Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-05-13
UNIQUE COLLECTION.
Gov. Atkinson Makes a Fare
well that is Picturesque.

Ills Collection OF Speeches aud Other
Papers Published III the Expense Of
the State A Notable addition to
Freak Literature One Of the Uaud-
iest Specimens.
There has Just been issued from The
State printing office a book OF some
thing over Goo pages, which is one of
the most unique documents ever pub
llshed at public expense. IL Is label
ed on the back. s.Public Addresses
and State Documents OF George w.
Atkinson, Doctor of Civil Law. Dur
ing His Term as Governor OF West
Virginia ls97-la0l.a The OK. Gov
ernor il doctor of civil law By the
grace Of the board Of regents of the
West Virginia State university, which
the Governor created.
The book contains every sort Of
thing that Gov. Atkinson ever said or
did, from his speech accepting the
nomination as Governor TO the re-
marks made when delivering diplomas
and granting paldons to misdemean-
ants serving 30-day Jail sentences.
Among them are thanksgiving proc
lamations, an article On THE Divine
Origin Of the Scripture, I and a treat
Use on the benefits OF the Christian
religion The book Is not without is
humof for the reader, though the
Governor did not mean to be funny.
Among the gems OF the collection il
the following, State paper granting
remission pf fine OF $50, assessed
against Challon pahi, of Wood county
by the Criminal count. After stating
the nreliminaries OF the trouble that
led TO the infraetion Of the law that
caused PAIL to be fined, the Governor
says.
ALBERT Wilson appeared upon the
scene, loaded with lot OF beer and
whiskey inside and out Nherenpon
he, being loaded, struck John Schultz
and the prisoner, PAIL, each belt
across the head with an empty beer
bottle. Doubtless II be had struck
each Of them On the inside with full
bottle Of hop essence there would have
been no serious trouble. But the lick
was inflicted with an empty bottle
and necessarily trouble followed.
Challon PAIL and one Albert Cooper
proceeded to follow Wilson 1.-THE beer
bottle hitter down the hillside, and
while trying TO find out from him why
he slashed around so promlscuousiy
with his empty beer bottles, another
scrap naturally ensued resulting In
q stab La Pahl's back With a sharp
knife In the hands OF the aforesaid
Wilson, whose former weapon was d
beer bottle, entirely empty Where
upon, the petition distinctly states,
PAIL, In order to save his own life,
whipped pistol out of his hip pocket
and proceeded to fire upon Wilson, d
la Mexican Bill, or cowboy style gem
orally. One Of the shots took effect
upon the off side Of Wilson's corpus,
south by southeast, and he was laid
up for about week from the neces-
sary soreness created thereby. What
became Of Wilson's whiskey and beer
that he took TO the 'frolic' Ii not set
out In the petition. The natural
presumption Is that it had been en-
tirely consumed or otherwise disposed
Of before the boys went down the hill
side to square up the general deal,
where Wilson got shot in the back In
stead OF in the neck. On the whole,
it may be said that the stab ID the
back was more fortunate than another
shot In the neck with the whisky or
beer. At all events, none OF the boys
were very much hurt This is grati-
flying TO all law-ahiding people. A
big red cowhide In the hands of d
policeman at the critical Juncture on
the hillside administered to crowd
Of belligerent Fourth OF July COM
batants would have been a blessing to
the boys as well as to the participants
in the 'frolic' generally, at aforesaid
Mineral Wells, on the Fourth of July
aforesaid But the policeman was
not there
The above Is verbatim copy OF the
document as 1T was prepared by Coy.
Atkinson, as it was sent by him TO
the Secretary of State, and as it Is
printed in the Governors book. There
are Others no less edifying than this.
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