The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-06-13

Jacob Deems was around the burg
Friday.
The grass crop will be rather ligh
in places.
Jesse c. Gamer was about tewr
Thursday.
Truly there is no excellence with
out great labor.
j. b. Polling was down at Crestol
last Wednesday.
Jesse Scott has been away on bust
ness for some time.
"Bob" Hays, of Chenille, now
holds case at this office.
Lees, son of Hon. f. n. Hays, OF
Chenille, was here Friday.
The Fourth of July will be here
whether we celebrate it or not.
G. w. Shafier, of Mt. Zion, was
here last Thursday, delivering wool
Attorney Bee Hopkins bought fif
ty head of yearling cattle last week.
Alonzo Buck was up to town
Thursday, looking after business mat
tiers.
Well, well, we had no wool to sell
or we could have had some money
now.
Dell Burns was here day or two
last week, enjoying himself with the
boys.
Squire w. r. Cox, of Sherman
district, was about the city last
Wednesday.
We would like to see some kind of
an entertainment gotten up in this
town without any hard feelings.
j. d. Outlip has been here for a
few days consulting with clients, wit
nesses, etc, preparing for court.
Miss Jennie Fleming, of Rilla, ac-
companied her father here last Mon
day. 1t is Il pity that pretty little
sweet girl, like Miss jennie, should
have to be dragged around on such
unpleasant missions.
In distributing the type for last
issue, we discovered great many
mistakes. Then, we had hoy to
charge them to, but this week we will
have to shoulder the whole response
bility, and 60 it alone.
We have been long time about
it, but We have finally gotten onto
Bird" Bells trick. He stops at the
mouth of Big Root and asks Uncle"
Perry Campbell when it is going to
rain and then comes up to town and
makes people believe he is weather
prophet.
A teacher in one of the public
schools i'll neighboring town said Ia
her primary class the other day, eff
your father gave your mother 81 to.
day, SIS tomorrow, what would she
have?" And the small boy over in the
corner replied, ''She would have IA
fit. "-LiLcoln News.
We don't want to bore any of our
readers, but we have au abiding faith
in keeping right before the people.
The times and the circumstances de
mand Il bridge across the river at this
town, and those who oppose bonding
the county for money, at three per
cent, necessary to build it, have not
seriously thought of its importance
and HntOld worth to the entire coun.
ty.
1t came to pass in the nineteenth
century, that there dwelt in the land
of EVANSVILLE, down by the rivers
edge, prophet whose name was not
Eliza, Isaiah, jeremiah, nor Ezekiel.
And this prophet opened his mouth
aud spake unto the people, saying:
"There will be rain from the 9th to
the 9Th 'eclusec, and there shall be
great water during court" And there
were, in the midst of the people, law
yers who were fat and the weather
was exceedingly hot, and upon hear.
ing the prophet speak they rejoiced
and spake one to another: Hear the
sayings Of the prophet. Behold when
it rnineth We shall be cool and moi
pant" On the evening Of the III
day Of the sixth month, Hays, tho
chief Of fat lawyers, spoke unto the
prophet seying: "Thou art a fal-,
prophet and the prophet did wax
warm and words did stream ont of hi,
mouth and fire did flash from hi
eyes as he again spake to the pcopl,
saying: "Wait until tomorrow nigh
and then if it raineth not, / will Civ,
the prophecyiug over into the hands
Of Bird Bell, for behold the Bell pro
| phesieth aud misseCh it not" And i
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