West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-03-15

OUR COUNTY NEWS. |
BRANDoSvILLE BUDGET.
An Interesting Letter from A Quaint Old
Town.
Correspondents Of The Argus.

Correspondence Of The Argus.
David a. Ridenour recently visited Dr..
w. Ravenscroft at Accident, Md.
Several spring movings are contemplated
but we are not yet able to report positively,
w H. Benson, who has been with friends
IN Uniontown, Pa, for few weeks, re.
turned home few days ago.
Riley can no longer say. ''March amt
no,hin' new. This particular March pre.
sen,s enough variety" to be '',he spice of
life"
County Sup,. of Schools, +. w. Candy,
visited our school last week. lie warmly
commended the work done by the school in
founding a library. Ours is the FIRST one he
has found, he says.
Fishing is the order of the day among the
Masculine persuasion" here. This malady
usually appears little earlier than the one
men consider woman's most dangerous
spring disease, "house.eleaning fever"
Verify, "rruth is stranger than fiction. {"
II IS true but strange that man will tramp
almost any number of miles after an iDsagina,J,
fox and pack of real hounds, but il tries
his health to carry pail of water.
Likewise, he will sit along wet creek
bank for hours and hold a heavy fishing rod.
but if the floor is damp from recent cleans.
ing he will take violent cold, or il asked
to beat some carpet during housekeeping,
he finds the work too harsh for his delicate
constitution. Yea, verify, there be strange
things in this world, and not the least of
these is man.
We arc glad to learn that the trustees of
the NJ. L. church met las, week and decided
that an earnest effort should be made this
spring to repair the church. Every man.
woman and child in the town and vicinity
should feel il duty and pleasure to assis,
all in their power to repair this one relic of
Brandonville's halcyon days. This one bit
of classical architecture lends dignity to
the town and vicinity that nothing else could
give. To allow it TO go to ruin would be
nothing short of vandalism.
We are beginning to hear whisperings OF
the Last Night O. School Doin's" that arc
being planned. 1t is the intention to have
"Contest for the Crown of Fame 4" The
idea came from program somewhat ON
that order witnessed 10y our teacher while
she was away at boarding school several
years ago. As the play was an original one
and was never published IL could not bs
procured, so Miss waddell has undertaken
TO arrange one on the same plan.
The Queen of Fame issues summons to
all the ilustrious of the world To appear in
her temple and make a plea for the "Crowr
of Fame" The Pages then introduce ovel
fifty representative men and women of IN,
world Alfred in costumes as nearly Al
possible like the original, each one present.
by song or speech, his or her claim to the
crown
Already all the old books and magazine,
are being ransacked for ideas for costume,
and all the old trunks in the attcs are be
ing levied upon TO add their tribute to the
work of the young people.
The entertainment will be an instructive
S"N N"N ~ - w VIC hoptu ~ VIII DS well AT
tended. The proceeds will be used fol
increasing the number of books in the schoo
library. The contestants will certainly pre-
sent variety enough. They range from Ton
Thumb, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Little 30,
Blue and Mother Goose to Captain John
Smith, Pocahontas, Barbara Frietchie and
Dewey. Byron King will read; Mrs. Par
tingtoD will give some of her quaint phi
losophy; Pat O'Flanagan, a typical Irish
man, will keep you roaring over his ludi
crous Irish blunders; Mark TWAIN will tell
in his drolI way, "a few stray yarns spun b,
myself and friends; Bill Nye will be in hi
element; Paganini, Patti, Jenny Lind Cam
| panini, Cecile Chaminade aud ''Banio linn
/ will furnish music.
After all the pleas have been heard tn,
audience will decide by ballot, who mos
deserves the crown. 1t will certainly be en-
tertaining If all the famous people who hav,
promised to be with us fulfill their promises
Your new friend,
II. !. LARRY.
March ~, 1900.