The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-15

; ing for several days With sore eve
Misses Ella and Stella Keener. tw
charming girls from Steer Creek. vi:
tied friends in town Saturday.
Dali Fry brought "Friddle" owe
Friday. He i very precise in his de
nunciati"m If wha, he calls Chute
holes.
j. d. Cutlip Was here again las
Saturday. He Is suffering almost a
many affections as Job. But he ma,
sin little.
George Beverage will be at Ar
oldsburg w. Va, On the first and
second day. IF tie fair with fine
line of spec,acies aud sewing machine
supplies.
We were glad to see Frank White,
who has been sick for some time, in
town Saturday. He brought us in
one of those exceptionally fine apples
he grows on his farm.
II. l.. Marshall, Sec'y of the B. of
+. Of Sherman District. was about
town last Friday. Bob" is some.
what Of hustler and looks pretty
carefully after the interests Of the dis.
trict in which he lives.
Rev \ We>tfall is, and OF right
ought to be, one of the proudest men
in all ofthe community The surprise
party given him by his closest neigh.
bors and coming, as it did, in sub.
stamtial way is enough to make him
justly proud.
Geo. Beverage, the optician and
eye specialist, will be at Arnoldsburg
the first and second days of the Fair
in September. Give him a call and
have your eyes examined free. Will
also bring full line of sewing ma.
chine supplies.
Talking about the roads: Why any
kind Of a hog path will do for all the
travelling allotted to country editor.
Walking is his only stock in trade.
But We advocate good roads for the
rest Of the folks who have fine carriag-
es and gay horses.
We now have somewhat against
Johnson We,tfull. We had always
expected to be present at his wedding
ceremony, but in this we failed. Last
Sunday a week he was joined in we'd
lock to Hannah Minney, without Civ
ing the writer a moments warning.
Ira Yoak made a mistake last Sun.
day night week. He was visiting
his hest girl at whose home Rev. John
Martin was staying all night and
when Bro. Y oak started to 90 home,
he didu't do a thing but "swipe" the
preac her's hat. 1t became necessary
for the preacher to send after it. a
fellow when counting ought to try to
stand in with the preachers instead
Of TRYING that game.
The office of Sheriff of this county
is usually fought for harder than any
thing else, and we don't see why. 1t.
only pays about $1,000. without any
losses, and it requires at least three
men to do the business. Out of the
earnings the expenses have to be paid
and at the end of each year what has
the sheriff and his deputies left for
their work, which is the very hardest?
Men who have large grazing farms
and know how to make money out of
stock may do all right, but to depend
on the salary and commission is an up
hill pull.
The flesh and blood Of Jacob Hers.
man ceased to live near midnight of
Aug. 10th. And doubtless the fading
influences of time will soon pass his
life, to all but a few, into the realms
Of the forgotten. But to those close
enough to him 70 know him well, no
poiut ofspace nor time can be so dis
tant that the memory Of his life will
die. OF him it can he as truly said
as Of any one that has lived, that his
heart never knew the feeling Of deceit
or treachery. His friends never had
any doubts as to where he stood, and
there never was necessity for his enc
mics to inquire Of others. To tbosehe
loved he chung with a steadfastnes.
that only death could absolve. He
was no coward lie was a brave,
courageous man and died az he had
lived, without fal,ering or criueiug.
Last fall, about the time Of the
Calhoun county fair, some one traded
Homer Terrell q stolen horse. The