The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-07-13
FROM STONEGA.
Correspondence Of The Big Stone GAP rosr.

Correspondence Of The Zig Stone Gap rog
SroSreA. July Il.--James Body aud
family have removed to The Gar. Dir.
BODY has contract with the Ore Co,
hence we loose uicc family and Zig
Stone Gap gains one.
Mrs. W. ). Beverley and little daughter
Virginia, with Miss Lizzie Polly we're Wis
itors here on Sunday, and were the guests
of ". II. Polly. This was Mrs. Beverley :
first visit to Stonega aud she was much
pleased with the town and its various at
fractions.
The Stereopticon Entertainment given
in the church on Friday evening consisted
of two series of scenes on Temperance
the first series represented the downward
career of man who introduced the bottle
into his family for the first time and his
succession of falls winding up with muir
dcred wife and mother and the once hap
nv father an inmate of the Lunatic asy-
lum. The second series showed family
whose father had been led astray by the
enticing saloon, and was drifting toward
the same tate as the first victim, but his
little daughter came to the saloon and by
love drew him to form a resolution which
he kept and he was reclaimed and by his
merits he was advanced to foreman in the
machine shop where be was employed, aud
instead of spending the last days OF his
life on earth in a lunatic's cell, his declin-
ing years pass away in the cnjOymcnls ofa
loving family.
Our population has been increased by a
int
Pannil's family on Sunday morning last.
Mother and boy are doing we'll, and there
is JOY N the home.
Squire Strong married Elton Porter and
James Dunn on Sunday evening at preach
err.
4 beautiful large map of Palestine for
the use Of the Sabbath School came 10
day. 1t is one Of the helps to he used IN
the study of the next six months Sabbath
School lessons. which will be in the Old
Testament This map is gift from Mrs.
DR.. J. S. Wentz, who has already been 50
thoughtful of the children.
DR.. Talmage in one of his character
istc sermons in Washington, u. C.. last
SUNDAY vigorously arraigns the great evil
that today is cursing the world-the sin OF
gossip. He saws that one man or woman
set on fire of this hellish spirit will keep
whole neighborhood abOil. When two or
three whisperers get together they stir
cauldron of trouble, which makes you
think of the three witches of Macbeth
dancing around boiling cauldron in n
dark cave. | have more respect for poor
waif of the street who goes down under
the gaslight with no home and no God.
than have for these respectable nags OF
respectable society, who cover up their
claws with a fine shawl and bolt the hell
of their hearts with n diamond breast pin.
He gives the following advice: When you
hear something bad about your neighbor
don't 90 all over and ask about it, I
whether it is true, and scatter it and
spread it, You might as well 90 to n
smallpox hospital ana take patient out /
and carry him around through the COM
munity and ask every one YOU met if they |
really thought it was a case of smallpox. /
That would be very bad for the patient |
aud for all the neighbOrs. Do not retail /
ISLANDERS, DO not make yourself the in
spector of warts. or the supervisor OF
and the commissioner OF street
cutters Can it he that You, an immortal
man or woman, can find no better use OF
your time than TO become gutter inspec-
Or. II YOU have no children of your own
peak kindly of your neighbors, and at
your family table allow 10 detractions.
II YOU have children teach them to speak
veil OF others. Show them the difference
between bee and 4 wasp, the one gather
ng honey. the other lhrusting sting 1t
lnJ of you have = fallen sister, instead Of
rushing her into the earth. manifest that
}hrist like spirit in helping her to rise.
The law OF libel makes quick and stout
grip Of open slender, but these creatures
Who tattle In secret are so small that they
scabe the fine tooth comb of the law
nd 50 they continue in the carnival of
mud" SO far Stonega Is nearly free
rom the gossiper. We have so very few
hat every one knows them and their
ower to do mischief is cipher.