The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-10-31
So many things are useless.

"The dog what yells has been hit
A child of A. r. Johnson's wa:
quite sick last week.
Mrs. Al. Hartman Sr. has been
quite sick for several days.
We try to provide some things fol
our friends that entertain them.
K. A. Terrell and Sam Law came
up to town early Saturday morning.
5. NJ. Polling, of near Doddrill, de.
livered produce here last Thursday.
Seriously speaking, we are &C.
customed to being swallowed blood
raw.
There are al least dozen men in
this county who have a sherifalty
humble bee in their bnnnets.
Lemmie Huffman has two of the
finest purkers we have seen this year,
aud jeff Kelly comes in second.
Constable Frank Terrell, of Sher.
man district, Was among Grantsville
business men Il day or 50 last week.
1t would be hard to estimate the
value of business in this county an
nually, The produce trade alone is
immense.
Henry Norman and wife, of Web
ster county, spent several days
visiting friends and relatives in this
county recently.
Judge Blizzard and T. T. Hodges
had quite q horse swop last week,
Blizzard becoming the owner of Baby
Ruth and Hodges of Calhoun.
Mrs. r. F. Hickman was in town
last Sunday the guest Of friends
She is, we are glad to say, rapidly
regaining her former good health.
If the Ephriamites had not been
turbulent and rebellious people, so
many of them would not have fallen
at the several fords of the river
j Jordan.
The weather has been very unfavor-
able for gathering corn for some time,
but the weather has been most
favorable TO those who have no corn
to gather.
Brooksville has about run away
with itself in the way of building
this season. About the next thing
we know they will be wanting the
county seat down there.
just as we suspected, Bro. Wright,
(of Hartley, w. Va getting IL good
paper back yander" (and paying
Tor it( and stealing what you read
in the Chronicle. Yep, that makes
a good county paper.
If the biggest liar on earth was to
come to this town some morning and
say that the moon had fallen from the
heavens and was lying i'll julie Pelps
or some other mans field, some one
would be fool enough to believe it.
The gentleman who made the al
cohol proposition came in, like
gentleman, and apologized. We
like that class of men who make
amends for their wrongs, done in
thoughtless moment. Not until
seven times, but until seventy times
seven"
Thursday was the dullest day we
have ever seen in Grantsville If
Hans johnson had not passed through
town with a wagon load of lumber
and Anthony Hallembake came up in
town and blew his bazzo0 a few min.
utes nothing at all would have hap.
peued except what is told elsewhere.
After Dinner.
Take one of Beggs' Little Giants.
The pleasant after dinner Pill cures
Indigestion. Arnoldsburg Pharmacy.
j. l.. Kelly, a bright and indus
trious young man Of White Pine,
who has been working in the noun.
tains for some time, returned home a
few days ago aud will spend few
dnys visiting friends and looking
after important business matters.
Let US all agree and get along
agreeabIy on basis Of right We
can have better churches, our pastors
can have better salaries, our schools
will be better filled with pupils, our
tables will be better laden with good
things,our countenances will he bright
er, in short, everything will be better
without discOrd and envy