West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-04-09
~ Summers Failed 10 Get There and
Another Meeting viii He Held.
CBy Grapevine relesrapho

tBy Grapevine reiegrsph)
Special To The Argus.
A Snake trust. with hre.watercd stock
Who'd thunk iti but such ,s to be tho
latest move OF the gigantic octopus organir'
ed by Morgan. too. But not by /. Pierpoin,
but Bill Morgan late OF the Morgantown n
Post, representing the Leeve Dorton syndl.
cate and 81 summers backed by Editor
Hughes ofthe Terra Alta Republican. The
competition In the snake hunting business
In Mononsorhail aud Preston has become
SO keen that q trust Is inevitable. The
meeting Tor a preliminary organization was
held last week az the terminus OF the NJ. A
X railroad at Masontown In a very rocky
aod snakey spot OF the woods. The
opening speech was made by pili Morgan,
who stated the object OF the meeting. lie
said In parts 'Gentlemcn. you all know
who am. For years my paper has taken
care OF Monongehails great snake indus.
try and defended the GREATEST LIVING
ssAkK HUNTER of the agos.-Mr. Lceve
Dorton.' (volce OF Leeve interrupts him.
Fire and tow do you hear him call me
Mister Yes sir. gentlemen" continued
Morgan. the time has come for organila.
,ion. The advance of civiliIing influences
destroying the industry Tor which
Monongerhail has been so long famed
Snakes alive Where are thcy9 Why the
dens OF ylpers have been invaded by the
snortlng iron horse. The blast OF dyna.
mite aud the whistle OF factories are
rapidly driving out the snakes and they
are crossing old Cheat to the deep and
quiet solitude OF the forests OF old Preston
where 81 Summers is reaping a rich harvest
TO the deirlment OF our great monopoly and
we must organize aud take In Mr.. Summers
who. understand. is TO be present before
THIS meeting adjourns. | would like to
near the sentiments OF other gentlemen
present" tiicre Morgan sat DOWN
Fire and tow ! guess Blrs done hit the
nail squar on the head" II was Lceye
Dorton who spoke. his lingo being easily
recognized" hslnt had much luck In the
snake business since the dosh burned rail
road come scrrechin' up this holler
Now this mornin' as me and the old woman
cum up here to this meetn' we saw the
hrst snake OF the season. GineraIly hcv
killed score by this time. Fire aud tow
but this snake wuz lsmmer Beat any.
thing | ever seed. IL was carryin' an
ou,hi TO keep up with the times reckon
Fire and tow Saw It's head fust. as the
dosh durn thing cum skalln' down the
mountain. Had bell on and this bell was
attached TO it's tail by a cord. Every
minute the snake jingled that bell and
hissed like locomotive BLOWN fer a
crossln. Me and the old woman stepped
behind big rock TO wait Ter Developments.
have kinder lost heart In the snake
business fer they air gettin so many new
tangled hub dubs. Well directly the
snake all got in sight. II reached as fer as
from here up TO SAINT Cobun's store (aoo
yards In Masontown. Fire and tow That
snake had BARK seats fitted up Ia rows on
each side along It's back. reckon Il wnz
fully hve feet across It's middle and Il could
eat year old steer at one meal Ole
snake glided up along side OF a telephone
pole raized its head up TO the wires,
ratified lis dosh burned tail and rung the
bell four longs and four shorts. II done
this three or four times and then seed the
wires sort o. yibrate and the snake grinned,
then dropped back and laid quiet. Fire
and tow II wuz new wrinkle 10 me. I
felt sort o. dern Aabefgasted Well. In
about IS minutes we heard the brush crack.
ing In all directions. and such bissln' and
sputterin you never heard. Fust thing
knew snakes wuz roIlin' IN by the score.
They made grand rush Ter that big
double decker snake carrin' the seats and
piled on. every snake coiled down In seat.
Icounied 800 and then got black In the
face. wuz so excited. Fire and tow
That derned aggregation Of snakes started
of rIdn' pelI-mell. through the woods. bell
ringIn'. righ, towards Kingwood II takes
away about all the gosh hang snakes in
this section and guess they will all be
cofralled by 81 Summers and he baint any
snake hunter anyhow. He's jest common
old sang diTger and FIRE and tow I'm In
favor OF trust or III bust. sure"
BE gosh. boys. guess I'll have to 20
home" II was I'D Hartley who spoke
after listing 20 Lecye Douon's description.
stay til Summers comes" urged lin
Watson. You may waot some stock IN
this concern"
Gosh almighty. lin" said Hartley.
Not u the court knows itself That's too
much snake for me-"
George w. Rohr climbed over rock and
took seat. just arriving and with him Dee
Carroll. That trains just past. they both
said. and Bill Morgan looked al his watch.
remarkIng Why. gentlemen. is three
hours until train time. That must have
been Leeve's snake train and cargo he lust
described. SO II was. and yereybody looked
relieved when Lcevo's story had been veri
hed by Witnesses who had heard the tale.
Gentlemen. lets proceed to business.
Morgan urged.
where's Summers and Editor Reed and
jim Freeland and the gang who control the
snake business and dens on the East Side
IN Preston ?" spoke Jim Watson we
must wait on them" They waited until
train time. whereupon Leeve Dorton put
his ear 10 the ground and said. Boys. ERE
and tow there's battle goin' on some.
where east of here between that snake
train and others. hey an idee Summers
and his gang has run into en- SO let's ad.
joufn tiil this time next week snd call
meetin' 20 be held AZ the snake den near
Albfightsvillc." Adjourned
A Gallon Of Green Seal Paint