West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-31
KINGWooD W. VA, THURSDAY AUGUST 81 1899
HERE AND THERE
Over The west yIrstnts Sttiis

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EDITOR ARaUs 80 We had the pleasure
in our rameles to- drop down at Lake
Terra Alta few dRya during the
csmp meeting. We heard the nneat
kind of preaching. We were intro.
duced To the Rev l. w Chldres. of
Dayton, Va Well Mr.. Editor. he made
ono remark on sunday morning that
made me think strangely OF you. lie
said That Young man that was not
married at ab ought to be hned a
hundred dollars, aud knew you would
have had to pny IL long ngo. Then he
said II they were not married at 80
they onght to bo hung You ought to
have seen the girlN, RigRle aud twist
aud the widows smiling They thought
| the fellows would be scared right into
mRtrimony. oh. how the old maids
primped and bounced around and al
felt very happy.
Mr.. Creed Huntington. the hotel
man. was very busy accommodating
his customors. We pcsprd in on th,
soldisrH camp. IL reminded US of the
COS Yet they lack discipline We
noticed two big fellows out ther,
dressed IN blue We thought they
were to large for this years hrood. 40
| we incurred about thvn and wc were
J told the lSrRest one WAS Col W II
Casteel, IA relic Of the soldisry of the
rebellion. II they were MI that large
wouldnt they toe whopprrs We then
went To Terra Alta To see Whit was
going on. Everybody seemed To be
very busy. We met several old sol.
dlers, among them Squire levi Miller.
who iSa very clever gentleman and
used to he one of Pleasant distriets
best Justices. We came in contact
with Mart Crane; he didn't have much
To say, as his widow friend entertained
him most of the time. Terra Attn
seems To be doing a thriving local
option business. Some Of the Doctors
largely practice on something heard
them call Prescriptions. 1t must be
IA new remedy. as the mn njoritv take
that kind OF stun they call "Prescrip.
tion." There is an awful lot OF Doc
tors in Terra AltA-pot quite ono of
every 10 families. Well. the next fun
ny thing We saw wns something on
wboels-had the senblAnce Of IA house
cnge, We looked and looked and
wondered where the elephant was aud
we we're sure BarDum was riuht on us
with his show. IL pulled down
through town. so we followed IL up
until we found ont Whist IL was. At
hrot we saw something peep out with
a beRrd on. Oh, we said. monkey me
nnGeric is ON us, and we looked closer
a. closer. Goiiy. we thought. n H.
mas monkeys the old mother Is "A
whopper, sure. Still we were not sat
iHadd. We investigated until we found
It was Davis GumJle Buss, hauliny
passengers 10 Preston. We will not
say anything about Fent and the
crackers etc We also met with the
Cashier OF the Terra Alta Rank. He ia
one OF the incest men in the world.
lie told us their firm was doing "A
thriving business. We had an inter
view with Mr. Jared Rodeheay0r he
10 one Of the land marks Of tho old
Democratic party OF old Preston-n
bne gentleman.
We Etrollcd out over tho eountrv
among the farmers. There is the
finest crops over saw m old Preston
IT Is Surprising To- get up on ore of
these bills md look over TN, eovntrt
to- see the improvements chat hive
been 'orde iu the last few yenrs
bHnd that wore woodlands tctlgy rye
opened mp sud is being 'armed. Bet
ter Rrain Is not grown ahy ~ here: oats
from 90 TO so bushels pr acre; 6ne
meadows; wheat cquaI TO THAT Of anv
state or section east ~ the Ohio river,
lie farmers are getting the spirit o(
seeing how much they can produce per
acre instead OF seeing how many ncres
they can farm. If Preston county
keeps up this spirit Of progress. in ten
yearb she wIIl be the best county in
tho state. No one need to 20 any
further west for good forms. good
cattle, good sheep oT anYthiug thnt
can be grown from the soil or on top
Of 1t, IL we could get our roads put
up In order, 80 AS 20 be able 10 travei
over them, IL w0nld wonderfully facili.
ate The progress of the county. But
with the present condition. especially
10 Portland md rlcasapt districts. IL
D an outrage ON The public. and ~ eye
sore 20 stranger.
RAMBLER