The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-08-22

in the burg Friday.
Those who have cattle and sheen
for sale can certainly get the money
1t is q notorious fact that men will
drink stuff that hogs will not drink.
Capt. Henry Terrell, Of Freed
was in the burg short time Satur
day.
A Business Education PAYS. Ge,
it at the Mountain State Business
College.
Z. L. Austin and Charley Stump
returned from New Martinsville Fri.
day night.
All day Saturday people were con.
stantly going to aud coming from the
S. s. Convention at Broom Stick.
Fall Term of the Mountain State
Business College, Parkersburg, w.
Va, begins Sept 4, 5 and 6. Send
for Catalogue.
It strikes US that there are a great
many uncollected fines due this town.
and our streets certainly need the
proceeds of some of them.
This section is not more than able
to hold its own against more favorably
located sections if we all stand togeth.
er and work together. Omitted we
stand, divided we fall"
Anthony claims he kicked Starkey
about right and confessed to the MAY.
or, but that no fine was imposed.
Guess the Mayor thinks Anthony is
not worth nIinding.
We want to leave this world and all
who dwell therein us good as we found
them. Acts ofkindness are never for
gotten by the writer and one by one
opportunity presents itself to measur-
ably repay.
A Business Education PAYS. Get
it at the Mountain State business
College.
a party Of fishermen from Harris.
vile were camped above town last
week, and from reports, had great
success. And from all reports the
grand jury will have some success in
finding indictments for unlawful fish
ing next court.
r. E. Hawkins, ofPhilippi, w. Va,
buys and sells real estate on his own
account and on commission. He
makes a speciality Of farming and
grazing lands. Write him descrip.
ton and price of what you have for
sale, or the kind of property you
wish to purchase.
An exchange describes evolution as
follows: a girl, named plain "Mary"
at her birth, dropped the "r" when
she grew up and became Miss May.
AS she began to shine in the social
circle she changed tie "y" to sc" and
signed her letters Mae. About year
ago she dropped the sc" and its just
plain "Ma." That's evolution.-Ex.
A good quartette for this town
would be great thing. Instead of
rowdy and loud talk on the streets for
all to occasionally listen to well rem
dered sacred or patriotic music by a
well trained quartette would be II
much nicer pastime these pleasant
evenings. We do tear that
we are not properly enjoying the
blessings as they pass into the realms
of the forgotten. We have the talent,
and an abundance of it.
That joke FogIe played on the rats
reminds US ola similar one, played by
a Gilmer county farmer upon potato.
bugs. They, the bugs. had totally
destroyed his potato crop the year
previous and he decided to fool 'em.
lie plowed up the same ground upon
which the bugs had eaten up his crop,
furrowed it outand billed it up nicely,
then went over in another field and
planted his potatoes. He claims that
the bugs all stayed on the bogus pota.
to hills until they starved to death.
The situation in which an editor il
placed is somewhat similar to that Of
a minister. Now, We don't want 20 be
understood as attempting to compare
an editor to minister, or that he oc.
cupies that high and exalted position
in life, but as both have to deal with
80 many kinds Of people, it measurably
gives them a similar position and ex.
perience. We want to refer to two
cases that came under own observation:
That Of Rev. Nicholson, and Rev.
Bud" Smith, who came TO this work