The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-21
ANNAMORIAH.

but little difference by what names
We are known-in fact, persons, plac.
es and things are only named that
they may be distinguished from other
persons, places and things.
Annamoriah is Annamoriah, and
not Chanceysville; borrowing a sim
lie from the late WI. Stevenson, sr. ,
in tilt with the late Robt. Blair, de.
ceased, of Richie county, il Alex.
Chsncey is the hotes. to.tOs of one side
of the road, Charley Cheuvront is the
flap.dOodle Of the other and the name
OF our village is AnnamorIah, de.
scended in direct line from the flats
the creek, the old lady wo first hon.
Ored the name, no matter if it was
Marie Antonett, the guillotined queen
of Lewis XVI of France, with tar less
room for any suspicious of infidelit,
than might be limited at the church
that arrogates to itself the name OF
Christian, and can only trace its or
igin back To the time when Alex
Campbell left his first love in the fam
lily of Calvin. Lasco and Knos. and
and took up lis lodgings with John
Smyth, Zeke Mailman and Roger
Williams from whence he was kicked
out for attempted seduction in
1927.
1t is my painful duty 10 inform
your readers that our good women,
Mrs. Jessie Davis, Mrs r. G.. Wea.
yer and Mrs. Wash Bryner are all
seriously indispdsed
Robt Cooper is able to be about
and feed his poultry, but is gaining
strength very slowly.
We have a dance occasionally, not.
outstanding the holidays are over.
We are all impulsive people. As
Aaron's rod swallowed all the other
snakes, so the foremost question,
whichever may get foremost, will
absorb other questions. The dance
is foremost now. We will have the
big meetings later.
1t was Watts who said: Il would
always give some grain of allowance
to the sacred science of theology, and
it is Festus that agrees with "Uncle
Jake" that "there is not much dit.
ference in our religion" 1t will bare
ly stand the speakeasy analysis, that
some is better than other some"
School still keeps at Annamoriah
Charges Of cruelty to the have
been brought, and the Humane
Society" called in, but THE scepter
has not departed from Juda, nor the
law giver from between his feet.
We are not seeking,a free adver.
tisement, but if any fur.buyer is deal.
ing the pelts of black bugs, he might
strike an advantageous dicker with
Frank Weaver, as they don't happen
to be down on his price !is..
Bill Murray has left Robt. Coopers
Gone, | presume, to some other part
of his field of labor, but there is stop
ping with VIM. Cooper, two Mormon
elders. They, too, will soon have
gone to pastures new"
What a time the Lord will have
corralling those fellows when the day
for the "nteral gathering of Israel
shall have come. But :he Devil
poor old maligned Devil--who will
not pity him? when he shall have to
fish out Of the cesspool of fostering
mortality the internal hypocrites who,
while the CHRISTMAS bells were yet
ringing glad tidings of great JOY" in
their ears. turned them out, hungry,
loot.sore aud weary to face the black .
night Of a northern winter.
Jesse Davis still sees sights. Com .
ing in the other morning with his
milk bucket in one hand, and his axe .
stuck in a backlog and pulling the
log after him with the other, he saw,
or thought he saw, a great light. |
Calling to his good wife, who has been .
a sick woman for many weeks, he
srid: Mandy Mandy! There is go-
ing to be another war; Get up quick |
and seel The greatest Northern light
you sver saw"
ooh, Jess, l feel so bad. l don't |.
know whether / can get up or not,
aud like as any way its another
wonder flower you see"
mo, Mandy, no! II isa Northern
light-brighter than 10 81 There
will be war sure"
Mrs Davis poor, dear, good sick .
vomuu-iust to please Jesse, got up
from her bed and looked out and said.
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