The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-10
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US on Monday four Of the biggest ears
OF corn that we have ever seen, and we
have hung them up In our office for In
spection The corn was raised from
seed he got from Maryland last year. It
is estimated that the Yield Will run from
rs to 100 bushels to the acre Mr.. Coffin
barger says he would Ike Beuben Jen-
lSins or George Demory, Of EoudoR
county, to try TO beat it.-Shepherds-
town Register.
Some of our exchanges attribute the
scarcity Of song birds 60 the English
sparrow. This Is very much OF a mis-
take. The indlscriminote slaughter OF
these song birds by would-be hunters
Is the principal cause. Since hunting
has been prohibited, the section border
ing along -Four Pole Creek is again be-
ing inhabited by these beautiful birds,
and every morning their songs make
SWEEP music TO all lovers Of nature.
Huntington Argus.
Pass the cake to Mr.. Pat Murray,
the expert gardener at the Old Sweet
Springs-no, on second thought, let
him take the whole confectionery shop.
He sends the Watchnan o splendid
symmetrlcab cabbage-head, that weighs
Just tweny- three pounds, and Is proud
~ labelled champion OF Monroe couns
ty," We knew that some Of the boys
would get knocked out Just us soon as
Sweet Springs was heard from.
Our collection of curious has been
augmented by q goodly Gourd with
handle fifty inches in length, provided
by Mother Nature. This was contrib
uted by Mr.. W. A. Davidson, OF Unions
vicinity, who suggests that We have 1t
followed out and used to keep campaign
'hclker" in. PenStent Republicans Will
please take notice that we hope to have
It ready for business by November
Monroe Watchman-
There were two or three loads of Pres
ton county apples in town last week.
Apples are very scarce<al over the
country, Preston must be q little more
fortunate than her neIghhorS The ele-
vations Is so great there that fruit trees
are late blooming and thus often es-
cape frosts that kin the fruit on lower
ground. This summer has certainly
been favorable for the formation OF
fruit buds, and with a favorable spring
in 1899 there ought to be an abundant
fruit crop next year. = Morgantown
POST
Jacob Meats sent the last of his mel
ons to the Calhoun fair last week. He
realized $l95 from the sale OF melons
grown ON one acre, this year.-Ritchie
Review.
Chestnuts took drop on Monday,
falling from 1Oc to &c per pound, And
Dame Rumor says that certain Terra
AltanS got 1t where the chicken got the
the axe, to the ture OF $500 or more.
The chestnut market is "finnlcSy." Be
ware!-PrestOn Republican.
F. White, Of Freeman's Creek, was in
town one day last week, and while talk
ing to q representative Of this paper,
spoke OF the strange and unaccountable
phenomena. that exists in his home.
Taking an exterior view OF his dwelling
the panes in the windows on both the
north and south appear in many coiors
and as vari-hued as the rainbow, and
1t Is Impossible to distinguish through
those windows any objects in the rooms
on the inside, In other words, from the
outside the windows are opaque instead
Of transparent. From the interior the
glass in the windows is perfectly trans
parent. and there Is not the least diff
Guilty in distinguishing objects on the
outside. Strange TO say, when broken
panes are replaced with clean, clear and
new glass, but short time elapses I'M
iii they become affected. Mr.. White is
unable to account for the phenomenon,
which has existed for many years, un-
less 1t Is caused by minerals hidden un-
der the ground on which his residence
stands. The windows on the east and
west sides OF the house are not affected,
and are as clear as capitalization
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