West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-08
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The n =. church at Allender's Mills.
is being completed by Walter Bell, OF
Valley Point.
Ed. Shaft r returned 70 his home on
Irish Ridge 10 spend about six week
engineer on the u. ~ O. Il. K. for ten
years or more.
Your writer was out in the land Of
prosperity. coal fields, OIL -lts gas
fields. and n the sun does not yet too
hot, we m ght add wheat fields "a few
days last week. Everything Of cereal
nature seems % be fair crop. Some
Of the farmers commenced cutting their
wheat harvest to-day (Mouday). Squire
Henry Shatfer. who lives near the Al
lender school House. is the first % be-
gin reaping his heat. Oats arc prou-
ising ON most Of the farms .Sone few
fields are turning yellow and look rs is
10 might be rust. COru is snort but IL
growing very fast while the thermom-
eter stands % degrees in the shade /
noticed several new cIearings for buck
wheat in burning process viz: Sam
uel Spears and Benjamin Miller. OF
Howesviile.aud Doctor J. $. Hartley. OF
Irish Ridge. The last named gentle
man was very patriotic. On Saturday.
tho day that every body cele Urated the
Fourth, he rolled and burnt logs on his
buckwheat clearing all day. ! want
YOU 10 understand that Dock IS not
only hustler at pulling teeth, but he
is an old farmer too. just the same
Last Saturday our people eelebrat
the Fourth OF July at Concord. about
half way from this place 10 Newburg.
which gave the citizens a chance 20 at
tend from every direction. If you had
been there Me. Editor, YOU would have
believed that everybody was out and
wondered where they all came from
Early % the morning they began TO
assem- BILE on the picnic grounds, and by
ten o'clock the woods were literally
full OF people of all ares and all sizes.
The audience was called 10 order by
Col. Ash Moore, at one time of much
political fame as a stumper and Jour
uaiistic quill driver. The Thomas
Squires Vocal Baud sang an appropri-
ate song, after which james H. McGin-
mis- offered prayer Col Ash Moore
then read the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence There were number of inter-
csting recitatiOns rendered by several
very beautiful young ladies. At this
time the Callithumpian Parade took
place, after which w. II Shaffer gave
an address of about oEe hour on the
Progress of a Hundred Years" Din
ner being in order. we were bountifully
fed on roast chicken, lamb, pick e.
pOuuu cake and money After recess
Of about two hours, we were called to
the attention OF elm bling a peeled pole
which was set in the ground top down
wards. The thing was too slick for
your scribbo TO climb. lie prefers a
pole with the bark on. / did not learn
whether anyone received the prize or
not The following gentlemen then
were introduced and very ably enter
tanned the audience for about two
hours: Ash Moore, I[elso Pyles, Prof
:. NJ. Shaffer and the Rev. Rogers, Of
Function About a dozen more were
waiting for their turn, but MIR. George
Cooke, Of TOWNSVILLE. said he was
ready to 90 home and we preferred
riding in buggy to walking, the
weather gauge being 90 in the shade.
We certainly had a good time at Con-
cord and may her people have the same
every Fourlh Of July for tho next one
hundred years to come.
RFADJUSTER.