throw the
big boots back that hls children might
cross In the same manner
But the next day II ralned And the
next, and the next. And the creek It
rose to the occasion, and tho next day II
went the occasion one better, and then
some. And the Extraordinarily bridge?
Listen to our German frlcnd
Michael he laugh ut me like blnzcs all
der time, und say be q tam fool NIT
mine pig poots. Veil. he pulds der
bridge vile der crIct In low und he for
gets Something's lie puilds der prdge
low too. der rain comca down crcry day
py der pnrrcl fun der crIck goes up una
up--und vere'a der prldgo now Nit Me-
Glntyl May pc so."
The problem that confronts us every
Christmas, or when someone's birthday
arrives. or when some friend In about to
Jump through the preachers hands into
the unknown dangers Of married life Is,
what kind Of present 10 buy II IN no
puzzle 10 know whom to buy for, nor "
whom to buy, just simply, whnt to buy.
And the mO-hnnorod answer rings
down The -"HOmethng appropriate,
and the modern answer Of n dlHlntCrrgl.