West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-08-17
HERE AND tn ERE.
Rambling over The West Virginia
Hills.
EDIroR ARGUS:

EDITOR ARGUS:
We took stroll the other day and
will tell YOU few things we saw. We
were in the little village of Brandon.
vile. There MIR. X. B. Waddell vas us
usual. very busy in his store ard
MIR. Barnes looked as IL he was doing
a fair share of business. Miller Il
Bros were making the iron Jingle i'm
their blacksmith shop. ! made some
inquiries about it and was told that
Ben was on the verge OF matri mony
SO we pulled up our strings aud bid
farewell TO Brandouville. Next we
came TO Brucotou. Every body seemed
to be busy wanted to get the nows
but no one had time TO tell much about
it. guess there is gentleman of
leisure, but had not time to wait for
him. The next object of attention
was new story put on John Allen
Miller's house, which adds considerably
20 the appearance of tho home MIR,
Miller is one OF the most successful
farmers along Sandy Creek lie has as
fine cattle rs you can find. We soon
arrived at Valley Point. Everything
was in n hustle. Hartman seems To be
the right man IN the right place. lie
sells lots OF goods. We met squire
j. j, Martin, Consta ole Fulmer. and to
our surprise, Mr.. Greel Jenkins came
along and Noah Listou and wife
Grsel seemed To be in trouble. His
orothcr-in-law was out OF humor. |
heard the circumstances and / told
him thought he would get o7er IL.
So proceeded on my journey south
| travelled where the road once was
The old land marks can be seen yet.
There stands the old Muddy Creek
Furnace stack. | was glad IL was
there and it is lucky TO, that IL has not
been put in mud hole. SO pondered
on. i came across Col A. G. Titchenell
with smile on, such as no other is
capable OF putting on. aud he said 81
tell you Dir, those fellows who leased
this land for ten dollars an acre, are
not in 1t. Why, the coal man was On
our hill taking options at forty dollars
an acre. | tell you, | found out some
thing | never knew" That express
ion went straight through me. as was
so badly shaken mp travelling over such
rough roads. / said, what is 1T +?
why he said. when they mined
the coal they had TO leave enough TO
hold the hill up." We both felt very
good over that knowledge, and he told
as OF the recent births on their hill
no deaths. so we had 10 say good bye
nrd pull ahead.
We soon were M AlbriChts. 1T is n
nice little village with two hotels
lhe merchant bad several customers.
Business looked encouraging. Just
before Albright was reached we came
10 creek, where roa comes down.
There was "A small uudionce. Some
children and one very tall man. We
made some inquiry, and to our sur
prise, we learned IL was tall Parson
celebrating the righJs Of matrimony to
that boy and gal OF course we felt
glad and went on our way rejoicing
Good old Noah, one OF the best
blacksmiths in the world. WAS making
the anvil ring, and Johnny Short"
was on the bench making shoes. We
also met Peter, not the Apostle, but
one Of his followers. lie informed us
that Mandy Titchcnell had gone to
Baltimore 30 tho hospital We felt
sorry, but wished her - speedy rccov-
cry and safe return. The noxt ob-
ject OF attraction we met was Il buggy
and its occupants attracted our atten-
ton very much They looked, 10y star
light, SO loving. / had TO just look
and look. Afterwards / inquired what
loving folks they were oh they
said. 'it was widower from Terra
Alta. Tie comes down here sparltin'
our wider Wmin'.' As ! felt very
happy to see the TWO widows in such
a happy state OF Sind. passed on
very silently The dog didn't make
any fuss either SO 1 arrived at the
county Capital.
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