West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-07-11
SOME ARIZONA
KCkLETS.

The Greatest Editor I'm the Soutbyes
and Some OF His Rather Personal
Paragraphs.
Once more our heartfelt sympa
thies are aroused on behalf of ouI
esteemed contemporary. He de-
clares that he fired three shots Al
us on the street last Monday, and
we declare that we never knew any.
thing about it.
We had TO throw a man out OF
the postoffice and break his leg the
other day in order to maintain our
dignity as an official of the govern
ment: but as private indivual we
are paying his hospital expenses
and sending him flowers.
AS secretary of the local vigi-
lance committee we feel it our duty
to warn Major Hunt, who has been
hanging around town for the las,
year or two, that a sudden disap-
pearance on his part will be certain
to add to his longevity.
When the Lone Jack Recorder
says that we shoot the business men
of this town into advertising with
us, it perverts the truth. By the
use of gun We simply convince
them that advertising pays, and we
leave it to their judgment where to
place their ads. Send them in early
and avoid the rush.
Last Tuesday evening we went
over TO Rocky Hill and read our
original poem on Washington to an
audience of 500 people. We were
rather hard pressed on the way
home, but after a race of three
miles we shook off all pursuit and
got back to town with only bullet
hole in our hat.
Next week we shall throw open
the gates of our private editorial
graveyard to the public as a summer
park, and everybody will be well
come to lounge about and make
himself at home. 1t is a good place
for one to sit and reflect on the
mutability of life and may possibly
lead some one into better paths.
The gossip floating about to the
effect that General Childers was
laying wires to BE- appointed COVER
nor of this territory is without foun.
datioD. He so assured us when we
called on him with a gun Yesterday.
We propose to fill that Office our
self, as is generally known, and we
are keeping pretty close track Of
events.
High society in Giveadam Gulcf
was considerably pertubed last
week over the report that blue
bordered napkins were no longer
chic at poker party luncheons. Our
word may be taken for it that there
is no change. When one comes
we shall be the first to know it anC
put society upon its guard.
AS a sort of summer boom thi:
town is adding seven new salooon.
and chophouse to its list Their,
are towns in the territory which
would come out with doubl,
loaded howl over these evidence,
of prosperity, but the Gulch is keep
ing the even tenor of its way anC
making no spread.
The Shakespearean TRACED
Company, which was billed 70
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
failed to materialize. We sent wore
to the manager at Florence that i
he couldn't work three or four Jig
and hold up into the tragedies tn,
boys would shoot out the lights
and so they decided to skip us.
MIR. George Hastings arrived il
town from Chicago three or fou
days ago in search of his brothe
Samuel, who hadn't been heard o
by friends for several months. Th,
coroner cheerfully went over tn,
books with him, and it wasn't two
hours before Mr.. Hastings was salts
fed that his lost brother was tn,
man who was lynched at Wolf Creel