West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-27
Local and Personal Briefs

Where was the police?
The Auditorium orchestra Is en-
gagged to furnish the music for the
grand reception and ball given by
that popular Cotillion Club at the
City Hall Thursday evening. May
2oth. It will be farewell recep-
ton to Mr.. John Sexton, who Is
soon to leave the city.
Owing to the fact that the High
school commencement exercises
will be held on Friday evening, the
regularFriday night dancing recep-
ton In the City Hall will com,
mence one hour later than usual,or
at 10 O'Clock and continue till
O'Clock. A special invitation IS ex-
tended to the graduating class and
their friends to attend.
Henry Schmulbach, of Wheeling,
candidate for the Office of United
States Senator, on the republican
side of the ticket, was In the city
today. Col. Schmulbach Is inter-
ested In our new electric railroad,
and informs us that his com any
has decided to locate the Power
house for the road at Middlebourne
and to extend 1t on through 10 West
Union or to some other point along
the B. & 0. railroad and that this
matter will be finally adjusted and
decided upon after June the 7th.
We will get there by and by. 1t
takes patience, money and work to
build railroads but we will have
Our inning soon now.
An exchange digs out the fol-
lowing questions that will keep
most people guessing: "You can
see any day white horse bat did
you ever see a white colt? How
many different kinds of trees grow
In your neighborhood and what are
they good for? Why doesa horse
eat grass backward and a cow for
ward? Why does hop vine wind
one way and bean vine the Other?
Where should a chimney be the
larger at the top or bottom, and
why? Can you tell why a horse
when tethered with rope always
unravels II, while cow always
twists 1t into kinky knot? How
old must grape vine be before 1t
begins to bear? Can you tell why
leaves turn upside down just before
a rain? What wood will bear the
greatest weight before breaking?
Soon the graduation essay will be
upon US, fat and fatuous, filled with
the frizzle ends of wisdom and
knowledge. With peaceful COM
placency, one by one the sweet
young girls of the feminine calling
and the masculine world moulders
will step up to the scholastic home
plate and score a home run at the
expense of the Problem of Human
Existence or the Outlines of Cos
mic Philosophy. The enthusiastic
"commencer" will, with the aid of
a stack of learning that bears a
label composed of wonderful de-
rangement of the alphabet, dig deep
into the mysteries of The past or
gaze with prophetic sight into the
future. Everything will be dis
|cussed and settled except those
matters that vitality affect our pres
ent existence. Present problems
are, however, left for future gradu-
ates. The answer to the question,
How to Bust the Meat Trust?"
will probably be handed down some
time about 2ooI by some shy
young graduate In white and blue,
while some political student of the
same period will elucidate the
mysteries occaSioned the public by
Minor Stephens of the New Mar
tinsville Dispatch, while In Office
Read the advertisement of The
Fair. This store came here few
months since and opened up In
business at the SAME time another
store began business. The Fair"
store has advertised freely and en-
Joys large and increasing trade.
The other store advertised bat very
little and today Is hardly known to
be In business at all lis dead 10
tie world. This one object lesson
ought to convince all 1t Is impos-
stole 10 do business In this age
without advertising. Just keep an
eye on any store, no difference how
much business 1t may do, let Its
advertising be discontinued and II
will soon be forgotten. Not only
this, but 1t takes months and some.
times years of advertising to regain