The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-04
Festus.

"A' Gull"i.-l nave waited Tor q
month or more for you, or some Of
yo"r readers to return thanks" for
my unoccuried space in The Chrnni
Gle, but as you seem To be set Of an.
thankful "cusses" that cannot appre.
cate the fact that SILENCE is golden
i will athict you with the awful ca.
lamity of another dose of facts and
fancy, seasoned, perhaps, like Col.
Barr used 10 season his editorials,
with hint or two.
Ever since the ground. hog took
charge of the weather, we of Anna
moriah, village, flats and creek
have had streak ut The best falling
down that ever made camera of my
Uranium to photograph peacock tails
ON the ice.
Taylor Basnett claims that Autho.
ny has been "transpIa uted p aud that
the prophetic mantle has fallen on
him, aud that we are to have the
same kind Of weather until March.
1t looks now like it might last fur.
ever, especially 80, if forever is no
longer than when it had Jonah in the
whales abdomen"
George Davis says it gives us the
bulge ON the ice trust, and has gone
70 splitting rails to fence in four or
five ecres for next summers lemo.
made.
lam told that Jode Amos killed
the ground hog last Sunday (two of
blm) and if he can pass civil SER
vice examination before the "prince
OF the powers of the air" will take
charge of the weather him self
hope he'll fail-It will all be hunt.
ing weather, orly just enough good
days To unskin the game.
Robert Copper is still ON the list Of
invalIds; and Mrs. Ed Davis is con.
hhed to her room, almost t. her bed.
with, what DIR. Stewart calls, ner-
vous prostratiOn.
There seems to he an epidemic of
consumption pervading the whole
Annamoriah country, aud the old
people say that every case is hered.
Itary. 1t may seem strange to your
many readers that have met Alex
Chancey and Chas Cheuv ront away
from home, to know that they are re
Jolclng over such a calamity. hut it is
true. / will not liken them To
"whitsned sepulchures" but they
have for sale plenty of -four, and
bacon, hay and chop and "these are
they" upon which the disease is prey.
ing.
The dances are things Of the past;
the fnrmost questions now,are what.
and how much fun can we have going
to meetings, a series Of which are be.
ing held at Pine Alley, and the Min.
ute Men, with lighted matches, are
awaiting the expected coming OF Rev.
Bunner to open fire at Annamoriah.
Bro. Mark Beall delivered quite a
discourse here last Sunday "for the
edliicstion Of the church" At the
conclusion Of which Rro. Wuaver an.
nounced that il Bunner does not
come on this CThursday) night, he
will give from -- to 20 reasons why
he believes in the name.
Jesse Davis sees no more sights.
and it is probable that if jess will
quit loaning his spectacles that he
VIII not be troubled that way any
more.
Daniel Wells is out for a weeks
visit among friends It Richie coun.
~.
Floyd Haverty is subdueing the
forest, preparing for corn.
j. N. Bell is seldom seen out since
winter got down to business, but Will
Basnett says it is not ON accocnt of
ice or old age, but because he is
afraid oflhe "yslier jockets."
II would seem that Bad Boy has
'en' bad-huutinq snakes in the dead
of winter and calling on Felix for
lniormstion, when he must certainly
know that in HE caleleptic stale. to
him no speech can come.
Now, 81 am not my brother, keep.
er, but have an abiding faith that
he will come forth at the first rssur
eclion Of the Spring toads, and he
able to tell you Of snakes that are
snakes,
Oh that men would learn that crit
cism is not persecution; that the,
would read "tbe word Of truth" mo-.
only with the spirit, but with The ON
derslanding, also. that they ma,