The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-10
HEPE and THERE.


when you want to hurt thine enemy,
Don't taEe 70 TIE Wur-ciub Or the gun;
IFS not nece ~, for there's another
Way 70 forco his hated blood 10 nun
Each year the calendar has one day ready,
Afd Eucle lls service gives, liteWile,
TO the man, who fain his neighbor would
with SpaSmodic witches Of the eyes.
Initiate not the ahootists in Kentucky
Which e dangerous. ven, one should
since lie other man might chance 70 b 80
As 70 drop you arst, without delay
Just cool your Ire With the sweet re-
That valentines are cheap, and sure TO
| send % thine enemy a onecent grinder"
And thus wreak vengeance Is . To 1e
Cain. ~ W
For the first time in the history Of
the little town Of Heyville there were
two candidates for the honor Of chief
marshal Of the parade. AS far pack
as the oldest inhabitant could recall
Major silas Riggsby rode proudly in
the van Of oil the PROFESSIONS the cyno-
sure of admiring eyes and the idol Of
the small boy, who couldn't conceive
in the story bookB he had read a more
gallant knight than Major Riggsby,
with his broad-brimmed hat, his red
..s -, ~ t,S nrapcIne. gray steed. OF
late years the steed did not prance as
Of yore, and, like It's owner, It showed
~ t-o.J ~ tlme 1ta gray coat was
,,aoos.,ng ,nIsty white. IT'S step halt
~. nut The blare Of the band in It's
- . rched ths old horses neck and re-
~ a nth.r rraces a. PALMER days,
~ I,,,s ,na,tsr n WAS always willing
TO iean tne Town 2 i''ti1a' pcs
M. .A7c,sncv Of he genial old major
n th,~ resnect was generally recog-
ni,.d ia had oficIated In the capa-
It,, ,,. =, rasrshal for 40 long that asking
Nh, n omsi.te had become merely a
s o.. .o,rsssv Il he took II as a mat
~ ~ corrse that he would lead the
s1nro, ching celebration which was to
- ~ mos than usually elaborate
soa,o m. Sovrce az his titIe was some
100 ,ndsa1,tp He had been IN the
H,ar ,,ith N. home companv. and he
roc ,,o,bt,s,s alluded To "A maio, as a
sor,,, - d,S.,nct,on uncommon In the
.on,r H,,oa q l,od a scorp ~ coloneIs.
4 sssr,s SorsSosr ~ nfPsnIInr MIN mr. for
80 - -oa,oT. NO, ve,-y clear no other
L. T5o,,,,,,,a oI.,,.n WAS aIgnIfied With 4
.Irs,,a. st,o Had Judges been scarce
IN the county nS , itsns A[,s "Vi 3D., -.
name as 1uuse rug ssDs. 100 -A .,.I.,,
oy' noweV4r' was NOR so'', $3.50 a. a..
'ne reeOsiilAeu t'a' 9i''' y t''s
Rpsv committees had worked on the
ora ngsmsnts for the celebration for
,,sois Societies and bands Of music
90 .ouing from surrounding towns,
M The coTntrvs,de was prepared to
nm, INTO EJeyvine to see the grand
snsc,,cle n was to be Heyville's big
J.v Everv es'ort tended to ecllpsing
ths .,,cces. .cored nv its peighbor and
,J,.I Cornhurp ON the preceding
.rEor,4h . q n had to take ali the fire.
,,,,rl,. and .sneral banR-upness In the
,,nivsr,p And Major RigEsby smiled
o,eon ~ b,n.aif MT the pleasing pros
ncct He felt that his eve was not as
clear az II used to be, and that his
grin nm the birdie sometimes faltered.
Hn5 ~ ss,I n himself with 4 sigh that
49, 4. ,ho,,I1 no M, last. q should
10 -, q cI,,,,x az glory to his career.
y
In his way the old major was a dia-
inond in the rough. A courtler OF the
bomespun school, he was too honorable
to stoop FOR the crumbs thrown to the
fawnlng. His life was an open book
" ~ -, .,.,,. cor.. Jrnosed. at
~ .,.ss. ~ .snr,,,,,Tnent Of tbe once
AZ me ~ 1-a..i., -,o,I,Ic, was
seeAgs et'e , .'..,,,' SoroIsn to ~, ma
uT III , Inv, 's.S,, - sacrIf,cs an but
.urs, tae wa ls' =, ,,.,.,,tne NJ. town
iiiS noness p.tt ~. ,,,a,,,J - nrcea.
an lntlln.loA '', .....,.., ~ .or,,,,,ttse
ssLy ~ nm ~ !, ,sar,h.I y,o,,ld
LOT me Spo t1 o ~ to serve moi
.nSuis , i'itt = s s."s ,,o,,lS n. hsvs dis
% ssS,N' -. =" ;.a It,, rrosT.ct ~ leading
'lisSeu tne pts'1 +1I,.,.,,,", 800 notsbIe
wnat wa ~ ~ ~. - ~ thsro beInr
pIS ,s a. 'He TSsre was an
"ayo~ed candidate UI. 'I u. res 90,
ofticiant knew 1t not The Ousy eo''-