Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-03-30

Would Stea! the Prizes.
They've come, !. screeched the first
urchin TO get out of bed early on Sat-
nrday morning in the city where
dwell the political grafters. The cry
was soon upon everybody's lips, and
was echoed and re-echoed through the
big town. A drummer aroused too
early from his morning nap, threw up
the blind at Ben Williams hotel and
yawning exclaimed: stWell, it's id
early for a circus But be was mis-
taken, rare thing for drummer,
too. He saw cars loaded with can
vass covered vehicles, much resemb-
ling circus wagons. But it was no
circus.
1t was the street cars says the
Warrington Advocate.
A throng surrounded the cars from
early morning until late at night,
when the last one was unloaded.
Business men forgot their Saturday
trade and Wandered down about the
depot, watching hungrily and eagerly
every movement of the pretty brand
new street cars. They were unloaded
one by one, and taken UP town where
they were placed Oh the ssshort line"
running from the postoffice out to the
Watson colony.
"They've GOMEZ the old gray hair
ed men said to their wives when they
went home to lunch at noon. And
each of them seemed as young as the
youngest boy.
They've come" yelled the hello
girls over the line, and the word was
passed along from house to house.
"They've come, y said the ministers
to their wives and they forgot their
Sunday sermons.
s'They'ye come" cried the society
girls and they giggled as they donned
hats and automobile coats, skurrying
down 20 where the ..dear sweet
things were standing on the tracks
ssLook out, said one of the work
men to crowd of old men, who with
silk hats and gold headed canes were
standing patting the first car as fondly
as If it was living thing. ssLook
out, I'm going to turn it around and
they fell over each other to get out of
the way. Street cars were new to
them, and they thought the thing
might be turned like four horse
team.
1t was great day. So was Sunday
and SC will every day until those old
fossils get used to metropolitan ways.
Fairmont has been dreaming about
rfra r. ~ Il,
months. 1T seemed too good to be
true. A thousand persons clustered
about the first one to reach Main
street, and they even forgot the new
Court house for the time being
Actually they did. The mayor and
several Of the councilmen had their
dinners brought down and they sat
on the curbstone, fearful lest the
sthing" might get away if they left
it for moment.
Boys fought for room near the cars,
SO they might stand with their hands
upon them. Old chaps who had never
been farther away than Barracksyille,
recalled how s'them there is just like
the kris l seed down at Moo York
when wuz down thar,
sob, doesn't it remind you of
Wheeling" said one society girl to
another. II think they are painted
such lovely shade. VIII just match
my new Easter hat" Several of the
local politicians came down in a sort
of huff and told the workmen to
back the cars right down to the depot.
ssWe have not been fixed yet, and
these cars can not be unloaded nor
run in this town until we have been
fixed.
1t is said that Governor Fleming,
Fay Watson, Milt Hartly, Ben. Will
liams and one or two more of the boys
gathered together after the first
car was brought up, and offered the
manager new hat, if he would take
them a ride that afternoon.
But nobody rode not even the small
boys. The electricity had not been
turned on; and the cars were hauled
out across the bridge, by horses. A
Chinaman came along and remarked,
ssNo pushee, DO pullee, but go like
hellee, alice samee." Then the Mayor
remarked Nov won't Warrington
be green with envy?"
'Yes, and Morgantown too" echoed
another old citizen. Eyes" said an
other, sand Grafton, and Littleton
and Oh, SO many places. So will Mon
ongah and Glovers Gap, all be envi-
GUS" There was quite a row that
night among a lot Of policemen as to
who should be deputized to ''sit up
with the cars and watch them.
There was sort of suspicion thot
Grafton was going to send mob
down that night to join with Morgan
town In stealing the hars. They only
have four wheels and two trucks, and
could be carried away by six or eight
good strong men.
One old lady who had just gone
down to the scene, remarked to her
husband that night: sSay John, I'll
just bet you new pair of yarn socks