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

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A Business Education PAYS. Get
it at the Mountain State Bushes,
College.
DR.. White, of Br louisville, was
here Friday driving fine pair of
match horses.
A man don't have TO work a great
deal to be earning his bread by the
sweat of his face nowadays.
A. j. Huffman, of Mt. Nebo, was
hauling lumber from town last week.
We suspect that he is building a new
house.
Harry Blair, who has been the
guest of his brother DR.. A. &. Blair
left for his home, at Harrisville, last
Monday.
Fall Term of the Mountain State
Business College, Parkersburg, w.
Va, begins Sept. 4, and 6. Send
Cor Catalogue.
Miss Julia Minshell is again among
her Calhoun friends. 1t is indeed
hard for those who get taste of the
l.. X. waters to stag away.
We are informed that DR.. j. G..
Roberts will change his location from
Normantown, where he has splendid
practice, to Troy, Gilmer county.
There are many precious blessings
in disguise. What seems at times to
be terrible and grievous affiictions
often result i'll incalculable good to the
a ffiicted.
The funeral sermon of David Stall
man will be preached at the Chestnut
Grove church, on Yellow creek by
Rev. M. w. Trippett, at the hour of
/ o'clock a. m, Sunday Sept. 1st.
Fall Term Of the Mountain State
Business College, Parkersburg, w.
Va, begins Sept. 4, and 6. Send
for Catalogue.
On Saturday night before the
second Sunday IN September a box
supper will be given at the hester
School house on Daniels run, the
proceeds to go toward paying pastors
salary.
George Beverage will be at Ar
'ldsburg w. Va, on the first and
second days of the fair with n fine
ine of spectacles and sewing machine
supplies.
In the New Martinsville races last
week. Judge Billiards. trotter, Baron
Bell, won. Dollie Spanker had 10
ace and the company was too hot for
Calhoun. In the running races three
,iders were badly hurt, one, at least,
atally.
Fall Term Of the Mountain State
Business College, Parkersburg, w.
Va, begins Sept. 4, and 6. Send
for Catalogue.
Next year will be Locust year, and
much is being said and written about
them. The old, genuine, II year ar
ticle will come forth from their long
sleep in the ground and waken the
echoes with their songs and eat every
thing green they may come in contact
with.
Geo. Beverage, the optician and
eye specialist, will be at Arnoldsburg
the first and second days of the Fair
in September. Give him call and
have your eyes examined free. Will
also bring full line of sewing ma.
chine supplies.
NJ. ID. Fogle played the slickest
Joke on rats, which we're destroying
his corn, that we have heard of
lately. He hunted up their paths,
then took boards, smeared them well
with moIasses and concentrated I've,
and placed in their paths. The rats
in passing over the boards would get
The mOlasses and I've ON their feet and
in turn would lick it off which burns
Gem" stomach up. Since applying
The remedy no corn has been eaten.
Someone was telling crowd of peo-
pie in this town few days ago that
It would cost ten cents line to get a
notice Of box.supper for the benefit
Of the church inserted in this paper.
We will venture the assertion that
the person telling it never contributed
rs much as 81. at any one time for
religious or charitable purposes in his
life, and we will further venture the
opinion that he never contributed one
penny i'll his life toward supporting a