West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-04-12

boy and what great man you
will get to be If you have for
your school companion a Long be
then left the farm at Conoway."
We have always been glad that ne
left the farm at Conoway: think
what dreadful thing 1t would have
been If he had moved the farm
away with him, and he might have
done this very thing bat he didn't
do 1t, he left the farm and went to
Centerville and attended the public
schools In that city. Whether real
estate advanced any when1 he NIL
grated to Centerville we are not
told In the notice. Before he was
sixteen he entered the "thorny
path of the country school teacher"
We will bet dime he was oeauti-
full school marin at sixteen years OF
age. At 20 he graduated at the
National Pen Art College at Della
ware, Ohio" Where In the deuce
that Is we don't know. 1t must
have been a fine college. How
many days he had to attend this
Pen Art Hail before he graduated,
we do not know aud the obituary
Is silent on this point. We be-
lieve 1t usually takes 10 days for
ordinary people to graduate from a
"Pen Art College" but presume
our friend with his great mind, and
after going to school at Conoway
and CentrevilIe, would get through
In about week or less. He got
through however, all right. II
! He next appears as drummer"
/ Think of this. A wicked drummer.
This Is too bad and wicked and we
pass over this period of our heros
lite rapidly. He sold dry goods
first and then tobacco. How many
young men he has ruined by his
tobacco we don't know. He was
evidently quite gay during this
period of his eventful life. While
drummer he had the pleasure
of forming the acquaintance of the
merchants OF 7 ,ler county" Now
that's strange. We presumed a
drummer would only meet lawyers
and doctors but he met the mer-
chants. This Is to say the least of
1t startling information. Then
comes paragraph In the notice.
i For the past year he has been In
business with his Pa at Alma. He
has been recorder two times, mayor
once, In which Offices he says thus
displaying the energy and progress
siveuess which so fit him for Office
he Is now seeking" Now wouldn't
that make wrinkles In your raglan.
A man holding a little Office In a
town of I56 people. preparing
man to fill the important Office OF
Clerk of the County Court.
That is his qualification. Won't he
. be a corker to turn loose in the
) clerks Office.
! We are next told he belongs tc
three secret orders. Whether hi:
dues are paid up or not we dom
} know and the obituary don't tel
: us. His next item tells about hi:
: Pa being In the war of 81 and he
also had an uncle who was killed
| In the same war. but just what thi'
has to do with his qualifications fol
an Office is not plain. Many mar
. may have been a good soldier but
{ his son would not be a competent
clerk by several barrels full, as i
the case in this instance. He ha'
: been loyal to his party" "He is |
ready talker." "He talks polite
as often as he can" "His II flu
: euce has been felt" We Away
l thought 1t was rubber, but he says
: Its Felt" and we are not going t.
S argue with him on this point. Jus
! where and when he has delivert
2 his silver topgued orations, Is no
e told. We never heard of him beini