West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-10-13
A COURT DINNER.
An Enjoyable Event Over the Hills
at the Poor House"

OHe VI inc oeSt ana mOSJ ENJOY
able dinners ever given i'm this sec.
ton, vas hat rendered last Thurs.
day by Mr.. J.. r.. Hawkins, Supt.
of the County ln6rmary, to the
members OF the County Court,
which WIS then in session here.
The full Court (aDd they were all
very full after dinner,) of eight
mem bers were present, also james
w. Flynn, Oh ,irman Of the Repub.
lIcan Committee, aud j. Slidell
Brown, Chairman Of the Demo-
cratic Committee, aud A. w Brown.
of the Journal, and S. ID. Gate
wood, Of The ARGUS. In add, ION,
there we're other friends Of the
family, so that it made quite a little
dinner party in all.
Inc table was loaded down with
the good things OF life," and still
they kept carrying in delicious eat
ables till some of the crowd couldn't
unbutton their vest for a day or
two after, and had to sleep with 1t
on. The local editor of the Jour
nal foundered, and it is now feared
that his hoofs will come OF. AS
Squire Flynn took his third piece
OF pie, after the seventh piece of
chicken, he wanted to know before
he went any further, whether or
not the Court was going to raise
Bro. Hawkins salary. Rev. Har-
rison linn, the Member from Reno,
thought it was good enough for a
wedding dinner, and offered to
marry some couple free, If they
would come forward. This scared
the two old bachelors present, the
Member from Lyon and The AR
GUS man, and partially took their
appetite, and thereby saved enough
for the second table. We candidly
admit being fond of eating, for 1T
is at least half of our living, and
explain our appetite for chicken,
from the tradition that We were cut
for a preacher, but sewed up the
wrong way.
1t was a farewell dinner for most
OF the Court, as only two of them
are on the ticket for reelection,
and this was the last regular term
for the present Court. All unite
in declaring Mrs. Hawkins a splen.
did cook and a most gracious hostess,
and il it is true that the way TO a
mans heart lies through his stom-
ach, then Mrs. Hawkins captured
the whole crowd.
After dinner the different parts
of the County Home was Inspected,
and found to be clean and comfor-
table. The grounds also have been
cleaned up and considerable truck
raised this year, to help feed the
inmates, so that Mr.. Hawkins
seems to be doing better than could
be expected on such a rough place,
which seems to have been selected
for a Poor Farm, because it was
really and truly a poor farm and
no good for anything else, In the
same line Of reasoning that man
of the school houses are located on
some rock pile, or barren waste Of
land, that is good for nothing else,
and can be purchased cheap or per-
hsps donated for the purpose.
The new farm near town pur-
chased by the Court, will be a great
help TO the County Home. rs al
most enough grain and produce can
be grown on it to make the Home
self-sustaining. The Court spent
some time over there, and pur-
chased Mr.. Thomas half of the
hay and ali his personal property
over there, consisting of two horses i,
wagon, moving machine, grain
drill, plows, gears and various
farming implements, the whole
amounting to about $500. Some
wheat has been sown, and Mr..
Hawkins goes back and forth TO
superintend the work Of cleaning
up and I'm approving The place. They
expect TO let some one move into
the old house TO cook for the hands
and help with the work.