The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-14
HERE and THERE.

hERE AND lHERE.
Oh, the blaro of the bands was sweet to the
The sight Of the flag won many cheer
The glory and CLEAN OF the glltteFing line
The uniforms bright as the sparkle OF
The lash and the flame, the spirit and
The light and the Joy as the ranks rolled
along!
And the crowd on the curb pressed close
The jostle and jam, the neeks craned to
The strife and the struggle. the schemlns
The warTins Of words. the scramble for
In the midst of tho mob. excited and
a baby buggy-the. ranks ripplIns along!
And a mothers thin hands, as leaves in a
strOve ' Weak in the crush. while the proud
There were sneers, there were jeers that
she should presume
Bringing a baby where men fought for
But a mothers sad eyes the tendercr
And closer hef fingers fOndled her child.
50 she stood for a spell-shut out from
The blaze 81 the banners, the dream and
Till 2 Stranger. true type of manhOOd's
said: Lady, stand in front; the baby
And the blaFe of the bands was sweeteF to
And u vs. :. a q wasn't all that called t e.
About five years ago Wheeling had
three or four good banjo, mandolin and
guitar clubs. which were in frequent
demand at concerts and other form of
entertainments. These organizations
were conducted on a proper basis, but
the wave Of interest In the sweet-toned
string instruments which had been on
for a couple OF years ebbed to low tide
in Wheeling three years ago and the
Waldo Quartette, known as the Ariel
club In the period spoken Of, Is the sole
remainder The Premier and Imperlals
were two others. and the former had
the widest reputatlon-in fact, 1t was
the premier in every sense. 1t was
the original banjo club here and 1t
reached high standard of excellence.
It dIsbanded on the removal to Phila-
delphIa ofits handspring, Fred c. Mey-
err, now engaged In the manufacture
Of mandollnS and guitars in the Quaker
City. The other members were Louis
F. Schrader, e. f. Schoheld, George
Wells, Will +. LoetIler and Harry Ritz
Ter. None play now excepting Mr. Ritz
Ter, who as guitar acCompanist has
few equals.
Every now and again three or four
lovers CT good literature group them
selves together in cosy room and mu-
tuaIly exchange the beauties CLEANED
from favorite authors. and on such
times the hurry and noise Of the street
outside are forgotten. 1t is on these
occasions that the hungry mind turns
to q literary society, and its absence
in city the size OF Wheeling looms
up on the sea Of reflection. In the
humble villages scattered all over the
highlands OF West Virginia may be
found literary societies which prove
source Of delightful md instructive
entertainment, and the wonder is that
the kindred spirits are not banded to-
gether in this city likewise. A literary
society, devoid of tight-lnced exclu-
sIveness, would fill painful void. The
topics for discussion at the weekly or
monthly meeting need not be confined
to the gems in poetry or prose. The lat
est in science, economics and Industrial
developments would help round happy
and practical combination. The initia-
tive taken, the Wheeling society would
soon have large membership, and the
proper time to organize 1t would be
right now, with the approach Of cold
weather. "e
The Clay County Star is coming to
the front again with some crisp items
of Clay county doings. Some Of them:
Vernon Wilson says there are the
crankiest girls in this county that he
ever saw. He says they are all right
and he can keep company with the best
OF them when there Is a long trip on
hands and they want u horse to ride,
but us soon us the trip IS over they are
gone with some other fellow.
Walter BaIlie is at Harrison on bus
mess. For further Information call on
Miss Clorie -.
Somebody said last Saturday evening
that 1t was going to frost that night.
Homer Ballie had some tobacco that
wasn't cut and some corn also, 80 1t
didn't lust suit him for 1t to frost that
night and he said It might frost, but 1t
would have to be cold enough, clear
enough and still enough, but when he
awoke Sunday morning and saw his to-
bacco frozen stIff he decided at once
that It was cold enough, clear enough
and still enough to frost.
They say that Huntley Hughes, of
Braxton county was here last Sunday.
Ask Miss CornIe VanderGrif for full
particulars concerning the matter.
The old gentleman manifested no de-
sire to vacate the parlor, much to the
sorrow of an Island maiden and her
best young man, who for an hour had
the gas In the CRATE turned up to II
high notch in hopes of the room becOm-
ing too warm for him, since he had COM
planned OF the heat on entering the
room. Ever and anon the sedate sire
glanced at the thermometer on the
door. He fldgeted uncOmfortably from
the heat while trying to read his paper,
yet remained In his chair stumbling
block to the sweet words two hearts
wished to exchange. a thought struck
the apple Of his eye. She saw her
father walk over to the thermometer,
She followed instantly with the lamp
in her hand. While he gtZed at the
mercury she held the lamp directly be-
meath, and her fathers astonished eyes
saw the festive mercury mount at the
lamps bidding. But he didn't stop to
discover why. A jump to 90 degrees in n
minute was more than he could stand
and he vacated the parlor forthwith.
Then THE gas in the crate was turned
lower, likewise the lamp, and two hearts
beat as one until the finale at the hall
door.
1t is said in spirit OF levIty, not in