The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-25
HERE AND THERE.
I'm not an ugItntor and ! farm,n. life 81,

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I'm not an agltntor and q farmin' life suits
But ! sometimes cit discouraged and as
droopy as kin be: =
More especially O. late. since trusts
IS combines an sich
Have klndo lcagued together to r!chify
the rich.
Here's these stockmen in tho mills glttln
prices In the skies.
That bring the tears Q, envy to the daz-
Fled farmers eyes:
NO wonder that We do n heap O. highfa-
When we sec the prices quoted In them
transfers O. stock.
read MS how there's Common" an then
there comes ''preferred"--
An not decent figure for mono O. my head
l slave away hero on tho ridge. feedln'
en- the best,
An then so to tho market to DO skinned
long with the rest.
kin water stock forever an what's the
My cattle likely bring mo less than they
did yesterday
These masnates o. tho mills must have
queer watcrln' tanks; - =
An II could sell my place I'd raise stock
on clnder banks. u. w.
or the patriotic peoples OF the Garth
none Is more intensely so than the
Welsh. The topography ofa country con-
duces to love OF liberty and an innate
and deep rooted patriotism, that Is. II
the topography shows hills and noun
tains In abundance. The Swiss are a
good example OF patriotic hilltop dwell
ers, and their love OF liberty Is proverb-
ial. West Firginia's motto. "Montanl
SeDper L!berl." reflects the spirit OF our
own mountaincers. But It Is of the
love OF the Welsh for the things bring
Ing honor to the land OF their birth
that the humble deponent would speak
for n brief spell.
One Of the most intelligent sons OF
old Cambria has conceived the idea that
the Welsh language Is responsible for
the derivation OF Pennsylvania. His
originality does him great credit, but
sad to relate, the authorities are FOR
nlnst" him. According 10 Nc. WILL
iams, who has been In Wheeling nearly
all his life, yet retains deep interest in
the land where his eyes first saw the
light, Pennsylvania Is u combination of
"penl," the surname OF the great
Quaker, and the Welsh word, "sylfac-
nod1," meaning founded. Hence,
Penn sylfacnodd." and rot Penn syl-
wants." Is the proper caper. To back
up his discovery, Mr.. Williams main
talns that William Penn was born In
Wales. therefore would likely be In
clincd to so his motner tongue to chris
ten the great commonwealth. But. the
Qudkcr whose walking abilities so as
founded the Indians, according TO q
compact whereby he was to get as
much lard as he could walk around in
q dry, was born at Tower Hill. London,
1914. son of Admiral William Penn
and Margaret Jasper, Dutch lady.
Penn's own account OF the name,
Pennsylvania. Is that he suggested
"sylvania." derived from the Latin
word ''siivauus." meaning woody, but
King James added Penn" In honor OF
the exlle's father, the admiral. How
ever. Mr.. Williams deserves credit FOR
his ingenious origin for the Keystone
states orthodox handle.
An Island landlord almost suffered n
heTorhaSc this week when he was con-
frorted with the strange request of his
Ht
was asked to make some allowance in
the rent for the rheumatism, contracted
by the tenant, alleged to be due to the
dwellings, unsanitury condition. The
last month of the lease had expired,
ana the rheumatic kindly petitioned
the landlord to knock off SIS for the
doctors BILL" The landlord insists that
his tenant was no stranger to rheuma-
tism before he ever saw the house, but
the shock threatened fatal results Just
the same. And the tenant n shrewd
business man, seemed almost as Gr!ev-
ously hurt in body and spirit because
his plea was answered by q series OF
hyster!cal "ha-has!"
Down amid the somnolence and the
torpor Of the Eighth ward, n Phoenix
has arisen from the ashes of the Korn
Kob kiub. 4 collection of ardent and
convivial spirits whose favor!te past
time was bowling-in the strict use OF
the term and not In the exclusive art
OF thirst-GucnchlIE-a the rcgcner-
n,ed organization bnsks in the electric
lights of the wee sma' hours as the
Midnight club. The korn Kobs gave
hectic flushcs TO the Aber Nits, the
Rum Dums and other classic coterIes.
but the Mfdrights lay claim to being the
most truly representative OF any similar
organization. EveEF profession from n
baker to a grave digger is on the clubs