Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-10-05

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river, which is surrounded by all
modern conveniences. His oldest
son is a prosperous merchant, OF
Friendly.
We stopped over night at the
quiet little village of Shilo, which is
situated on the banks of Middle
Island creek, and is ten miles from
your city. The town is divided by
the creek, and it contains three
stores, a blacksmith shop one wool
en- mill, one roller -four mill, one
two-room school house, an M. F.
church, and has a population OF
1so. Messrs. Brown & Son con-
ducts the woolen mill, and they
keep their mill running almost the
year round. They manufacture a
special grade of blankest, which
they have ready sale for all they
can turn out.
Bun" Stewart conducts gen
eral merchandise store which is
we'll stocked with goods. Mr..
Stewart is popular merchant and
enjoys a good share of patronage.
Prot. Everett Martin is principal OF
the public school and is good in
structor. James Sweeney is the
Jolly miller and has one OF the best
equipped mills in the county. His
mill has capacity of grinding 200
bushels of wheat per day. He has
the roller process for making flour
and has ready sale for all he can
make. He showed us sample OF
his -four, which in our judg-
ment, would be hard to excel.
Mr.. Sweeney pays 10 cents for
wheat and 40 cents for corn. He
runs his mill, on an average of
eighteen hours day. Jim" Eln-
formed us the village was badly in
need of a matrimonial boom. Of
course we expressed Our sympathies
and informed him we would make
mention of the matter and use our
Influence to inaugurate an immedi-
ate change of affairs. Therefore,
we,give notice to all manageable
young men, also to widowers and
bachelors from 2I to Is years OF
age, who have sound teeth and a
good bank roll at their command
to proceed to Shiloh at once. One
luxury this village can justly boast
of and one that is one of the best
country hotel in the county. 1t is
called the Steele house and the ac-
commodations are frst-class.
There are some fine farms in the
vicinity of Shiloh. They are situ-
ated in the bend Of the creek and
on each fram is erected good dwell
ings and outbuildings.
Our next stop was at Joseph Will
liamson's, at the mouth of Sugar
creek, Peasants county. Here we
enjoyed the hospitalities of Mr.. and
Mrs. Williamson. 1t was our good
fortune to arrive here just at the
noon hour, and shortly after our
arrival we were invited out to din
ner, which was prepared by Mrs.
Williamson and her charming
daughter, Miss Ida. Mr.. William
son conducts a general mercantile
business here, and has accumulated
quite a snug little fortune. He is
a straightforward business man
and stands high in his county for
honesty and integrity. .
The next stop we made was at
Wick, ten miles northeast of Sugar
creek.
On Our way to Wick we drove
Through the farms of Mr.. Ed. Jem-
ison and "Gib" Morgan. These
gentlemen join farms, which pre-
sented the best appearance of any
on our way from Sugar Geek to
Wick. Their farms were clean,
their fencing in good repair, their
out-buildings and residences were
substantial and attractive. Wick is
not so lively and wicked" as she
was two or three years ago. How
ever, there is considerable business
transacted there yet. There are
three general stores in Wick, con-
Quoted respectfully by Mr.. Morris,
Mr.. Robert Smith and Mr.. Antho-
ny Smith.
In Doddridge county, we met
Mr.. Chas. Stewart, who is well
known to many readers of the Re-
view. Mr.. Stewart is engaged in
the merchantile business, on Big
Flint. He is also postmaster, and
the office is known as Stewart. Mr..
Stewart owns a large tract of land
| in Doddrioe county,. on which have