West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-08
"BuILDlNG CASTLES IN THE AIR,

Editor OF the Argus.
We are rocked on the sea of life lust like a
little boat
And some get wrecked upon the rocks. and
never get aAoai
let despair
Usurp the place between us and our Castles
in the Air.
The world is all bubble wherever we
may go.
There is nothing here but ttroube hardship.
toll and woe
Go where you will. do what you may we
are never free from care.
And AT the best. Tunnclton is'but a Castle
IN the Air
There is name known o er the county; to
Tunnelton It's dear
Mynhcer
When first his words came on the page, he
made the world TO stare.
And yet they were composed while building
Castles in the Air.
II you take the word Of Mynhecr and study
them well through.
You'll find his sayings are not so wise nor
sentiments so true:
They make you feel whilst reading them
as IL you'd been there.
And yet they were composed while building
Castles in the Air.
Whilst looking over The pages OF your
valuable paper few weeks ago. saw unde
flaming headlines that "a convention was
held at Tunnclton for the purpose OF trying
to have the people vote on a proposition TO
remove the Court House from Kingwood to
Tunnelton. Now my idea is that the meet
ing was nothing more than cracker box
and nail keg social. but the brilliant idea
OF some one wanted il called a convention
and 1t was so written up with quite a mum
Der Of names appended as being members
of committees to work for the farcial idea
OF removing tile Court House to Tunnelton
which in the end will undoubtedly amount
TO nothing more than building Castles Ia
| the Air"
| Foresight is good thing but Tunneltor
| will in the end find that hindsight would
have been much better to have been cult
waited. | remember not many years age
| Terra Alta tried the game Of having tho
| county divided so that by this means they
might succeed in getting the County Sea
at their place, but alas their game fel
| Aatter than cold buckwheat cake anc
tney are still building Castles in the Air
BE little easy In tile start Don incnerat,
| your inner vcstment until the weather get.
warmer. OF go to tearing up the rcd brusi
| and quarrying stone until there is sterr
| necessity for IT.. None so blind as thos,
that won't see BE sure to secure good
store OF ice for il will certainly be needed
when hot weather comes.
| TunneltoD Is well known all over th,
| county and need not try to pull the WOO
over the voters eyes. read q communica
ton in tho last issue OF the Journal signec
"Citizcn" that gave a candid and truthful
view Of things as they exist a present anC
| OF the big expense u would entail we're tn,
| wishes of the people At Tunnclton to pre-
vail. BEFORE the Kingwood railroad wa.
built TO Tunneiton her citizens complained
| bitterly about having ten miles to travel IL
order to reach the County Seat. whilst th,
| people in the lower end Of the county IMAM
Of them) had thirty miles TO travel TO rcacl
the Court House al Kingwood The,
thought burden as we'll II was. bu
they did not ask the removal Of the Cour
House for their especial benefit Whds
kingwood may not be in the exact centc
Of the county. nor in point Of population
yet IL seems idle and foolish and selfish 4
want the removal for The cspcciai benefit o
Function aud her people When cxpcns
is mentioned the pocket nerves is cspcciail
affected and as this is among the importan
nerves Of tic body polite. care should b
taken not to abuse II,
When The people in general arc tired o
the County Scat at Kingwood and want
removal the people az 1unuclton will b
cordially invited "a participate in the rc
moeal and will undoubtedly show thci
liberality in furtherlng such an undertaking
My idea Of tho whole matter is that Tunne
ton has few lots to sell and is taking thi
means 10 dispose Of them
Let not the phantoms Of folly lougcr YOU
wishes engage
But live SO in youth that you blush no
in agc.l
For your future happiness and safety ~
sincere solicitudc prompts me 70 sa,
Keep of the track and the cars canno
run over you"
Stand 1alzo a stosae wall.
Between your children and the torture
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